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Indianapolis Clowns (IN9) 9 Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 7

Game played on Sunday, May 30, 1948 (D) at Municipal Stadium, Davenport IA
Regular-Season game

Indianapolis Clowns                 1 0 0  4 0 0  0 4 0   -   9  9  1
Kansas City Monarchs                3 0 0  0 0 0  0 4 0   -   7 12  3

BATTING

Indianapolis Clowns                  AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Coco Ferrer ss                        5   3   1    0     0         3   5
Rafael Cabrera lf                     3   2   1    2     2         1   0
Ray Neil 2b                           4   1   1    1     1         4   6
Sam Hairston c                        5   0   3    2     0         1   1
Ted Strong rf                         2   0   0    0     2         3   0
Goose Tatum 1b                        4   0   0    1     1        13   0
Reinaldo Drake cf                     4   0   1    0     1         1   0
Luis Perez 3b                         5   1   1    0     0         1   1
Jim Cohen p                           4   2   1    0     0         0   1
Totals                               36   9   9    6     7  10    27  14

FIELDING -
DP: 3.  Coco Ferrer, Ray Neil 2, Goose Tatum 3, Luis Perez, Jim Cohen. 
E: 1.  Goose Tatum. 

BATTING -
2B:  Ray Neil. 
SH:  Coco Ferrer, Ted Strong. 
HBP:  Jim Cohen. 
Team LOB:  10


Kansas City Monarchs                 AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Curtis Roberts 2b                     5   0   1    0     0   0     2   0
Herb Souell 3b                        4   1   1    0     0   0     0   3
Hank Thompson rf                      3   2   0    1     1   0     2   0
Willard Brown cf                      4   2   2    2     0   0     0   0
Johnie Scott lf                       4   1   1    3     0   0     3   0
Buck O'Neil 1b                        4   0   1    0     0   0     5   1
Gene Baker ss                         4   0   3    1     0   0     3   3
Earl Taborn c                         4   0   1    0     0   0    12   0
Gene Collins p                        3   1   2    0     0   0     0   0
  Ford Smith ph                       1   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Totals                               36   7  12    7     1   0    27   7

FIELDING -
E: 3.  Curtis Roberts, Gene Baker, Gene Collins. 

BATTING -
2B:  Willard Brown, Johnie Scott. 
3B:  Willard Brown. 
GDP:  Curtis Roberts, Earl Taborn, Gene Collins. 
Team LOB:  3


PITCHING

Indianapolis Clowns                  IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Jim Cohen W                          9      12   7    7   1   0   0  37
Totals                               9      12   7    7   1   0   0  37


Kansas City Monarchs                 IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Gene Collins L                       9       9   9    5   7  10   0  46
Totals                               9       9   9    5   7  10   0  46

WP:  Gene Collins. 
HBP:  Gene Collins. 


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Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing.

Umpires: HP - John Crawford, 1B -  Atkins, 2B -  , 3B -  

Time of Game: 2:00   Attendance: 2300

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 5/30/1948 -- Indianapolis Clowns at Kansas City
Monarchs (D)

Starting Lineups:

   Indianapolis                  Kansas City                   
1. C.Ferrer            ss        C.Roberts           2b        
2. R.Cabrera           lf        H.Souell            3b        
3. R.Neil              2b        H.Thompson          rf        
4. S.Hairston          c         W.Brown             cf        
5. T.Strong            rf        J.Scott             lf        
6. G.Tatum             1b        B.O'Neil            1b        
7. R.Drake             cf        G.Baker             ss        
8. L.Perez             3b        E.Taborn            c         
9. J.Cohen             p         G.Collins           p         

CLOWNS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and
box sc; C.Ferrer singled; R.Cabrera out on unknown play; R.Neil
out on unknown play; S.Hairston singled [C.Ferrer to second];
T.Strong walked [C.Ferrer to third, S.Hairston to second];
G.Tatum walked [C.Ferrer scored, S.Hairston to third, T.Strong
to second]; R.Drake out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. 
Clowns 1, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 1ST: C.Roberts out on unknown play; H.Souell singled;
H.Thompson walked [H.Souell to second]; W.Brown tripled to
right-center [H.Souell scored, H.Thompson scored]; J.Scott flied
to unknown fielder [W.Brown scored]; B.O'Neil out on unknown
play; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Clowns 1, Monarchs 3.

CLOWNS 2ND: L.Perez out on unknown play; J.Cohen out on unknown
play; C.Ferrer out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Clowns 1, Monarchs 3.

MONARCHS 2ND: G.Baker out on unknown play; E.Taborn singled;
G.Collins grounded into a double play (R.Neil to G.Tatum)
[E.Taborn out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Clowns 1,
Monarchs 3.

