Memphis Red Sox 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 - 6 10 2 Kansas City Monarchs 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 - 2 9 0 BATTING Memphis Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Joe Burt Scott lf 5 1 1 0 0 2 0 Cowan Hyde rf 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 Jose Colas cf 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 Orlando Varona ph, 3b 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 Bob Boyd 1b 4 1 3 0 0 10 0 Neil Robinson 3b, cf 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 Casey Jones c 3 0 0 0 1 5 0 Johnnie Cowan 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 Willie Wells Jr. ss 4 0 3 2 0 4 2 Spoon Carter p 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 Sam Woods p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 33 6 10 6 4 6 27 10 FIELDING - DP: 1. Bob Boyd, Neil Robinson, Johnnie Cowan. E: 2. Cowan Hyde, Bob Boyd. BATTING - 2B: Willie Wells Jr.. 3B: Cowan Hyde. HR: Orlando Varona. GDP: Spoon Carter. Team LOB: 4 BASERUNNING - SB: Bob Boyd, Neil Robinson. CS: Cowan Hyde. Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Gene Baker ss 4 0 0 0 0 5 2 Buck O'Neil ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Herb Souell 3b 5 0 2 0 0 1 4 Hank Thompson rf 5 1 2 0 0 1 1 Willard Brown cf 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 Elston Howard lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 Earl Taborn c 4 0 0 0 0 1 7 1 Tom Cooper 1b 3 1 1 0 1 12 0 Curtis Roberts 2b 2 0 2 0 2 0 3 Jim LaMarque p 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 Ford Smith ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Totals 34 2 9 1 5 4 27 15 FIELDING - DP: 1. Gene Baker, Tom Cooper, Jim LaMarque. BATTING - 2B: Hank Thompson. GDP: Gene Baker. Team LOB: 10 PITCHING Memphis Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Spoon Carter W 5.2 5 1 1 2 2 0 23 Sam Woods SV 3.1 4 1 1 3 2 0 16 Totals 9 9 2 2 5 4 0 39 Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Jim LaMarque L 9 10 6 6 4 6 1 37 Totals 9 10 6 6 4 6 1 37 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: 2:12 Attendance: 0 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Friday, 8/27/1948 -- Memphis Red Sox at Kansas City Monarchs (N) Starting Lineups: Memphis Kansas City 1. J.Scott lf G.Baker ss 2. C.Hyde rf H.Souell 3b 3. J.Colas cf H.Thompson rf 4. B.Boyd 1b W.Brown cf 5. N.Robinson 3b E.Howard lf 6. C.Jones c E.Taborn c 7. J.Cowan 2b T.Cooper 1b 8. W.Wells Jr. ss C.Roberts 2b 9. S.Carter p J.LaMarque p RED SOX 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; J.Scott out on unknown play; C.Hyde out on unknown play; J.Colas walked; B.Boyd singled [J.Colas to second]; N.Robinson singled [J.Colas scored, B.Boyd to second]; C.Jones walked [B.Boyd to third, N.Robinson to second]; C.Jones was picked off first (unknown fielder); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 1, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 1ST: G.Baker out on unknown play; H.Souell singled to first base [H.Souell to second (error by B.Boyd)]; H.Thompson out on unknown play; W.Brown walked; E.Howard out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 1, Monarchs 0. RED SOX 2ND: J.Cowan out on unknown play; W.Wells Jr. singled; S.Carter grounded into a double play (J.LaMarque to G.Baker to T.Cooper) [W.Wells Jr. out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 2ND: E.Taborn out on unknown play; T.Cooper walked; C.Roberts singled [T.Cooper to second]; C.Roberts was picked off first (unknown fielder); J.LaMarque out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Monarchs 0. RED SOX 3RD: J.Scott out on unknown play; C.Hyde walked; C.Hyde was caught stealing second (unknown fielder); J.Colas out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 3RD: 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. Red Sox 1, Monarchs 0. RED SOX 4TH: B.Boyd singled; N.Robinson walked [B.Boyd to second]; B.Boyd stole third and N.Robinson stole second; C.Jones out on unknown play; J.Cowan out on unknown play; W.Wells Jr. doubled (H.Thompson to H.Souell) [B.Boyd scored, N.Robinson scored, W.Wells Jr. out at third]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 3, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 4TH: W.Brown out on unknown play; E.Howard out on unknown play; E.Taborn out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 3, Monarchs 0. RED SOX 5TH: S.Carter out on unknown play; J.Scott out on unknown play; C.Hyde out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 3, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 5TH: T.Cooper out on unknown play; C.Roberts singled; J.LaMarque out on unknown play; G.Baker out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 3, Monarchs 0. RED SOX 6TH: J.Colas out on unknown play; B.Boyd out on unknown play; N.Robinson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 3, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 6TH: H.Souell out on unknown play; H.Thompson doubled to right field [H.Thompson to third (error by C.Hyde)]; W.Brown flied to J.Scott [H.Thompson scored]; E.Howard singled to left field; S.WOODS REPLACED S.CARTER (PITCHING); Carter left the game with a back injury; E.Taborn struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 3, Monarchs 1. RED SOX 7TH: C.Jones out on unknown play; J.Cowan out on unknown play; W.Wells Jr. out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 3, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 7TH: T.Cooper singled to center field; C.Roberts walked [T.Cooper to second]; J.LaMarque singled to left field [T.Cooper to third, C.Roberts to second]; G.Baker grounded into a double play (N.Robinson to J.Cowan to B.Boyd) [T.Cooper scored (no RBI), C.Roberts to third, J.LaMarque out at second]; H.Souell out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 3, Monarchs 2. RED SOX 8TH: S.Woods out on unknown play; J.Scott singled to right field; C.Hyde tripled to left field [J.Scott scored]; O.VARONA BATTED FOR J.COLAS; O.Varona homered to leftfield [C.Hyde scored]; B.Boyd singled; N.Robinson out on unknown play; C.Jones out on unknown play; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 6, Monarchs 2. MONARCHS 8TH: O.VARONA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); N.ROBINSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); H.Thompson singled; W.Brown walked [H.Thompson to second]; E.Howard out on unknown play; E.Taborn out on unknown play; T.Cooper out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 6, Monarchs 2. RED SOX 9TH: J.Cowan out on unknown play; W.Wells Jr. singled; S.Woods out on unknown play; J.Scott out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 6, Monarchs 2. MONARCHS 9TH: C.Roberts walked; F.SMITH BATTED FOR J.LAMARQUE; F.Smith struck out; B.O'NEIL BATTED FOR G.BAKER; B.O'Neil flied to unknown fielder; H.Souell singled [C.Roberts to second]; H.Thompson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 6, Monarchs 2. Final Totals R H E LOB Red Sox 6 10 2 4 Monarchs 2 9 0 10
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