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Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 4 Homestead Grays (HOM) 3

Game played on Monday, August 24, 1936 (N) at Lippincott Park, South Bend IN
Exhibition game

Kansas City Monarchs                0 0 1  0 0 3  0 0 0   -   4  6  1
Homestead Grays                     0 0 0  1 0 0  2 0 0   -   3  7  3

BATTING

Kansas City Monarchs                 AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Henry Milton lf                       4   0   0    0     0   1     2   0
Curtis Harris 1b                      4   1   3    1     0   1    11   0
Newt Allen 2b                         4   1   1    1     0   1     4   6
Pat Patterson 3b                      4   0   0    0     0         0   1
Willard Brown ss                      4   1   0    0     0         2   7
LeRoy Taylor rf                       3   0   0    0     1         1   0
Harry Else c                          4   1   1    0     0   1     6   1
Eddie Dwight cf                       4   0   1    0     0   1     1   0
Lefty Wilson p                        3   0   0    0     0   2     0   0
  Floyd Kranson p                     1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               35   4   6    2     1   8    27  15

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Curtis Harris, Pat Patterson, Willard Brown. 
E: 1.  LeRoy Taylor. 

BATTING -
2B:  Curtis Harris. 
Team LOB:  5


Homestead Grays                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Jerry Benjamin cf                     4   0   1    2     0         1   0
Matt Carlisle 2b                      4   0   0    0     0         1   1
Vic Harris lf                         4   0   1    0     0         1   0
Buck Leonard 1b                       2   0   0    0     1        12   0
Henry Spearman 3b                     4   1   1    0     0         0   2
Ray Brown rf                          4   0   1    1     0         1   0
Pepper Bassett c                      3   0   0    0     0         9   2
  Willie Gisentaner ph                1   0   1    0     0         0   0
Jelly Jackson ss                      3   1   1    0     0         2   5
  Tarcat Terry ph                     1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Tom Parker p                          3   1   1    0     0         0   0
  Joe Strong p                        0   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Rap Dixon ph                        1   0   0    0     0   1     0   0
Totals                               34   3   7    3     1   5    27  10

FIELDING -
E: 3.  Matt Carlisle, Jelly Jackson 2. 

BATTING -
2B:  Henry Spearman. 
3B:  Willie Gisentaner. 
HBP:  Buck Leonard. 
GDP:  Henry Spearman. 
Team LOB:  6

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Jerry Benjamin. 

PITCHING

Kansas City Monarchs                 IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Lefty Wilson W                       7       6   3    3   1   3   0  29
Floyd Kranson SV                     2       1   0    0   0   2   0  7
Totals                               9       7   3    3   1   5   0  36

HBP:  Lefty Wilson. 

Homestead Grays                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Tom Parker L                         7       5   4    2   0   8   0  28
Joe Strong                           2       1   0    0   1   0   0  8
Totals                               9       6   4    2   1   8   0  36



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Umpires: HP -  DeRose, 1B -  Newman

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 3500

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Monday, 8/24/1936 -- Kansas City Monarchs at Homestead
Grays (N)

Starting Lineups:

   Kansas City                   Homestead                     
1. H.Milton            lf        J.Benjamin          cf        
2. C.Harris            1b        M.Carlisle          2b        
3. N.Allen             2b        V.Harris            lf        
4. P.Patterson         3b        B.Leonard           1b        
5. W.Brown             ss        H.Spearman          3b        
6. L.Taylor            rf        R.Brown             rf        
7. H.Else              c         P.Bassett           c         
8. E.Dwight            cf        J.Jackson           ss        
9. L.Wilson            p         T.Parker            p         

MONARCHS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories
and box sc; H.Milton struck out; C.Harris struck out; N.Allen
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Monarchs 0, Grays 0.

GRAYS 1ST: J.Benjamin out on unknown play; M.Carlisle out on
unknown play; V.Harris out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Monarchs 0, Grays 0.

