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New York Cubans (NY6) 9 Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 4

Game played on Monday, September 6, 1948 (D) at Polo Grounds V, New York NY
Exhibition game

Kansas City Monarchs                0 0 2  0 0 0  0 0 2   -   4 10  3
New York Cubans                     2 0 0  0 3 0  1 3 x   -   9 12  3

BATTING

Kansas City Monarchs                 AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Herb Souell 3b                        4   1   2    1     1         1   5
Buck O'Neil 1b                        4   0   2    1     0        11   0
Hank Thompson rf                      4   0   1    0     0         1   0
Willard Brown cf                      4   0   0    0     0         0   0
Elston Howard lf                      4   0   2    0     0         1   0
Earl Taborn c                         4   0   0    0     0         4   1
Gene Baker ss                         4   1   1    0     0         2   3
Curtis Roberts 2b                     3   2   1    0     1         4   6
Gene Richardson p                     3   0   0    0     0         0   1
  Hilton Smith p                      0   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Johnie Scott ph                     1   0   1    2     0         0   0
Totals                               35   4  10    4     2   4    24  16

FIELDING -
DP: 2.  Herb Souell, Buck O'Neil, Gene Baker, Curtis Roberts. 
E: 3.  Hank Thompson, Gene Baker 2. 
PB: 1.  Earl Taborn. 

BATTING -
2B:  Herb Souell 2, Curtis Roberts. 
Team LOB:  6

BASERUNNING -
CS:  Herb Souell. 

New York Cubans                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Sammy Gee ss                          4   2   1    1     1   1     4   3
Lyman Bostock rf                      5   0   1    2     0   1     1   1
Tommy Sampson 2b                      4   1   2    0     0         2   2
Lorenzo Cabrera 1b                    4   3   2    2     0        10   0
Ray Noble c                           2   0   2    3     1         2   1
  Cleveland Clark lf                  1   0   1    0     0         1   0
Lou Louden lf, c                      4   0   0    0     0         4   0
George Walden cf                      3   0   0    0     1         2   0
Pedro Ballester 3b                    3   1   0    0     1         1   3
Dave Barnhill p                       4   2   3    0     0         0   2
Totals                               34   9  12    8     4   4    27  12

FIELDING -
E: 3.  Sammy Gee 3. 

BATTING -
2B:  Ray Noble 2, Dave Barnhill. 
SH:  Tommy Sampson. 
Team LOB:  6

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Lorenzo Cabrera. 

PITCHING

Kansas City Monarchs                 IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Gene Richardson L                    7.1    12   9    9   4   4   0  38
Hilton Smith                         0.2     0   0    0   0   0   0  1
Totals                               8      12   9    9   4   4   0  39


New York Cubans                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Dave Barnhill W                      9      10   4    4   2   4   0  37
Totals                               9      10   4    4   2   4   0  37



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Umpires: HP -  Huntzinger, 1B - Jim Drumgoole

Time of Game: 2:10   Attendance: 7500

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Monday, 9/6/1948, game 2 -- Kansas City Monarchs at New
York Cubans (D)

Starting Lineups:

   Kansas City                   New York                      
1. H.Souell            3b        S.Gee               ss        
2. B.O'Neil            1b        L.Bostock           rf        
3. H.Thompson          rf        T.Sampson           2b        
4. W.Brown             cf        L.Cabrera           1b        
5. E.Howard            lf        R.Noble             c         
6. E.Taborn            c         L.Louden            lf        
7. G.Baker             ss        G.Walden            cf        
8. C.Roberts           2b        P.Ballester         3b        
9. G.Richardson        p         D.Barnhill          p         

MONARCHS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories
and box sc; H.Souell doubled; B.O'Neil out on unknown play;
H.Thompson out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 0, Cubans 0.

CUBANS 1ST: S.Gee walked; E.Taborn allowed a passed ball [S.Gee
to second]; L.Bostock out on unknown play; T.Sampson out on
unknown play; L.Cabrera singled [S.Gee scored]; R.Noble doubled
to right field [L.Cabrera scored]; L.Louden out on unknown play;
2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 0, Cubans 2.

MONARCHS 2ND: E.Howard out on unknown play; E.Taborn out on
unknown play; G.Baker out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Monarchs 0, Cubans 2.

