Indianapolis Clowns 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 - 7 12 2 Kansas City Monarchs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 3 6 1 BATTING Indianapolis Clowns AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Coco Ferrer ss 4 1 1 0 1 1 1 Henry Merchant cf 4 2 2 1 0 3 0 Ray Neil 2b 4 2 3 0 1 2 1 Sam Hairston c 5 1 3 4 0 8 1 Ted Strong rf 4 0 1 2 1 4 0 Goose Tatum 1b 3 0 0 0 1 6 0 Rafael Cabrera lf 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 Luis Perez 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 Luis Cabrera p 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 Totals 36 7 12 7 4 3 27 7 FIELDING - DP: 1. Sam Hairston, Goose Tatum. E: 2. Henry Merchant, Goose Tatum. BATTING - 3B: Sam Hairston. SH: Henry Merchant. Team LOB: 7 BASERUNNING - SB: Rafael Cabrera. Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Curtis Roberts 2b 3 0 1 0 1 3 2 Herb Souell 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 Hank Thompson lf 2 0 0 0 1 3 1 Willard Brown cf 3 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 Johnie Scott rf 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 Buck O'Neil 1b 4 1 1 0 0 12 1 Gene Baker ss 4 1 1 2 0 3 4 Earl Taborn c 4 0 1 1 0 3 2 Gene Richardson p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hilton Smith p 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 Ford Smith ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 32 3 6 3 3 7 27 12 FIELDING - DP: 2. Curtis Roberts 2, Hank Thompson, Buck O'Neil 2, Gene Baker. E: 1. Willard Brown. BATTING - 2B: Johnie Scott. 3B: Gene Baker. SH: Hank Thompson. Team LOB: 6 PITCHING Indianapolis Clowns IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Luis Cabrera W 9 6 3 3 3 7 0 36 Totals 9 6 3 3 3 7 0 36 Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Gene Richardson L 2.1 7 3 3 0 0 0 13 Hilton Smith 6.2 5 4 4 4 3 0 28 Totals 9 12 7 7 4 3 0 41 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Bullet Rogan, 1B - Frank Duncan, 2B - , 3B - Sylvester Vaughn Time of Game: 2:30 Attendance: 3513 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Friday, 5/28/1948 -- Indianapolis Clowns at Kansas City Monarchs (N) Starting Lineups: Indianapolis Kansas City 1. C.Ferrer ss C.Roberts 2b 2. H.Merchant cf H.Souell 3b 3. R.Neil 2b H.Thompson lf 4. S.Hairston c W.Brown cf 5. T.Strong rf J.Scott rf 6. G.Tatum 1b B.O'Neil 1b 7. R.Cabrera lf G.Baker ss 8. L.Perez 3b E.Taborn c 9. L.Cabrera p G.Richardson p CLOWNS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; C.Ferrer out on unknown play; H.Merchant singled; R.Neil singled [H.Merchant to second]; S.Hairston singled [H.Merchant scored, R.Neil to second]; T.Strong singled (J.Scott to H.Souell) [R.Neil scored, S.Hairston out at third]; G.Tatum out on unknown play; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 2, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 1ST: C.Roberts singled; H.Souell singled [C.Roberts to second]; H.Thompson out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [C.Roberts to third, H.Souell to second]; W.Brown walked; J.Scott out on unknown play; B.O'Neil out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Clowns 2, Monarchs 0. CLOWNS 2ND: R.Cabrera out on unknown play; L.Perez out on unknown play; L.Cabrera out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 2, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 2ND: G.Baker out on unknown play; E.Taborn singled to center field [E.Taborn to second (error by H.Merchant)]; G.Richardson out on unknown play; C.Roberts out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 2, Monarchs 0. CLOWNS 3RD: C.Ferrer out on unknown play; H.Merchant singled; R.Neil singled [H.Merchant to second]; S.Hairston singled [H.Merchant scored, R.Neil to second]; H.SMITH REPLACED G.RICHARDSON (PITCHING); T.Strong walked [R.Neil to third, S.Hairston to second]; G.Tatum flied to unknown fielder; R.Cabrera flied to unknown fielder; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Clowns 3, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 3RD: H.Souell out on unknown play; H.Thompson walked; W.Brown struck out while (S.Hairston to G.Tatum); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 3, Monarchs 0. CLOWNS 4TH: L.Perez reached on an error by W.Brown [L.Perez to first]; L.Cabrera out on unknown play; C.Ferrer out on unknown play; H.Merchant out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 3, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 4TH: J.Scott out on unknown play; B.O'Neil out on unknown play; G.Baker out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 3, Monarchs 0. CLOWNS 5TH: R.Neil out on unknown play; S.Hairston out on unknown play; T.Strong out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 3, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 5TH: E.Taborn out on unknown play; H.Smith out on unknown play; C.Roberts walked; H.Souell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 3, Monarchs 0. CLOWNS 6TH: G.Tatum out on unknown play; R.Cabrera singled; R.Cabrera stole second; L.Perez out on unknown play; L.Cabrera out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 3, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 6TH: H.Thompson out on unknown play; W.Brown struck out; J.Scott out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 3, Monarchs 0. CLOWNS 7TH: C.Ferrer walked; H.Merchant out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [C.Ferrer to second]; R.Neil singled [C.Ferrer to third]; S.Hairston tripled to left-center [C.Ferrer scored, R.Neil scored]; T.Strong out on unknown play [S.Hairston scored]; G.Tatum walked; R.Cabrera out on unknown play; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 6, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 7TH: B.O'Neil reached on an error by G.Tatum [B.O'Neil to first]; G.Baker out on unknown play; E.Taborn out on unknown play; H.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 6, Monarchs 0. CLOWNS 8TH: L.Perez singled to shortstop; L.Cabrera struck out; C.Ferrer singled to center field [L.Perez to third]; H.Merchant hit into a double play (G.Baker to B.O'Neil to C.Roberts) [L.Perez scored, C.Ferrer out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 7, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 8TH: C.Roberts out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; H.Thompson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 7, Monarchs 0. CLOWNS 9TH: R.Neil walked; S.Hairston hit into a double play (H.Thompson to C.Roberts to B.O'Neil) [R.Neil out at first]; T.Strong out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 7, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 9TH: W.Brown struck out; J.Scott doubled to center field; B.O'Neil singled to center field [J.Scott to third]; G.Baker tripled to left field [J.Scott scored, B.O'Neil scored]; E.Taborn flied to R.Cabrera [G.Baker scored]; F.SMITH BATTED FOR H.SMITH; F.Smith popped to G.Tatum; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 7, Monarchs 3. Final Totals R H E LOB Clowns 7 12 2 7 Monarchs 3 6 1 6
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