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Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 6 Chicago American Giants (CAG) 3

Game played on Monday, May 31, 1943 (D) at Comiskey Park I, Chicago IL
Regular-Season game

Kansas City Monarchs                0 0 0  2 0 0  0 0 1  0 3  -   6 13  2
Chicago American Giants             0 2 0  1 0 0  0 0 0  0 0  -   3 12  1

BATTING

Kansas City Monarchs                 AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Jesse Williams ss                     5   0   1    0     1         2   2
Herb Souell 3b                        6   0   2    1     0         3   3
Bonnie Serrell 2b                     5   1   1    0     1         3   2
Willard Brown cf                      5   1   2    2     0         1   0
Buck O`Neil 1b                        5   0   0    0     0        12   0
Jack Matchett lf                      4   1   2    0     0         1   0
Hank Thompson rf                      4   1   2    1     1         1   0
Sammy Haynes c                        5   1   1    0     0        10   3
Hilton Smith p                        1   0   0    0     0         0   2
  Satchel Paige p                     4   1   2    1     0         0   3
Totals                               44   6  13    5     3   2    33  15

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Bonnie Serrell, Buck O`Neil, Sammy Haynes. 
E: 2.  Buck O`Neil, Sammy Haynes. 

BATTING -
2B:  Willard Brown, Jack Matchett. 
HR:  Willard Brown, Hank Thompson. 
HBP:  Jack Matchett. 
GDP:  Willard Brown. 
Team LOB:  9

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Satchel Paige. 
CS:  Jesse Williams, Jack Matchett. 

Chicago American Giants              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Ralph Wyatt ss                        5   0   3    2     0         3   4
Lloyd Davenport cf                    3   0   1    0     2         6   0
John Bissant lf                       5   0   0    0     0         0   0
Alex Radcliff 3b                      5   0   1    0     0         1   1
Art Pennington rf                     5   0   1    0     0         0   0
Bill Charter 1b                       5   0   0    0     0        14   0
  Ed Young 1b                         0   0   0    0     0         1   0
Ted Radcliffe c                       5   2   3    0     0         6   3
Henry Smith 2b                        5   1   2    0     0         2   5
Willie Cornelius p                    2   0   0    1     0         0   1
  Leroy Sutton p                      2   0   1    0     0         0   4
  Gentry Jessup ph                    1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               43   3  12    3     2   9    33  18

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Bill Charter, Ted Radcliffe, Leroy Sutton. 
E: 1.  Leroy Sutton. 

BATTING -
2B:  Ted Radcliffe 2. 
SH:  Ralph Wyatt. 
GDP:  John Bissant. 
Team LOB:  10

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Ralph Wyatt, John Bissant, Henry Smith 2. 

PITCHING

Kansas City Monarchs                 IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Hilton Smith                         3       7   3    3   1   2   0  17
Satchel Paige W                      8       5   0    0   1   7   0  29
Totals                               11     12   3    3   2   9   0  46

Hilton Smith pitched to 2 batters in the 4th inning

Chicago American Giants              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Willie Cornelius                     4.1     5   2    2   3   2   1  21
Leroy Sutton L                       6.2     8   4    2   0   0   1  27
Totals                               11     13   6    4   3   2   2  48

HBP:  Willie Cornelius. 


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Umpires: HP - ?

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 8000

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Monday, 5/31/1943, game 1 -- Kansas City Monarchs at
Chicago Am. Giants (D)

Starting Lineups:

   Kansas City                   Chicago                       
1. J.Williams          ss        R.Wyatt             ss        
2. H.Souell            3b        L.Davenport         cf        
3. B.Serrell           2b        J.Bissant           lf        
4. W.Brown             cf        A.Radcliff          3b        
5. B.O`Neil            1b        A.Pennington        rf        
6. J.Matchett          lf        B.Charter           1b        
7. H.Thompson          rf        T.Radcliffe         c         
8. S.Haynes            c         H.Smith             2b        
9. H.Smith             p         W.Cornelius         p         

MONARCHS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories
and box sc; J.Williams walked; J.Williams was caught stealing
second (T.Radcliffe to H.Smith); H.Souell out on unknown play;
B.Serrell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Monarchs
0, Am. Giants 0.

AM. GIANTS 1ST: R.Wyatt singled; R.Wyatt stole second;
L.Davenport walked; J.Bissant out on unknown play; A.Radcliff
out on unknown play; A.Pennington singled [R.Wyatt to third,
L.Davenport to second]; B.Charter out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 3 LOB.  Monarchs 0, Am. Giants 0.

MONARCHS 2ND: W.Brown doubled; B.O`Neil out on unknown play;
J.Matchett was hit by a pitch; H.Thompson out on unknown play;
S.Haynes out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Monarchs 0,
Am. Giants 0.

AM. GIANTS 2ND: T.Radcliffe singled; H.Smith singled
[T.Radcliffe to third]; H.Smith stole second; W.Cornelius out on
unknown play; R.Wyatt singled [T.Radcliffe scored, H.Smith
scored]; L.Davenport out on unknown play; J.Bissant out on
unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 0, Am. Giants 2.

