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Cleveland Buckeyes (CVB) 6 Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 4

Game played on Sunday, August 29, 1948 (N) at Municipal Stadium, Kansas City MO
Regular-Season game

Cleveland Buckeyes                  0 1 0  1 0 2  0 0 2   -   6 10  2
Kansas City Monarchs                0 2 2  0 0 0  0 0 0   -   4  7  0

BATTING

Cleveland Buckeyes                   AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
George Minor cf                       4   1   1    1     1         3   0
Archie Ware 1b                        5   0   1    1     0         8   0
Leon Kellman 3b                       4   0   1    0     1         1   1
Clyde Nelson 2b                       2   1   0    0     3         1   1
  Bill Reynolds 2b                    0   0   0    0     0         1   2
Willie Grace rf                       3   2   1    0     0         1   0
Chico Renfroe ss                      3   1   1    0     0         4   1
Tommy Harris c                        3   0   2    3     0         7   0
Jack Bruton lf                        4   0   1    1     0         0   0
Webbo Clarke p                        4   1   2    0     0         1   2
Totals                               32   6  10    6     5   5    27   7

FIELDING -
E: 2.  Archie Ware, Clyde Nelson. 
PB: 1.  Tommy Harris. 

BATTING -
2B:  Chico Renfroe, Webbo Clarke. 
3B:  Archie Ware. 
SH:  Willie Grace, Chico Renfroe. 
HBP:  Tommy Harris. 
GDP:  Archie Ware. 
Team LOB:  7

BASERUNNING -
CS:  Archie Ware, Jack Bruton. 

Kansas City Monarchs                 AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Gene Baker ss                         5   0   0    0     0         2   6
Herb Souell 3b                        4   0   1    0     1         0   3
Hank Thompson rf, cf                  5   1   2    0     0         0   0
Willard Brown cf                      0   0   0    0     1         1   0
  Buck O'Neil 1b                      4   0   0    0     0        12   0
Elston Howard lf                      3   1   1    1     0         0   0
Earl Taborn c                         3   1   1    1     1         6   1
Tom Cooper 1b, rf                     3   1   1    0     1         3   0
Curtis Roberts 2b                     4   0   1    1     0         3   3
Ford Smith p                          4   0   0    0     0         0   3
Totals                               35   4   7    3     4   7    27  16

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Gene Baker, Buck O'Neil, Curtis Roberts. 

BATTING -
2B:  Hank Thompson. 
3B:  Elston Howard. 
HBP:  Elston Howard. 
Team LOB:  9

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Hank Thompson. 

PITCHING

Cleveland Buckeyes                   IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Webbo Clarke W                       9       7   4    3   4   7   0  40
Totals                               9       7   4    3   4   7   0  40

BK:  Webbo Clarke. 
HBP:  Webbo Clarke. 

Kansas City Monarchs                 IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Ford Smith L                         9      10   6    6   5   5   0  40
Totals                               9      10   6    6   5   5   0  40

WP:  Ford Smith. 
HBP:  Ford Smith. 


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Umpires: HP - Bullet Rogan, 1B - Frank Duncan

Time of Game: 2:30   Attendance: 0

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 8/29/1948 -- Cleveland Buckeyes at Kansas City
Monarchs (N)

Starting Lineups:

   Cleveland                     Kansas City                   
1. G.Minor             cf        G.Baker             ss        
2. A.Ware              1b        H.Souell            3b        
3. L.Kellman           3b        H.Thompson          rf        
4. C.Nelson            2b        W.Brown             cf        
5. W.Grace             rf        E.Howard            lf        
6. C.Renfroe           ss        E.Taborn            c         
7. T.Harris            c         T.Cooper            1b        
8. J.Bruton            lf        C.Roberts           2b        
9. W.Clarke            p         F.Smith             p         

BUCKEYES 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories
and box sc; G.Minor out on unknown play; A.Ware out on unknown
play; L.Kellman singled; F.Smith threw a wild pitch [L.Kellman
to second]; C.Nelson walked; W.Grace out on unknown play; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Buckeyes 0, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 1ST: G.Baker out on unknown play; H.Souell out on
unknown play; H.Thompson doubled; W.Brown walked; E.Howard out
on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Buckeyes 0, Monarchs 0.

