Cleveland Buckeyes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 5 2 Kansas City Monarchs 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 x - 6 9 1 BATTING Cleveland Buckeyes AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Sam Jethroe 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 Duke Cleveland lf 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 Parnell Woods 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Johnny Hundley rf 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Archie Ware 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 Billy Horne ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 Willie Grace cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 George Britt c 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Theolic Smith p 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 Totals 31 1 5 1 2 3 24 4 FIELDING - E: 2. Archie Ware, Willie Grace. BATTING - GDP: Parnell Woods. Team LOB: 5 BASERUNNING - CS: George Britt. Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Jesse Williams ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 Newt Allen 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 Herb Souell 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 Willard Brown cf 3 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 Bonnie Serrell 2b 4 1 2 4 0 0 2 1 Hank Thompson rf 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 Willie Simms lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Herb Barnhill c 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 Satchel Paige p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Booker McDaniel p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 32 6 9 5 1 0 27 5 FIELDING - DP: 2. Jesse Williams, Newt Allen, Bonnie Serrell 2, Herb Barnhill. E: 1. Newt Allen. BATTING - 2B: Willard Brown 2, Bonnie Serrell. 3B: Bonnie Serrell. Team LOB: 3 BASERUNNING - SB: Jesse Williams. PITCHING Cleveland Buckeyes IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Theolic Smith L 8 9 6 5 1 0 0 33 Totals 8 9 6 5 1 0 0 33 Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Satchel Paige 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 10 Booker McDaniel W 6 4 1 1 2 1 0 23 Totals 9 5 1 1 2 3 0 33 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 Sunday, 8/15/1943, game 1 -- Cleveland Buckeyes at Kansas City Monarchs (D) Starting Lineups: Cleveland Kansas City 1. S.Jethroe 2b J.Williams ss 2. D.Cleveland lf N.Allen 1b 3. P.Woods 3b H.Souell 3b 4. J.Hundley rf W.Brown cf 5. A.Ware 1b B.Serrell 2b 6. B.Horne ss H.Thompson rf 7. W.Grace cf W.Simms lf 8. G.Britt c H.Barnhill c 9. T.Smith p S.Paige p BUCKEYES 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; S.Jethroe out on unknown play; D.Cleveland struck out; P.Woods singled to shortstop; J.Hundley grounded out (J.Williams to N.Allen); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 1ST: J.Williams singled; N.Allen out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; W.Brown singled [J.Williams to third (error by W.Grace), W.Brown to second]; B.Serrell out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Monarchs 0. BUCKEYES 2ND: A.Ware out on unknown play; B.Horne out on unknown play; W.Grace out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 2ND: H.Thompson out on unknown play; W.Simms out on unknown play; H.Barnhill out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Monarchs 0. BUCKEYES 3RD: G.Britt reached on an error [G.Britt to first (error by N.Allen; assist by J.Williams)]; T.Smith struck out while G.Britt was caught stealing second (H.Barnhill to B.Serrell); S.Jethroe lined to W.Brown; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 3RD: S.Paige out on unknown play; J.Williams out on unknown play; N.Allen out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Monarchs 0. BUCKEYES 4TH: B.MCDANIEL REPLACED S.PAIGE (PITCHING); D.Cleveland singled; P.Woods grounded into a double play (J.Williams to B.Serrell to N.Allen) [D.Cleveland out at second]; J.Hundley out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 4TH: H.Souell out on unknown play; W.Brown doubled to left field; B.Serrell grounded out, (T.Smith to A.Ware) [W.Brown scored (unearned) (no RBI) (error by A.Ware)]; H.Thompson grounded out (T.Smith to A.Ware); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Monarchs 1. BUCKEYES 5TH: A.Ware out on unknown play; B.Horne walked; W.Grace out on unknown play; G.Britt out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 5TH: W.Simms out on unknown play; H.Barnhill out on unknown play; B.McDaniel out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Monarchs 1. BUCKEYES 6TH: T.Smith out on unknown play; S.Jethroe out on unknown play; D.Cleveland out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 6TH: J.Williams out on unknown play; N.Allen out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Monarchs 1. BUCKEYES 7TH: P.Woods out on unknown play; J.Hundley out on unknown play; A.Ware singled; B.Horne out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 7TH: W.Brown doubled to center field; B.Serrell tripled to center field [W.Brown scored]; H.Thompson out on unknown play [B.Serrell scored]; W.Simms out on unknown play; H.Barnhill out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Monarchs 3. BUCKEYES 8TH: W.Grace out on unknown play; G.Britt out on unknown play; T.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Monarchs 3. MONARCHS 8TH: B.McDaniel grounded out (T.Smith to A.Ware); J.Williams singled; J.Williams stole second; N.Allen was credited with a single when a runner was hit by the batted ball (B.Horne unassisted) [J.Williams out at third]; H.Souell singled [N.Allen to second]; W.Brown walked [N.Allen to third, H.Souell to second]; B.Serrell doubled to center field [N.Allen scored, H.Souell scored, W.Brown scored]; H.Thompson grounded out (S.Jethroe to A.Ware); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Monarchs 6. BUCKEYES 9TH: S.Jethroe struck out; D.Cleveland walked; P.Woods singled to left field [D.Cleveland to second]; J.Hundley singled to center field [D.Cleveland scored, P.Woods to second]; A.Ware forced P.Woods (H.Souell unassisted) [J.Hundley to second, A.Ware to first]; B.Horne lined to H.Thompson; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Monarchs 6. Final Totals R H E LOB Buckeyes 1 5 2 5 Monarchs 6 9 1 3
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