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Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 3 Birmingham Black Barons (BIR) 2

Game played on Monday, July 12, 1943 (N) at Municipal Stadium, Kansas City MO
Regular-Season game

Birmingham Black Barons             0 0 0  1 0 0  0 0 1   -   2  6  4
Kansas City Monarchs                0 1 0  0 0 0  2 0 x   -   3  8  1

BATTING

Birmingham Black Barons              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Felix McLaurin cf                     3   0   0    0     1   0     2   0
Tommy Sampson 2b                      4   0   0    0     0   0     2   4
Clyde Spearman rf                     3   0   0    0     1   0     1   0
Lester Lockett lf                     4   1   2    0     0   0     2   0
Piper Davis ss                        2   1   1    0     1   0     0   2
Alphonse Dunn 1b                      3   0   0    0     1   0    10   0
Hoss Walker 3b                        4   0   1    1     0   0     1   1
Paul Hardy c                          3   0   0    0     0   0     6   1
  John Huber ph                       1   0   0    1     0   0     0   0
Alfred Saylor p                       3   0   2    0     0   0     0   3
  Alvin Gipson ph                     1   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Totals                               31   2   6    2     4   0    24  11

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Tommy Sampson, Piper Davis, Alphonse Dunn. 
E: 4.  Piper Davis, Alphonse Dunn, Hoss Walker 2. 
PB: 1.  Paul Hardy. 

BATTING -
SH:  Piper Davis. 
Team LOB:  7


Kansas City Monarchs                 AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Jesse Williams ss                     3   0   1    0     1   0     1   1
Willie Simms lf                       4   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Herb Souell 3b                        4   0   0    0     0   0     2   3
Willard Brown cf                      4   0   1    0     0   0     3   0
Bonnie Serrell 2b                     4   1   2    0     0   0     3   4
Buck O`Neil 1b                        3   0   1    0     1   0    11   0
Hank Thompson rf                      4   1   3    1     0   0     1   0
Frank Duncan c                        3   1   0    0     1   0     6   0
Ted Alexander p                       2   0   0    0     0   0     0   2
  Hilton Smith ph                     1   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
  Norris Phillips p                   0   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Totals                               32   3   8    1     3   0    27  10

FIELDING -
E: 1.  Ted Alexander. 

BATTING -
3B:  Bonnie Serrell. 
IW:  Frank Duncan. 
GDP:  Frank Duncan. 
Team LOB:  8


PITCHING

Birmingham Black Barons              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Alfred Saylor L                      8       8   3    2   3   0   0  35
Totals                               8       8   3    2   3   0   0  35

WP:  Alfred Saylor. 
IW:  Alfred Saylor. 

Kansas City Monarchs                 IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Ted Alexander W                      7       6   1    1   1   0   0  27
Norris Phillips SV                   2       0   1    1   3   0   0  9
Totals                               9       6   2    2   4   0   0  36



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Umpires: HP - ?

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 0

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Monday, 7/12/1943 -- Birmingham Black Barons at Kansas
City Monarchs (N)

Starting Lineups:

   Birmingham                    Kansas City                   
1. F.McLaurin          cf        J.Williams          ss        
2. T.Sampson           2b        W.Simms             lf        
3. C.Spearman          rf        H.Souell            3b        
4. L.Lockett           lf        W.Brown             cf        
5. P.Davis             ss        B.Serrell           2b        
6. A.Dunn              1b        B.O`Neil            1b        
7. H.Walker            3b        H.Thompson          rf        
8. P.Hardy             c         F.Duncan            c         
9. A.Saylor            p         T.Alexander         p         

BLACK BARONS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game
stories and box sc; F.McLaurin walked; T.Sampson out on unknown
play; C.Spearman out on unknown play; L.Lockett singled
[F.McLaurin to second]; P.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 1ST: J.Williams walked; W.Simms out on unknown play;
H.Souell out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0.

