Memphis Red Sox 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 - 6 6 1 Kansas City Monarchs 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 - 5 6 7 BATTING Memphis Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Joe Burt Scott lf 3 1 1 1 1 3 0 Willie Wells Jr. 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Verdell Mathis ph, cf 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 Cowan Hyde rf 3 3 1 0 1 3 0 Bob Boyd 1b 3 1 1 1 1 5 0 Neil Robinson cf, 3b 4 0 1 2 0 1 0 Casey Jones c 4 1 1 0 0 3 1 Johnnie Cowan 2b 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 Orlando Varona ss 3 0 0 0 0 3 5 Spoon Carter p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 27 6 6 4 4 6 21 6 FIELDING - E: 1. Willie Wells Jr.. BATTING - 2B: Bob Boyd. 3B: Cowan Hyde. SH: Verdell Mathis, Johnnie Cowan. Team LOB: 6 Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Gene Baker ss 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 Herb Souell 3b 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 Johnie Scott rf 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 Willard Brown cf 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 Elston Howard lf 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 Tom Cooper 1b 3 1 2 0 0 8 0 Curtis Roberts 2b 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 Earl Taborn c 3 1 1 1 0 7 2 Ford Smith p 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 Hank Thompson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 29 5 6 5 1 2 21 9 FIELDING - E: 7. Willard Brown, Curtis Roberts 2, Earl Taborn, Ford Smith 3. BATTING - 2B: Herb Souell. 3B: Gene Baker, Tom Cooper. Team LOB: 4 PITCHING Memphis Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Spoon Carter W 7 6 5 4 1 2 0 30 Totals 7 6 5 4 1 2 0 30 Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Ford Smith L 7 6 6 2 4 6 0 33 Totals 7 6 6 2 4 6 0 33 WP: Ford Smith 2. Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Bullet Rogan, 1B - Frank Duncan, 2B - , 3B - Sylvester Vaughn Time of Game: 1:40 Attendance: 6100 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 8/8/1948, game 2 -- Memphis Red Sox at Kansas City Monarchs (D) Starting Lineups: Memphis Kansas City 1. J.Scott lf G.Baker ss 2. W.Wells Jr. 3b H.Souell 3b 3. C.Hyde rf J.Scott rf 4. B.Boyd 1b W.Brown cf 5. N.Robinson cf E.Howard lf 6. C.Jones c T.Cooper 1b 7. J.Cowan 2b C.Roberts 2b 8. O.Varona ss E.Taborn c 9. S.Carter p F.Smith p RED SOX 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; J.Scott walked; W.Wells Jr. out on unknown play; C.Hyde reached on an error by C.Roberts [J.Scott to second, C.Hyde to first]; B.Boyd doubled [J.Scott scored, C.Hyde to third]; N.Robinson flied to unknown fielder [C.Hyde scored (unearned) (error by E.Taborn), B.Boyd scored (unearned) (no RBI) (error by E.Taborn)]; C.Jones out on unknown play; 3 R (1 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 3, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 1ST: G.Baker reached on an error by W.Wells Jr. [G.Baker to first]; H.Souell doubled [G.Baker to third]; J.Scott out on unknown play [G.Baker scored (unearned)]; W.Brown singled [H.Souell scored]; E.Howard reached on a fielder's choice [W.Brown to second]; T.Cooper out on unknown play; C.Roberts out on unknown play; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 3, Monarchs 2. RED SOX 2ND: J.Cowan out on unknown play; O.Varona out on unknown play; S.Carter out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 3, Monarchs 2. MONARCHS 2ND: 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. Red Sox 3, Monarchs 2. RED SOX 3RD: J.Scott reached on an error by C.Roberts [J.Scott to first]; V.MATHIS BATTED FOR W.WELLS JR.; V.Mathis out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [J.Scott to second]; C.Hyde walked; B.Boyd forced J.Scott (unknown fielder) [C.Hyde to second, B.Boyd to first]; B.Boyd was picked off first, but was safe on an error by F.Smith [C.Hyde to third, B.Boyd to second]; F.Smith threw a wild pitch [C.Hyde scored (unearned), B.Boyd to third]; N.Robinson out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 4, Monarchs 2. MONARCHS 3RD: V.MATHIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); N.ROBINSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); H.Souell out on unknown play; J.Scott out on unknown play; W.Brown walked; E.Howard out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 4, Monarchs 2. RED SOX 4TH: C.Jones singled to center field [C.Jones to second (error by W.Brown)]; J.Cowan reached on an error on a sacrifice bunt by F.Smith [C.Jones to third, J.Cowan to first]; O.Varona out on unknown play; S.Carter out on unknown play; J.Scott singled [C.Jones scored (unearned), J.Cowan to second]; V.Mathis out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 5, Monarchs 2. MONARCHS 4TH: T.Cooper tripled; C.Roberts out on unknown play; E.Taborn out on unknown play [T.Cooper scored]; F.Smith out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 5, Monarchs 3. RED SOX 5TH: C.Hyde tripled to center field (W.Brown to E.Taborn) [C.Hyde out at home]; B.Boyd walked; N.Robinson out on unknown play; C.Jones out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 5, Monarchs 3. MONARCHS 5TH: G.Baker out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; J.Scott out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 5, Monarchs 3. RED SOX 6TH: J.Cowan walked; J.Cowan was picked off first, but was safe on an error by F.Smith [J.Cowan to second]; O.Varona out on unknown play; S.Carter out on unknown play; J.Scott out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 5, Monarchs 3. MONARCHS 6TH: W.Brown out on unknown play; E.Howard out on unknown play; T.Cooper singled; C.Roberts out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 5, Monarchs 3. RED SOX 7TH: V.Mathis singled; C.Hyde forced V.Mathis (unknown fielder) [C.Hyde to first]; F.Smith threw a wild pitch [C.Hyde to second]; B.Boyd out on unknown play; N.Robinson singled [C.Hyde scored]; C.Jones out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 6, Monarchs 3. MONARCHS 7TH: E.Taborn singled; H.THOMPSON BATTED FOR F.SMITH; H.Thompson flied to unknown fielder; G.Baker tripled [E.Taborn scored]; H.Souell out on unknown play [G.Baker scored]; J.Scott out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 6, Monarchs 5. Final Totals R H E LOB Red Sox 6 6 1 6 Monarchs 5 6 7 4
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