MONARCHS 3RD: H.Smith out on unknown play; J.Williams out on
unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Monarchs 0, Am. Giants 2.

AM. GIANTS 3RD: A.Radcliff out on unknown play; A.Pennington
out on unknown play; B.Charter out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Monarchs 0, Am. Giants 2.

MONARCHS 4TH: B.Serrell singled; W.Brown homered to leftfield
[B.Serrell scored]; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; J.Matchett out
on unknown play; H.Thompson walked; S.Haynes out on unknown
play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 2, Am. Giants 2.

AM. GIANTS 4TH: T.Radcliffe doubled; H.Smith singled to pitcher
[T.Radcliffe to third]; H.Smith stole second; S.PAIGE REPLACED
H.SMITH (PITCHING); W.Cornelius flied to H.Thompson [T.Radcliffe
scored]; R.Wyatt singled [H.Smith to third]; L.Davenport walked
[R.Wyatt to second]; J.Bissant grounded into a double play
(B.Serrell to S.Haynes to B.O`Neil) [H.Smith out at home]; 1 R,
3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Monarchs 2, Am. Giants 3.

MONARCHS 5TH: S.Paige out on unknown play; J.Williams singled;
H.Souell singled [J.Williams to second]; B.Serrell walked
[J.Williams to third, H.Souell to second]; L.SUTTON REPLACED
W.CORNELIUS (PITCHING); W.Brown grounded into a double play
(L.Sutton to T.Radcliffe to B.Charter) [J.Williams out at home];
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Monarchs 2, Am. Giants 3.

AM. GIANTS 5TH: A.Radcliff singled; A.Radcliff was picked off
first, but was safe on an error by B.O`Neil [A.Radcliff to
second]; A.Pennington out on unknown play; B.Charter out on
unknown play; T.Radcliffe out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Monarchs 2, Am. Giants 3.

MONARCHS 6TH: B.O`Neil out on unknown play; J.Matchett singled;
J.Matchett was caught stealing second (T.Radcliffe to R.Wyatt);
H.Thompson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Monarchs
2, Am. Giants 3.

AM. GIANTS 6TH: H.Smith out on unknown play; L.Sutton out on
unknown play; R.Wyatt out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Monarchs 2, Am. Giants 3.

MONARCHS 7TH: S.Haynes out on unknown play; S.Paige out on
unknown play; J.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Monarchs 2, Am. Giants 3.

AM. GIANTS 7TH: L.Davenport singled; J.Bissant forced
L.Davenport (unknown fielder) [J.Bissant to first]; J.Bissant
stole second [J.Bissant to third (error by S.Haynes)];
A.Radcliff out on unknown play; A.Pennington out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 2, Am. Giants 3.

MONARCHS 8TH: H.Souell out on unknown play; B.Serrell out on
unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Monarchs 2, Am. Giants 3.

AM. GIANTS 8TH: B.Charter out on unknown play; T.Radcliffe out
on unknown play; H.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Monarchs 2, Am. Giants 3.

MONARCHS 9TH: B.O`Neil out on unknown play; J.Matchett doubled;
H.Thompson singled [J.Matchett to third]; S.Haynes out on
unknown play; S.Paige singled [J.Matchett scored, H.Thompson to
third]; S.Paige stole second; J.Williams out on unknown play; 1
R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Monarchs 3, Am. Giants 3.

AM. GIANTS 9TH: L.Sutton singled; R.Wyatt out on a sacrifice
bunt (unknown fielder) [L.Sutton to second]; L.Davenport out on
unknown play; J.Bissant out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Monarchs 3, Am. Giants 3.

MONARCHS 10TH: H.Souell out on unknown play; B.Serrell out on
unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Monarchs 3, Am. Giants 3.

AM. GIANTS 10TH: A.Radcliff out on unknown play; A.Pennington
out on unknown play; B.Charter out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Monarchs 3, Am. Giants 3.

MONARCHS 11TH: E.YOUNG REPLACED B.CHARTER (PLAYING 1B);
B.O`Neil out on unknown play; J.Matchett out on unknown play;
H.Thompson homered to rightfield; S.Haynes singled; S.Paige
singled [S.Haynes to third]; J.Williams reached on an error by
L.Sutton [S.Haynes scored (unearned) (no RBI), S.Paige to
second, J.Williams to first]; H.Souell singled [S.Paige scored
(unearned), J.Williams to second]; B.Serrell out on unknown
play; 3 R (1 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Monarchs 6, Am. Giants 3.

AM. GIANTS 11TH: T.Radcliffe doubled; H.Smith out on unknown
play; G.JESSUP BATTED FOR L.SUTTON; G.Jessup out on unknown
play; R.Wyatt out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Monarchs 6, Am. Giants 3.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Monarchs         6  13   2   9
 Am. Giants       3  12   1  10


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