BLACK BARONS 2ND: A.Dunn out on unknown play; H.Walker out on
unknown play; P.Hardy out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 2ND: B.Serrell tripled to right field; B.O`Neil out on
unknown play; H.Thompson singled [B.Serrell scored]; F.Duncan
grounded into a double play (P.Davis to T.Sampson to A.Dunn)
[H.Thompson out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Black Barons
0, Monarchs 1.

BLACK BARONS 3RD: A.Saylor singled; A.Saylor was picked off
first, but was safe on an error by T.Alexander [A.Saylor to
second]; F.McLaurin out on unknown play; T.Sampson out on
unknown play; C.Spearman out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Black Barons 0, Monarchs 1.

MONARCHS 3RD: T.Alexander out on unknown play; J.Williams out
on unknown play; W.Simms reached on an error by P.Davis [W.Simms
to first]; P.Hardy allowed a passed ball [W.Simms to second];
H.Souell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Black
Barons 0, Monarchs 1.

BLACK BARONS 4TH: L.Lockett singled; P.Davis out on a sacrifice
bunt (unknown fielder) [L.Lockett to second]; A.Dunn out on
unknown play; H.Walker singled to left field [L.Lockett scored];
H.Walker was picked off first (T.Alexander to B.O`Neil); 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Black Barons 1, Monarchs 1.

MONARCHS 4TH: W.Brown singled; B.Serrell out on unknown play;
B.O`Neil singled [W.Brown to second]; H.Thompson out on unknown
play; F.Duncan out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Black
Barons 1, Monarchs 1.

BLACK BARONS 5TH: P.Hardy out on unknown play; A.Saylor
singled; F.McLaurin out on unknown play; T.Sampson out on
unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black Barons 1, Monarchs 1.

MONARCHS 5TH: T.Alexander out on unknown play; J.Williams out
on unknown play; W.Simms out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Black Barons 1, Monarchs 1.

BLACK BARONS 6TH: C.Spearman out on unknown play; L.Lockett out
on unknown play; P.Davis singled; A.Dunn out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black Barons 1, Monarchs 1.

MONARCHS 6TH: 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.  Black Barons 1, Monarchs 1.

BLACK BARONS 7TH: 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.  Black Barons 1, Monarchs 1.

MONARCHS 7TH: B.O`Neil out on unknown play; On a bunt
H.Thompson singled to third base [H.Thompson to third (error by
H.Walker)]; F.Duncan was walked intentionally; H.SMITH BATTED
FOR T.ALEXANDER; H.Smith grounded out,  (A.Saylor to A.Dunn)
[H.Thompson scored (no RBI) (error by A.Dunn), F.Duncan to
third]; A.Saylor threw a wild pitch [F.Duncan scored
(unearned)]; J.Williams singled; W.Simms out on unknown play; 2
R (1 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Black Barons 1, Monarchs 3.

BLACK BARONS 8TH: N.PHILLIPS REPLACED H.SMITH (PITCHING);
F.McLaurin out on unknown play; T.Sampson out on unknown play;
C.Spearman walked; L.Lockett out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Black Barons 1, Monarchs 3.

MONARCHS 8TH: H.Souell out on unknown play; W.Brown out on
unknown play; B.Serrell singled to third base [B.Serrell to
second (error by H.Walker)]; B.O`Neil walked; H.Thompson singled
[B.Serrell to third, B.O`Neil to second]; F.Duncan out on
unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Black Barons 1, Monarchs 3.

BLACK BARONS 9TH: P.Davis walked; A.Dunn walked [P.Davis to
second]; H.Walker out on unknown play [P.Davis to third, A.Dunn
to second]; J.HUBER BATTED FOR P.HARDY; J.Huber out on unknown
play [P.Davis scored]; A.GIPSON BATTED FOR A.SAYLOR; A.Gipson
out on unknown play; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black Barons 2,
Monarchs 3.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Black Barons     2   6   4   7
 Monarchs         3   8   1   8


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