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Birmingham Black Barons (BIR) 5 Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 2

Game played on Thursday, July 1, 1943 (N) at Crosley Field, Cincinnati OH
Regular-Season game

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



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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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