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Chicago American Giants (CAG) 9 Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 5

Game played on Sunday, July 24, 1949 (D) at Municipal Stadium, Kansas City MO
Regular-Season game

Chicago American Giants             4 1 1  0 0 0  3  -   9  7  1
Kansas City Monarchs                0 0 2  1 1 0  1  -   5 12  3

BATTING

Chicago American Giants              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Jesse Douglas 3b                      4   1   2    1     1         1   0
Lloyd Davenport rf                    4   1   0    0     1         0   0
Lyman Bostock 1b                      3   1   0    0     1        10   1
Lonnie Summers c                      2   2   0    0     2         3   0
Felix McLaurin cf                     2   1   2    2     1         1   0
John Wilson lf                        3   1   0    1     1         0   0
Tommy Sampson 2b                      4   2   1    2     0         3   6
Clyde McNeal ss                       4   0   2    2     0         2   4
Eugene Smith p                        3   0   0    1     1         1   0
  Gready McKinnis p                   0   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               29   9   7    9     8   7    21  11

FIELDING -
DP: 2.  Lyman Bostock 2, Tommy Sampson 2, Clyde McNeal. 
E: 1.  Eugene Smith. 

BATTING -
2B:  Jesse Douglas. 
SH:  Felix McLaurin. 
Team LOB:  8


Kansas City Monarchs                 AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Gene Baker ss                         4   0   1    0     0   0     1   0
Herb Souell 3b                        4   0   0    1     0   0     3   0
Bonnie Serrell 1b                     3   1   1    0     1   0     4   1
Bob Thurman rf                        3   3   3    0     1   0     0   0
Len Hunt cf                           4   0   4    2     0   0     2   0
Earl Taborn c                         3   0   1    1     0   0     8   0
Elston Howard lf                      1   1   0    0     1   0     0   1
  Frank Barnes p                      1   0   0    1     0   0     1   0
  Buck O'Neil ph                      0   0   0    0     1   0     0   0
Curt Roberts 2b                       4   0   1    0     0   0     1   4
Gene Collins p                        0   0   0    0     0   0     0   1
  Mel Duncan p                        1   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
  Willard Brown ph, lf                2   0   1    0     1   1     1   0
Totals                               30   5  12    5     5   1    21   7

FIELDING -
E: 3.  Gene Baker, Bonnie Serrell 2. 

BATTING -
2B:  Bob Thurman. 
3B:  Bob Thurman. 
SH:  Gene Baker, Earl Taborn. 
GDP:  Herb Souell. 
Team LOB:  11


PITCHING

Chicago American Giants              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Eugene Smith W                       6      12   5    4   4   0   0  33
Gready McKinnis SV                   1       0   0    0   1   1   0  4
Totals                               7      12   5    4   5   1   0  37

Eugene Smith pitched to 3 batters in the 7th inning

Kansas City Monarchs                 IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Gene Collins L                       1       2   5    3   5   1   0  10
Mel Duncan                           3       3   1    0   1   4   0  14
Frank Barnes                         3       2   3    1   2   2   0  14
Totals                               7       7   9    4   8   7   0  38

Gene Collins pitched to 1 batters in the 2nd inning
WP:  Frank Barnes. 


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Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing.

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

Time of Game: 1:50   Attendance: 5699

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 7/24/1949, game 2 -- Chicago Am. Giants at
Kansas City Monarchs (D)

Starting Lineups:

   Chicago                       Kansas City                   
1. J.Douglas           3b        G.Baker             ss        
2. L.Davenport         rf        H.Souell            3b        
3. L.Bostock           1b        B.Serrell           1b        
4. L.Summers           c         B.Thurman           rf        
5. F.McLaurin          cf        L.Hunt              cf        
6. J.Wilson            lf        E.Taborn            c         
7. T.Sampson           2b        E.Howard            lf        
8. C.McNeal            ss        C.Roberts           2b        
9. E.Smith             p         G.Collins           p         

AM. GIANTS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories
and box sc; J.Douglas singled to left field (E.Howard to
G.Baker) [J.Douglas out at second]; L.Davenport walked;
L.Bostock walked [L.Davenport to second]; L.Summers walked
[L.Davenport to third, L.Bostock to second]; F.McLaurin walked
[L.Davenport scored, L.Bostock to third, L.Summers to second];
J.Wilson reached on an error by G.Baker [L.Bostock scored,
L.Summers to third, F.McLaurin to second, J.Wilson to first];
T.Sampson out on unknown play; C.McNeal singled [L.Summers
scored (unearned), F.McLaurin scored (unearned), J.Wilson to
second]; E.Smith out on unknown play; 4 R (2 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Am. Giants 4, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 1ST: G.Baker singled; H.Souell grounded into a double
play (T.Sampson to C.McNeal to L.Bostock) [G.Baker out at
second]; B.Serrell singled; B.Thurman walked [B.Serrell to
second]; L.Hunt singled [B.Serrell to third, B.Thurman to
second]; E.Taborn out on unknown play; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. 
Am. Giants 4, Monarchs 0.

