Indianapolis Clowns 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 2 Kansas City Monarchs 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 x - 4 8 2 BATTING Indianapolis Clowns AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Coco Ferrer 3b 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 Henry Merchant lf 4 0 0 0 1 2 0 Ray Neil 2b 4 0 0 0 0 4 2 Sam Hairston 1b 2 0 0 0 2 1 5 0 Leonard Pigg c 3 0 0 0 1 4 1 Buster Haywood pr, c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Andres Mesa rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 Reinaldo Drake cf 2 0 0 0 1 1 5 0 Benny Felder ss 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 Alex Colthirst pr, ss 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 Andy Porter p 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 Koney Williams ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Totals 28 0 1 0 9 8 24 10 FIELDING - DP: 2. Ray Neil 2, Sam Hairston, Benny Felder, Alex Colthirst. E: 2. Alex Colthirst, Andy Porter. PB: 1. Leonard Pigg. BATTING - SH: Reinaldo Drake. Team LOB: 11 Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Gene Baker ss 4 0 0 0 0 5 2 Herb Souell 3b 4 2 3 1 0 2 3 Hank Thompson rf 3 2 2 2 1 0 0 Willard Brown cf 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 Elston Howard lf 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 Tom Cooper 1b 4 0 1 0 0 10 1 Curtis Roberts 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 Earl Taborn c 3 0 0 0 1 8 0 Gene Collins p 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 Totals 33 4 8 4 2 4 27 11 FIELDING - E: 2. Tom Cooper, Gene Collins. PB: 1. Earl Taborn. BATTING - HR: Herb Souell, Hank Thompson. GDP: Elston Howard. Team LOB: 7 PITCHING Indianapolis Clowns IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Andy Porter L 8 8 4 4 2 4 2 35 Totals 8 8 4 4 2 4 2 35 WP: Andy Porter. Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Gene Collins W 9 1 0 0 9 8 0 38 Totals 9 1 0 0 9 8 0 38 WP: Gene Collins. Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Sylvester Vaughn, 1B - Bullet Rogan, 2B - , 3B - Frank Duncan Time of Game: 2:05 Attendance: 8304 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 7/25/1948, game 1 -- Indianapolis Clowns at Kansas City Monarchs (D) Starting Lineups: Indianapolis Kansas City 1. C.Ferrer 3b G.Baker ss 2. H.Merchant lf H.Souell 3b 3. R.Neil 2b H.Thompson rf 4. S.Hairston 1b W.Brown cf 5. L.Pigg c E.Howard lf 6. A.Mesa rf T.Cooper 1b 7. R.Drake cf C.Roberts 2b 8. B.Felder ss E.Taborn c 9. A.Porter p G.Collins p CLOWNS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; C.Ferrer singled to center field; H.Merchant reached on a fielder's choice [C.Ferrer to third (error by G.Collins)]; R.Neil out on unknown play; S.Hairston out on unknown play; L.Pigg out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 1ST: G.Baker out on unknown play; H.Souell homered; H.Thompson singled; W.Brown singled [H.Thompson to second]; E.Howard grounded into a double play (B.Felder to R.Neil to S.Hairston) [W.Brown out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 1. CLOWNS 2ND: A.Mesa walked; R.Drake out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [A.Mesa to second]; B.Felder out on unknown play; A.Porter out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 2ND: T.Cooper out on unknown play; C.Roberts out on unknown play; E.Taborn out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 1. CLOWNS 3RD: C.Ferrer out on unknown play; H.Merchant out on unknown play; R.Neil out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 3RD: G.Collins out on unknown play; G.Baker out on unknown play; H.Souell singled; H.Thompson homered to rightfield [H.Souell scored]; W.Brown out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 3. CLOWNS 4TH: S.Hairston struck out; L.Pigg walked; A.Mesa struck out; R.Drake struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 3. MONARCHS 4TH: E.Howard out on unknown play; T.Cooper out on unknown play; C.Roberts out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 3. CLOWNS 5TH: B.Felder walked; A.COLTHIRST RAN FOR B.FELDER; A.Colthirst was picked off first, but was safe on an error by T.Cooper [A.Colthirst to second]; A.Porter out on unknown play; C.Ferrer walked; H.Merchant out on unknown play; R.Neil out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 3. MONARCHS 5TH: A.COLTHIRST STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); E.Taborn walked; A.Porter threw a wild pitch [E.Taborn to second]; G.Collins lined into a double play (A.Colthirst to R.Neil) [E.Taborn out at second]; G.Baker out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 3. CLOWNS 6TH: S.Hairston walked; G.Collins threw a wild pitch [S.Hairston to second]; L.Pigg out on unknown play; A.Mesa out on unknown play; R.Drake out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 3. MONARCHS 6TH: H.Souell singled; L.Pigg allowed a passed ball [H.Souell to second]; H.Thompson out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; E.Howard out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 3. CLOWNS 7TH: A.Colthirst out on unknown play; A.Porter walked; E.Taborn allowed a passed ball [A.Porter to second]; C.Ferrer out on unknown play; H.Merchant walked; R.Neil out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 3. MONARCHS 7TH: T.Cooper singled; C.Roberts reached on an error by A.Colthirst [T.Cooper to second, C.Roberts to first]; E.Taborn out on unknown play; G.Collins out on unknown play; G.Baker reached on an error by A.Porter [T.Cooper to third, C.Roberts to second, G.Baker to first]; H.Souell out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 2 E, 3 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 3. CLOWNS 8TH: S.Hairston walked; L.Pigg forced S.Hairston (unknown fielder) [L.Pigg to first]; B.HAYWOOD RAN FOR L.PIGG; A.Mesa out on unknown play; R.Drake walked [B.Haywood to second]; A.Colthirst out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 3. MONARCHS 8TH: B.HAYWOOD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C); H.Thompson walked; W.Brown singled [H.Thompson to third]; E.Howard grounded out (A.Colthirst to S.Hairston) [H.Thompson scored, W.Brown to second]; T.Cooper reached on a fielder's choice [W.Brown to third]; C.Roberts out on unknown play; E.Taborn out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 4. CLOWNS 9TH: K.WILLIAMS BATTED FOR A.PORTER; K.Williams struck out; C.Ferrer out on unknown play; H.Merchant out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 4. Final Totals R H E LOB Clowns 0 1 2 11 Monarchs 4 8 2 7
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