Birmingham Black Barons 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 - 2 7 5 Kansas City Monarchs 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 x - 5 3 4 BATTING Birmingham Black Barons AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Jose Burgos ss 4 0 0 0 0 3 4 Joe Scott lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 Willie Mays cf 4 1 2 0 0 5 0 Ed Steele rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 Piper Davis 1b 4 0 2 1 0 8 0 Luther Branham 2b 3 0 1 0 1 2 3 Herman Bell c 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 John Britton 3b 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 Norman Robinson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bill Powell p 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 Pepper Bassett ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 35 2 7 1 1 6 24 9 FIELDING - E: 5. Jose Burgos, Joe Scott, Piper Davis, Bill Powell 2. BATTING - 3B: Willie Mays. GDP: Luther Branham. Team LOB: 7 Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Gene Baker ss 3 2 1 1 1 1 2 Herb Souell 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 3 Bonnie Serrell 1b 3 0 0 1 1 12 0 Willard Brown cf 4 0 0 1 0 3 0 Bob Thurman rf 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 Earl Taborn c 4 0 0 1 0 6 0 Elston Howard lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 Curt Roberts 2b 2 0 0 0 1 2 5 Jim LaMarque p 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 Totals 29 5 3 4 5 4 27 13 FIELDING - DP: 1. Bonnie Serrell, Curt Roberts, Jim LaMarque. E: 4. Gene Baker, Bonnie Serrell 3. BATTING - 2B: Herb Souell. 3B: Bob Thurman. SH: Curt Roberts. Team LOB: 6 PITCHING Birmingham Black Barons IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Bill Powell L 8 3 5 2 5 4 0 35 Totals 8 3 5 2 5 4 0 35 WP: Bill Powell. Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Jim LaMarque W 9 7 2 1 1 6 0 36 Totals 9 7 2 1 1 6 0 36 WP: Jim LaMarque. Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Frank Duncan, 1B - Sylvester Vaughn, 2B - , 3B - Bob Motley Time of Game: 1:52 Attendance: 2302 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Monday, 6/27/1949 -- Birmingham Black Barons at Kansas City Monarchs (N) Starting Lineups: Birmingham Kansas City 1. J.Burgos ss G.Baker ss 2. J.Scott lf H.Souell 3b 3. W.Mays cf B.Serrell 1b 4. E.Steele rf W.Brown cf 5. P.Davis 1b B.Thurman rf 6. L.Branham 2b E.Taborn c 7. H.Bell c E.Howard lf 8. J.Britton 3b C.Roberts 2b 9. B.Powell p J.LaMarque p BLACK BARONS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; J.Burgos out on unknown play; J.Scott out on unknown play; W.Mays singled; W.Mays was picked off first, but was safe on an error by B.Serrell [W.Mays to second]; E.Steele out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, 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. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0. BLACK BARONS 2ND: P.Davis singled; L.Branham out on unknown play; H.Bell out on unknown play; J.Britton out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, 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. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0. BLACK BARONS 3RD: B.Powell out on unknown play; J.Burgos out on unknown play; J.Scott out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 3RD: E.Howard reached on an error by B.Powell [E.Howard to first]; C.Roberts out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [E.Howard to second]; J.LaMarque out on unknown play; G.Baker out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0. BLACK BARONS 4TH: W.Mays tripled; E.Steele out on unknown play; P.Davis reached on an error by G.Baker [W.Mays scored, P.Davis to second (error by B.Serrell)]; L.Branham walked; H.Bell out on unknown play; J.Britton out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 1, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 4TH: H.Souell out on unknown play; B.Serrell out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 1, Monarchs 0. BLACK BARONS 5TH: B.Powell singled; J.Burgos reached on an error by B.Serrell [B.Powell to second, J.Burgos to first]; J.Scott out on unknown play; W.Mays out on unknown play [B.Powell to third, J.Burgos to second]; J.LaMarque threw a wild pitch [B.Powell scored (unearned), J.Burgos to third]; E.Steele out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 5TH: B.Thurman tripled; E.Taborn flied to W.Mays [B.Thurman scored]; E.Howard out on unknown play; C.Roberts walked; J.LaMarque out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 1. BLACK BARONS 6TH: P.Davis out on unknown play; L.Branham singled; H.Bell out on unknown play; J.Britton singled [L.Branham to second]; B.Powell out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 6TH: G.Baker walked; H.Souell doubled [G.Baker to third]; B.Serrell walked; W.Brown flied to W.Mays [G.Baker scored, H.Souell scored (unearned) (no RBI) (error by J.Burgos)]; B.Thurman walked [B.Serrell to second]; E.Taborn reached on an error by B.Powell [B.Serrell to third, B.Thurman to second, E.Taborn to first]; E.Howard out on unknown play; C.Roberts out on unknown play; 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 3 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 3. BLACK BARONS 7TH: J.Burgos out on unknown play; J.Scott out on unknown play; W.Mays out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 3. MONARCHS 7TH: J.LaMarque reached on an error by P.Davis [J.LaMarque to first]; B.Powell threw a wild pitch [J.LaMarque to second]; G.Baker singled to left field [J.LaMarque scored (unearned) (error by J.Scott), G.Baker to second (error by J.Scott)]; H.Souell flied to unknown fielder [G.Baker to third]; B.Serrell out on unknown play [G.Baker scored (unearned)]; W.Brown out on unknown play; 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 5. BLACK BARONS 8TH: E.Steele out on unknown play; P.Davis singled; L.Branham grounded into a double play (J.LaMarque to C.Roberts to B.Serrell) [P.Davis out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 5. MONARCHS 8TH: B.Thurman out on unknown play; E.Taborn out on unknown play; E.Howard walked; C.Roberts out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 5. BLACK BARONS 9TH: H.Bell out on unknown play; N.ROBINSON BATTED FOR J.BRITTON; N.Robinson flied to unknown fielder; P.BASSETT BATTED FOR B.POWELL; P.Bassett out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 5. Final Totals R H E LOB Black Barons 2 7 5 7 Monarchs 5 3 4 6
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