Indianapolis Clowns 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 - 6 10 4 Kansas City Monarchs 0 5 2 1 0 0 1 3 x - 12 15 0 BATTING Indianapolis Clowns AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Coco Ferrer 2b 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 Reinaldo Drake cf 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 Rafael Cabrera lf 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 Sam Hairston 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 Ted Strong rf 3 2 2 2 1 3 1 Goose Tatum 1b 4 1 1 1 0 9 0 Leonard Pigg c 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 Buster Haywood ph, c 2 0 0 0 0 4 1 Johnny Williams ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Koney Williams ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 Willie Cathey p 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 Luis Perez ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 Totals 36 6 10 5 1 4 24 9 FIELDING - E: 4. Coco Ferrer, Sam Hairston 2, Koney Williams. BATTING - 3B: Coco Ferrer. GDP: Coco Ferrer. Team LOB: 4 Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Curtis Roberts 2b 5 0 0 0 0 1 3 Herb Souell 3b 5 1 3 1 0 0 3 Hank Thompson lf 5 1 0 0 0 1 1 Willard Brown cf 5 2 3 2 0 1 0 Johnie Scott rf 4 3 2 1 1 1 0 Buck O'Neil 1b 5 1 2 0 0 14 0 Gene Baker ss 4 2 2 4 1 3 5 Earl Taborn c 5 1 2 1 0 6 0 Jim LaMarque p 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 Totals 42 12 15 10 2 6 27 14 FIELDING - DP: 1. Curtis Roberts, Buck O'Neil, Gene Baker. PB: 1. Earl Taborn. BATTING - 2B: Willard Brown, Earl Taborn, Jim LaMarque. HR: Willard Brown, Gene Baker. Team LOB: 8 BASERUNNING - SB: Herb Souell, Johnie Scott, Earl Taborn. PITCHING Indianapolis Clowns IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Willie Cathey L 8 15 12 9 2 6 2 44 Totals 8 15 12 9 2 6 2 44 Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Jim LaMarque W 9 10 6 6 1 4 0 37 Totals 9 10 6 6 1 4 0 37 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Manny Hord, 1B - Bill Litz Time of Game: 2:00 Attendance: 2500 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Tuesday, 5/25/1948 -- Indianapolis Clowns at Kansas City Monarchs (N) Starting Lineups: Indianapolis Kansas City 1. C.Ferrer 2b C.Roberts 2b 2. R.Drake cf H.Souell 3b 3. R.Cabrera lf H.Thompson lf 4. S.Hairston 3b W.Brown cf 5. T.Strong rf J.Scott rf 6. G.Tatum 1b B.O'Neil 1b 7. L.Pigg c G.Baker ss 8. K.Williams ss E.Taborn c 9. W.Cathey p J.LaMarque p CLOWNS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; C.Ferrer tripled; R.Drake singled [C.Ferrer scored]; R.Cabrera out on unknown play; S.Hairston out on unknown play; T.Strong singled [R.Drake to second]; G.Tatum out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 1, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 1ST: C.Roberts out on unknown play; H.Souell singled; H.Thompson out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 1, Monarchs 0. CLOWNS 2ND: L.Pigg out on unknown play; K.Williams out on unknown play; W.Cathey out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 1, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 2ND: J.Scott singled; J.Scott stole second; B.O'Neil singled [J.Scott to third]; G.Baker homered to leftfield [J.Scott scored, B.O'Neil scored]; E.Taborn singled; E.Taborn stole second; J.LaMarque doubled [E.Taborn scored]; C.Roberts out on unknown play [J.LaMarque to third]; H.Souell out on unknown play [J.LaMarque scored]; H.Thompson out on unknown play; 5 R, 5 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 1, Monarchs 5. CLOWNS 3RD: C.Ferrer out on unknown play; R.Drake singled; R.Cabrera out on unknown play; S.Hairston out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 1, Monarchs 5. MONARCHS 3RD: W.Brown homered to centerfield; J.Scott walked; B.O'Neil singled [J.Scott to second]; G.Baker singled [J.Scott scored, B.O'Neil to second]; E.Taborn out on unknown play; J.LaMarque out on unknown play; C.Roberts out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 1, Monarchs 7. CLOWNS 4TH: T.Strong flied to J.Scott; Barehanded sliding catch by Scott; G.Tatum out on unknown play; B.HAYWOOD BATTED FOR L.PIGG; B.Haywood out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 1, Monarchs 7. MONARCHS 4TH: B.HAYWOOD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C); H.Souell singled; H.Souell stole second; H.Thompson out on unknown play; W.Brown doubled [H.Souell scored]; J.Scott out on unknown play; B.O'Neil grounded out (W.Cathey to G.Tatum); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 1, Monarchs 8. CLOWNS 5TH: K.Williams out on unknown play; W.Cathey singled; C.Ferrer grounded into a double play (G.Baker to C.Roberts to B.O'Neil) [W.Cathey out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 1, Monarchs 8. MONARCHS 5TH: G.Baker walked; E.Taborn out on unknown play; J.LaMarque out on unknown play; C.Roberts out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 1, Monarchs 8. CLOWNS 6TH: R.Drake out on unknown play; R.Cabrera singled; S.Hairston singled [R.Cabrera to third, S.Hairston to second (on throw)]; T.Strong singled [R.Cabrera scored, S.Hairston scored, T.Strong to second (on throw)]; G.Tatum out on unknown play [T.Strong scored (no RBI)]; B.Haywood out on unknown play; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 4, Monarchs 8. MONARCHS 6TH: H.Souell reached on an error by S.Hairston [H.Souell to first]; H.Thompson out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; J.Scott out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 4, Monarchs 8. CLOWNS 7TH: K.Williams out on unknown play; W.Cathey out on unknown play; C.Ferrer out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 4, Monarchs 8. MONARCHS 7TH: B.O'Neil out on unknown play; G.Baker reached on an error by K.Williams [G.Baker to second]; E.Taborn reached on an error by S.Hairston [G.Baker scored (unearned) (no RBI), E.Taborn to first]; J.LaMarque out on unknown play; C.Roberts out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 4, Monarchs 9. CLOWNS 8TH: R.Drake out on unknown play; R.Cabrera out on unknown play; S.Hairston out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 4, Monarchs 9. MONARCHS 8TH: H.Souell singled; H.Thompson forced H.Souell (unknown fielder) [H.Thompson to first]; W.Brown singled [H.Thompson to second]; J.Scott singled [H.Thompson scored, W.Brown to third]; B.O'Neil out on unknown play; G.Baker reached on an error by C.Ferrer [W.Brown scored (unearned) (no RBI), J.Scott to second, G.Baker to first]; E.Taborn doubled to right field (T.Strong to B.Haywood) [J.Scott scored (unearned), G.Baker out at home]; 3 R (1 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 4, Monarchs 12. CLOWNS 9TH: T.Strong walked; E.Taborn allowed a passed ball [T.Strong to second]; G.Tatum singled [T.Strong scored]; J.WILLIAMS BATTED FOR B.HAYWOOD; J.Williams struck out; K.Williams out on unknown play [G.Tatum to second]; L.PEREZ BATTED FOR W.CATHEY; L.Perez singled [G.Tatum scored]; C.Ferrer out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 6, Monarchs 12. Final Totals R H E LOB Clowns 6 10 4 4 Monarchs 12 15 0 8
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