Baltimore Elite Giants 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 4 2 Kansas City Monarchs 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 x - 5 9 2 BATTING Baltimore Elite Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Henry Kimbro rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 Tommy Butts ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 Jim Gilliam 2b 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 Lennie Pearson 1b 4 1 1 0 0 11 1 Leon Day cf 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 Butch Davis lf 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 Ed Finney 3b 3 1 1 2 0 2 3 Frazier Robinson c 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 Toots Ferrell p 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 Totals 31 4 4 2 0 2 24 12 FIELDING - DP: 1. Tommy Butts, Lennie Pearson. E: 2. Tommy Butts 2. BATTING - SH: Jim Gilliam. Team LOB: 1 Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Gene Baker ss 4 2 3 0 0 1 4 Herb Souell 3b 4 1 2 0 0 2 2 Bonnie Serrell 1b 3 0 0 1 1 15 3 Willard Brown cf 3 0 2 2 1 2 0 Bob Thurman rf 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 Earl Taborn c 4 1 1 1 0 2 0 Elston Howard lf 4 0 1 1 0 2 0 Curt Roberts 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 5 Jim LaMarque p 3 0 0 0 1 1 4 Totals 32 5 9 5 4 1 27 18 FIELDING - E: 2. Curt Roberts, Jim LaMarque. BATTING - 2B: Gene Baker, Willard Brown. HR: Earl Taborn. GDP: Curt Roberts. Team LOB: 7 BASERUNNING - CS: Jim LaMarque. PITCHING Baltimore Elite Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Toots Ferrell L 8 9 5 4 4 1 1 36 Totals 8 9 5 4 4 1 1 36 Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Jim LaMarque W 9 4 4 1 0 2 0 32 Totals 9 4 4 1 0 2 0 32 WP: Jim LaMarque. Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Frank Duncan, 1B - Bob Motley, 2B - , 3B - Sylvester Vaughn Time of Game: 1:40 Attendance: 7649 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 7/17/1949, game 1 -- Baltimore Elite Giants at Kansas City Monarchs (D) Starting Lineups: Baltimore Kansas City 1. H.Kimbro rf G.Baker ss 2. T.Butts ss H.Souell 3b 3. J.Gilliam 2b B.Serrell 1b 4. L.Pearson 1b W.Brown cf 5. L.Day cf B.Thurman rf 6. B.Davis lf E.Taborn c 7. E.Finney 3b E.Howard lf 8. F.Robinson c C.Roberts 2b 9. T.Ferrell p J.LaMarque p ELITE GIANTS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; H.Kimbro singled; H.Kimbro was picked off first (J.LaMarque to B.Serrell); T.Butts out on unknown play; J.Gilliam out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Elite Giants 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 1ST: G.Baker singled to pitcher; H.Souell flied to L.Day [G.Baker to second]; B.Serrell out on unknown play; W.Brown singled to left field [G.Baker scored]; B.Thurman out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 0, Monarchs 1. ELITE GIANTS 2ND: L.Pearson singled; L.Day reached on an error by J.LaMarque [L.Pearson to second, L.Day to first]; B.Davis reached on an error by C.Roberts [L.Pearson scored (no RBI), L.Day to third, B.Davis to second]; E.Finney singled [L.Day scored (unearned), B.Davis scored (unearned)]; F.Robinson out on unknown play [E.Finney to second]; T.Ferrell out on unknown play [E.Finney to third]; J.LaMarque threw a wild pitch [E.Finney scored (unearned)]; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; 4 R (1 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 0 LOB. Elite Giants 4, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 2ND: E.Taborn out on unknown play; E.Howard out on unknown play; C.Roberts out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Elite Giants 4, Monarchs 1. ELITE GIANTS 3RD: T.Butts singled; J.Gilliam out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [T.Butts to second]; L.Pearson out on unknown play; L.Day out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 4, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 3RD: J.LaMarque walked; J.LaMarque was caught stealing second (F.Robinson to J.Gilliam); G.Baker out on unknown play; H.Souell singled; B.Serrell out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 4, Monarchs 1. ELITE GIANTS 4TH: B.Davis out on unknown play; E.Finney out on unknown play; F.Robinson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Elite Giants 4, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 4TH: W.Brown walked; B.Thurman walked [W.Brown to second]; E.Taborn out on unknown play; E.Howard out on unknown play; C.Roberts out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Elite Giants 4, Monarchs 1. ELITE GIANTS 5TH: T.Ferrell out on unknown play; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; T.Butts out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Elite Giants 4, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 5TH: J.LaMarque out on unknown play; G.Baker doubled; H.Souell out on unknown play; B.Serrell walked; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Elite Giants 4, Monarchs 1. ELITE GIANTS 6TH: J.Gilliam out on unknown play; L.Pearson out on unknown play; L.Day out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Elite Giants 4, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 6TH: B.Thurman reached on an error by T.Butts [B.Thurman to first]; E.Taborn grounded out (E.Finney to L.Pearson) [B.Thurman to second]; E.Howard singled to center field [B.Thurman scored (unearned)]; C.Roberts grounded into a double play (T.Butts to L.Pearson) [E.Howard out at second]; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Elite Giants 4, Monarchs 2. ELITE GIANTS 7TH: B.Davis out on unknown play; E.Finney out on unknown play; F.Robinson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Elite Giants 4, Monarchs 2. MONARCHS 7TH: J.LaMarque out on unknown play; G.Baker singled to left field; H.Souell singled to shortstop [G.Baker to third (error by T.Butts), H.Souell to second]; B.Serrell out on unknown play [G.Baker scored]; W.Brown doubled to center field [H.Souell scored]; B.Thurman out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 4, Monarchs 4. ELITE GIANTS 8TH: T.Ferrell out on unknown play; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; T.Butts out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Elite Giants 4, Monarchs 4. MONARCHS 8TH: E.Taborn homered to leftfield; E.Howard out on unknown play; C.Roberts out on unknown play; J.LaMarque out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Elite Giants 4, Monarchs 5. ELITE GIANTS 9TH: J.Gilliam out on unknown play; L.Pearson out on unknown play; L.Day out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Elite Giants 4, Monarchs 5. Final Totals R H E LOB Elite Giants 4 4 2 1 Monarchs 5 9 2 7
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