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Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 7 Memphis Red Sox (MEM) 4

Game played on Thursday, June 24, 1948 (N) at Pioneer Memorial Park, Des Moines IA
Regular-Season game

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



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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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