Kansas City Monarchs 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 7 5 Homestead Grays 2 0 1 0 0 0 8 1 x - 12 17 1 BATTING Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Willie Simms lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 Newt Allen ss 5 0 1 0 0 2 4 Herb Souell 3b 3 1 1 0 1 1 1 Willard Brown cf 3 1 1 2 1 3 0 Bonnie Serrell 2b 4 0 2 0 0 7 1 Eugene Tyler rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 Frank Duncan c 4 0 1 0 0 5 1 Eddie Locke c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sammy Haynes 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 Satchel Paige p 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 Ted Alexander p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jack Matchett p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Herb Barnhill ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 35 2 7 2 2 7 24 9 FIELDING - E: 5. Newt Allen, Bonnie Serrell 3, Frank Duncan. BATTING - HR: Willard Brown. SH: Willie Simms. Team LOB: 9 Homestead Grays AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Cool Papa Bell lf 5 2 1 0 1 1 0 Jerry Benjamin cf 5 2 3 2 0 2 0 Buck Leonard 1b 4 0 2 2 1 1 6 2 Josh Gibson c 5 2 2 2 0 8 1 Howard Easterling 2b 5 1 2 1 0 4 1 Sam Bankhead ss 5 2 2 0 0 2 3 Jud Wilson 3b 4 1 2 0 1 2 1 Vic Harris rf 4 1 2 1 0 2 0 Johnny Wright p 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 Totals 42 12 17 9 3 3 27 8 FIELDING - E: 1. Jud Wilson. BATTING - SH: Jerry Benjamin. HBP: Vic Harris. Team LOB: 11 BASERUNNING - CS: Buck Leonard. PITCHING Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Satchel Paige L 5 8 3 2 2 2 0 26 Ted Alexander 1.1 5 8 1 1 0 0 12 Jack Matchett 1.2 4 1 1 0 1 0 9 Totals 8 17 12 4 3 3 0 47 HBP: Jack Matchett. Homestead Grays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Johnny Wright W 9 7 2 2 2 7 1 38 Totals 9 7 2 2 2 7 1 38 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Fred McCreary, 1B - Frank Forbes, 2B - , 3B - Les Bishop Time of Game: 2:27 Attendance: 12188 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Wednesday, 9/8/1943 -- Kansas City Monarchs at Homestead Grays (N) Starting Lineups: Kansas City Homestead 1. W.Simms lf C.Bell lf 2. N.Allen ss J.Benjamin cf 3. H.Souell 3b B.Leonard 1b 4. W.Brown cf J.Gibson c 5. B.Serrell 2b H.Easterling 2b 6. E.Tyler rf S.Bankhead ss 7. F.Duncan c J.Wilson 3b 8. S.Haynes 1b V.Harris rf 9. S.Paige p J.Wright p MONARCHS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; W.Simms out on unknown play; N.Allen singled; H.Souell out on unknown play; W.Brown walked [N.Allen to second]; B.Serrell out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Monarchs 0, Grays 0. GRAYS 1ST: C.Bell out on unknown play; J.Benjamin singled to second base [J.Benjamin to second (error by B.Serrell)]; B.Leonard struck out; J.Gibson singled [J.Benjamin scored, J.Gibson to second (on throw)]; H.Easterling singled [J.Gibson scored]; S.Bankhead out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 0, Grays 2. MONARCHS 2ND: E.Tyler out on unknown play; F.Duncan out on unknown play; S.Haynes out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 0, Grays 2. GRAYS 2ND: J.Wilson out on unknown play; V.Harris out on unknown play; J.Wright out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 0, Grays 2. MONARCHS 3RD: S.Paige out on unknown play; W.Simms out on unknown play; N.Allen out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 0, Grays 2. GRAYS 3RD: C.Bell reached on an error by B.Serrell [C.Bell to second]; J.Benjamin out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [C.Bell to third]; B.Leonard walked; J.Gibson out on unknown play [C.Bell scored (unearned)]; H.Easterling singled [B.Leonard to second]; S.Bankhead out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Monarchs 0, Grays 3. MONARCHS 4TH: H.Souell singled; W.Brown homered [H.Souell scored]; B.Serrell singled; E.Tyler out on unknown play; F.Duncan out on unknown play; S.Haynes out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 2, Grays 3. GRAYS 4TH: J.Wilson out on unknown play; V.Harris singled; J.Wright out on unknown play; C.Bell walked [V.Harris to second]; J.Benjamin singled [V.Harris to third, C.Bell to second]; B.Leonard out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Monarchs 2, Grays 3. MONARCHS 5TH: S.Paige singled; W.Simms out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [S.Paige to second]; N.Allen out on unknown play; H.Souell walked; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Monarchs 2, Grays 3. GRAYS 5TH: J.Gibson singled; H.Easterling out on unknown play; S.Bankhead out on unknown play; J.Wilson singled [J.Gibson to second]; V.Harris out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Monarchs 2, Grays 3. MONARCHS 6TH: B.Serrell singled; E.Tyler out on unknown play; F.Duncan out on unknown play; S.Haynes out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 2, Grays 3. GRAYS 6TH: T.ALEXANDER REPLACED S.PAIGE (PITCHING); J.Wright out on unknown play; C.Bell out on unknown play; J.Benjamin out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 2, Grays 3. MONARCHS 7TH: T.Alexander out on unknown play; W.Simms reached on an error by J.Wilson [W.Simms to first]; N.Allen reached on a fielder's choice [W.Simms to second]; H.Souell out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Monarchs 2, Grays 3. GRAYS 7TH: B.Leonard singled; J.Gibson forced B.Leonard (unknown fielder) [J.Gibson to first]; H.Easterling reached on an error by B.Serrell [J.Gibson scored (no RBI), H.Easterling to second]; S.Bankhead singled [H.Easterling to third]; J.Wilson walked [S.Bankhead to second]; V.Harris singled [H.Easterling scored (unearned) (error by F.Duncan), S.Bankhead scored (unearned) (no RBI) (error by F.Duncan), J.Wilson to second]; J.Wright reached on an error by N.Allen [J.Wilson scored (unearned) (no RBI), V.Harris to second, J.Wright to first]; C.Bell singled [V.Harris to third, J.Wright to second]; J.Benjamin singled [V.Harris scored (unearned), J.Wright scored (unearned), C.Bell to third, J.Benjamin to second (on throw)]; J.MATCHETT REPLACED T.ALEXANDER (PITCHING); B.Leonard singled [C.Bell scored (unearned), J.Benjamin scored (unearned)]; B.Leonard was caught stealing second (F.Duncan to B.Serrell); J.Gibson out on unknown play; 8 R (1 ER), 6 H, 3 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 2, Grays 11. MONARCHS 8TH: B.Serrell out on unknown play; E.Tyler out on unknown play; F.Duncan singled; S.Haynes out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 2, Grays 11. GRAYS 8TH: E.LOCKE REPLACED F.DUNCAN (PLAYING C); H.Easterling out on unknown play; S.Bankhead singled; J.Wilson singled [S.Bankhead to second]; V.Harris was hit by a pitch [S.Bankhead to third, J.Wilson to second]; J.Wright singled [S.Bankhead scored, J.Wilson to third, V.Harris to second]; C.Bell out on unknown play; J.Benjamin out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Monarchs 2, Grays 12. MONARCHS 9TH: H.BARNHILL BATTED FOR J.MATCHETT; H.Barnhill out on unknown play; W.Simms out on unknown play; N.Allen out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 2, Grays 12. Final Totals R H E LOB Monarchs 2 7 5 9 Grays 12 17 1 11
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