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 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. 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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