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Cleveland Buckeyes (CVB) 5 Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 5

Game played on Sunday, June 27, 1948 (D) at Municipal Stadium, Kansas City MO
Regular-Season game

Cleveland Buckeyes                  2 0 1  0 0 0  0 2  -   5 13  1
Kansas City Monarchs                0 0 3  0 0 0  0 2  -   5  5  2

BATTING

Cleveland Buckeyes                   AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Sam Jethroe cf                        5   0   2    0     0         4   0
Archie Ware 1b                        3   1   1    0     1         7   2
Leon Kellman 2b                       4   2   3    0     0         2   1
Clyde Nelson 3b                       4   0   1    1     0         1   1
George Minor rf                       4   0   1    2     0         1   0
Al Smith lf                           4   1   0    0     0         3   0
Tommy Harris c                        4   1   1    1     0         3   0
Chico Renfroe ss                      4   0   1    1     0         2   3
Chet Brewer p                         4   0   3    0     0         1   1
  Webbo Clarke p                      0   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               36   5  13    5     1   3    24   8

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Archie Ware, Chico Renfroe. 
E: 1.  Archie Ware. 

BATTING -
2B:  Sam Jethroe, Tommy Harris. 
3B:  Chico Renfroe. 
Team LOB:  8

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Sam Jethroe, Archie Ware, Leon Kellman, Chet Brewer. 
CS:  Chet Brewer. 

Kansas City Monarchs                 AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Herb Souell 3b                        4   1   1    0     0         1   3
Buck O'Neil 1b                        4   0   0    1     0         8   0
Hank Thompson rf                      3   1   0    1     1         3   0
Willard Brown cf                      4   1   1    0     0         4   0
Johnie Scott lf                       2   0   2    0     1         2   0
  Jim LaMarque ph                     0   0   0    0     1         0   0
Tom Cooper c                          2   0   0    1     1         3   2
Curtis Roberts 2b                     3   1   0    1     1         0   2
Gene Baker ss                         3   0   0    0     1         3   2
Hilton Smith p                        3   1   1    1     0         0   2
Totals                               28   5   5    5     6   3    24  11

FIELDING -
E: 2.  Tom Cooper, Curtis Roberts. 

BATTING -
SH:  Tom Cooper. 
GDP:  Tom Cooper. 
Team LOB:  6

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Curtis Roberts, Gene Baker. 

PITCHING

Cleveland Buckeyes                   IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Chet Brewer                          7.1     5   5    4   4   3   0  31
Webbo Clarke                         0.2     0   0    0   2   0   0  4
Totals                               8       5   5    4   6   3   0  35


Kansas City Monarchs                 IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Hilton Smith                         8      13   5    5   1   3   0  37
Totals                               8      13   5    5   1   3   0  37



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

Time of Game: 2:10   Attendance: 3950

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 6/27/1948, game 2 -- Cleveland Buckeyes at
Kansas City Monarchs (D)

Starting Lineups:

   Cleveland                     Kansas City                   
1. S.Jethroe           cf        H.Souell            3b        
2. A.Ware              1b        B.O'Neil            1b        
3. L.Kellman           2b        H.Thompson          rf        
4. C.Nelson            3b        W.Brown             cf        
5. G.Minor             rf        J.Scott             lf        
6. A.Smith             lf        T.Cooper            c         
7. T.Harris            c         C.Roberts           2b        
8. C.Renfroe           ss        G.Baker             ss        
9. C.Brewer            p         H.Smith             p         

BUCKEYES 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories
and box sc; S.Jethroe out on unknown play; A.Ware walked;
L.Kellman singled to center field [A.Ware to second]; C.Nelson
singled to right field [A.Ware scored, L.Kellman to third];
G.Minor out on unknown play [L.Kellman scored]; A.Smith out on
unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Buckeyes 2, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 1ST: H.Souell out on unknown play; B.O'Neil out on
unknown play; H.Thompson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Buckeyes 2, Monarchs 0.

