Memphis Red Sox 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 2 1 - 9 7 2 Kansas City Monarchs 8 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 x - 10 14 6 BATTING Memphis Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Joe Burt Scott lf 2 3 1 0 3 1 0 Willie Wells Jr. ss 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 Cowan Hyde rf 5 0 0 0 1 2 0 Bob Boyd 1b 5 2 3 3 0 10 0 Neil Robinson cf 4 1 2 3 1 2 0 Casey Jones c 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Harry Barnes c 3 0 0 1 1 3 1 Johnnie Cowan 2b 4 0 0 0 1 3 4 Orlando Varona 3b 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 Sack Morgan pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Spoon Carter p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pepper Sharpe p 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 Willie Wells Sr. ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 Totals 37 9 7 8 9 10 24 8 FIELDING - E: 2. Spoon Carter 2. BATTING - HBP: Joe Burt Scott, Willie Wells Jr.. Team LOB: 12 BASERUNNING - SB: Neil Robinson, Sack Morgan. Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Gene Baker ss 5 2 2 1 0 5 2 Herb Souell 3b 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 Hank Thompson rf 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 Willard Brown cf 4 2 3 2 0 0 0 Elston Howard lf 4 2 2 3 0 1 0 Earl Taborn c 4 0 0 0 0 9 3 Tom Cooper 1b 4 1 1 0 0 7 0 Curtis Roberts 2b 4 1 1 1 0 3 2 Gene Collins p 4 1 3 2 0 0 1 Connie Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 38 10 14 10 0 4 27 8 FIELDING - E: 6. Herb Souell, Willard Brown, Earl Taborn 2, Gene Collins 2. BATTING - 2B: Herb Souell, Willard Brown 2, Gene Collins 2. HR: Elston Howard. Team LOB: 4 BASERUNNING - CS: Tom Cooper. PITCHING Memphis Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Spoon Carter L 1 8 8 6 0 1 0 12 Pepper Sharpe 7 6 2 2 0 3 1 26 Totals 8 14 10 8 0 4 1 38 Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Gene Collins W 8.2 7 9 2 9 10 0 47 Connie Johnson SV 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Totals 9 7 9 2 9 10 0 48 HBP: Gene Collins 2. 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: 2:30 Attendance: 0 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Thursday, 8/26/1948 -- Memphis Red Sox at Kansas City Monarchs (N) Starting Lineups: Memphis Kansas City 1. J.Scott lf G.Baker ss 2. W.Wells Jr. ss H.Souell 3b 3. C.Hyde rf H.Thompson rf 4. B.Boyd 1b W.Brown cf 5. N.Robinson cf E.Howard lf 6. C.Jones c E.Taborn c 7. J.Cowan 2b T.Cooper 1b 8. O.Varona 3b C.Roberts 2b 9. S.Carter p G.Collins p RED SOX 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; J.Scott out on unknown play; W.Wells Jr. out on unknown play; C.Hyde out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 1ST: G.Baker singled; H.Souell out on unknown play; H.Thompson singled [G.Baker to second]; W.Brown doubled [G.Baker scored, H.Thompson scored]; E.Howard singled [W.Brown scored]; E.Taborn out on unknown play; T.Cooper reached on an error by S.Carter [E.Howard to second, T.Cooper to first]; C.Roberts singled [E.Howard scored, T.Cooper to second]; G.Collins doubled [T.Cooper scored, C.Roberts scored (unearned)]; G.Baker singled [G.Collins scored]; G.Baker was picked off first, but was safe on an error by S.Carter [G.Baker to second]; H.Souell doubled [G.Baker scored (unearned)]; H.Thompson out on unknown play; 8 R (6 ER), 8 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Monarchs 8. RED SOX 2ND: B.Boyd singled to center field [B.Boyd to second (error by W.Brown)]; N.Robinson singled [B.Boyd scored (unearned)]; C.Jones out on unknown play; J.Cowan out on unknown play; O.Varona out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Monarchs 