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Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 5 Memphis Red Sox (MEM) 4

Game played on Thursday, June 23, 1949 (N) at City Stadium, St. Joseph MO
Regular-Season game

Memphis Red Sox                     3 1 0  0 0 0  0 0 0   -   4  9  0
Kansas City Monarchs                0 0 0  0 5 0  0 0 x   -   5 10  4

BATTING

Memphis Red Sox                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Joe Burt Scott lf                     2   1   0    0     2         0   0
  Willie Wells Jr. ph                 1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Jose Colas cf                         5   1   2    1     0         3   1
Bob Boyd 1b                           5   1   1    1     0         8   1
Pedro Formental rf                    3   0   0    0     1   1     2   0
Neil Robinson 3b                      3   0   1    1     1         1   1
Casey Jones c                         3   0   0    0     0         6   0
  Carlos Colas ph, c                  1   0   0    0     0         1   0
Johnnie Cowan 2b                      4   1   2    0     0         1   2
Orlando Varona ss                     3   0   1    0     0         1   2
  Cowan Hyde ph                       1   0   1    0     0         0   0
  Jose Piloto p                       0   0   0    0     0         0   0
Sam Woods p                           3   0   1    1     0         1   2
  Ladd White p                        0   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Willie Wells Sr. ph, ss             1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               35   4   9    4     4   7    24   9


BATTING -
2B:  Jose Colas, Bob Boyd, Johnnie Cowan. 
GDP:  Casey Jones. 
Team LOB:  8

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Jose Colas 2. 

Kansas City Monarchs                 AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Gene Baker ss                         4   1   1    0     0         2   3
Herb Souell 3b                        4   1   2    2     0         2   0
Bonnie Serrell 1b                     4   1   1    1     0        10   1
Willard Brown cf                      3   1   2    1     1         2   0
Bob Thurman rf                        4   0   1    1     0         0   0
Elston Howard lf                      4   0   2    0     0         0   0
Curt Roberts 2b                       4   0   0    0     0         2   3
Tom Cooper c                          4   0   0    0     0         8   0
Frank Barnes p                        0   0   0    0     0         0   2
  Jim LaMarque p                      3   1   1    0     1         1   3
Totals                               34   5  10    5     2   2    27  12

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Gene Baker, Bonnie Serrell, Curt Roberts. 
E: 4.  Gene Baker 2, Willard Brown, Tom Cooper. 

BATTING -
2B:  Herb Souell, Bob Thurman. 
3B:  Willard Brown. 
Team LOB:  7


PITCHING

Memphis Red Sox                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Sam Woods L                          5       9   5    5   1   1   0  25
Ladd White                           2       0   0    0   1   1   0  7
Jose Piloto                          1       1   0    0   0   0   0  4
Totals                               8      10   5    5   2   2   0  36


Kansas City Monarchs                 IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Frank Barnes                         1.1     5   4    4   2   1   0  10
Jim LaMarque W                       7.2     4   0    0   2   6   0  29
Totals                               9       9   4    4   4   7   0  39



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Umpires: HP - Manny Hord, 1B - Bill Litz, 2B -  , 3B -  Hawkins

Time of Game: 2:20   Attendance: 0

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Thursday, 6/23/1949 -- Memphis Red Sox at Kansas City
Monarchs (N)

Starting Lineups:

   Memphis                       Kansas City                   
1. J.Scott             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.Jones             c         E.Howard            lf        
7. J.Cowan             2b        C.Roberts           2b        
8. O.Varona            ss        T.Cooper            c         
9. S.Woods             p         F.Barnes            p         

RED SOX 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories
and box sc; J.Scott walked; J.Colas doubled to right-center
[J.Scott scored]; B.Boyd doubled to left field [J.Colas scored];
P.Formental struck out; N.Robinson singled [B.Boyd scored];
C.Jones grounded into a double play (C.Roberts to G.Baker to
B.Serrell) [N.Robinson out at second]; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Red Sox 3, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 1ST: G.Baker out on unknown play; H.Souell singled;
B.Serrell out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Monarchs 0.

RED SOX 2ND: J.Cowan doubled; O.Varona out on unknown play;
S.Woods singled to center field [J.Cowan scored, S.Woods to
second (error by W.Brown)]; J.Scott walked; J.LAMARQUE REPLACED
F.BARNES (PITCHING); J.Colas out on unknown play; B.Boyd out on
unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 2ND: B.Thurman doubled; E.Howard out on unknown play;
C.Roberts out on unknown play; T.Cooper out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Monarchs 0.

RED SOX 3RD: P.Formental out on unknown play; N.Robinson
walked; N.Robinson was picked off first, but was safe on an
error by T.Cooper [N.Robinson to second]; C.Jones out on unknown
play; J.Cowan out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Red
Sox 4, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 3RD: J.LaMarque walked; G.Baker out on unknown play;
H.Souell out on unknown play; B.Serrell out on unknown play; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Monarchs 0.

RED SOX 4TH: O.Varona singled to shortstop [O.Varona to second
(error by G.Baker)]; S.Woods out on unknown play; J.Scott out on
unknown play; J.Colas out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
 Red Sox 4, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 4TH: W.Brown singled; B.Thurman out on unknown play;
E.Howard out on unknown play; C.Roberts out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Monarchs 0.

RED SOX 5TH: B.Boyd out on unknown play; P.Formental walked;
N.Robinson out on unknown play; C.Jones out on unknown play; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 5TH: T.Cooper out on unknown play; J.LaMarque singled;
G.Baker singled [J.LaMarque to second]; H.Souell doubled
[J.LaMarque scored, G.Baker scored]; B.Serrell singled [H.Souell
scored]; W.Brown tripled to center field [B.Serrell scored];
B.Thurman out on unknown play [W.Brown scored]; E.Howard
singled; C.Roberts out on unknown play; 5 R, 6 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Red Sox 4, Monarchs 5.

RED SOX 6TH: J.Cowan out on unknown play; O.Varona out on
unknown play; S.Woods out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Red Sox 4, Monarchs 5.

MONARCHS 6TH: L.WHITE REPLACED S.WOODS (PITCHING); T.Cooper out
on unknown play; J.LaMarque out on unknown play; G.Baker out on
unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Monarchs 5.

RED SOX 7TH: J.Scott out on unknown play; J.Colas singled;
J.Colas stole second; B.Boyd out on unknown play; J.Colas stole
third; P.Formental out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Red Sox 4, Monarchs 5.

MONARCHS 7TH: H.Souell out on unknown play; B.Serrell out on
unknown play; W.Brown walked; B.Thurman out on unknown play; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Monarchs 5.

RED SOX 8TH: N.Robinson out on unknown play; C.COLAS BATTED FOR
C.JONES; C.Colas out on unknown play; J.Cowan singled; C.HYDE
BATTED FOR O.VARONA; C.Hyde singled to shortstop [J.Cowan to
third (error by G.Baker), C.Hyde to second]; W.WELLS SR. BATTED
FOR L.WHITE; W.Wells Sr. out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Red Sox 4, Monarchs 5.

MONARCHS 8TH: C.COLAS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C); W.WELLS SR.
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); J.PILOTO REPLACED C.HYDE
(PITCHING); E.Howard singled; C.Roberts out on unknown play;
T.Cooper out on unknown play; J.LaMarque out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Monarchs 5.

RED SOX 9TH: W.WELLS JR. BATTED FOR J.SCOTT; W.Wells Jr. flied
to unknown fielder; J.Colas out on unknown play; B.Boyd out on
unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Monarchs 5.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Red Sox          4   9   0   8
 Monarchs         5  10   4   7


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