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Houston Eagles (HOE) 6 Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 4

Game played on Sunday, August 7, 1949 (D) at Municipal Stadium, Kansas City MO
Regular-Season game

Houston Eagles                      5 0 0  0 0 0  1  -   6 11  2
Kansas City Monarchs                0 0 1  0 0 3  0  -   4 12  1

BATTING

Houston Eagles                       AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Jimmy Wilkes cf                       2   0   1    0     2   0     2   0
Curley Williams ss                    3   1   1    0     1   0     4   2
Bob Wilson 3b                         4   2   3    1     0   0     0   3
Johnny Davis lf                       3   1   1    0     1   0     1   0
Raymon Lacy rf                        3   0   1    1     0   0     0   0
Johnny Washington 1b                  4   1   2    1     0   0     7   1
Eddie Brooks 2b                       4   1   1    0     0   0     1   3
Bo Wallace c                          3   0   1    2     0   0     4   0
  Leon Ruffin c                       0   0   0    0     0   0     2   0
Rufus Lewis p                         3   0   0    0     0   0     0   2
  Jay Heard p                         0   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Totals                               29   6  11    5     4   0    21  11

FIELDING -
E: 2.  Curley Williams, Bob Wilson. 

BATTING -
2B:  Curley Williams, Bob Wilson, Bo Wallace. 
SH:  Raymon Lacy. 
GDP:  Curley Williams. 
Team LOB:  7

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Jimmy Wilkes 2, Curley Williams, Johnny Washington. 

Kansas City Monarchs                 AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Gene Baker ss                         4   0   2    2     0         1   1
Herb Souell 3b                        3   0   2    0     0         1   1
Len Hunt lf                           4   0   0    0     0         1   0
Bonnie Serrell 1b                     4   0   3    0     0         6   0
Elston Howard rf                      4   0   0    0     0         1   0
Jim LaMarque cf                       4   1   2    0     0         4   0
Curt Roberts 2b                       4   0   1    0     0         2   3
Vane Biggs c                          3   1   1    1     0         5   0
  Buck O'Neil ph                      1   0   0    0     0   1     0   0
Gene Collins p                        0   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Mel Duncan p                        2   1   0    0     0         0   1
  Willard Brown ph                    1   1   1    0     0         0   0
  Connie Johnson p                    0   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               34   4  12    3     0   5    21   6

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Gene Baker, Bonnie Serrell, Curt Roberts. 
E: 1.  Gene Baker. 

BATTING -
2B:  Vane Biggs. 
3B:  Gene Baker. 
HBP:  Herb Souell. 
Team LOB:  10

BASERUNNING -
CS:  Gene Baker. 

PITCHING

Houston Eagles                       IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Rufus Lewis W                        5.1    10   4    3   0   4   0  28
Jay Heard SV                         1.2     2   0    0   0   1   0  7
Totals                               7      12   4    3   0   5   0  35

HBP:  Jay Heard. 

Kansas City Monarchs                 IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Gene Collins L                       0.2     5   5    5   1   0   0  8
Mel Duncan                           5.1     3   0    0   3   0   0  20
Connie Johnson                       1       3   1    1   0   0   0  6
Totals                               7      11   6    6   4   0   0  34



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

Time of Game: 2:00   Attendance: 4869

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 8/7/1949, game 2 -- 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        L.Hunt              lf        
4. J.Davis             lf        B.Serrell           1b        
5. R.Lacy              rf        E.Howard            rf        
6. J.Washington        1b        J.LaMarque          cf        
7. E.Brooks            2b        C.Roberts           2b        
8. B.Wallace           c         V.Biggs             c         
9. R.Lewis             p         G.Collins           p         

EAGLES 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and
box sc; J.Wilkes out on unknown play; C.Williams doubled;
B.Wilson singled [C.Williams scored]; J.Davis walked [B.Wilson
to second]; R.Lacy out on unknown play; J.Washington singled
[B.Wilson scored, J.Davis to second]; E.Brooks singled to
shortstop [J.Davis scored (no RBI) (error by G.Baker),
J.Washington to third, E.Brooks to second]; B.Wallace doubled
[J.Washington scored, E.Brooks scored]; M.DUNCAN REPLACED
G.COLLINS (PITCHING); R.Lewis out on unknown play; 5 R, 5 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Eagles 5, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 1ST: G.Baker out on unknown play; H.Souell out on
unknown play; L.Hunt out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Eagles 5, Monarchs 0.

