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Baltimore Elite Giants (BLG) 5 Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 1

Game played on Sunday, May 1, 1949 (D) at Bugle Field, Baltimore MD
Regular-Season game

Kansas City Monarchs                0 0 0  0 0 1  0  -   1  4  1
Baltimore Elite Giants              0 2 1  0 0 2  x  -   5  7  1

BATTING

Kansas City Monarchs                 AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Herb Souell 3b                        4   0   0    0     0         0   1
Curt Roberts 2b                       3   0   0    0     0         0   2
Bonnie Serrell 1b                     3   0   0    0     0         6   1
Willard Brown cf                      3   1   1    0     0         2   0
Bob Thurman rf                        3   0   0    0     0         2   0
Earl Taborn c                         2   0   1    0     1         5   0
Elston Howard lf                      3   0   2    0     0         2   0
Gene Baker ss                         2   0   0    0     1         1   1
Jim LaMarque p                        1   0   0    0     1         0   2
  Buck O'Neil ph                      1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               25   1   4    0     3   1    18   7

FIELDING -
E: 1.  Curt Roberts. 

BATTING -
2B:  Willard Brown, Elston Howard. 
GDP:  Gene Baker. 
Team LOB:  6


Baltimore Elite Giants               AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Henry Kimbro cf                       3   1   1    0     0         7   2
Tommy Butts ss                        3   0   0    0     0         1   2
Lennie Pearson 1b                     3   0   1    0     0         8   0
Lester Lockett rf                     3   1   1    1     0         3   0
Butch Davis lf                        3   1   0    0     0         0   0
Jim Gilliam 2b                        3   2   2    1     0         1   1
Henry Baylis 3b                       3   0   2    3     0         0   0
Johnny Hayes c                        3   0   0    0     0         1   0
Alfred Wilmore p                      2   0   0    0     0         0   3
Totals                               26   5   7    5     0   5    21   8

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Tommy Butts, Lennie Pearson, Jim Gilliam. 
E: 1.  Lennie Pearson. 

BATTING -
3B:  Jim Gilliam. 
Team LOB:  3


PITCHING

Kansas City Monarchs                 IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Jim LaMarque L                       6       7   5    5   0   5   0  26
Totals                               6       7   5    5   0   5   0  26


Baltimore Elite Giants               IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Alfred Wilmore W                     7       4   1    1   3   1   0  28
Totals                               7       4   1    1   3   1   0  28

WP:  Alfred Wilmore. 


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Umpires: HP - ?

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 5588

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 5/1/1949, game 2 -- Kansas City Monarchs at
Baltimore Elite Giants (D)

Starting Lineups:

   Kansas City                   Baltimore                     
1. H.Souell            3b        H.Kimbro            cf        
2. C.Roberts           2b        T.Butts             ss        
3. B.Serrell           1b        L.Pearson           1b        
4. W.Brown             cf        L.Lockett           rf        
5. B.Thurman           rf        B.Davis             lf        
6. E.Taborn            c         J.Gilliam           2b        
7. E.Howard            lf        H.Baylis            3b        
8. G.Baker             ss        J.Hayes             c         
9. J.LaMarque          p         A.Wilmore           p         

MONARCHS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories
and box sc; H.Souell reached on an error by L.Pearson [H.Souell
to first]; C.Roberts out on unknown play; B.Serrell out on
unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
 Monarchs 0, Elite Giants 0.

ELITE GIANTS 1ST: H.Kimbro out on unknown play; T.Butts out on
unknown play; L.Pearson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Monarchs 0, Elite Giants 0.

MONARCHS 2ND: B.Thurman out on unknown play; E.Taborn walked;
E.Howard singled [E.Taborn to second]; G.Baker grounded into a
double play (J.Gilliam to T.Butts to L.Pearson) [E.Howard out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 0, Elite Giants 0.

ELITE GIANTS 2ND: L.Lockett out on unknown play; B.Davis
reached on an error by C.Roberts [B.Davis to first]; J.Gilliam
tripled [B.Davis scored]; H.Baylis singled [J.Gilliam scored];
J.Hayes out on unknown play; A.Wilmore out on unknown play; 2 R,
2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 0, Elite Giants 2.

MONARCHS 3RD: J.LaMarque walked; H.Souell out on unknown play;
C.Roberts out on unknown play; B.Serrell out on unknown play; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 0, Elite Giants 2.

ELITE GIANTS 3RD: H.Kimbro singled; T.Butts out on unknown
play; L.Pearson singled [H.Kimbro to third]; L.Lockett out on
unknown play [H.Kimbro scored]; B.Davis out on unknown play; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 0, Elite Giants 3.

MONARCHS 4TH: W.Brown out on unknown play; B.Thurman out on
unknown play; E.Taborn out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Monarchs 0, Elite Giants 3.

ELITE GIANTS 4TH: J.Gilliam out on unknown play; H.Baylis out
on unknown play; J.Hayes out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Monarchs 0, Elite Giants 3.

MONARCHS 5TH: E.Howard doubled; G.Baker walked; J.LaMarque out
on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; C.Roberts out on
unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Monarchs 0, Elite Giants 3.

ELITE GIANTS 5TH: A.Wilmore out on unknown play; H.Kimbro out
on unknown play; T.Butts out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Monarchs 0, Elite Giants 3.

MONARCHS 6TH: B.Serrell out on unknown play; W.Brown doubled;
B.Thurman out on unknown play; E.Taborn singled [W.Brown to
third]; A.Wilmore threw a wild pitch [W.Brown scored, E.Taborn
to second]; E.Howard out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Monarchs 1, Elite Giants 3.

ELITE GIANTS 6TH: L.Pearson out on unknown play; L.Lockett
singled; B.Davis out on unknown play; J.Gilliam singled
[L.Lockett to third, J.Gilliam to second (on throw)]; H.Baylis
singled [L.Lockett scored, J.Gilliam scored]; J.Hayes out on
unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 1, Elite Giants 5.

MONARCHS 7TH: G.Baker out on unknown play; B.O'NEIL BATTED FOR
J.LAMARQUE; B.O'Neil out on unknown play; H.Souell out on
unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Monarchs 1, Elite Giants 5.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Monarchs         1   4   1   6
 Elite Giants     5   7   1   3


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