Houston Eagles 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 - 5 9 1 Kansas City Monarchs 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 4 11 1 BATTING Houston Eagles AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Jimmy Wilkes cf 4 0 0 0 1 2 0 Curley Williams ss 5 0 1 0 0 5 5 Bob Wilson 3b 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 Johnny Davis lf 3 2 1 2 2 3 0 Bob Harvey rf 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Raymon Lacy pr, rf 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 Johnny Washington 1b 4 1 2 0 0 8 0 Eddie Brooks 2b 4 0 2 2 0 3 3 Leon Ruffin c 4 0 1 1 0 4 0 Max Manning p 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 Jay Heard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 36 5 9 5 4 5 27 10 FIELDING - DP: 3. Curley Williams 2, Johnny Washington 3, Eddie Brooks 2. E: 1. Max Manning. BATTING - 2B: Johnny Washington. HR: Johnny Davis. Team LOB: 8 BASERUNNING - SB: Curley Williams, Johnny Davis. Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Gene Baker ss 4 1 1 0 1 1 4 Herb Souell 3b 5 1 3 1 0 1 0 2 Bonnie Serrell 1b 4 0 2 1 0 9 0 Willard Brown cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 Gene Richardson pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Jim LaMarque cf 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 Len Hunt lf 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 Elston Howard rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 Curt Roberts 2b 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 Tom Cooper c 4 0 0 0 0 5 0 Frank Barnes p 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 2 Buck O'Neil ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 36 4 11 3 2 3 27 10 FIELDING - E: 1. Tom Cooper. BATTING - 3B: Len Hunt. GDP: Willard Brown 2, Tom Cooper. Team LOB: 7 BASERUNNING - SB: Gene Baker, Herb Souell, Bonnie Serrell. PITCHING Houston Eagles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Max Manning W 8.2 11 4 4 2 2 0 37 Jay Heard SV 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 Totals 9 11 4 4 2 3 0 38 Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Frank Barnes L 9 9 5 4 4 5 1 40 Totals 9 9 5 4 4 5 1 40 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: 2:25 Attendance: 4869 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 8/7/1949, game 1 -- Houston Eagles at Kansas City Monarchs (D) Starting Lineups: Houston Kansas City 1. J.Wilkes cf G.Baker ss 2. C.Williams ss H.Souell 3b 3. B.Wilson 3b B.Serrell 1b 4. J.Davis lf W.Brown cf 5. B.Harvey rf L.Hunt lf 6. J.Washington 1b E.Howard rf 7. E.Brooks 2b C.Roberts 2b 8. L.Ruffin c T.Cooper c 9. M.Manning p F.Barnes p EAGLES 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; J.Wilkes walked; C.Williams out on unknown play; B.Wilson out on unknown play; J.Davis walked [J.Wilkes to second]; B.Harvey out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Eagles 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 1ST: G.Baker singled; H.Souell singled [G.Baker to second]; B.Serrell out on unknown play; W.Brown grounded into a double play (C.Williams to J.Washington) [H.Souell out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Eagles 0, Monarchs 0. EAGLES 2ND: J.Washington out on unknown play; E.Brooks singled to right field (E.Howard to G.Baker) [E.Brooks out at second]; L.Ruffin out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Eagles 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 2ND: L.Hunt out on unknown play; E.Howard singled; C.Roberts singled [E.Howard to second]; T.Cooper grounded into a double play (E.Brooks to C.Williams to J.Washington) [C.Roberts out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Eagles 0, Monarchs 0. EAGLES 3RD: M.Manning out on unknown play; J.Wilkes out on unknown play; C.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Eagles 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 3RD: F.Barnes singled; G.Baker walked [F.Barnes to second]; H.Souell singled [F.Barnes scored, G.Baker to second]; G.Baker stole third; B.Serrell singled [G.Baker scored, H.Souell to third]; H.Souell stole home and B.Serrell stole second; W.Brown out on unknown play; L.Hunt out on unknown play; E.Howard out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Eagles 0, Monarchs 3. EAGLES 4TH: B.Wilson singled; J.Davis homered to leftfield [B.Wilson scored]; B.Harvey struck out [B.Harvey to first (error by T.Cooper)]; R.LACY RAN FOR B.HARVEY; J.Washington doubled [R.Lacy to third]; E.Brooks out on unknown play [R.Lacy scored (unearned)]; L.Ruffin out on unknown play; M.Manning out on unknown play; 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Eagles 3, Monarchs 3. MONARCHS 4TH: R.LACY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); C.Roberts out on unknown play; T.Cooper out on unknown play; F.Barnes singled; G.Baker out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Eagles 3, Monarchs 3. EAGLES 5TH: J.Wilkes out on unknown play; C.Williams out on unknown play; B.Wilson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Eagles 3, Monarchs 3. MONARCHS 5TH: H.Souell out on unknown play; B.Serrell singled; W.Brown grounded into a double play (E.Brooks to J.Washington) [B.Serrell out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Eagles 3, Monarchs 3. EAGLES 6TH: J.Davis walked; J.Davis stole second; R.Lacy walked; J.Washington singled [J.Davis to third, R.Lacy to second]; E.Brooks flied to unknown fielder [J.Davis scored]; L.Ruffin out on unknown play; M.Manning out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Eagles 4, Monarchs 3. MONARCHS 6TH: L.Hunt out on unknown play; E.Howard out on unknown play; C.Roberts out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Eagles 4, Monarchs 3. EAGLES 7TH: J.Wilkes out on unknown play; C.Williams singled; C.Williams stole second; B.Wilson out on unknown play; J.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Eagles 4, Monarchs 3. MONARCHS 7TH: T.Cooper out on unknown play; F.Barnes out on unknown play; G.Baker out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Eagles 4, Monarchs 3. EAGLES 8TH: R.Lacy singled; J.Washington forced R.Lacy (unknown fielder) [J.Washington to first]; E.Brooks singled [J.Washington to second]; L.Ruffin singled [J.Washington scored, E.Brooks to second]; M.Manning out on unknown play; J.Wilkes out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Eagles 5, Monarchs 3. MONARCHS 8TH: H.Souell singled; B.Serrell out on unknown play; W.Brown forced H.Souell (unknown fielder) [W.Brown to first]; G.RICHARDSON RAN FOR W.BROWN; L.Hunt tripled to right field [G.Richardson scored]; E.Howard out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Eagles 5, Monarchs 4. EAGLES 9TH: J.LAMARQUE REPLACED G.RICHARDSON (PLAYING CF); C.Williams out on unknown play; B.Wilson out on unknown play; J.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Eagles 5, Monarchs 4. MONARCHS 9TH: C.Roberts walked; T.Cooper reached on an error by M.Manning [C.Roberts to second, T.Cooper to first]; B.O'NEIL BATTED FOR F.BARNES; On a bunt B.O'Neil struck out; O'Neil entered with the count 0-2; K charged to Barnes; G.Baker flied to R.Lacy; J.HEARD REPLACED M.MANNING (PITCHING); H.Souell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Eagles 5, Monarchs 4. Final Totals R H E LOB Eagles 5 9 1 8 Monarchs 4 11 1 7
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