Indianapolis Clowns 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 2 1 Kansas City Monarchs 1 4 0 1 0 3 1 0 x - 10 16 1 BATTING Indianapolis Clowns AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Sherwood Brewer 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 Jesse Williams ss 3 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 Ray Neil 2b 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 4 Sam Hairston rf 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 Goose Tatum 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 5 0 Leonard Pigg c 4 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 Reinaldo Drake cf 2 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 Chuck Wilson lf 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 Manuel Godinez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Willie Cathey p 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 Totals 29 1 2 0 6 15 24 5 FIELDING - DP: 1. Jesse Williams, Ray Neil, Goose Tatum. E: 1. Jesse Williams. BATTING - Team LOB: 7 Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Gene Baker ss 4 2 2 0 1 1 1 Herb Souell 3b 5 1 2 4 0 0 0 Bonnie Serrell 1b 5 2 3 0 0 3 0 Willard Brown cf 4 1 2 1 1 1 0 Bob Thurman rf 5 1 3 2 0 2 0 Earl Taborn c 4 1 1 1 1 15 0 Elston Howard lf 5 1 2 2 0 1 0 Curt Roberts 2b 4 0 0 0 1 3 0 Gene Collins p 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 Totals 40 10 16 10 4 6 27 2 FIELDING - E: 1. Gene Collins. BATTING - 2B: Gene Baker, Bob Thurman, Earl Taborn. 3B: Gene Baker, Bob Thurman. GDP: Curt Roberts. Team LOB: 10 PITCHING Indianapolis Clowns IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Manuel Godinez L 1.2 6 5 5 0 0 0 11 Willie Cathey 6.1 10 5 5 4 6 0 33 Totals 8 16 10 10 4 6 0 44 Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Gene Collins W 9 2 1 0 6 15 0 35 Totals 9 2 1 0 6 15 0 35 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Manny Hord, 1B - Gamber Time of Game: 2:20 Attendance: 2500 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Wednesday, 6/8/1949 -- Indianapolis Clowns at Kansas City Monarchs (N) Starting Lineups: Indianapolis Kansas City 1. S.Brewer 3b G.Baker ss 2. J.Williams ss H.Souell 3b 3. R.Neil 2b B.Serrell 1b 4. S.Hairston rf W.Brown cf 5. G.Tatum 1b B.Thurman rf 6. L.Pigg c E.Taborn c 7. R.Drake cf E.Howard lf 8. C.Wilson lf C.Roberts 2b 9. M.Godinez p G.Collins p CLOWNS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; S.Brewer out on unknown play; J.Williams struck out; R.Neil struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 1ST: G.Baker tripled to right-center; H.Souell flied to unknown fielder [G.Baker scored]; B.Serrell out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 1. CLOWNS 2ND: S.Hairston out on unknown play; G.Tatum singled; L.Pigg out on unknown play; R.Drake walked [G.Tatum to second]; C.Wilson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 2ND: B.Thurman tripled; E.Taborn doubled [B.Thurman scored]; E.Howard singled [E.Taborn scored]; C.Roberts out on unknown play; G.Collins out on unknown play; G.Baker doubled [E.Howard to third]; H.Souell singled [E.Howard scored, G.Baker scored]; W.CATHEY REPLACED M.GODINEZ (PITCHING); B.Serrell singled [H.Souell to second]; W.Brown walked [H.Souell to third, B.Serrell to second]; B.Thurman out on unknown play; 4 R, 6 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 5. CLOWNS 3RD: W.Cathey struck out; S.Brewer struck out; J.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 5. MONARCHS 3RD: E.Taborn out on unknown play; E.Howard out on unknown play; C.Roberts walked; G.Collins out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 5. CLOWNS 4TH: R.Neil walked; S.Hairston walked [R.Neil to second]; G.Tatum out on unknown play; L.Pigg out on unknown play; R.Drake out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 5. MONARCHS 4TH: G.Baker out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; B.Serrell singled; W.Brown singled [B.Serrell to second]; B.Thurman doubled [B.Serrell scored, W.Brown to third]; E.Taborn out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 6. CLOWNS 5TH: C.Wilson walked; W.Cathey out on unknown play [C.Wilson to second]; C.Wilson was picked off second, but was safe on an error by G.Collins [C.Wilson scored (unearned)]; S.Brewer out on unknown play; J.Williams walked; R.Neil singled [J.Williams to second]; S.Hairston out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 1, Monarchs 6. MONARCHS 5TH: E.Howard reached on an error by J.Williams [E.Howard to first]; C.Roberts grounded into a double play (R.Neil to J.Williams to G.Tatum) [E.Howard out at second]; G.Collins out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 1, Monarchs 6. CLOWNS 6TH: G.Tatum struck out; L.Pigg struck out; R.Drake walked; C.Wilson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 1, Monarchs 6. MONARCHS 6TH: G.Baker walked; H.Souell forced G.Baker (unknown fielder) [H.Souell to first]; B.Serrell singled [H.Souell to second]; W.Brown singled [H.Souell scored, B.Serrell to second]; B.Thurman singled [B.Serrell scored, W.Brown to second]; E.Taborn out on unknown play; E.Howard singled [W.Brown scored, B.Thurman to second]; C.Roberts out on unknown play; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 1, Monarchs 9. CLOWNS 7TH: W.Cathey struck out; S.Brewer struck out; J.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 1, Monarchs 9. MONARCHS 7TH: G.Collins singled; G.Baker out on unknown play [G.Collins to second]; H.Souell singled [G.Collins scored]; B.Serrell out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 1, Monarchs 10. CLOWNS 8TH: R.Neil 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 1, Monarchs 10. MONARCHS 8TH: B.Thurman out on unknown play; E.Taborn walked; E.Howard out on unknown play; C.Roberts out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 1, Monarchs 10. CLOWNS 9TH: L.Pigg struck out; R.Drake struck out; C.Wilson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 1, Monarchs 10. Final Totals R H E LOB Clowns 1 2 1 7 Monarchs 10 16 1 10
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