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Baltimore Elite Giants (BLG) 4 Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 1

Game played on Sunday, August 28, 1949 (D) at Bugle Field, Baltimore MD
Regular-Season game

Kansas City Monarchs                0 0 0  0 0 0  0 1 0   -   1  9  1
Baltimore Elite Giants              0 0 0  0 0 1  3 0 x   -   4 11  0

BATTING

Kansas City Monarchs                 AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Gene Baker ss                         5   0   0    0     0         2   3
Herb Souell 3b                        4   1   1    0     0         1   1
Len Hunt lf                           2   0   1    0     1         2   0
Bonnie Serrell 1b                     4   0   1    1     0        11   1
Gene Collins rf                       4   0   1    0     0         1   0
Elston Howard cf                      4   0   1    0     0   1     0   0
Curt Roberts 2b                       4   0   1    0     0         2   3
Tom Cooper c                          4   0   1    0     0         5   0
Gene Richardson p                     3   0   1    0     0         0   4
  Frank Barnes p                      0   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Buck O'Neil ph                      1   0   1    0     0         0   0
Totals                               35   1   9    1     1   3    24  12

FIELDING -
DP: 3.  Gene Baker 2, Bonnie Serrell 3, Curt Roberts. 
E: 1.  Gene Baker. 

BATTING -
2B:  Len Hunt. 
SH:  Len Hunt. 
Team LOB:  9

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Gene Baker. 

Baltimore Elite Giants               AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Jim Gilliam 2b                        4   2   3    2     0         2   1
Tommy Butts ss                        4   0   2    2     0         1   5
Henry Kimbro cf                       4   0   1    0     0         4   0
Lennie Pearson 1b                     3   0   1    0     1         9   0
Butch Davis lf                        3   0   0    0     1         2   0
Ed Finney 3b                          4   0   1    0     0         1   1
Butch McCord rf                       4   0   0    0     0         2   0
Johnny Hayes c                        2   1   1    0     1         5   0
Leon Day p                            3   1   2    0     0         1   1
Totals                               31   4  11    4     3   5    27   8

FIELDING -
PB: 1.  Johnny Hayes. 

BATTING -
2B:  Jim Gilliam 2, Lennie Pearson. 
3B:  Jim Gilliam. 
GDP:  Butch Davis, Butch McCord, Leon Day. 
Team LOB:  6

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Jim Gilliam. 

PITCHING

Kansas City Monarchs                 IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Gene Richardson L                    6.2    10   4    4   2   5   0  28
Frank Barnes                         1.1     1   0    0   1   0   0  6
Totals                               8      11   4    4   3   5   0  34


Baltimore Elite Giants               IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Leon Day W                           9       9   1    1   1   3   0  37
Totals                               9       9   1    1   1   3   0  37

WP:  Leon Day. 


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Umpires: HP - Ted Lewis, 1B - Fred McCreary

Time of Game: 2:01   Attendance: 0

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 8/28/1949, game 1 -- Kansas City Monarchs at
Baltimore Elite Giants (D)

Starting Lineups:

   Kansas City                   Baltimore                     
1. G.Baker             ss        J.Gilliam           2b        
2. H.Souell            3b        T.Butts             ss        
3. L.Hunt              lf        H.Kimbro            cf        
4. B.Serrell           1b        L.Pearson           1b        
5. G.Collins           rf        B.Davis             lf        
6. E.Howard            cf        E.Finney            3b        
7. C.Roberts           2b        B.McCord            rf        
8. T.Cooper            c         J.Hayes             c         
9. G.Richardson        p         L.Day               p         

MONARCHS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories
and box sc; G.Baker out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown
play; L.Hunt walked; L.Day threw a wild pitch [L.Hunt to
second]; B.Serrell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Monarchs 0, Elite Giants 0.

ELITE GIANTS 1ST: J.Gilliam doubled; T.Butts out on unknown
play; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; L.Pearson out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 0, Elite Giants 0.

MONARCHS 2ND: G.Collins out on unknown play; E.Howard singled;
J.Hayes allowed a passed ball [E.Howard to second]; C.Roberts
out on unknown play; T.Cooper out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 0, Elite Giants 0.

ELITE GIANTS 2ND: B.Davis out on unknown play; E.Finney
singled; B.McCord grounded into a double play (G.Baker to
B.Serrell) [E.Finney out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Monarchs 0, Elite Giants 0.

MONARCHS 3RD: G.Richardson out on unknown play; G.Baker out on
unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Monarchs 0, Elite Giants 0.

ELITE GIANTS 3RD: J.Hayes out on unknown play; L.Day singled to
shortstop [L.Day to second (error by G.Baker)]; J.Gilliam out on
unknown play; T.Butts out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
 Monarchs 0, Elite Giants 0.

MONARCHS 4TH: L.Hunt doubled; B.Serrell flied to B.McCord
[L.Hunt to third]; G.Collins popped to E.Finney; E.Howard struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 0, Elite Giants 0.

ELITE GIANTS 4TH: H.Kimbro singled; H.Kimbro was picked off
first (G.Richardson to B.Serrell); L.Pearson doubled; B.Davis
out on unknown play; E.Finney out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 0, Elite Giants 0.

MONARCHS 5TH: C.Roberts singled; T.Cooper out on unknown play;
G.Richardson singled [C.Roberts to second]; G.Baker forced
G.Richardson (unknown fielder) [C.Roberts to third, G.Baker to
first]; G.Baker stole second; H.Souell out on unknown play; 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Monarchs 0, Elite Giants 0.

ELITE GIANTS 5TH: B.McCord out on unknown play; J.Hayes
singled; L.Day grounded into a double play (G.Baker to
B.Serrell) [J.Hayes out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Monarchs 0, Elite Giants 0.

MONARCHS 6TH: L.Hunt out on unknown play; B.Serrell out on
unknown play; G.Collins singled; E.Howard out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 0, Elite Giants 0.

ELITE GIANTS 6TH: J.Gilliam tripled to center field; T.Butts
singled [J.Gilliam scored]; H.Kimbro out on unknown play;
L.Pearson walked [T.Butts to second]; B.Davis grounded into a
double play (C.Roberts to B.Serrell) [L.Pearson out at second];
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 0, Elite Giants 1.

MONARCHS 7TH: C.Roberts out on unknown play; T.Cooper singled;
G.Richardson out on unknown play; G.Baker out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 0, Elite Giants 1.

ELITE GIANTS 7TH: E.Finney out on unknown play; B.McCord out on
unknown play; J.Hayes walked; L.Day singled [J.Hayes to second];
J.Gilliam doubled [J.Hayes scored, L.Day scored]; F.BARNES
REPLACED G.RICHARDSON (PITCHING); J.Gilliam stole third; T.Butts
singled [J.Gilliam scored]; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; 3 R, 3
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 0, Elite Giants 4.

MONARCHS 8TH: H.Souell singled; L.Hunt out on a sacrifice bunt
(unknown fielder) [H.Souell to second]; B.Serrell singled
[H.Souell scored]; G.Collins out on unknown play; E.Howard out
on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 1, Elite Giants
4.

ELITE GIANTS 8TH: L.Pearson out on unknown play; B.Davis
walked; E.Finney out on unknown play; B.McCord out on unknown
play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 1, Elite Giants 4.

MONARCHS 9TH: C.Roberts out on unknown play; T.Cooper out on
unknown play; B.O'NEIL BATTED FOR F.BARNES; B.O'Neil singled;
G.Baker out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 1,
Elite Giants 4.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Monarchs         1   9   1   9
 Elite Giants     4  11   0   6


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