Indianapolis Clowns 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 7 7 0 Kansas City Monarchs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 6 BATTING Indianapolis Clowns AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Sherwood Brewer 2b 3 0 1 0 1 0 5 Jesse Williams ss 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 Chuck Wilson lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 Clyde Nelson 3b 2 2 0 0 2 1 1 Sam Hairston rf 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 Goose Tatum 1b 2 2 1 0 2 8 0 Leonard Pigg c 4 0 2 3 0 5 0 Henry Merchant pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Buster Haywood c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Reinaldo Drake cf 3 0 1 1 0 4 0 Harry Butts p 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 Totals 27 7 7 4 7 5 21 8 BATTING - HBP: Reinaldo Drake. Team LOB: 7 BASERUNNING - SB: Jesse Williams. Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Gene Baker ss 4 0 1 0 0 2 2 Herb Souell 3b 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 Bonnie Serrell 1b 2 0 0 0 1 8 0 Willard Brown cf 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 Bob Thurman rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Earl Taborn c 2 0 0 0 1 5 1 Elston Howard lf 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 Curt Roberts 2b 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 Connie Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Gene Richardson p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Buck O'Neil ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Frank Barnes p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tom Cooper ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Totals 24 0 3 0 4 5 21 9 FIELDING - E: 6. Gene Baker, Herb Souell, Bonnie Serrell, Earl Taborn, Connie Johnson, Frank Barnes. PB: 1. Earl Taborn. BATTING - 2B: Elston Howard. Team LOB: 7 PITCHING Indianapolis Clowns IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Harry Butts W 7 3 0 0 4 5 0 28 Totals 7 3 0 0 4 5 0 28 Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Connie Johnson L 0.2 2 4 0 2 0 0 8 Gene Richardson 4.1 3 0 0 2 2 0 17 Frank Barnes 2 2 3 2 3 3 0 10 Totals 7 7 7 2 7 5 0 35 WP: Connie Johnson. HBP: Connie Johnson. Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Frank Duncan, 1B - Bob Motley, 2B - , 3B - Sylvester Vaughn Time of Game: 1:55 Attendance: 4500 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Monday, 5/30/1949, game 2 -- 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. C.Wilson 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. H.Butts p C.Johnson p CLOWNS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; S.Brewer out on unknown play; J.Williams reached on an error by C.Johnson [J.Williams to first]; J.Williams stole second [J.Williams to third (error by E.Taborn)]; C.Wilson out on unknown play; C.Johnson threw a wild pitch [J.Williams scored (unearned)]; C.Nelson walked; S.Hairston walked [C.Nelson to second]; G.Tatum singled [C.Nelson to third, S.Hairston to second]; L.Pigg singled [C.Nelson scored (unearned), S.Hairston to third, G.Tatum to second]; R.Drake was hit by a pitch [S.Hairston scored (unearned), G.Tatum to third, L.Pigg to second]; G.RICHARDSON REPLACED C.JOHNSON (PITCHING); E.Taborn allowed a passed ball [G.Tatum scored (unearned), L.Pigg to third, R.Drake to second]; H.Butts was credited with a single when a runner was hit by the batted ball (unknown fielder) [R.Drake out at third]; 4 R (0 ER), 3 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 4, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 1ST: G.Baker out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; B.Serrell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 4, Monarchs 0. CLOWNS 2ND: S.Brewer singled to third base [S.Brewer to second (error by H.Souell)]; J.Williams out on unknown play; C.Wilson out on unknown play; C.Nelson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 4, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 2ND: 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 4, Monarchs 0. CLOWNS 3RD: S.Hairston out on unknown play; G.Tatum out on unknown play; L.Pigg out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 4, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 3RD: E.Howard singled to left field; C.Roberts out on unknown play; G.Richardson out on unknown play; G.Baker singled to left field [E.Howard to second]; H.Souell forced G.Baker (unknown fielder) [H.Souell to first]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 4, Monarchs 0. CLOWNS 4TH: R.Drake singled to shortstop [R.Drake to second (error by G.Baker)]; H.Butts out on unknown play; S.Brewer walked; J.Williams out on unknown play; C.Wilson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 4, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 4TH: B.Serrell out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; B.Thurman out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 4, Monarchs 0. CLOWNS 5TH: C.Nelson out on unknown play; S.Hairston out on unknown play; G.Tatum walked; L.Pigg out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 4, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 5TH: E.Taborn walked; E.Howard out on unknown play; C.Roberts out on unknown play; B.O'NEIL BATTED FOR G.RICHARDSON; B.O'Neil struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 4, Monarchs 0. CLOWNS 6TH: F.BARNES REPLACED B.O'NEIL (PITCHING); R.Drake out on unknown play; H.Butts out on unknown play; S.Brewer out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 4, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 6TH: G.Baker out on unknown play; H.Souell walked; B.Serrell walked [H.Souell to second]; W.Brown out on unknown play; B.Thurman out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 4, Monarchs 0. CLOWNS 7TH: J.Williams walked; J.Williams was picked off first, but was safe on an error by B.Serrell [J.Williams to second]; C.Wilson out on unknown play; C.Nelson walked; S.Hairston singled to center field (W.Brown to E.Taborn) [J.Williams out at home, C.Nelson to third, S.Hairston to second]; G.Tatum walked; L.Pigg singled [C.Nelson scored, S.Hairston scored, G.Tatum to third]; H.MERCHANT RAN FOR L.PIGG; H.Merchant was picked off first, but was safe on an error by F.Barnes [G.Tatum scored (unearned), H.Merchant to second]; R.Drake out on unknown play; 3 R (2 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 7, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 7TH: B.HAYWOOD REPLACED H.MERCHANT (PLAYING C); E.Taborn out on unknown play; E.Howard doubled; C.Roberts out on unknown play; T.COOPER BATTED FOR F.BARNES; T.Cooper walked; G.Baker out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 7, Monarchs 0. Final Totals R H E LOB Clowns 7 7 0 7 Monarchs 0 3 6 7
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