CLOWNS 3RD: R.Cabrera walked; R.Neil doubled [R.Cabrera to
third]; S.Hairston out on unknown play; T.Strong walked;
T.Strong was picked off first (unknown fielder); G.Tatum out on
unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Clowns 1, Monarchs 3.

MONARCHS 3RD: C.Roberts out on unknown play; H.Souell out on
unknown play; H.Thompson reached on an error by G.Tatum
[H.Thompson to first]; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Clowns 1, Monarchs 3.

CLOWNS 4TH: R.Drake singled; On a bunt L.Perez singled [R.Drake
to second]; J.Cohen was hit by a pitch [R.Drake to third,
L.Perez to second]; C.Ferrer forced R.Drake (H.Souell to
E.Taborn) [L.Perez to third, J.Cohen to second, C.Ferrer to
first]; R.Cabrera singled to center field [L.Perez scored,
J.Cohen scored, C.Ferrer to second]; R.Neil walked [C.Ferrer to
third, R.Cabrera to second]; S.Hairston singled [C.Ferrer
scored, R.Cabrera scored, R.Neil to second]; T.Strong out on a
sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [R.Neil to third, S.Hairston to
second]; G.Tatum out on unknown play; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Clowns 5, Monarchs 3.

MONARCHS 4TH: J.Scott out on unknown play; B.O'Neil out on
unknown play; G.Baker singled; E.Taborn out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Clowns 5, Monarchs 3.

CLOWNS 5TH: R.Drake out on unknown play; L.Perez out on unknown
play; J.Cohen out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Clowns
5, Monarchs 3.

MONARCHS 5TH: G.Collins singled; C.Roberts grounded into a
double play (J.Cohen to C.Ferrer to G.Tatum) [G.Collins out at
second]; H.Souell out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Clowns 5, Monarchs 3.

CLOWNS 6TH: C.Ferrer out on unknown play; R.Cabrera out on
unknown play; R.Neil out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Clowns 5, Monarchs 3.

MONARCHS 6TH: H.Thompson out on unknown play; W.Brown out on
unknown play; J.Scott out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Clowns 5, Monarchs 3.

CLOWNS 7TH: S.Hairston singled; T.Strong out on unknown play;
G.Tatum out on unknown play; R.Drake out on unknown play; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Clowns 5, Monarchs 3.

MONARCHS 7TH: B.O'Neil out on unknown play; G.Baker singled;
E.Taborn grounded into a double play (L.Perez to R.Neil to
G.Tatum) [G.Baker out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Clowns
5, Monarchs 3.

CLOWNS 8TH: L.Perez out on unknown play; J.Cohen singled to
center field; C.Ferrer reached on an error on a sacrifice bunt
by G.Collins [J.Cohen to second, C.Ferrer to first]; R.Cabrera
walked [J.Cohen to third, C.Ferrer to second]; R.Neil reached on
an error by G.Baker [J.Cohen scored (unearned) (RBI), C.Ferrer
scored (unearned) (no RBI), R.Cabrera to third, R.Neil to
first]; G.Collins threw a wild pitch [R.Cabrera scored
(unearned), R.Neil to second]; S.Hairston reached on an error by
C.Roberts [R.Neil scored (unearned) (no RBI), S.Hairston to
first]; T.Strong forced S.Hairston (unknown fielder) [T.Strong
to first]; G.Tatum out on unknown play; 4 R (0 ER), 1 H, 3 E, 1
LOB.  Clowns 9, Monarchs 3.

MONARCHS 8TH: G.Collins singled; C.Roberts singled [G.Collins
to second]; H.Souell forced C.Roberts (unknown fielder)
[G.Collins to third, H.Souell to first]; H.Thompson forced
H.Souell (unknown fielder) [G.Collins scored, H.Thompson to
first]; W.Brown doubled [H.Thompson to third]; J.Scott doubled
[H.Thompson scored, W.Brown scored]; B.O'Neil singled [J.Scott
to third]; G.Baker singled (unknown fielder) [J.Scott scored,
B.O'Neil out at third]; 4 R, 6 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Clowns 9,
Monarchs 7.

CLOWNS 9TH: R.Drake walked; L.Perez out on unknown play;
J.Cohen out on unknown play; C.Ferrer out on unknown play; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Clowns 9, Monarchs 7.

MONARCHS 9TH: E.Taborn out on unknown play; F.SMITH BATTED FOR
G.COLLINS; F.Smith flied to T.Strong; C.Roberts out on unknown
play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Clowns 9, Monarchs 7.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Clowns           9   9   1  10
 Monarchs         7  12   3   3


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