MONARCHS 2ND: P.Patterson out on unknown play; W.Brown out on
unknown play; L.Taylor out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Monarchs 0, Grays 0.

GRAYS 2ND: B.Leonard walked; H.Spearman out on unknown play;
R.Brown out on unknown play; P.Bassett out on unknown play; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 0, Grays 0.

MONARCHS 3RD: H.Else singled; E.Dwight singled to left field
[H.Else to second]; L.Wilson struck out; H.Milton flied to
R.Brown; C.Harris singled to right field [H.Else scored,
E.Dwight to second]; N.Allen out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Monarchs 1, Grays 0.

GRAYS 3RD: J.Jackson out on unknown play; T.Parker out on
unknown play; J.Benjamin reached on an error by L.Taylor
[J.Benjamin to first]; M.Carlisle out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H,
1 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 1, Grays 0.

MONARCHS 4TH: P.Patterson out on unknown play; W.Brown out on
unknown play; L.Taylor out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Monarchs 1, Grays 0.

GRAYS 4TH: V.Harris out on unknown play; B.Leonard out on
unknown play; H.Spearman doubled to left field; R.Brown singled
to right field [H.Spearman scored]; P.Bassett out on unknown
play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 1, Grays 1.

MONARCHS 5TH: H.Else struck out; E.Dwight struck out; L.Wilson
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Monarchs 1, Grays 1.

GRAYS 5TH: J.Jackson out on unknown play; T.Parker out on
unknown play; J.Benjamin out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Monarchs 1, Grays 1.

MONARCHS 6TH: H.Milton out on unknown play; C.Harris doubled;
N.Allen singled [C.Harris scored]; P.Patterson out on unknown
play; W.Brown reached on an error by M.Carlisle [N.Allen to
second, W.Brown to first]; L.Taylor reached on an error by
J.Jackson [N.Allen scored (unearned) (no RBI) (error by
J.Jackson), W.Brown scored (unearned) (no RBI), L.Taylor to
second]; H.Else out on unknown play; 3 R (1 ER), 2 H, 3 E, 1
LOB.  Monarchs 4, Grays 1.

GRAYS 6TH: M.Carlisle out on unknown play; V.Harris singled;
B.Leonard was hit by a pitch [V.Harris to second]; H.Spearman
grounded into a double play (P.Patterson to W.Brown to C.Harris)
[B.Leonard out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 4,
Grays 1.

MONARCHS 7TH: E.Dwight out on unknown play; L.Wilson out on
unknown play; H.Milton out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Monarchs 4, Grays 1.

GRAYS 7TH: R.Brown out on unknown play; P.Bassett out on
unknown play; J.Jackson singled; T.Parker singled [J.Jackson to
third, T.Parker to second (on throw)]; J.Benjamin singled
[J.Jackson scored, T.Parker scored]; J.Benjamin stole second;
M.Carlisle out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs
4, Grays 3.

MONARCHS 8TH: J.STRONG REPLACED T.PARKER (PITCHING); C.Harris
singled; N.Allen out on unknown play; P.Patterson out on unknown
play; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Monarchs 4, Grays 3.

GRAYS 8TH: F.KRANSON REPLACED L.WILSON (PITCHING); V.Harris out
on unknown play; B.Leonard flied to H.Milton in foul territory;
H.Spearman out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Monarchs
4, Grays 3.

MONARCHS 9TH: L.Taylor walked; H.Else out on unknown play;
E.Dwight out on unknown play; F.Kranson out on unknown play; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 4, Grays 3.

GRAYS 9TH: R.Brown out on unknown play; W.GISENTANER BATTED FOR
P.BASSETT; W.Gisentaner tripled to right field; T.TERRY BATTED
FOR J.JACKSON; T.Terry popped to W.Brown; R.DIXON BATTED FOR
J.STRONG; R.Dixon struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 4,
Grays 3.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Monarchs         4   6   1   5
 Grays            3   7   3   6


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