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Memphis Red Sox (MEM) 6 Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 2

Game played on Friday, August 27, 1948 (N) at Municipal Stadium, Kansas City MO
Regular-Season game

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



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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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