Kansas City Monarchs 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 - 2 6 3 Philadelphia Stars 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 x - 8 10 0 BATTING Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Herb Souell 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 Curt Roberts 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 5 Bonnie Serrell 1b 4 0 2 0 0 15 0 Willard Brown cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 Bob Thurman rf 1 0 0 0 3 1 1 Earl Taborn c 4 0 1 1 0 3 1 Elston Howard lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gene Baker ss 4 1 1 1 0 2 5 Booker McDaniel p 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 Jim LaMarque p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Buck O'Neil ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 33 2 6 2 3 3 24 16 FIELDING - E: 3. Herb Souell, Earl Taborn, Elston Howard. BATTING - 2B: Willard Brown. HR: Gene Baker. Team LOB: 7 Philadelphia Stars AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Jimmie Armstead cf 3 1 1 0 2 3 0 Art Hefner 3b 4 1 2 1 1 2 3 Marvin Williams 1b 4 2 2 2 1 12 0 Ben Littles rf 4 2 2 2 0 1 0 Bus Clarkson ss 3 1 1 0 1 0 6 Bill Cash c 4 1 0 0 0 3 0 Jim Jones lf 4 0 2 1 0 2 0 Murray Watkins 2b 4 0 0 0 0 4 1 Bill Ricks p 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 Wilmer Harris p 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Totals 34 8 10 6 5 2 27 12 BATTING - 2B: Jimmie Armstead. HR: Marvin Williams, Ben Littles. Team LOB: 7 BASERUNNING - SB: Art Hefner, Marvin Williams. PITCHING Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Booker McDaniel L 6.2 8 7 5 5 2 2 32 Jim LaMarque 1.1 2 1 0 0 0 0 7 Totals 8 10 8 5 5 2 2 39 Philadelphia Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Bill Ricks W 7.1 5 2 2 2 2 1 29 Wilmer Harris SV 1.2 1 0 0 1 1 0 7 Totals 9 6 2 2 3 3 1 36 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Mule Suttles, 1B - Charles Moore Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 5200 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 5/8/1949, game 1 -- Kansas City Monarchs at Philadelphia Stars (D) Starting Lineups: Kansas City Philadelphia 1. H.Souell 3b J.Armstead cf 2. C.Roberts 2b A.Hefner 3b 3. B.Serrell 1b M.Williams 1b 4. W.Brown cf B.Littles rf 5. B.Thurman rf B.Clarkson ss 6. E.Taborn c B.Cash c 7. E.Howard lf J.Jones lf 8. G.Baker ss M.Watkins 2b 9. B.McDaniel p B.Ricks p MONARCHS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; H.Souell out on unknown play; C.Roberts out on unknown play; B.Serrell singled; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 0, Stars 0. STARS 1ST: J.Armstead walked; A.Hefner walked [J.Armstead to second]; M.Williams out on unknown play; B.Littles out on unknown play; B.Clarkson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Monarchs 0, Stars 0. MONARCHS 2ND: B.Thurman out on unknown play; E.Taborn out on unknown play; E.Howard out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 0, Stars 0. STARS 2ND: B.Cash out on unknown play; J.Jones singled to right field (B.Thurman to G.Baker) [J.Jones out at second]; M.Watkins out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 0, Stars 0. MONARCHS 3RD: G.Baker out on unknown play; B.McDaniel out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 0, Stars 0. STARS 3RD: B.Ricks out on unknown play; J.Armstead walked; A.Hefner out on unknown play; M.Williams singled [J.Armstead to second]; B.Littles out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Monarchs 0, Stars 0. MONARCHS 4TH: C.Roberts out on unknown play; B.Serrell out on unknown play; W.Brown doubled; B.Thurman walked; E.Taborn singled [W.Brown scored, B.Thurman to second]; E.Howard out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Monarchs 1, Stars 0. STARS 4TH: B.Clarkson walked; B.Cash out on unknown play; J.Jones out on unknown play; M.Watkins out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 1, Stars 0. MONARCHS 5TH: G.Baker homered; B.McDaniel out on unknown play; H.Souell singled; C.Roberts out on unknown play; B.Serrell out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 2, Stars 0. STARS 5TH: B.Ricks out on unknown play; J.Armstead out on unknown play; A.Hefner out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 2, Stars 0. MONARCHS 6TH: W.Brown out on unknown play; B.Thurman walked; E.Taborn out on unknown play; E.Howard out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 2, Stars 0. STARS 6TH: M.Williams walked; M.Williams stole second [M.Williams to third (error by E.Taborn)]; B.Littles homered to left-center [M.Williams scored]; B.Clarkson out on unknown play; B.Cash out on unknown play; J.Jones out on unknown play; 2 R, 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 2, Stars 2. MONARCHS 7TH: G.Baker out on unknown play; B.McDaniel out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 2, Stars 2. STARS 7TH: M.Watkins out on unknown play; B.Ricks out on unknown play; J.Armstead doubled; A.Hefner singled [J.Armstead scored]; A.Hefner stole second; M.Williams homered to centerfield [A.Hefner scored]; B.Littles singled; B.Clarkson singled [B.Littles to third]; J.LAMARQUE REPLACED B.MCDANIEL (PITCHING); B.Cash reached on an error by H.Souell [B.Littles scored (unearned) (no RBI), B.Clarkson to second, B.Cash to first]; J.Jones singled to left field [B.Clarkson scored (unearned) (error by E.Howard), B.Cash scored (unearned) (no RBI) (error by E.Howard), J.Jones to second]; M.Watkins out on unknown play; 6 R (3 ER), 6 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 2, Stars 8. MONARCHS 8TH: C.Roberts out on unknown play; W.HARRIS REPLACED B.RICKS (PITCHING); Ricks left the game with a pulled muscle; B.Serrell singled; W.Brown out on unknown play; B.Thurman walked [B.Serrell to second]; E.Taborn out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Monarchs 2, Stars 8. STARS 8TH: W.Harris out on unknown play; J.Armstead out on unknown play; A.Hefner singled; M.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 2, Stars 8. MONARCHS 9TH: E.Howard out on unknown play; G.Baker out on unknown play; B.O'NEIL BATTED FOR J.LAMARQUE; B.O'Neil out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 2, Stars 8. Final Totals R H E LOB Monarchs 2 6 3 7 Stars 8 10 0 7
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