BUCKEYES 2ND: T.Harris out on unknown play; C.Renfroe out on
unknown play; C.Brewer singled; S.Jethroe singled [C.Brewer to
third]; S.Jethroe stole second; A.Ware out on unknown play; 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Buckeyes 2, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 2ND: W.Brown out on unknown play; J.Scott singled;
T.Cooper grounded into a double play (C.Renfroe to A.Ware)
[J.Scott out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Buckeyes 2,
Monarchs 0.

BUCKEYES 3RD: L.Kellman singled to center field; L.Kellman
stole second; C.Nelson out on unknown play [L.Kellman to third];
G.Minor flied to J.Scott [L.Kellman scored]; A.Smith out on
unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Buckeyes 3, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 3RD: C.Roberts walked; C.Roberts stole second; G.Baker
out on unknown play; H.Smith singled to center field [C.Roberts
scored]; H.Souell singled [H.Smith to third]; B.O'Neil reached
on an error by A.Ware [H.Smith scored, H.Souell to third,
B.O'Neil to first]; H.Thompson flied to A.Smith [H.Souell scored
(unearned)]; W.Brown out on unknown play; 3 R (2 ER), 2 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Buckeyes 3, Monarchs 3.

BUCKEYES 4TH: T.Harris out on unknown play; C.Renfroe out on
unknown play; C.Brewer singled; C.Brewer stole second [C.Brewer
to third (error by T.Cooper)]; S.Jethroe out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Buckeyes 3, Monarchs 3.

MONARCHS 4TH: J.Scott singled; T.Cooper out on a sacrifice bunt
(unknown fielder) [J.Scott to second]; C.Roberts out on unknown
play [J.Scott to third]; G.Baker walked; G.Baker stole second;
H.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Buckeyes 3,
Monarchs 3.

BUCKEYES 5TH: A.Ware out on unknown play; L.Kellman singled to
second base [L.Kellman to second (error by C.Roberts)]; C.Nelson
out on unknown play; G.Minor out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Buckeyes 3, Monarchs 3.

MONARCHS 5TH: H.Souell out on unknown play; B.O'Neil out on
unknown play; H.Thompson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Buckeyes 3, Monarchs 3.

BUCKEYES 6TH: A.Smith out on unknown play; T.Harris out on
unknown play; C.Renfroe out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Buckeyes 3, Monarchs 3.

MONARCHS 6TH: W.Brown out on unknown play; J.Scott walked;
T.Cooper out on unknown play; C.Roberts out on unknown play; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Buckeyes 3, Monarchs 3.

BUCKEYES 7TH: C.Brewer singled; C.Brewer was caught stealing
second (unknown fielder); S.Jethroe doubled; A.Ware singled
[S.Jethroe to third]; A.Ware stole second; L.Kellman out on
unknown play; C.Nelson out on unknown play; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Buckeyes 3, Monarchs 3.

MONARCHS 7TH: G.Baker out on unknown play; H.Smith out on
unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Buckeyes 3, Monarchs 3.

BUCKEYES 8TH: G.Minor singled; A.Smith forced G.Minor (unknown
fielder) [A.Smith to first]; T.Harris doubled [A.Smith scored];
C.Renfroe tripled [T.Harris scored]; C.Brewer out on unknown
play; S.Jethroe out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Buckeyes 5, Monarchs 3.

MONARCHS 8TH: B.O'Neil out on unknown play; H.Thompson walked;
W.Brown singled [H.Thompson to second]; W.CLARKE REPLACED
C.BREWER (PITCHING); J.LAMARQUE BATTED FOR J.SCOTT; J.LaMarque
walked [H.Thompson to third, W.Brown to second]; T.Cooper walked
[H.Thompson scored, W.Brown to third, J.LaMarque to second];
C.Roberts flied to G.Minor [W.Brown scored]; G.Baker out on
unknown play; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Buckeyes 5, Monarchs 5.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Buckeyes         5  13   1   8
 Monarchs         5   5   2   6


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