BUCKEYES 2ND: C.Renfroe doubled to center field; T.Harris
singled to center field [C.Renfroe scored, T.Harris to second
(on throw)]; J.Bruton out on unknown play; W.Clarke out on
unknown play; G.Minor out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Buckeyes 1, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 2ND: E.Taborn walked; T.Cooper singled [E.Taborn to
third]; C.Roberts flied to unknown fielder [E.Taborn scored];
W.Clarke balked [T.Cooper to second]; F.Smith flied to unknown
fielder [T.Cooper to third]; G.Baker reached on an error by
C.Nelson [T.Cooper scored (unearned) (no RBI), G.Baker to
first]; H.Souell out on unknown play; 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Buckeyes 1, Monarchs 2.

BUCKEYES 3RD: B.O'NEIL REPLACED W.BROWN (PLAYING 1B);
H.THOMPSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); T.COOPER CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Brown was pulled from the game for
loafing in CF; A.Ware out on unknown play; L.Kellman out on
unknown play; C.Nelson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Buckeyes 1, Monarchs 2.

MONARCHS 3RD: H.Thompson singled to right field; H.Thompson
stole second; B.O'Neil out on unknown play; E.Howard tripled to
center field [H.Thompson scored]; E.Taborn flied to G.Minor
[E.Howard scored]; T.Cooper out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Buckeyes 1, Monarchs 4.

BUCKEYES 4TH: W.Grace singled; C.Renfroe out on a sacrifice
bunt (unknown fielder) [W.Grace to second]; T.Harris out on
unknown play; J.Bruton singled to center field [W.Grace scored];
J.Bruton was caught stealing second (unknown fielder); 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Buckeyes 2, Monarchs 4.

MONARCHS 4TH: C.Roberts singled; C.Roberts was picked off
first, but was safe on an error by A.Ware [C.Roberts to second];
F.Smith out on unknown play; G.Baker out on unknown play;
H.Souell walked; H.Thompson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E,
2 LOB.  Buckeyes 2, Monarchs 4.

BUCKEYES 5TH: W.Clarke out on unknown play; G.Minor walked;
A.Ware grounded into a double play (C.Roberts to G.Baker to
B.O'Neil) [G.Minor out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Buckeyes 2, Monarchs 4.

MONARCHS 5TH: B.O'Neil out on unknown play; E.Howard was hit by
a pitch; E.Taborn out on unknown play; T.Cooper walked [E.Howard
to second]; C.Roberts out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Buckeyes 2, Monarchs 4.

BUCKEYES 6TH: L.Kellman walked; C.Nelson walked [L.Kellman to
second]; W.Grace forced L.Kellman (unknown fielder) [C.Nelson to
second, W.Grace to first]; C.Renfroe out on unknown play
[C.Nelson to third, W.Grace to second]; T.Harris singled to
right field [C.Nelson scored, W.Grace scored]; J.Bruton out on
unknown play; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Buckeyes 4, Monarchs 4.

MONARCHS 6TH: F.Smith out on unknown play; G.Baker out on
unknown play; H.Souell singled; T.Harris allowed a passed ball
[H.Souell to second]; H.Thompson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Buckeyes 4, Monarchs 4.

BUCKEYES 7TH: W.Clarke singled; G.Minor out on unknown play;
A.Ware out on unknown play; L.Kellman out on unknown play; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Buckeyes 4, Monarchs 4.

MONARCHS 7TH: B.O'Neil out on unknown play; E.Howard out on
unknown play; E.Taborn singled; T.Cooper out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Buckeyes 4, Monarchs 4.

BUCKEYES 8TH: C.Nelson walked; W.Grace out on a sacrifice bunt
(unknown fielder) [C.Nelson to second]; C.Renfroe out on unknown
play; T.Harris was hit by a pitch; J.Bruton out on unknown play;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Buckeyes 4, Monarchs 4.

MONARCHS 8TH: C.Roberts out on unknown play; F.Smith out on
unknown play; G.Baker out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Buckeyes 4, Monarchs 4.

BUCKEYES 9TH: W.Clarke doubled to right field; G.Minor singled
to center field [W.Clarke scored]; A.Ware tripled to
right-center [G.Minor scored]; A.Ware was caught stealing home
(unknown fielder); L.Kellman out on unknown play; C.Nelson out
on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Buckeyes 6, Monarchs 4.

MONARCHS 9TH: B.REYNOLDS REPLACED C.NELSON (PLAYING 2B);
H.Souell out on unknown play; H.Thompson out on unknown play;
B.O'Neil out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Buckeyes 6,
Monarchs 4.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Buckeyes         6  10   2   7
 Monarchs         4   7   0   9


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