AM. GIANTS 2ND: J.Douglas walked; M.DUNCAN REPLACED G.COLLINS
(PITCHING); L.Davenport out on unknown play; L.Bostock out on
unknown play; L.Summers walked [J.Douglas to second]; F.McLaurin
singled [J.Douglas scored, L.Summers to second]; J.Wilson out on
unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Am. Giants 5, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 2ND: E.Howard out on unknown play; C.Roberts singled;
M.Duncan out on unknown play; G.Baker out on unknown play; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Am. Giants 5, Monarchs 0.

AM. GIANTS 3RD: T.Sampson reached on an error by B.Serrell
[T.Sampson to first]; C.McNeal singled [T.Sampson to third];
E.Smith out on unknown play [T.Sampson scored (unearned)];
J.Douglas out on unknown play; L.Davenport out on unknown play;
1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Am. Giants 6, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 3RD: H.Souell out on unknown play; B.Serrell walked;
B.Thurman doubled [B.Serrell to third]; L.Hunt singled
[B.Serrell scored, B.Thurman to third]; E.Taborn hit into a
double play (T.Sampson to L.Bostock) [B.Thurman scored, L.Hunt
out at first]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Am. Giants 6, Monarchs 2.

AM. GIANTS 4TH: L.Bostock out on unknown play; L.Summers out on
unknown play; F.McLaurin singled; J.Wilson out on unknown play;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Am. Giants 6, Monarchs 2.

MONARCHS 4TH: E.Howard walked; C.Roberts out on unknown play;
W.BROWN BATTED FOR M.DUNCAN; W.Brown singled [E.Howard to
second]; G.Baker reached on an error by E.Smith [E.Howard to
third, W.Brown to second, G.Baker to first]; H.Souell out on
unknown play [E.Howard scored (unearned)]; B.Serrell out on
unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Am. Giants 6,
Monarchs 3.

AM. GIANTS 5TH: W.BROWN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); F.BARNES
REPLACED E.HOWARD (PITCHING); T.Sampson out on unknown play;
C.McNeal out on unknown play; E.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Am. Giants 6, Monarchs 3.

MONARCHS 5TH: B.Thurman singled; L.Hunt singled [B.Thurman to
second]; E.Taborn out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder)
[B.Thurman to third, L.Hunt to second]; F.Barnes out on unknown
play [B.Thurman scored]; C.Roberts out on unknown play; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Am. Giants 6, Monarchs 4.

AM. GIANTS 6TH: J.Douglas out on unknown play; L.Davenport out
on unknown play; L.Bostock out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Am. Giants 6, Monarchs 4.

MONARCHS 6TH: W.Brown walked; G.Baker out on a sacrifice bunt
(unknown fielder) [W.Brown to second]; H.Souell out on unknown
play; B.Serrell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Am.
Giants 6, Monarchs 4.

AM. GIANTS 7TH: L.Summers reached on an error by B.Serrell
[L.Summers to first]; F.McLaurin out on a sacrifice bunt
(unknown fielder) [L.Summers to second]; J.Wilson walked;
F.Barnes threw a wild pitch [L.Summers to third, J.Wilson to
second]; T.Sampson singled [L.Summers scored (unearned),
J.Wilson scored]; C.McNeal out on unknown play; E.Smith walked
[T.Sampson to second]; J.Douglas doubled [T.Sampson scored
(unearned), E.Smith to third]; L.Davenport out on unknown play;
3 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Am. Giants 9, Monarchs 4.

MONARCHS 7TH: B.Thurman tripled; L.Hunt singled [B.Thurman
scored]; E.Taborn singled [L.Hunt to second]; G.MCKINNIS
REPLACED E.SMITH (PITCHING); B.O'NEIL BATTED FOR F.BARNES;
B.O'Neil walked [L.Hunt to third, E.Taborn to second]; C.Roberts
out on unknown play; W.Brown struck out; G.Baker grounded out
(C.McNeal to L.Bostock); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Am. Giants 9,
Monarchs 5.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Am. Giants       9   7   1   8
 Monarchs         5  12   3  11


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