CUBANS 2ND: G.Walden out on unknown play; P.Ballester out on
unknown play; D.Barnhill out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Monarchs 0, Cubans 2.

MONARCHS 3RD: C.Roberts walked; G.Richardson out on unknown
play; H.Souell doubled [C.Roberts scored]; B.O'Neil singled
[H.Souell scored]; H.Thompson singled to right field (L.Bostock
to P.Ballester) [B.O'Neil out at third]; W.Brown out on unknown
play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 2, Cubans 2.

CUBANS 3RD: S.Gee reached on an error by G.Baker [S.Gee to
first]; L.Bostock reached on an error by G.Baker [S.Gee to
second, L.Bostock to first]; T.Sampson out on a sacrifice bunt
(unknown fielder) [S.Gee to third, L.Bostock to second];
L.Cabrera lined into a double play (C.Roberts to G.Baker)
[L.Bostock out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 2,
Cubans 2.

MONARCHS 4TH: E.Howard singled to shortstop [E.Howard to second
(error by S.Gee)]; E.Taborn out on unknown play; G.Baker out on
unknown play; C.Roberts out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Monarchs 2, Cubans 2.

CUBANS 4TH: R.Noble walked; L.Louden out on unknown play;
G.Walden out on unknown play; P.Ballester out on unknown play; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 2, Cubans 2.

MONARCHS 5TH: G.Richardson out on unknown play; H.Souell out on
unknown play; B.O'Neil out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Monarchs 2, Cubans 2.

CUBANS 5TH: D.Barnhill singled to right field [D.Barnhill to
second (error by H.Thompson)]; S.Gee struck out; L.Bostock
struck out; T.Sampson singled [D.Barnhill to third]; L.Cabrera
singled [D.Barnhill scored, T.Sampson to second]; R.Noble
doubled [T.Sampson scored, L.Cabrera scored]; L.Louden out on
unknown play; 3 R, 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 2, Cubans 5.

MONARCHS 6TH: C.CLARK REPLACED R.NOBLE (PLAYING LF); L.LOUDEN
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C); H.Thompson out on unknown play;
W.Brown out on unknown play; E.Howard singled to shortstop
[E.Howard to second (error by S.Gee)]; E.Taborn out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 2, Cubans 5.

CUBANS 6TH: G.Walden walked; P.Ballester out on unknown play;
D.Barnhill singled [G.Walden to second]; S.Gee out on unknown
play; L.Bostock out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Monarchs 2, Cubans 5.

MONARCHS 7TH: G.Baker out on unknown play; C.Roberts out on
unknown play; G.Richardson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Monarchs 2, Cubans 5.

CUBANS 7TH: T.Sampson singled; L.Cabrera forced T.Sampson
(unknown fielder) [L.Cabrera to first]; C.Clark singled
[L.Cabrera to third]; L.Cabrera stole home (unknown fielder)
[C.Clark out at second]; Cabrera stole home while Clark was
being run down; L.Louden out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Monarchs 2, Cubans 6.

MONARCHS 8TH: H.Souell walked; H.Souell was caught stealing
second (unknown fielder); B.O'Neil singled to shortstop
[B.O'Neil to second (error by S.Gee)]; H.Thompson out on unknown
play; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. 
Monarchs 2, Cubans 6.

CUBANS 8TH: G.Walden out on unknown play; P.Ballester walked;
D.Barnhill doubled [P.Ballester to third]; S.Gee singled
[P.Ballester scored, D.Barnhill to third, S.Gee to second (on
throw)]; L.Bostock singled [D.Barnhill scored, S.Gee scored];
H.SMITH REPLACED G.RICHARDSON (PITCHING); T.Sampson lined into a
double play (H.Souell to B.O'Neil) [L.Bostock out at first]; 3
R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Monarchs 2, Cubans 9.

MONARCHS 9TH: E.Howard out on unknown play; E.Taborn out on
unknown play; G.Baker singled; C.Roberts doubled [G.Baker to
third]; J.SCOTT BATTED FOR H.SMITH; J.Scott singled [G.Baker
scored, C.Roberts scored]; H.Souell out on unknown play; 2 R, 3
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 4, Cubans 9.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Monarchs         4  10   3   6
 Cubans           9  12   3   6


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