Cleveland Buckeyes 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 - 2 4 2 Kansas City Monarchs 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 3 x - 8 13 1 BATTING Cleveland Buckeyes AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Sam Jethroe cf 4 0 1 1 0 2 0 Archie Ware 1b 3 0 1 0 1 6 0 Willie Grace rf 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 Leon Kellman 3b 3 0 1 0 1 2 2 Al Smith ss 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 Joe Greene lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 Bill Reynolds 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 Chico Renfroe ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Tommy Harris c 4 1 1 0 0 10 1 Webbo Clarke p 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 Earnest Long p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 George Jefferson p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 John Brown p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 31 2 4 1 2 7 24 8 FIELDING - E: 2. Bill Reynolds, Tommy Harris. BATTING - 2B: Sam Jethroe, Leon Kellman, Tommy Harris. SH: Willie Grace. HBP: Al Smith. Team LOB: 6 BASERUNNING - SB: Al Smith. Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Curtis Roberts 2b 5 0 1 0 0 4 3 Herb Souell 3b 4 1 1 0 1 2 2 Hank Thompson rf 5 2 2 0 0 3 0 Willard Brown cf 5 2 2 4 0 0 0 Johnie Scott lf 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 Buck O'Neil 1b 4 0 0 0 1 9 0 Gene Baker ss 4 1 2 1 0 0 5 Earl Taborn c 3 1 2 0 1 9 0 Ford Smith p 3 0 2 3 0 0 2 Totals 36 8 13 8 5 9 27 12 FIELDING - E: 1. Buck O'Neil. BATTING - 2B: Curtis Roberts, Herb Souell, Hank Thompson, Ford Smith. HR: Willard Brown 2. SH: Gene Baker. HBP: Ford Smith. Team LOB: 11 PITCHING Cleveland Buckeyes IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Webbo Clarke 5 5 1 1 2 6 1 23 Earnest Long L 0.1 3 2 2 0 0 0 4 George Jefferson 1.1 3 2 2 2 1 0 9 John Brown 1.1 2 3 3 1 2 1 7 Totals 8 13 8 8 5 9 2 43 HBP: Webbo Clarke. Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Ford Smith W 9 4 2 1 2 7 0 35 Totals 9 4 2 1 2 7 0 35 HBP: Ford Smith. Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Frank Duncan, 1B - Bullet Rogan, 2B - , 3B - Sylvester Vaughn Time of Game: 2:30 Attendance: 0 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Friday, 5/21/1948 -- Cleveland Buckeyes at Kansas City Monarchs (N) Starting Lineups: Cleveland Kansas City 1. S.Jethroe cf C.Roberts 2b 2. A.Ware 1b H.Souell 3b 3. W.Grace rf H.Thompson rf 4. L.Kellman 3b W.Brown cf 5. A.Smith ss J.Scott lf 6. J.Greene lf B.O'Neil 1b 7. B.Reynolds 2b G.Baker ss 8. T.Harris c E.Taborn c 9. W.Clarke p F.Smith p BUCKEYES 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; S.Jethroe out on unknown play; A.Ware out on unknown play; W.Grace out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 1ST: T.Harris dropped a foul fly hit by C.Roberts; C.Roberts doubled; H.Souell out on unknown play; H.Thompson out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Monarchs 0. BUCKEYES 2ND: L.Kellman out on unknown play; A.Smith was hit by a pitch; A.Smith stole second; J.Greene out on unknown play; B.Reynolds out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 2ND: J.Scott walked; B.O'Neil out on unknown play; G.Baker singled to second base [J.Scott to third (error by B.Reynolds), G.Baker to second]; E.Taborn out on unknown play; F.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Monarchs 0. BUCKEYES 3RD: T.Harris out on unknown play; W.Clarke out on unknown play; S.Jethroe out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 3RD: C.Roberts out on unknown play; H.Souell doubled; H.Thompson out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Monarchs 0. BUCKEYES 4TH: A.Ware walked; W.Grace forced A.Ware (unknown fielder) [W.Grace to first]; L.Kellman doubled to left field [W.Grace to third]; A.Smith out on unknown play; J.Greene reached on an error by B.O'Neil [W.Grace scored (unearned) (no RBI), L.Kellman to third, J.Greene to first]; B.Reynolds out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 4TH: J.Scott walked; B.O'Neil out on unknown play; G.Baker out on unknown play; E.Taborn singled [J.Scott to second]; F.Smith was hit by a pitch [J.Scott to third, E.Taborn to second]; C.Roberts out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Monarchs 0. BUCKEYES 5TH: T.Harris out on unknown play; W.Clarke out on unknown play; S.Jethroe out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 5TH: H.Souell out on unknown play; H.Thompson out on unknown play; W.Brown homered to left-center; J.Scott out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Monarchs 1. BUCKEYES 6TH: A.Ware singled; W.Grace out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [A.Ware to second]; L.Kellman walked; A.Smith out on unknown play; J.Greene out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 6TH: E.LONG REPLACED W.CLARKE (PITCHING); B.O'Neil out on unknown play; G.Baker singled; E.Taborn singled [G.Baker to second]; F.Smith doubled [G.Baker scored, E.Taborn scored]; G.JEFFERSON REPLACED E.LONG (PITCHING); C.Roberts out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Monarchs 3. BUCKEYES 7TH: B.Reynolds out on unknown play; T.Harris doubled; G.Jefferson out on unknown play; S.Jethroe doubled [T.Harris scored]; A.Ware out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 2, Monarchs 3. MONARCHS 7TH: H.Thompson singled; W.Brown out on unknown play; J.Scott singled [H.Thompson to second]; B.O'Neil walked [H.Thompson to third, J.Scott to second]; G.Baker out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [H.Thompson scored, J.Scott to third, B.O'Neil to second]; E.Taborn walked; F.Smith singled [J.Scott scored, B.O'Neil to third, E.Taborn to second]; J.BROWN REPLACED G.JEFFERSON (PITCHING); C.Roberts out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Buckeyes 2, Monarchs 5. BUCKEYES 8TH: W.Grace out on unknown play; L.Kellman out on unknown play; A.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 2, Monarchs 5. MONARCHS 8TH: H.Souell walked; H.Thompson doubled to right field [H.Souell to third]; W.Brown homered to leftfield [H.Souell scored, H.Thompson scored]; J.Scott out on unknown play; B.O'Neil out on unknown play; G.Baker out on unknown play; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 2, Monarchs 8. BUCKEYES 9TH: J.Greene out on unknown play; C.RENFROE BATTED FOR B.REYNOLDS; C.Renfroe struck out; T.Harris out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 2, Monarchs 8. Final Totals R H E LOB Buckeyes 2 4 2 6 Monarchs 8 13 1 11
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