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Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 16 Memphis Red Sox (MEM) 2

Game played on Friday, June 25, 1948 (N) at Municipal Stadium, Kansas City MO
Regular-Season game

Memphis Red Sox                     1 0 0  0 0 0  1 0 0   -   2 12  1
Kansas City Monarchs                2 3 0  0 3 0  7 1 x   -  16 22  1

BATTING

Memphis Red Sox                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Cowan Hyde rf                         5   2   2    0     0         2   0
Candido Morales 3b                    4   0   1    0     1         1   1
Jose Colas cf                         5   0   1    0     0         4   0
Bob Boyd 1b                           5   0   2    1     0        10   0
Neil Robinson lf                      3   0   2    0     0         0   0
Johnnie Cowan 2b                      4   0   1    0     0         4   2
Casey Jones c                         4   0   1    0     0         1   2
Willie Wells Jr. ss                   4   0   1    0     0         2   3
Spoon Carter p                        1   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Sack Morgan p                       2   0   1    0     0         0   2
  Raul Sanchez p                      1   0   0    0     0         0   1
Totals                               38   2  12    1     1   7    24  11

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Bob Boyd, Johnnie Cowan, Willie Wells Jr.. 
E: 1.  Sack Morgan. 

BATTING -
2B:  Neil Robinson, Casey Jones. 
SH:  Neil Robinson. 
Team LOB:  11


Kansas City Monarchs                 AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Herb Souell 3b                        6   1   3    0     0         1   4
Tom Cooper 1b                         4   1   2    0     1        13   0
Hank Thompson lf                      6   2   2    2     0         0   0
Willard Brown cf                      4   2   3    3     1         1   0
Johnie Scott rf                       5   1   2    1     0         0   0
Curtis Roberts 2b                     5   2   3    1     0         3   0
Gene Baker ss                         4   3   2    0     1         1   5
Earl Taborn c                         5   2   3    3     0         7   0
Jim LaMarque p                        4   2   2    4     1         1   4
Totals                               43  16  22   14     4   1    27  13

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Curtis Roberts, Gene Baker. 
E: 1.  Gene Baker. 

BATTING -
2B:  Hank Thompson, Earl Taborn. 
3B:  Willard Brown. 
HR:  Jim LaMarque. 
SH:  Tom Cooper. 
GDP:  Johnie Scott. 
Team LOB:  8

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Curtis Roberts. 
CS:  Curtis Roberts. 

PITCHING

Memphis Red Sox                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Spoon Carter L                       1       7   5    5   0   0   1  9
Sack Morgan                          5      12  10    8   3   0   0  30
Raul Sanchez                         2       3   1    1   1   1   0  9
Totals                               8      22  16   14   4   1   1  48

Spoon Carter pitched to 3 batters in the 2nd inning
Sack Morgan pitched to 7 batters in the 7th inning

Kansas City Monarchs                 IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Jim LaMarque W                       9      12   2    1   1   7   0  40
Totals                               9      12   2    1   1   7   0  40



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Umpires: HP - Frank Duncan, 1B - Sylvester Vaughn, 2B -  , 3B - Bullet Rogan

Time of Game: 2:12   Attendance: 2215

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Friday, 6/25/1948 -- Memphis Red Sox at Kansas City
Monarchs (N)

Starting Lineups:

   Memphis                       Kansas City                   
1. C.Hyde              rf        H.Souell            3b        
2. C.Morales           3b        T.Cooper            1b        
3. J.Colas             cf        H.Thompson          lf        
4. B.Boyd              1b        W.Brown             cf        
5. N.Robinson          lf        J.Scott             rf        
6. J.Cowan             2b        C.Roberts           2b        
7. C.Jones             c         G.Baker             ss        
8. W.Wells Jr.         ss        E.Taborn            c         
9. S.Carter            p         J.LaMarque          p         

RED SOX 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories
and box sc; C.Hyde singled; C.Morales out on unknown play
[C.Hyde to second]; J.Colas out on unknown play; B.Boyd singled
[C.Hyde scored]; N.Robinson singled [B.Boyd to second]; J.Cowan
out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Monarchs
0.

MONARCHS 1ST: H.Souell out on unknown play; T.Cooper out on
unknown play; H.Thompson doubled; W.Brown singled [H.Thompson
scored]; J.Scott singled [W.Brown to second]; C.Roberts singled
[W.Brown scored, J.Scott to third]; C.Roberts was caught
stealing second (unknown fielder); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red
Sox 1, Monarchs 2.

