Birmingham Black Barons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 1 Kansas City Monarchs 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 3 1 BATTING Birmingham Black Barons AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Artie Wilson ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 John Britton 3b 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 Ed Steele rf 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 Piper Davis 2b 3 0 0 0 0 4 4 Herman Bell c 2 0 0 0 1 5 2 Norman Robinson cf 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 Joe Scott 1b 3 0 1 0 0 7 0 Willie Mays lf 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 Bill Greason p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 23 0 4 0 2 4 20 9 FIELDING - E: 1. Piper Davis. BATTING - SH: Norman Robinson. GDP: Willie Mays. Team LOB: 5 BASERUNNING - CS: Willie Mays. Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Gene Baker ss 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 Herb Souell 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 Hank Thompson rf 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 Willard Brown cf 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 Elston Howard lf 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 Tom Cooper 1b 2 0 0 0 0 9 0 Johnie Scott ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Curtis Roberts 2b 3 0 0 1 0 2 7 Earl Taborn c 2 0 1 0 0 4 2 Ford Smith p 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 Totals 22 1 3 1 3 5 21 11 FIELDING - DP: 1. Gene Baker, Tom Cooper, Curtis Roberts. E: 1. Earl Taborn. BATTING - IW: Johnie Scott. Team LOB: 4 BASERUNNING - SB: Willard Brown. CS: Hank Thompson. PITCHING Birmingham Black Barons IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Bill Greason L 6.2 3 1 1 3 5 0 25 Totals 6.2 3 1 1 3 5 0 25 WP: Bill Greason. IW: Bill Greason. Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Ford Smith W 7 4 0 0 2 4 0 26 Totals 7 4 0 0 2 4 0 26 WP: Ford Smith. 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: 1:45 Attendance: 5044 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 8/1/1948, game 2 -- Birmingham Black Barons at Kansas City Monarchs (D) Starting Lineups: Birmingham Kansas City 1. A.Wilson ss G.Baker ss 2. J.Britton 3b H.Souell 3b 3. E.Steele rf H.Thompson rf 4. P.Davis 2b W.Brown cf 5. H.Bell c E.Howard lf 6. N.Robinson cf T.Cooper 1b 7. J.Scott 1b C.Roberts 2b 8. W.Mays lf E.Taborn c 9. B.Greason p F.Smith p BLACK BARONS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; A.Wilson out on unknown play; J.Britton out on unknown play; E.Steele singled; F.Smith threw a wild pitch [E.Steele to second]; P.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 1ST: G.Baker out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; H.Thompson walked; H.Thompson advanced to second (error by P.Davis; assist by H.Bell); W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0. BLACK BARONS 2ND: H.Bell walked; N.Robinson out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [H.Bell to second]; J.Scott singled [H.Bell to third]; W.Mays grounded into a double play (G.Baker to C.Roberts to T.Cooper) [J.Scott out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 2ND: 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. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0. BLACK BARONS 3RD: B.Greason out on unknown play; A.Wilson singled; J.Britton out on unknown play; E.Steele out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 3RD: E.Taborn out on unknown play; F.Smith out on unknown play; G.Baker out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0. BLACK BARONS 4TH: P.Davis out on unknown play; H.Bell out on unknown play; N.Robinson singled; J.Scott out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 4TH: H.Souell out on unknown play; H.Thompson walked; H.Thompson was caught stealing second (unknown fielder); W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0. BLACK BARONS 5TH: W.Mays walked; W.Mays was caught stealing second (unknown fielder); B.Greason out on unknown play; A.Wilson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 5TH: E.Howard singled to left field; T.Cooper out on unknown play; C.Roberts out on unknown play; E.Taborn singled [E.Howard to second]; F.Smith popped to J.Scott; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0. BLACK BARONS 6TH: J.Britton out on unknown play; E.Steele out on unknown play; P.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 6TH: G.Baker out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; H.Thompson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0. BLACK BARONS 7TH: H.Bell out on unknown play; N.Robinson out on unknown play; J.Scott reached on an error by E.Taborn [J.Scott to first]; W.Mays out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 7TH: W.Brown singled to left field; W.Brown stole second; E.Howard popped to unknown fielder; J.SCOTT BATTED FOR T.COOPER; J.Scott was walked intentionally; B.Greason threw a wild pitch [W.Brown to third, J.Scott to second]; C.Roberts grounded out (H.Bell to J.Scott) [W.Brown scored]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 1. Final Totals R H E LOB Black Barons 0 4 1 5 Monarchs 1 3 1 4
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