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Homestead Grays (HOM) 12 Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 2

Game played on Wednesday, September 8, 1943 (N) at Shibe Park, Philadelphia PA
Exhibition game

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



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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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