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Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 5 Indianapolis Clowns (IN9) 1

Game played on Thursday, April 28, 1949 (N) at Griffith Park, Charlotte NC
Exhibition game

Kansas City Monarchs                0 0 1  2 0 0  0 1 1   -   5  9  0
Indianapolis Clowns                 1 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0   -   1  2  2

BATTING

Kansas City Monarchs                 AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Herb Souell 3b                        4   1   1    0     1   0     0   0
Curt Roberts 2b                       4   1   0    0     0   0     0   0
Bonnie Serrell 1b                     4   0   0    0     1   0     0   0
Willard Brown cf                      3   1   0    0     1   0     0   0
Bob Thurman rf                        4   0   3    2     1   0     0   0
Earl Taborn c                         5   0   1    0     0   0     0   0
Elston Howard lf                      4   1   2    0     0   0     0   0
Gene Baker ss                         4   1   1    0     0   0     0   0
Booker McDaniel p                     2   0   1    2     0   0     0   0
  Gene Richardson p                   0   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
  Harold Thompson ph                  1   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
  Gene Collins p                      0   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
  Jim LaMarque ph, p                  1   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Totals                               36   5   9    4     4   0    27   0


BATTING -
2B:  Earl Taborn, Elston Howard, Gene Baker. 
SH:  Curt Roberts. 
HBP:  Willard Brown. 
GDP:  Earl Taborn. 
Team LOB:  10


Indianapolis Clowns                  AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Jesse Williams ss                     4   1   1    0     0   0     1   1
Reinaldo Drake cf                     2   0   0    0     1   0     0   0
Ray Neil 2b                           3   0   0    0     1   0     0   1
Goose Tatum 1b                        3   0   1    1     1   0     1   0
Sherwood Brewer 3b                    4   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Leonard Pigg c                        2   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
  Harry Butts p                       0   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
  Les Witherspoon ph                  1   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
   Costner p                          0   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
  Peanuts Davis p                     0   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
  Chuck Wilson ph                     1   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Horace Garner lf                      3   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Henry Merchant rf                     2   0   0    0     1   0     0   0
Winslow Means p                       1   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
  Walter Gibbons p                    0   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
  Sam Hairston ph, c                  2   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Totals                               28   1   2    1     4   0    27   2

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Jesse Williams, Ray Neil, Goose Tatum. 
E: 2.  Sherwood Brewer 2. 

BATTING -
SH:  Reinaldo Drake. 
Team LOB:  5


PITCHING

Kansas City Monarchs                 IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Booker McDaniel                      3       2   1    1   0   0   0  11
Gene Richardson W                    2       0   0    0   2   0   0  8
Gene Collins                         2       0   0    0   2   0   0  8
Jim LaMarque SV                      2       0   0    0   0   0   0  6
Totals                               9       2   1    1   4   0   0  33


Indianapolis Clowns                  IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Winslow Means L                      4       6   3    2   2   0   0  21
Walter Gibbons                       1       0   0    0   1   0   0  3
Harry Butts                          1       0   0    0   0   0   0  3
 Costner                             1       0   0    0   0   0   0  3
Peanuts Davis                        2       3   2    1   1   0   0  12
Totals                               9       9   5    3   4   0   0  42

HBP:  Peanuts Davis. 


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Umpires: HP - ?

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 2000

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Thursday, 4/28/1949 -- Kansas City Monarchs at
Indianapolis Clowns (N)

Starting Lineups:

   Kansas City                   Indianapolis                  
1. H.Souell            3b        J.Williams          ss        
2. C.Roberts           2b        R.Drake             cf        
3. B.Serrell           1b        R.Neil              2b        
4. W.Brown             cf        G.Tatum             1b        
5. B.Thurman           rf        S.Brewer            3b        
6. E.Taborn            c         L.Pigg              c         
7. E.Howard            lf        H.Garner            lf        
8. G.Baker             ss        H.Merchant          rf        
9. B.McDaniel          p         W.Means             p         

MONARCHS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories;
H.Souell walked; C.Roberts out on unknown play; B.Serrell out on
unknown play; W.Brown walked [H.Souell to second]; B.Thurman
singled [H.Souell to third, W.Brown to second]; E.Taborn out on
unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Monarchs 0, Clowns 0.

