Kansas City Monarchs 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 10 2 Birmingham Black Barons 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 x - 5 12 0 BATTING Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Jesse Williams ss 4 1 1 0 0 3 3 Willie Simms lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 Herb Souell 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 Willard Brown cf 4 1 3 2 0 2 0 Bonnie Serrell 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 Buck O`Neil 1b 4 0 1 0 0 10 0 Hank Thompson rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 Herb Barnhill c 4 0 1 0 0 6 2 George Walker p 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 Satchel Paige p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 36 2 10 2 0 4 24 8 FIELDING - E: 2. Bonnie Serrell, Herb Barnhill. BATTING - 2B: Willard Brown, Bonnie Serrell. HR: Willard Brown. Team LOB: 7 BASERUNNING - SB: Willard Brown. Birmingham Black Barons AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Felix McLaurin cf 4 2 2 0 0 2 0 Clyde Spearman rf 4 1 3 1 0 3 0 Tommy Sampson 2b 3 1 2 2 1 1 3 Lester Lockett lf 4 0 0 0 0 6 0 Piper Davis ss 4 1 2 0 0 1 2 Alphonse Dunn 1b 4 0 3 1 0 8 0 Hoss Walker 3b 4 0 0 1 0 0 3 Paul Hardy c 4 0 0 0 0 5 0 Alfred Saylor p 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 Totals 35 5 12 5 1 5 27 11 BATTING - 2B: Alphonse Dunn. 3B: Felix McLaurin. Team LOB: 7 BASERUNNING - SB: Clyde Spearman. CS: Clyde Spearman, Alphonse Dunn. PITCHING Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP George Walker L 6 12 5 5 1 3 0 30 Satchel Paige 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 Totals 8 12 5 5 1 5 0 36 Birmingham Black Barons IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Alfred Saylor W 9 10 2 2 0 4 1 36 Totals 9 10 2 2 0 4 1 36 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Harry Ward, 1B - Percy Reed Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 0 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Thursday, 7/1/1943 -- Kansas City Monarchs at Birmingham Black Barons (N) Starting Lineups: Kansas City Birmingham 1. J.Williams ss F.McLaurin cf 2. W.Simms lf C.Spearman rf 3. H.Souell 3b T.Sampson 2b 4. W.Brown cf L.Lockett lf 5. B.Serrell 2b P.Davis ss 6. B.O`Neil 1b A.Dunn 1b 7. H.Thompson rf H.Walker 3b 8. H.Barnhill c P.Hardy c 9. G.Walker p A.Saylor p MONARCHS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; J.Williams singled; W.Simms out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; W.Brown homered to leftfield [J.Williams scored]; B.Serrell doubled; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 2, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 1ST: F.McLaurin out on unknown play; C.Spearman singled; C.Spearman was caught stealing second (H.Barnhill to J.Williams); T.Sampson walked; L.Lockett out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 2, Black Barons 0. MONARCHS 2ND: H.Thompson out on unknown play; H.Barnhill out on unknown play; G.Walker singled; J.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 2, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 2ND: P.Davis singled; A.Dunn singled [P.Davis to second]; H.Walker out on unknown play; P.Hardy out on unknown play; A.Saylor reached on an error by B.Serrell [P.Davis to third, A.Dunn to second, A.Saylor to first]; F.McLaurin out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Monarchs 2, Black Barons 0. MONARCHS 3RD: W.Simms out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; W.Brown singled; W.Brown stole second; B.Serrell out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 2, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 3RD: C.Spearman singled; C.Spearman stole second [C.Spearman to third (error by H.Barnhill)]; T.Sampson singled [C.Spearman scored]; L.Lockett out on unknown play; P.Davis singled [T.Sampson to second]; A.Dunn doubled [T.Sampson scored, P.Davis to third]; H.Walker out on unknown play [P.Davis scored]; P.Hardy out on unknown play; 3 R, 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 2, Black Barons 3. MONARCHS 4TH: B.O`Neil singled; H.Thompson out on unknown play; H.Barnhill out on unknown play; G.Walker out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 2, Black Barons 3. BLACK BARONS 4TH: A.Saylor out on unknown play; F.McLaurin singled; C.Spearman out on unknown play [F.McLaurin to second]; T.Sampson singled [F.McLaurin scored]; L.Lockett out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 2, Black Barons 4. MONARCHS 5TH: J.Williams out on unknown play; W.Simms singled; W.Simms was picked off first (A.Saylor to A.Dunn); H.Souell out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 2, Black Barons 4. BLACK BARONS 5TH: P.Davis out on unknown play; A.Dunn singled; A.Dunn was caught stealing second (H.Barnhill to J.Williams); H.Walker out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 2, Black Barons 4. MONARCHS 6TH: W.Brown doubled; B.Serrell out on unknown play; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; H.Thompson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 2, Black Barons 4. BLACK BARONS 6TH: P.Hardy out on unknown play; A.Saylor out on unknown play; F.McLaurin tripled; C.Spearman singled [F.McLaurin scored]; T.Sampson out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 2, Black Barons 5. MONARCHS 7TH: H.Barnhill out on unknown play; G.Walker singled; J.Williams out on unknown play; W.Simms out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 2, Black Barons 5. BLACK BARONS 7TH: S.PAIGE REPLACED G.WALKER (PITCHING); L.Lockett out on unknown play; P.Davis out on unknown play; A.Dunn out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 2, Black Barons 5. MONARCHS 8TH: H.Souell out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; B.Serrell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 2, Black Barons 5. BLACK BARONS 8TH: H.Walker out on unknown play; P.Hardy out on unknown play; A.Saylor out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 2, Black Barons 5. MONARCHS 9TH: B.O`Neil out on unknown play; H.Thompson out on unknown play; H.Barnhill singled; S.Paige out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 2, Black Barons 5. Final Totals R H E LOB Monarchs 2 10 2 7 Black Barons 5 12 0 7
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