Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 14 Memphis Red Sox (MEM) 12

Game played on Sunday, August 22, 1948 (D) at Merchants Park, Denver CO
Exhibition game

Memphis Red Sox                     2 0 0  0 0 0  4 4 2   -  12 12  3
Kansas City Monarchs                0 0 1  3 0 5  1 4 x   -  14 14  7

BATTING

Memphis Red Sox                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Joe Burt Scott rf                     5   2   2    0     1         3   0
Willie Wells Jr. ss                   5   2   2    0     1         2   1
Cowan Hyde cf                         5   1   1    2     1         0   0
Ira Wells lf, p                       4   2   2    3     1         0   1
Casey Jones c                         5   1   1    1     0         1   1
Johnnie Cowan 2b                      5   1   1    0     0         2   4
Harry Barnes 1b                       4   1   1    0     1        13   1
Orlando Varona 3b                     3   1   1    0     1         1   1
Pepper Sharpe p, lf                   3   1   1    0     2         2   0
Totals                               39  12  12    6     8   4    24   9

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Ira Wells, Johnnie Cowan, Harry Barnes. 
E: 3.  Willie Wells Jr., Johnnie Cowan, Orlando Varona. 

BATTING -
SH:  Orlando Varona. 
Team LOB:  9


Kansas City Monarchs                 AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Al Cartmill ss                        6   0   0    0     0         1   3
Buck O'Neil 1b                        4   2   2    2     1        11   0
Johnie Scott cf                       5   2   2    1     0         1   1
Hank Thompson 3b                      5   3   3    1     0         1   4
Elston Howard lf                      5   1   1    1     0         0   0
Earl Taborn c                         3   2   1    1     2         5   0
Tom Cooper rf                         3   2   1    1     2         3   0
Curtis Roberts 2b                     4   1   3    4     0         5   2
Gene Collins p                        4   1   1    1     0         0   2
  Hilton Smith p                      1   0   0    0     0         0   2
  Ford Smith p                        0   0   0    0     0         0   1
Totals                               40  14  14   12     5   1    27  15

FIELDING -
DP: 2.  Buck O'Neil 2, Curtis Roberts 2, Gene Collins. 
E: 7.  Buck O'Neil, Johnie Scott, Hank Thompson 2, Tom Cooper, Curtis Roberts, Gene Collins. 
PB: 1.  Earl Taborn. 

BATTING -
2B:  Hank Thompson, Curtis Roberts. 
3B:  Hank Thompson, Earl Taborn, Gene Collins. 
HBP:  Curtis Roberts. 
Team LOB:  8


PITCHING

Memphis Red Sox                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Pepper Sharpe                        5.1     9   9    7   4   1   0  31
Ira Wells L                          2.2     5   5    4   1   0   0  15
Totals                               8      14  14   11   5   1   0  46

WP:  Pepper Sharpe. 
HBP:  Pepper Sharpe. 

Kansas City Monarchs                 IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Gene Collins                         7       7  10    7   8   4   0  37
Hilton Smith W                       1.2     5   2    2   0   0   0  10
Ford Smith SV                        0.1     0   0    0   0   0   0  1
Totals                               9      12  12    9   8   4   0  48



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Umpires: HP -  Goolsby, 1B -  Ray

Time of Game: 2:25   Attendance: 

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