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Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 7 Memphis Red Sox (MEM) 1

Game played on Sunday, June 19, 1949 (D) at Municipal Stadium, Kansas City MO
Regular-Season game

Memphis Red Sox                     0 0 1  0 0 0  0 0 0   -   1  6  2
Kansas City Monarchs                1 3 0  2 0 0  1 0 x   -   7 10  1

BATTING

Memphis Red Sox                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Cowan Hyde lf                         3   0   0    0     1         3   0
Jose Colas cf                         4   0   1    0     0         1   0
Bob Boyd 1b                           4   0   0    0     0         7   1
Pedro Formental rf                    3   0   2    0     1         5   0
Neil Robinson 3b                      3   0   0    0     1         0   0
Carlos Colas c                        4   0   0    0     0         3   1
Johnnie Cowan 2b                      4   0   1    0     0         2   2
Orlando Varona ss                     4   0   0    0     0         3   3
Verdell Mathis p                      1   1   1    1     0         0   0
  Sam Woods p                         2   0   1    0     0         0   1
Totals                               32   1   6    1     3   4    24   8

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Bob Boyd, Carlos Colas, Orlando Varona. 
E: 2.  Carlos Colas, Verdell Mathis. 

BATTING -
2B:  Jose Colas. 
3B:  Pedro Formental. 
HR:  Verdell Mathis. 
GDP:  Jose Colas, Carlos Colas. 
Team LOB:  7


Kansas City Monarchs                 AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Gene Baker ss                         5   0   2    1     0         2   6
Herb Souell 3b                        4   2   1    0     0         0   3
Bonnie Serrell 1b                     3   1   1    0     0        14   0
Willard Brown cf                      3   0   0    0     0         0   0
Bob Thurman rf                        3   1   1    0     1         1   0
Elston Howard lf                      4   0   1    1     0         0   0
Curt Roberts 2b                       4   1   1    0     0         4   4
Tom Cooper c                          2   1   0    0     2         6   0
Jim LaMarque p                        4   1   3    2     0         0   3
Totals                               32   7  10    4     3   3    27  16

FIELDING -
DP: 2.  Gene Baker, Bonnie Serrell 2, Curt Roberts 2. 
E: 1.  Curt Roberts. 

BATTING -
2B:  Bob Thurman. 
3B:  Jim LaMarque. 
SH:  Bonnie Serrell, Willard Brown. 
Team LOB:  6

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Herb Souell, Bob Thurman, Elston Howard. 

PITCHING

Memphis Red Sox                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Verdell Mathis L                     2.1     5   4    3   2   1   0  15
Sam Woods                            5.2     5   3    2   1   2   0  22
Totals                               8      10   7    5   3   3   0  37


Kansas City Monarchs                 IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Jim LaMarque W                       9       6   1    1   3   4   1  35
Totals                               9       6   1    1   3   4   1  35



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Umpires: HP - Frank Duncan, 1B - Sylvester Vaughn, 2B -  , 3B - Bob Motley

Time of Game: 2:05   Attendance: 8042

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 6/19/1949, game 1 -- Memphis Red Sox at Kansas
City Monarchs (D)

Starting Lineups:

   Memphis                       Kansas City                   
1. C.Hyde              lf        G.Baker             ss        
2. J.Colas             cf        H.Souell            3b        
3. B.Boyd              1b        B.Serrell           1b        
4. P.Formental         rf        W.Brown             cf        
5. N.Robinson          3b        B.Thurman           rf        
6. C.Colas             c         E.Howard            lf        
7. J.Cowan             2b        C.Roberts           2b        
8. O.Varona            ss        T.Cooper            c         
9. V.Mathis            p         J.LaMarque          p         

RED SOX 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories
and box sc; C.Hyde out on unknown play; J.Colas out on unknown
play; B.Boyd out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox
0, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 1ST: G.Baker singled; H.Souell forced G.Baker (unknown
fielder) [H.Souell to first]; B.Serrell reached on an error on a
sacrifice bunt by V.Mathis [H.Souell scored (unearned) (no RBI),
B.Serrell to second]; W.Brown out on unknown play; B.Thurman out
on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0,
Monarchs 1.

RED SOX 2ND: P.Formental singled; N.Robinson out on unknown
play; C.Colas out on unknown play; J.Cowan out on unknown play;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Monarchs 1.

MONARCHS 2ND: E.Howard out on unknown play; C.Roberts singled;
T.Cooper walked [C.Roberts to second]; J.LaMarque tripled to
right field [C.Roberts scored, T.Cooper scored]; G.Baker singled
[J.LaMarque scored]; H.Souell out on unknown play; B.Serrell out
on unknown play; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Monarchs 4.

RED SOX 3RD: O.Varona out on unknown play; V.Mathis hit an
inside the park homer to center field; C.Hyde walked; J.Colas
grounded into a double play (G.Baker to C.Roberts to B.Serrell)
[C.Hyde out at second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1,
Monarchs 4.

MONARCHS 3RD: W.Brown out on unknown play; B.Thurman walked;
E.Howard singled [B.Thurman to third]; S.WOODS REPLACED V.MATHIS
(PITCHING); E.Howard stole second; C.Roberts out on unknown
play; T.Cooper walked; J.LaMarque out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 3 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Monarchs 4.

RED SOX 4TH: B.Boyd out on unknown play; P.Formental tripled;
N.Robinson walked; C.Colas grounded into a double play
(C.Roberts to B.Serrell) [N.Robinson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Monarchs 4.

MONARCHS 4TH: G.Baker out on unknown play; H.Souell singled;
B.Serrell singled [H.Souell to third]; H.Souell stole home;
W.Brown reached on an error on a sacrifice bunt by C.Colas
[B.Serrell scored (unearned) (no RBI), W.Brown to third];
B.Thurman reached on a fielder's choice that turned into a
double play (O.Varona to C.Colas to B.Boyd) [W.Brown out at
home, B.Thurman out at first]; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Red
Sox 1, Monarchs 6.

RED SOX 5TH: J.Cowan singled; O.Varona out on unknown play;
S.Woods out on unknown play; C.Hyde out on unknown play; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Monarchs 6.

MONARCHS 5TH: E.Howard out on unknown play; C.Roberts out on
unknown play; T.Cooper out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 1, Monarchs 6.

RED SOX 6TH: J.Colas reached on an error by C.Roberts [J.Colas
to first]; B.Boyd out on unknown play; P.Formental walked
[J.Colas to second]; N.Robinson out on unknown play; C.Colas out
on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Monarchs 6.

MONARCHS 6TH: J.LaMarque singled; G.Baker out on unknown play;
H.Souell out on unknown play; B.Serrell out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Monarchs 6.

RED SOX 7TH: J.Cowan out on unknown play; O.Varona out on
unknown play; S.Woods singled; C.Hyde out on unknown play; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Monarchs 6.

MONARCHS 7TH: W.Brown out on unknown play; B.Thurman doubled;
B.Thurman stole third; E.Howard flied to unknown fielder
[B.Thurman scored]; C.Roberts out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Monarchs 7.

RED SOX 8TH: J.Colas doubled; B.Boyd out on unknown play;
P.Formental out on unknown play; N.Robinson out on unknown play;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Monarchs 7.

MONARCHS 8TH: T.Cooper out on unknown play; J.LaMarque singled;
J.LaMarque was picked off first (S.Woods to B.Boyd); G.Baker out
on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Monarchs 7.

RED SOX 9TH: C.Colas out on unknown play; J.Cowan out on
unknown play; O.Varona out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 1, Monarchs 7.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Red Sox          1   6   2   7
 Monarchs         7  10   1   6


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