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Memphis Red Sox (MEM) 9 Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 3

Game played on Tuesday, June 21, 1949 (N) at Municipal Stadium, Kansas City MO
Regular-Season game

Memphis Red Sox                     0 0 0  0 0 1  0 0 8   -   9  6  1
Kansas City Monarchs                0 0 1  0 1 0  0 1 0   -   3  6  4

BATTING

Memphis Red Sox                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Cowan Hyde lf                         4   1   1    0     1         1   0
Jose Colas cf                         4   2   1    2     1         5   0
Bob Boyd 1b                           5   1   1    1     0        12   0
Pedro Formental rf                    4   1   1    1     1         0   0
Neil Robinson 3b                      3   1   0    0     2         1   3
Johnnie Cowan 2b                      2   0   0    0     1         2   2
  Willie Wells Jr. ph, 2b             1   1   1    1     0         0   0
Casey Jones c                         3   0   0    0     0         5   1
  Carlos Colas ph, c                  0   0   0    0     1         0   0
Orlando Varona ss                     4   1   1    1     0         1   2
Isiah Harris p                        3   0   0    0     0         0   1
  Willie Hutchinson ph                0   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Joe Burt Scott ph                   0   1   0    0     1         0   0
  Verdell Mathis p                    0   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               33   9   6    6     8  14    27   9

FIELDING -
E: 1.  Neil Robinson. 

BATTING -
GDP:  Pedro Formental, Casey Jones. 
Team LOB:  5


Kansas City Monarchs                 AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Gene Baker ss                         5   0   0    0     0   0     2   2
Herb Souell 3b                        3   1   1    0     1   0     0   2
Bonnie Serrell 1b                     4   1   1    0     1   0     4   1
Willard Brown cf                      5   0   1    1     0   0     2   0
Bob Thurman rf                        5   0   1    1     0   0     0   0
Elston Howard lf                      2   1   0    0     2   0     1   0
Curt Roberts 2b                       3   0   1    0     0   0     4   4
Tom Cooper c                          4   0   1    1     0   0    13   1
Gene Collins p                        4   0   0    0     0   0     1   0
  Frank Barnes p                      0   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Totals                               35   3   6    3     4   0    27  10

FIELDING -
DP: 2.  Gene Baker, Herb Souell, Bonnie Serrell 2, Curt Roberts 2. 
E: 4.  Bob Thurman, Curt Roberts 2, Tom Cooper. 
PB: 2.  Tom Cooper 2. 

BATTING -
SH:  Curt Roberts. 
HBP:  Herb Souell. 
Team LOB:  11

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Herb Souell, Bonnie Serrell. 

PITCHING

Memphis Red Sox                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Isiah Harris W                       8       5   3    3   4   0   0  37
Verdell Mathis SV                    1       1   0    0   0   0   0  4
Totals                               9       6   3    3   4   0   0  41

HBP:  Isiah Harris. 

Kansas City Monarchs                 IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Gene Collins L                       8.1     4   6    5   7  14   0  35
Frank Barnes                         0.2     2   3    0   1   0   0  6
Totals                               9       6   9    5   8  14   0  41



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

Time of Game: 2:50   Attendance: 3963

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Tuesday, 6/21/1949 -- Memphis Red Sox at Kansas City
Monarchs (N)

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. J.Cowan             2b        E.Howard            lf        
7. C.Jones             c         C.Roberts           2b        
8. O.Varona            ss        T.Cooper            c         
9. I.Harris            p         G.Collins           p         

RED SOX 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories
and box sc; C.Hyde walked; C.Hyde was picked off first, but was
safe on an error by T.Cooper [C.Hyde to second]; J.Colas out on
unknown play; B.Boyd out on unknown play; P.Formental out on
unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 1ST: G.Baker out on unknown play; H.Souell singled;
B.Serrell reached on a fielder's choice [H.Souell to second];
W.Brown out on unknown play; B.Thurman out on unknown play; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Monarchs 0.

RED SOX 2ND: N.Robinson out on unknown play; J.Cowan walked;
C.Jones grounded into a double play (H.Souell to C.Roberts to
B.Serrell) [J.Cowan out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red
Sox 0, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 2ND: E.Howard reached on an error by N.Robinson
[E.Howard to first]; C.Roberts reached on a fielder's choice
[E.Howard to second]; T.Cooper out on unknown play; G.Collins
out on unknown play; G.Baker out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E,
2 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Monarchs 0.

