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 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. 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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