Indianapolis Clowns 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 3 9 2 Kansas City Monarchs 2 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 x - 7 11 1 BATTING Indianapolis Clowns AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Sherwood Brewer 2b 4 0 1 0 0 2 3 Jesse Williams ss 4 1 1 0 0 5 0 Ray Neil lf 4 1 2 0 0 3 0 Clyde Nelson 3b 4 0 1 2 0 3 1 Henry Merchant pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Sam Hairston rf 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 Goose Tatum 1b 4 0 0 1 0 3 0 Leonard Pigg c 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 Peanuts Davis pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Reinaldo Drake cf 4 0 1 0 0 3 0 Jim Cohen p 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 Totals 35 3 9 3 0 1 24 6 FIELDING - DP: 1. Sherwood Brewer, Goose Tatum, Jim Cohen. E: 2. Jesse Williams, Ray Neil. BATTING - 2B: Ray Neil, Clyde Nelson, Leonard Pigg. Team LOB: 5 BASERUNNING - CS: Sherwood Brewer. Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Gene Baker ss 4 1 1 0 0 1 4 Herb Souell 3b 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 Bonnie Serrell 1b 4 2 2 0 0 11 0 Willard Brown cf 4 1 1 2 0 3 0 Bob Thurman rf 3 2 2 3 1 4 1 Earl Taborn c 4 0 1 1 0 2 2 Elston Howard lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 Curt Roberts 2b 3 0 0 0 1 4 1 Booker McDaniel p 4 0 1 0 0 0 4 Totals 34 7 11 6 2 1 27 14 FIELDING - E: 1. Herb Souell. BATTING - 2B: Gene Baker. 3B: Herb Souell. HR: Bob Thurman. GDP: Bonnie Serrell. Team LOB: 5 BASERUNNING - SB: Bonnie Serrell, Bob Thurman. PITCHING Indianapolis Clowns IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Jim Cohen L 8 11 7 7 2 1 1 36 Totals 8 11 7 7 2 1 1 36 Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Booker McDaniel W 9 9 3 3 0 1 0 35 Totals 9 9 3 3 0 1 0 35 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Frank Duncan, 1B - Sylvester Vaughn, 2B - , 3B - Bob Motley Time of Game: 1:32 Attendance: 11541 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 5/29/1949, game 1 -- Indianapolis Clowns at Kansas City Monarchs (D) Starting Lineups: Indianapolis Kansas City 1. S.Brewer 2b G.Baker ss 2. J.Williams ss H.Souell 3b 3. R.Neil lf B.Serrell 1b 4. C.Nelson 3b W.Brown cf 5. S.Hairston rf B.Thurman rf 6. G.Tatum 1b E.Taborn c 7. L.Pigg c E.Howard lf 8. R.Drake cf C.Roberts 2b 9. J.Cohen p B.McDaniel p CLOWNS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; S.Brewer singled; S.Brewer was caught stealing second (unknown fielder); J.Williams out on unknown play; R.Neil out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 1ST: G.Baker doubled; H.Souell out on unknown play; B.Serrell singled [G.Baker to third]; W.Brown out on unknown play [G.Baker scored, B.Serrell to second]; B.Thurman singled [B.Serrell scored]; E.Taborn out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 2. CLOWNS 2ND: C.Nelson out on unknown play; S.Hairston out on unknown play; G.Tatum out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 2. MONARCHS 2ND: E.Howard out on unknown play; C.Roberts out on unknown play; B.McDaniel out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 2. CLOWNS 3RD: L.Pigg out on unknown play; R.Drake out on unknown play; J.Cohen out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 2. MONARCHS 3RD: G.Baker out on unknown play; H.Souell tripled; B.Serrell out on unknown play; W.Brown singled [H.Souell scored]; B.Thurman homered to right-center [W.Brown scored]; E.Taborn singled; E.Howard out on unknown play; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 5. CLOWNS 4TH: S.Brewer reached on an error by H.Souell [S.Brewer to first]; J.Williams out on unknown play; R.Neil out on unknown play; C.Nelson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 5. MONARCHS 4TH: C.Roberts out on unknown play; B.McDaniel singled; G.Baker out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 5. CLOWNS 5TH: S.Hairston out on unknown play; G.Tatum out on unknown play; L.Pigg singled; R.Drake singled to left field (E.Howard to H.Souell) [L.Pigg out at third]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 5. MONARCHS 5TH: B.Serrell singled to shortstop [B.Serrell to second (error by J.Williams)]; W.Brown out on unknown play; B.Thurman walked; B.Serrell stole third and B.Thurman stole second; E.Taborn flied to R.Neil [B.Serrell scored, B.Thurman scored (no RBI) (error by R.Neil)]; E.Howard singled; C.Roberts walked [E.Howard to second]; B.McDaniel out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 7. CLOWNS 6TH: J.Cohen out on unknown play; S.Brewer out on unknown play; J.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 7. MONARCHS 6TH: G.Baker out on unknown play; H.Souell singled; B.Serrell grounded into a double play (J.Cohen to S.Brewer to G.Tatum) [H.Souell out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 7. CLOWNS 7TH: R.Neil singled; C.Nelson out on unknown play; S.Hairston out on unknown play; G.Tatum out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 7. MONARCHS 7TH: 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. Clowns 0, Monarchs 7. CLOWNS 8TH: L.Pigg out on unknown play; R.Drake out on unknown play; J.Cohen singled; S.Brewer out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 7. MONARCHS 8TH: E.Howard out on unknown play; C.Roberts out on unknown play; B.McDaniel out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 7. CLOWNS 9TH: J.Williams singled; R.Neil doubled [J.Williams to third]; C.Nelson doubled [J.Williams scored, R.Neil scored]; H.MERCHANT RAN FOR C.NELSON; S.Hairston out on unknown play [H.Merchant to third]; G.Tatum out on unknown play [H.Merchant scored]; L.Pigg doubled; P.DAVIS RAN FOR L.PIGG; R.Drake out on unknown play; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 3, Monarchs 7. Final Totals R H E LOB Clowns 3 9 2 5 Monarchs 7 11 1 5
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