RED SOX 3RD: O.Varona reached on an error by C.Roberts
[O.Varona to first]; I.Harris out on unknown play; C.Hyde out on
unknown play; J.Colas walked [O.Varona to second]; B.Boyd out on
unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 3RD: H.Souell out on unknown play; B.Serrell walked;
B.Serrell stole second; W.Brown out on unknown play; B.Thurman
singled [B.Serrell scored]; E.Howard walked [B.Thurman to
second]; C.Roberts out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Red Sox 0, Monarchs 1.

RED SOX 4TH: P.Formental out on unknown play; N.Robinson out on
unknown play; J.Cowan out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Red Sox 0, Monarchs 1.

MONARCHS 4TH: T.Cooper out on unknown play; G.Collins out on
unknown play; G.Baker out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Red Sox 0, Monarchs 1.

RED SOX 5TH: C.Jones out on unknown play; O.Varona out on
unknown play; I.Harris out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 0, Monarchs 1.

MONARCHS 5TH: H.Souell walked; H.Souell stole second; B.Serrell
out on unknown play; W.Brown singled [H.Souell scored];
B.Thurman out on unknown play; E.Howard out on unknown play; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Monarchs 2.

RED SOX 6TH: C.Hyde singled; J.Colas forced C.Hyde (unknown
fielder) [J.Colas to first]; T.Cooper allowed a passed ball
[J.Colas to second]; B.Boyd singled [J.Colas scored (unearned)];
P.Formental grounded into a double play (G.Baker to C.Roberts to
B.Serrell) [B.Boyd out at second]; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Red Sox 1, Monarchs 2.

MONARCHS 6TH: C.Roberts singled; T.Cooper out on unknown play;
G.Collins out on unknown play; G.Baker out on unknown play; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Monarchs 2.

RED SOX 7TH: N.Robinson walked; J.Cowan out on unknown play;
C.Jones out on unknown play; O.Varona out on unknown play; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Monarchs 2.

MONARCHS 7TH: H.Souell was hit by a pitch; B.Serrell out on
unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; B.Thurman out on
unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Monarchs 2.

RED SOX 8TH: I.Harris out on unknown play; C.Hyde out on
unknown play; J.Colas out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Red Sox 1, Monarchs 2.

MONARCHS 8TH: E.Howard walked; C.Roberts out on a sacrifice
bunt (unknown fielder) [E.Howard to second]; T.Cooper singled
[E.Howard scored]; G.Collins out on unknown play; G.Baker out on
unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Monarchs 3.

RED SOX 9TH: B.Boyd out on unknown play; P.Formental walked;
N.Robinson walked [P.Formental to second]; W.WELLS JR. BATTED
FOR J.COWAN; W.Wells Jr. singled [P.Formental scored, N.Robinson
to second]; C.COLAS BATTED FOR C.JONES; C.Colas walked
[N.Robinson to third, W.Wells Jr. to second]; O.Varona singled
[N.Robinson scored, W.Wells Jr. to third, C.Colas to second];
W.HUTCHINSON BATTED FOR I.HARRIS; F.BARNES REPLACED G.COLLINS
(PITCHING); J.SCOTT BATTED FOR W.HUTCHINSON; T.Cooper allowed a
passed ball [W.Wells Jr. scored, C.Colas to third, O.Varona to
second]; J.Scott walked; C.Hyde forced C.Colas (unknown fielder)
[O.Varona to third, J.Scott to second, C.Hyde to first]; J.Colas
singled [O.Varona scored, J.Scott scored, C.Hyde to third];
B.Boyd reached on an error by C.Roberts [C.Hyde scored
(unearned) (no RBI), J.Colas to second, B.Boyd to first];
P.Formental singled to right field [J.Colas scored (unearned)
(error by B.Thurman), B.Boyd scored (unearned) (no RBI) (error
by B.Thurman)]; N.Robinson out on unknown play; 8 R (5 ER), 4 H,
2 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 9, Monarchs 3.

MONARCHS 9TH: W.WELLS JR. STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); C.COLAS
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C); V.MATHIS REPLACED J.SCOTT
(PITCHING); H.Souell out on unknown play; B.Serrell singled;
W.Brown out on unknown play; B.Thurman out on unknown play; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 9, Monarchs 3.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Red Sox          9   6   1   5
 Monarchs         3   6   4  11


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