Memphis Red Sox 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 - 4 7 4 Kansas City Monarchs 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 x - 7 6 5 BATTING Memphis Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Cowan Hyde rf 5 0 1 0 0 2 0 Willie Wells Sr. 3b 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 Jose Colas cf 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 Bob Boyd 1b 3 1 1 1 1 11 0 Neil Robinson lf 4 0 1 1 0 2 0 Willie Wells Jr. ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 Casey Jones c 4 0 0 0 0 5 1 Johnnie Cowan 2b 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 Joe Burt Scott ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sam Woods p 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 Pepper Sharpe p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Spoon Carter p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Verdell Mathis ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Totals 36 4 7 3 1 7 24 13 FIELDING - E: 4. Bob Boyd, Willie Wells Jr., Casey Jones, Johnnie Cowan. BATTING - 2B: Jose Colas, Bob Boyd. 3B: Jose Colas. GDP: Willie Wells Jr.. Team LOB: 6 BASERUNNING - SB: Willie Wells Sr.. Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Gene Baker ss 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 Tom Cooper 1b 3 1 0 0 1 8 1 Hank Thompson 3b 3 2 2 0 1 1 1 Willard Brown cf 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 Johnie Scott lf 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 Curtis Roberts 2b 3 0 1 0 1 5 3 Earl Taborn c 4 1 1 1 0 9 2 Charley Hall rf 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 Hilton Smith ph, rf 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 Gene Richardson p 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 Buck O'Neil ph 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 Connie Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 32 7 6 5 5 5 27 9 FIELDING - DP: 1. Tom Cooper, Curtis Roberts. E: 5. Tom Cooper 2, Hank Thompson, Willard Brown, Connie Johnson. BATTING - 2B: Hank Thompson, Earl Taborn. Team LOB: 6 BASERUNNING - SB: Johnie Scott, Curtis Roberts, Buck O'Neil. PITCHING Memphis Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Sam Woods 7 5 3 1 3 5 0 31 Pepper Sharpe L 0.1 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 Spoon Carter 0.2 1 2 0 1 0 0 4 Totals 8 6 7 1 5 5 0 37 Sam Woods pitched to 3 batters in the 8th inning Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Gene Richardson W 8 7 4 3 1 6 0 33 Connie Johnson SV 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 Totals 9 7 4 3 1 7 0 37 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Fisher, 1B - Rauschenbach Time of Game: 2:23 Attendance: 1159 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Thursday, 6/24/1948 -- Memphis Red Sox at Kansas City Monarchs (N) Starting Lineups: Memphis Kansas City 1. C.Hyde rf G.Baker ss 2. W.Wells Sr. 3b T.Cooper 1b 3. J.Colas cf H.Thompson 3b 4. B.Boyd 1b W.Brown cf 5. N.Robinson lf J.Scott lf 6. W.Wells Jr. ss C.Roberts 2b 7. C.Jones c E.Taborn c 8. J.Cowan 2b C.Hall rf 9. S.Woods p G.Richardson p RED SOX 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; C.Hyde out on unknown play; W.Wells Sr. singled; W.Wells Sr. stole second; J.Colas doubled [W.Wells Sr. scored]; B.Boyd out on unknown play; N.Robinson out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 1ST: G.Baker reached on an error by J.Cowan [G.Baker to first]; T.Cooper out on unknown play; H.Thompson singled [G.Baker to second]; W.Brown out on unknown play; J.Scott out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 1, Monarchs 0. RED SOX 2ND: W.Wells Jr. out on unknown play; C.Jones out on unknown play; J.Cowan out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 2ND: C.Roberts singled; C.Roberts stole second; E.Taborn out on unknown play; C.Hall reached on an error by B.Boyd [C.Roberts to third, C.Hall to first]; G.Richardson out on unknown play; G.Baker out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 1, Monarchs 0. RED SOX 3RD: S.Woods out on unknown play; C.Hyde out on unknown play; W.Wells Sr. out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 3RD: T.Cooper out on unknown play; H.Thompson doubled; W.Brown out on unknown play; J.Scott singled [H.Thompson scored]; J.Scott stole second; C.Roberts out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Monarchs 1. RED SOX 4TH: J.Colas tripled; B.Boyd doubled [J.Colas scored]; N.Robinson singled [B.Boyd scored]; W.Wells Jr. grounded into a double play (C.Roberts to T.Cooper) [N.Robinson out at second]; C.Jones out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 3, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 4TH: E.Taborn out on unknown play; C.Hall out on unknown play; G.Richardson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 3, Monarchs 1. RED SOX 5TH: J.Cowan reached on an error by H.Thompson [J.Cowan to first]; S.Woods out on unknown play; C.Hyde out on unknown play; W.Wells Sr. singled to center field [J.Cowan scored (unearned) (no RBI) (error by W.Brown)]; J.Colas out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 4, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 5TH: G.Baker out on unknown play; T.Cooper out on unknown play; H.Thompson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 4, Monarchs 1. RED SOX 6TH: B.Boyd walked; N.Robinson out on unknown play; W.Wells Jr. out on unknown play; C.Jones out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 4, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 6TH: W.Brown out on unknown play; J.Scott out on unknown play; C.Roberts out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 4, Monarchs 1. RED SOX 7TH: J.Cowan out on unknown play; S.Woods out on unknown play; C.Hyde singled; W.Wells Sr. out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 4, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 7TH: E.Taborn doubled; H.SMITH BATTED FOR C.HALL; H.Smith out on unknown play; G.Richardson out on unknown play; G.Baker out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 4, Monarchs 1. RED SOX 8TH: H.SMITH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); J.Colas reached on an error by T.Cooper [J.Colas to second (error by T.Cooper)]; B.Boyd out on unknown play; N.Robinson out on unknown play; W.Wells Jr. out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 4, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 8TH: T.Cooper walked; H.Thompson walked [T.Cooper to second]; W.Brown walked [T.Cooper to third, H.Thompson to second]; P.SHARPE REPLACED S.WOODS (PITCHING); W.Brown was picked off first (P.Sharpe to B.Boyd); J.Scott reached on an error by W.Wells Jr. [T.Cooper scored (unearned) (no RBI), H.Thompson to third, J.Scott to first]; C.Roberts walked [J.Scott to second]; S.CARTER REPLACED P.SHARPE (PITCHING); E.Taborn forced C.Roberts (unknown fielder) [H.Thompson scored (unearned), J.Scott to third, E.Taborn to first]; H.Smith walked [E.Taborn to second]; B.O'NEIL BATTED FOR G.RICHARDSON; B.O'Neil singled [J.Scott scored (unearned), E.Taborn scored (unearned), H.Smith scored (unearned), B.O'Neil to second (on throw)]; B.O'Neil stole third [B.O'Neil scored (unearned) (error by C.Jones)]; G.Baker out on unknown play; 6 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 4, Monarchs 7. RED SOX 9TH: C.JOHNSON REPLACED B.O'NEIL (PITCHING); C.Jones out on unknown play; J.SCOTT BATTED FOR J.COWAN; J.Scott reached on an error by C.Johnson [J.Scott to first]; V.MATHIS BATTED FOR S.CARTER; V.Mathis struck out; C.Hyde out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 4, Monarchs 7. Final Totals R H E LOB Red Sox 4 7 4 6 Monarchs 7 6 5 6
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