8. MONARCHS 2ND: H.BARNES REPLACED C.JONES (PLAYING C); P.SHARPE REPLACED S.CARTER (PITCHING); W.Brown singled; E.Howard out on unknown play; E.Taborn out on unknown play; T.Cooper out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Monarchs 8. RED SOX 3RD: P.Sharpe out on unknown play; J.Scott walked; W.Wells Jr. out on unknown play; C.Hyde walked [J.Scott to second]; B.Boyd singled [J.Scott scored, C.Hyde to second]; N.Robinson out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 2, Monarchs 8. MONARCHS 3RD: C.Roberts out on unknown play; G.Collins doubled; G.Baker out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 2, Monarchs 8. RED SOX 4TH: H.Barnes out on unknown play; J.Cowan walked; O.Varona out on unknown play; P.Sharpe out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 2, Monarchs 8. MONARCHS 4TH: H.Thompson out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; E.Howard out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 2, Monarchs 8. RED SOX 5TH: J.Scott was hit by a pitch; W.Wells Jr. out on unknown play; C.Hyde out on unknown play; B.Boyd out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 2, Monarchs 8. MONARCHS 5TH: E.Taborn out on unknown play; T.Cooper singled; T.Cooper was caught stealing second (unknown fielder); C.Roberts out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 2, Monarchs 8. RED SOX 6TH: N.Robinson walked; N.Robinson stole second [N.Robinson to third (error by E.Taborn)]; H.Barnes out on unknown play [N.Robinson scored (unearned)]; J.Cowan out on unknown play; O.Varona out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 3, Monarchs 8. MONARCHS 6TH: G.Collins out on unknown play; G.Baker out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 3, Monarchs 8. RED SOX 7TH: P.Sharpe out on unknown play; J.Scott singled; W.Wells Jr. walked [J.Scott to second]; C.Hyde out on unknown play; B.Boyd reached on an error by H.Souell [J.Scott scored (unearned) (no RBI), W.Wells Jr. to third, B.Boyd to second]; N.Robinson singled [W.Wells Jr. scored (unearned), B.Boyd scored (unearned)]; H.Barnes walked [N.Robinson to second]; J.Cowan out on unknown play; 3 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 6, Monarchs 8. MONARCHS 7TH: H.Thompson out on unknown play; W.Brown doubled; E.Howard homered to leftfield [W.Brown scored]; E.Taborn out on unknown play; T.Cooper out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 6, Monarchs 10. RED SOX 8TH: O.Varona out on unknown play; P.Sharpe walked; J.Scott walked [P.Sharpe to second]; W.Wells Jr. reached on an error by G.Collins [P.Sharpe to third, J.Scott to second, W.Wells Jr. to first]; C.Hyde out on unknown play; B.Boyd singled [P.Sharpe scored (unearned), J.Scott scored (unearned), W.Wells Jr. to second]; N.Robinson out on unknown play; 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 8, Monarchs 10. MONARCHS 8TH: C.Roberts out on unknown play; G.Collins singled; G.Baker out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 8, Monarchs 10. RED SOX 9TH: H.Barnes out on unknown play; J.Cowan out on unknown play; O.Varona reached on an error by G.Collins [O.Varona to first]; S.MORGAN RAN FOR O.VARONA; W.WELLS SR. BATTED FOR P.SHARPE; S.Morgan stole second [S.Morgan to third (error by E.Taborn)]; W.Wells Sr. singled [S.Morgan scored]; J.Scott walked [W.Wells Sr. to second]; W.Wells Jr. was hit by a pitch [W.Wells Sr. to third, J.Scott to second]; C.JOHNSON REPLACED G.COLLINS (PITCHING); C.Hyde out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 2 E, 3 LOB. Red Sox 9, Monarchs 10. Final Totals R H E LOB Red Sox 9 7 2 12 Monarchs 10 14 6 4
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