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Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 5 Baltimore Elite Giants (BLG) 4

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

Kansas City Monarchs                2 2 0  0 0 0  1  -   5 10  2
Baltimore Elite Giants              0 0 3  0 1 0  0  -   4 10  0

BATTING

Kansas City Monarchs                 AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Gene Baker ss                         3   1   0    0     1         2   1
Herb Souell 3b                        4   2   3    2     0         0   2
Len Hunt lf                           4   0   3    2     0         2   0
Bonnie Serrell 1b                     4   0   0    0     0         6   0
Elston Howard rf                      4   0   1    0     0         1   0
Curt Roberts 2b                       3   0   0    0     0         6   5
Alvin Spearman cf                     2   1   0    0     1         1   0
Luther Clifford c                     3   0   2    1     0         3   0
Jim LaMarque p                        2   1   1    0     0         0   4
  Frank Barnes p                      0   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               29   5  10    5     2   1    21  12

FIELDING -
E: 2.  Gene Baker, Herb Souell. 

BATTING -
2B:  Herb Souell, Len Hunt, Elston Howard, Luther Clifford. 
SH:  Jim LaMarque. 
GDP:  Bonnie Serrell. 
Team LOB:  6

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Gene Baker. 

Baltimore Elite Giants               AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Jim Gilliam 2b                        4   1   2    0     0   0     1   1
Tommy Butts ss                        4   1   1    2     0   0     1   2
Henry Kimbro cf                       4   1   2    0     0   0     2   0
Lennie Pearson 1b                     2   0   1    1     2   0     8   0
Butch Davis lf                        4   0   2    1     0   0     1   0
Ed Finney 3b                          3   0   0    0     0   0     0   1
  Leon Day ph                         1   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Butch McCord rf                       3   0   1    0     0   0     5   0
Johnny Hayes c                        2   0   0    0     0   0     3   2
Toots Ferrell p                       0   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
  Bob Romby p                         3   1   1    0     0   0     0   2
Totals                               30   4  10    4     2   0    21   8

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Jim Gilliam, Tommy Butts, Lennie Pearson. 

BATTING -
2B:  Tommy Butts. 
SH:  Johnny Hayes. 
Team LOB:  8


PITCHING

Kansas City Monarchs                 IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Jim LaMarque                         5.2     9   4    4   1   0   0  27
Frank Barnes W                       1.1     1   0    0   1   0   0  6
Totals                               7      10   4    4   2   0   0  33


Baltimore Elite Giants               IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Toots Ferrell                        1.2     5   4    4   2   0   0  12
Bob Romby L                          5.1     5   1    1   0   1   0  20
Totals                               7      10   5    5   2   1   0  32



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

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 0

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 8/28/1949, game 2 -- 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. E.Howard            rf        B.Davis             lf        
6. C.Roberts           2b        E.Finney            3b        
7. A.Spearman          cf        B.McCord            rf        
8. L.Clifford          c         J.Hayes             c         
9. J.LaMarque          p         T.Ferrell           p         

MONARCHS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories
and box sc; G.Baker walked; G.Baker stole second; H.Souell
doubled [G.Baker scored]; L.Hunt singled [H.Souell scored];
B.Serrell out on unknown play; E.Howard out on unknown play;
C.Roberts out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs
2, Elite Giants 0.

ELITE GIANTS 1ST: J.Gilliam singled to shortstop [J.Gilliam to
second (error by G.Baker)]; T.Butts out on unknown play;
H.Kimbro out on unknown play; L.Pearson out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 2, Elite Giants 0.

MONARCHS 2ND: A.Spearman walked; L.Clifford doubled [A.Spearman
scored]; J.LaMarque singled [L.Clifford to third]; G.Baker
reached on a fielder's choice (unknown fielder) [L.Clifford out
at home, J.LaMarque to second]; H.Souell singled [J.LaMarque
scored, G.Baker to second]; L.Hunt out on unknown play; B.ROMBY
REPLACED T.FERRELL (PITCHING); B.Serrell out on unknown play; 2
R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Monarchs 4, Elite Giants 0.

ELITE GIANTS 2ND: B.Davis out on unknown play; E.Finney out on
unknown play; B.McCord out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Monarchs 4, Elite Giants 0.

MONARCHS 3RD: E.Howard out on unknown play; C.Roberts out on
unknown play; A.Spearman out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Monarchs 4, Elite Giants 0.

ELITE GIANTS 3RD: J.Hayes out on unknown play; B.Romby singled;
J.Gilliam singled [B.Romby to second]; T.Butts doubled [B.Romby
scored, J.Gilliam scored]; H.Kimbro out on unknown play;
L.Pearson singled [T.Butts scored]; B.Davis singled [L.Pearson
to second]; E.Finney out on unknown play; 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Monarchs 4, Elite Giants 3.

MONARCHS 4TH: L.Clifford singled; J.LaMarque out on a sacrifice
bunt (unknown fielder) [L.Clifford to second]; G.Baker out on
unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Monarchs 4, Elite Giants 3.

ELITE GIANTS 4TH: B.McCord singled; J.Hayes out on a sacrifice
bunt (unknown fielder) [B.McCord to second]; B.Romby out on
unknown play; J.Gilliam out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Monarchs 4, Elite Giants 3.

MONARCHS 5TH: L.Hunt singled; B.Serrell grounded into a double
play (T.Butts to J.Gilliam to L.Pearson) [L.Hunt out at second];
E.Howard doubled; C.Roberts out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Monarchs 4, Elite Giants 3.

ELITE GIANTS 5TH: T.Butts out on unknown play; H.Kimbro
singled; L.Pearson walked [H.Kimbro to second]; B.Davis singled
[H.Kimbro scored, L.Pearson to second]; E.Finney out on unknown
play; B.McCord out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Monarchs 4, Elite Giants 4.

MONARCHS 6TH: A.Spearman out on unknown play; L.Clifford out on
unknown play; J.LaMarque out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Monarchs 4, Elite Giants 4.

ELITE GIANTS 6TH: J.Hayes out on unknown play; B.Romby out on
unknown play; F.BARNES REPLACED J.LAMARQUE (PITCHING); J.Gilliam
out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Monarchs 4, Elite
Giants 4.

MONARCHS 7TH: G.Baker out on unknown play; H.Souell singled;
L.Hunt doubled to right-center [H.Souell scored]; B.Serrell out
on unknown play; E.Howard out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Monarchs 5, Elite Giants 4.

ELITE GIANTS 7TH: T.Butts out on unknown play; H.Kimbro singled
to third base [H.Kimbro to second (error by H.Souell)];
L.Pearson walked; B.Davis out on unknown play; L.DAY BATTED FOR
E.FINNEY; L.Day flied to unknown fielder; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. 
Monarchs 5, Elite Giants 4.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Monarchs         5  10   2   6
 Elite Giants     4  10   0   8


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