Kansas City Monarchs 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 - 5 10 0 Birmingham Black Barons 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 4 4 1 BATTING Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Willie Simms lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 Newt Allen 2b 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 Ted Strong rf, 3b 4 1 3 1 0 3 0 Willard Brown cf 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 Buck O`Neil 1b 3 2 2 2 0 7 1 Johnnie Dawson c 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 Joe Greene c 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 Jesse Williams ss 3 0 1 2 0 1 4 Herb Souell 3b 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 Frank Duncan ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jim LaMarque rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jack Matchett p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 31 5 10 5 0 6 21 7 BATTING - 2B: Buck O`Neil. 3B: Jesse Williams. HR: Ted Strong, Buck O`Neil. Team LOB: 5 Birmingham Black Barons AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Lloyd Davenport cf 2 2 0 0 2 3 0 Tommy Sampson 2b 3 2 2 0 0 3 0 Jesse Warren lf 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 Bill Bradford lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Leroy Morney rf 3 0 1 1 0 2 1 Lester Lockett 3b 3 0 1 2 0 1 0 Ted Radcliffe c 3 0 0 0 0 7 0 Hoss Walker ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 Luther Gilyard 1b 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 Gready McKinnis p 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 Alvin Gipson p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 25 4 4 4 2 4 21 3 FIELDING - DP: 1. Leroy Morney, Ted Radcliffe. E: 1. Tommy Sampson. BATTING - SH: Jesse Warren. Team LOB: 3 PITCHING Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Jack Matchett W 7 4 4 4 2 4 0 28 Totals 7 4 4 4 2 4 0 28 Birmingham Black Barons IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Gready McKinnis 5.1 9 4 4 0 4 1 25 Alvin Gipson L 1.2 1 1 1 0 2 1 6 Totals 7 10 5 5 0 6 2 31 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Moore, 1B - Bob Motley, 2B - , 3B - Poindexter Williams Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 7000 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 6/7/1942, game 2 -- Kansas City Monarchs at Birmingham Black Barons (D) Starting Lineups: Kansas City Birmingham 1. W.Simms lf L.Davenport cf 2. N.Allen 2b T.Sampson 2b 3. T.Strong rf J.Warren lf 4. W.Brown cf L.Morney rf 5. B.O`Neil 1b L.Lockett 3b 6. J.Dawson c T.Radcliffe c 7. J.Williams ss H.Walker ss 8. H.Souell 3b L.Gilyard 1b 9. J.Matchett p G.McKinnis p MONARCHS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; W.Simms out on unknown play; N.Allen out on unknown play; T.Strong singled; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 0, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 1ST: L.Davenport walked; T.Sampson singled [L.Davenport to second]; J.Warren out on unknown play; L.Morney out on unknown play [L.Davenport to third, T.Sampson to second]; L.Lockett singled [L.Davenport scored, T.Sampson scored]; T.Radcliffe out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 0, Black Barons 2. MONARCHS 2ND: B.O`Neil homered to rightfield; J.Dawson out on unknown play; J.Williams out on unknown play; H.Souell singled; J.Matchett out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 1, Black Barons 2. BLACK BARONS 2ND: H.Walker out on unknown play; L.Gilyard out on unknown play; G.McKinnis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 1, Black Barons 2. MONARCHS 3RD: W.Simms out on unknown play; N.Allen singled; T.Strong singled [N.Allen to third]; W.Brown hit into a double play (L.Morney to T.Radcliffe) [N.Allen out at home]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 1, Black Barons 2. BLACK BARONS 3RD: L.Davenport walked; T.Sampson singled [L.Davenport to third]; J.Warren reached on a fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt [L.Davenport scored, T.Sampson to second]; Catcher Dawson ejected by Umpire Moore for arguing call at home and cursing; J.GREENE REPLACED J.DAWSON (PLAYING C); L.Morney singled [T.Sampson scored, J.Warren to second]; L.Lockett out on unknown play; T.Radcliffe out on unknown play; H.Walker out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Monarchs 1, Black Barons 4. MONARCHS 4TH: B.O`Neil out on unknown play; J.Greene out on unknown play; J.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 1, Black Barons 4. BLACK BARONS 4TH: L.Gilyard out on unknown play; G.McKinnis out on unknown play; L.Davenport out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 1, Black Barons 4. MONARCHS 5TH: H.Souell reached on an error by T.Sampson [H.Souell to first]; J.Matchett out on unknown play; W.Simms out on unknown play; N.Allen out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 1, Black Barons 4. BLACK BARONS 5TH: T.Sampson out on unknown play; J.Warren out on unknown play; L.Morney out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 1, Black Barons 4. MONARCHS 6TH: T.Strong out on unknown play; W.Brown singled to center field; B.O`Neil doubled to right field [W.Brown scored]; J.Greene singled to left field [B.O`Neil to third]; J.Williams tripled to left-center [B.O`Neil scored, J.Greene scored]; A.GIPSON REPLACED G.MCKINNIS (PITCHING); F.DUNCAN BATTED FOR H.SOUELL; Duncan PH for Souell with two strikes already on him; F.Duncan struck out; J.Matchett out on unknown play; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 4, Black Barons 4. BLACK BARONS 6TH: J.LAMARQUE REPLACED F.DUNCAN (PLAYING RF); T.STRONG CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); L.Lockett out on unknown play; T.Radcliffe out on unknown play; H.Walker out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 4, Black Barons 4. MONARCHS 7TH: B.BRADFORD REPLACED J.WARREN (PLAYING LF); W.Simms struck out; N.Allen out on unknown play; T.Strong homered to right-center; W.Brown out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 5, Black Barons 4. BLACK BARONS 7TH: L.Gilyard out on unknown play; A.Gipson out on unknown play; L.Davenport out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 5, Black Barons 4. Final Totals R H E LOB Monarchs 5 10 0 5 Black Barons 4 4 1 3
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