CLOWNS 1ST: J.Williams singled; R.Drake out on a sacrifice bunt
(unknown fielder) [J.Williams to second]; R.Neil out on unknown
play; G.Tatum singled [J.Williams scored]; S.Brewer out on
unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 0, Clowns 1.

MONARCHS 2ND: E.Howard doubled; G.Baker out on unknown play;
B.McDaniel out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 0, Clowns 1.

CLOWNS 2ND: L.Pigg out on unknown play; H.Garner out on unknown
play; H.Merchant out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Monarchs 0, Clowns 1.

MONARCHS 3RD: C.Roberts reached on an error by S.Brewer
[C.Roberts to first]; B.Serrell out on unknown play [C.Roberts
to second]; W.Brown out on unknown play; B.Thurman singled
[C.Roberts scored (unearned)]; E.Taborn out on unknown play; 1 R
(0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 1, Clowns 1.

CLOWNS 3RD: W.Means out on unknown play; J.Williams out on
unknown play; R.Drake out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Monarchs 1, Clowns 1.

MONARCHS 4TH: E.Howard singled; G.Baker doubled [E.Howard to
third]; B.McDaniel singled to center field [E.Howard scored,
G.Baker scored]; H.Souell out on unknown play; C.Roberts out on
unknown play; B.Serrell out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Monarchs 3, Clowns 1.

CLOWNS 4TH: G.RICHARDSON REPLACED B.MCDANIEL (PITCHING); R.Neil
walked; G.Tatum out on unknown play; S.Brewer out on unknown
play; L.Pigg out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Monarchs 3, Clowns 1.

MONARCHS 5TH: W.GIBBONS REPLACED W.MEANS (PITCHING); W.Brown
out on unknown play; B.Thurman walked; E.Taborn grounded into a
double play (R.Neil to J.Williams to G.Tatum) [B.Thurman out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Monarchs 3, Clowns 1.

CLOWNS 5TH: H.Garner out on unknown play; H.Merchant walked;
S.HAIRSTON BATTED FOR W.GIBBONS; S.Hairston out on unknown play;
J.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs
3, Clowns 1.

MONARCHS 6TH: S.HAIRSTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C); H.BUTTS
REPLACED L.PIGG (PITCHING); E.Howard out on unknown play;
G.Baker out on unknown play; H.THOMPSON BATTED FOR G.RICHARDSON;
H.Thompson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Monarchs
3, Clowns 1.

CLOWNS 6TH: G.COLLINS REPLACED H.THOMPSON (PITCHING); R.Drake
walked; R.Neil out on unknown play; G.Tatum walked [R.Drake to
second]; S.Brewer out on unknown play; L.WITHERSPOON BATTED FOR
H.BUTTS; L.Witherspoon out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Monarchs 3, Clowns 1.

MONARCHS 7TH:  REPLACED L.WITHERSPOON (PITCHING); H.Souell out
on unknown play; C.Roberts out on unknown play; B.Serrell out on
unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Monarchs 3, Clowns 1.

CLOWNS 7TH: H.Garner out on unknown play; H.Merchant out on
unknown play; S.Hairston out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Monarchs 3, Clowns 1.

MONARCHS 8TH: P.DAVIS REPLACED  (PITCHING); W.Brown was hit by
a pitch; B.Thurman out on unknown play; E.Taborn doubled
[W.Brown to third]; E.Howard out on unknown play; G.Baker
reached on an error by S.Brewer [W.Brown scored (unearned) (no
RBI), E.Taborn to third, G.Baker to first]; J.LAMARQUE BATTED
FOR G.COLLINS; J.LaMarque out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H,
1 E, 2 LOB.  Monarchs 4, Clowns 1.

CLOWNS 8TH: J.LAMARQUE STAYED IN GAME (PITCHING); J.Williams
out on unknown play; R.Drake out on unknown play; R.Neil out on
unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Monarchs 4, Clowns 1.

MONARCHS 9TH: H.Souell singled; C.Roberts out on a sacrifice
bunt (unknown fielder) [H.Souell to second]; B.Serrell walked;
W.Brown out on unknown play; B.Thurman singled [H.Souell scored,
B.Serrell to second]; E.Taborn out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Monarchs 5, Clowns 1.

CLOWNS 9TH: G.Tatum out on unknown play; S.Brewer out on
unknown play; C.WILSON BATTED FOR P.DAVIS; C.Wilson out on
unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Monarchs 5, Clowns 1.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Monarchs         5   9   0  10
 Clowns           1   2   2   5


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