RED SOX 2ND: C.Jones out on unknown play; W.Wells Jr. singled;
S.Carter out on unknown play; C.Hyde out on unknown play; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Monarchs 2.

MONARCHS 2ND: G.Baker singled; E.Taborn singled [G.Baker to
second]; J.LaMarque homered to leftfield [G.Baker scored,
E.Taborn scored]; S.MORGAN REPLACED S.CARTER (PITCHING);
H.Souell singled; T.Cooper out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown
fielder) [H.Souell to second]; H.Thompson out on unknown play;
W.Brown walked; J.Scott out on unknown play; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Red Sox 1, Monarchs 5.

RED SOX 3RD: C.Morales singled; J.Colas out on unknown play
[C.Morales to second]; B.Boyd lined into a double play (G.Baker
to C.Roberts) [C.Morales out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Red Sox 1, Monarchs 5.

MONARCHS 3RD: C.Roberts out on unknown play; G.Baker out on
unknown play; E.Taborn out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 1, Monarchs 5.

RED SOX 4TH: N.Robinson doubled; J.Cowan out on unknown play;
C.Jones out on unknown play; W.Wells Jr. out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Monarchs 5.

MONARCHS 4TH: J.LaMarque out on unknown play; H.Souell out on
unknown play; T.Cooper singled; H.Thompson out on unknown play;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Monarchs 5.

RED SOX 5TH: S.Morgan singled; C.Hyde out on unknown play;
C.Morales out on unknown play; J.Colas out on unknown play; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Monarchs 5.

MONARCHS 5TH: W.Brown tripled; J.Scott singled [W.Brown
scored]; C.Roberts singled [J.Scott to third]; C.Roberts stole
second; C.Roberts was picked off second, but was safe on an
error by S.Morgan [J.Scott scored (unearned), C.Roberts scored
(unearned)]; G.Baker out on unknown play; E.Taborn out on
unknown play; J.LaMarque walked; H.Souell out on unknown play; 3
R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Monarchs 8.

RED SOX 6TH: B.Boyd singled; N.Robinson out on a sacrifice bunt
(unknown fielder) [B.Boyd to second]; J.Cowan singled [B.Boyd to
third]; C.Jones out on unknown play; W.Wells Jr. out on unknown
play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Monarchs 8.

MONARCHS 6TH: T.Cooper walked; H.Thompson out on unknown play;
W.Brown out on unknown play; J.Scott out on unknown play; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Monarchs 8.

RED SOX 7TH: S.Morgan out on unknown play; C.Hyde singled;
C.Morales out on unknown play; J.Colas singled [C.Hyde to
third]; B.Boyd reached on an error by G.Baker [C.Hyde scored
(unearned) (no RBI), J.Colas to second, B.Boyd to first];
N.Robinson out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. 
Red Sox 2, Monarchs 8.

MONARCHS 7TH: C.Roberts singled; G.Baker singled [C.Roberts to
third, G.Baker to second (on throw)]; E.Taborn singled to left
field [C.Roberts scored, G.Baker scored, E.Taborn to second (on
throw)]; J.LaMarque singled [E.Taborn scored]; H.Souell singled
to pitcher [J.LaMarque to second]; T.Cooper singled to pitcher
[J.LaMarque to third, H.Souell to second]; H.Thompson singled
[J.LaMarque scored, H.Souell scored, T.Cooper to third,
H.Thompson to second (on throw)]; R.SANCHEZ REPLACED S.MORGAN
(PITCHING); W.Brown singled to right field [T.Cooper scored,
H.Thompson scored]; J.Scott grounded into a double play (W.Wells
Jr. to J.Cowan to B.Boyd) [W.Brown out at second]; C.Roberts out
on unknown play; 7 R, 8 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Monarchs 15.

RED SOX 8TH: J.Cowan out on unknown play; C.Jones doubled;
W.Wells Jr. out on unknown play; R.Sanchez out on unknown play;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Monarchs 15.

MONARCHS 8TH: G.Baker walked; E.Taborn doubled [G.Baker
scored]; J.LaMarque out on unknown play; H.Souell singled
[E.Taborn to third]; T.Cooper out on unknown play; H.Thompson
out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Monarchs
16.

RED SOX 9TH: C.Hyde out on unknown play; C.Morales walked;
J.Colas out on unknown play; B.Boyd out on unknown play; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Monarchs 16.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Red Sox          2  12   1  11
 Monarchs        16  22   1   8


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