EAGLES 2ND: J.Wilkes walked; J.Wilkes stole second; C.Williams
walked; B.Wilson out on unknown play; J.Davis out on unknown
play; J.Wilkes stole third and C.Williams stole second; R.Lacy
out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Eagles 5, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 2ND: B.Serrell singled; E.Howard out on unknown play;
J.LaMarque out on unknown play; C.Roberts out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Eagles 5, Monarchs 0.

EAGLES 3RD: J.Washington out on unknown play; E.Brooks out on
unknown play; B.Wallace out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Eagles 5, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 3RD: V.Biggs out on unknown play; M.Duncan reached on
an error by B.Wilson [M.Duncan to first]; G.Baker out on unknown
play; H.Souell singled [M.Duncan to second]; L.Hunt reached on
an error by C.Williams [M.Duncan scored (unearned) (no RBI),
H.Souell to second, L.Hunt to first]; B.Serrell out on unknown
play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Eagles 5, Monarchs 1.

EAGLES 4TH: R.Lewis out on unknown play; J.Wilkes singled;
C.Williams grounded into a double play (C.Roberts to G.Baker to
B.Serrell) [J.Wilkes out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Eagles 5, Monarchs 1.

MONARCHS 4TH: E.Howard out on unknown play; J.LaMarque out on
unknown play; C.Roberts singled; V.Biggs out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Eagles 5, Monarchs 1.

EAGLES 5TH: B.Wilson singled; J.Davis out on unknown play;
R.Lacy singled [B.Wilson to second]; J.Washington out on unknown
play; E.Brooks out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Eagles 5, Monarchs 1.

MONARCHS 5TH: M.Duncan out on unknown play; G.Baker singled;
H.Souell singled [G.Baker to second]; L.Hunt out on unknown
play; B.Serrell singled [G.Baker to third, H.Souell to second];
E.Howard out on unknown play; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Eagles 5,
Monarchs 1.

EAGLES 6TH: B.Wallace out on unknown play; R.Lewis out on
unknown play; J.Wilkes walked; J.Wilkes was picked off first
(M.Duncan to B.Serrell); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Eagles 5,
Monarchs 1.

MONARCHS 6TH: L.RUFFIN REPLACED B.WALLACE (PLAYING C);
J.LaMarque singled; C.Roberts out on unknown play; V.Biggs
doubled [J.LaMarque scored]; W.BROWN BATTED FOR M.DUNCAN;
W.Brown singled [V.Biggs to third]; G.Baker tripled [V.Biggs
scored, W.Brown scored]; J.HEARD REPLACED R.LEWIS (PITCHING);
H.Souell was hit by a pitch; L.Hunt out on unknown play; G.Baker
was caught stealing home (L.Ruffin unassisted); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Eagles 5, Monarchs 4.

EAGLES 7TH: C.JOHNSON REPLACED W.BROWN (PITCHING); C.Williams
out on unknown play; B.Wilson doubled; J.Davis singled [B.Wilson
to third]; R.Lacy out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder)
[B.Wilson scored, J.Davis to second]; J.Washington singled
[J.Davis to third]; J.Washington stole second; E.Brooks out on
unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Eagles 6, Monarchs 4.

MONARCHS 7TH: B.Serrell singled; E.Howard out on unknown play;
J.LaMarque singled [B.Serrell to second]; C.Roberts out on
unknown play; B.O'NEIL BATTED FOR V.BIGGS; B.O'Neil struck out;
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Eagles 6, Monarchs 4.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Eagles           6  11   2   7
 Monarchs         4  12   1  10


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