Birmingham Black Barons 0 0 0 1 2 - 3 4 1 Kansas City Monarchs 1 0 1 1 0 - 3 6 0 BATTING Birmingham Black Barons AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Artie Wilson ss 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 John Britton 3b 2 1 1 0 1 2 4 Willie Mays cf 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 Piper Davis 2b 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 Ed Steele rf 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 Jim Zapp lf 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 Pepper Bassett c 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 Joe Scott 1b 1 0 0 0 1 8 1 Alonzo Perry p 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 Totals 16 3 4 2 9 3 15 7 FIELDING - E: 1. Willie Mays. BATTING - GDP: John Britton. Team LOB: 7 Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Herb Souell 3b 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 Hank Thompson 2b 3 0 1 0 0 4 2 Johnie Scott rf 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 Willard Brown cf 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 Elston Howard lf 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 Buck O'Neil 1b 2 0 0 0 0 4 1 Gene Baker ss 2 0 1 0 0 2 3 Earl Taborn c 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 Gene Collins p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ford Smith p 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 21 3 6 2 0 1 15 7 FIELDING - DP: 2. Hank Thompson 2, Buck O'Neil 2, Gene Baker. BATTING - HR: Elston Howard. SH: Herb Souell. Team LOB: 4 BASERUNNING - SB: Gene Baker. PITCHING Birmingham Black Barons IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Alonzo Perry 5 6 3 2 0 1 1 22 Totals 5 6 3 2 0 1 1 22 Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Gene Collins 2 0 0 0 6 1 0 11 Ford Smith 3 4 3 3 3 2 0 14 Totals 5 4 3 3 9 3 0 25 Gene Collins pitched to 2 batters in the 3rd inning WP: Ford Smith. Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Bullet Rogan, 1B - Frank Duncan, 3B - Sylvester Vaughn Time of Game: 1:25 Attendance: 0 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Monday, 9/20/1948 -- Birmingham Black Barons at Kansas City Monarchs (N) Starting Lineups: Birmingham Kansas City 1. A.Wilson ss H.Souell 3b 2. J.Britton 3b H.Thompson 2b 3. W.Mays cf J.Scott rf 4. P.Davis 2b W.Brown cf 5. E.Steele rf E.Howard lf 6. J.Zapp lf B.O'Neil 1b 7. P.Bassett c G.Baker ss 8. J.Scott 1b E.Taborn c 9. A.Perry p G.Collins p BLACK BARONS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; A.Wilson walked; J.Britton grounded into a double play (G.Baker to H.Thompson to B.O'Neil) [A.Wilson out at second]; W.Mays walked; P.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 1ST: H.Souell out on unknown play; H.Thompson out on unknown play; J.Scott singled; W.Brown singled to center field [J.Scott scored (unearned) (no RBI) (error by W.Mays), W.Brown to second]; E.Howard out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 1. BLACK BARONS 2ND: E.Steele out on unknown play; J.Zapp walked; P.Bassett out on unknown play; J.Scott walked [J.Zapp to second]; A.Perry out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 2ND: B.O'Neil out on unknown play; G.Baker out on unknown play; E.Taborn out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 1. BLACK BARONS 3RD: A.Wilson walked; J.Britton walked [A.Wilson to second]; F.SMITH REPLACED G.COLLINS (PITCHING); W.Mays lined into a double play (B.O'Neil to H.Thompson) [A.Wilson out at second]; P.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 3RD: F.Smith singled; H.Souell out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [F.Smith to second]; H.Thompson reached on a fielder's choice [F.Smith to third]; J.Scott out on unknown play [F.Smith scored]; W.Brown out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 2. BLACK BARONS 4TH: E.Steele walked; J.Zapp singled (W.Brown to H.Thompson) [E.Steele to third, J.Zapp out at second]; F.Smith threw a wild pitch [E.Steele scored]; P.Bassett walked; J.Scott out on unknown play; A.Perry out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 1, Monarchs 2. MONARCHS 4TH: E.Howard homered to leftfield; B.O'Neil out on unknown play; G.Baker singled; G.Baker stole second; E.Taborn out on unknown play; F.Smith out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 1, Monarchs 3. BLACK BARONS 5TH: A.Wilson singled; J.Britton singled [A.Wilson to second]; W.Mays walked [A.Wilson to third, J.Britton to second]; P.Davis singled [A.Wilson scored, J.Britton to third, W.Mays to second]; E.Steele out on unknown play; J.Zapp out on unknown play [J.Britton scored]; P.Bassett out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 3, Monarchs 3. MONARCHS 5TH: H.Souell out on unknown play; H.Thompson singled; J.Scott out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 3, Monarchs 3. BLACK BARONS 6TH: Game called due to rain in bottom of sixth inning Birmingham had scored one run in top of sixth but score Final Totals R H E LOB Black Barons 3 4 1 7 Monarchs 3 6 0 4
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