Memphis Red Sox 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 3 9 1 Kansas City Monarchs 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 4 6 0 BATTING Memphis Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Fred McDaniel lf 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 Fred Bankhead 2b, 3b 5 1 2 0 0 1 0 Cowan Hyde rf 5 1 2 0 0 7 0 Neil Robinson cf 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 Red Longley 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 Spike Garrett ph, 2b 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 Jim Canada 1b 2 0 0 0 0 9 0 Casey Jones ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 Pepper Sharpe 1b 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Larry Brown c 3 0 0 0 1 11 1 Buck Felder ss 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 Verdell Mathis p 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 Totals 39 3 9 3 1 3 31 12 FIELDING - E: 1. Spike Garrett. BATTING - 2B: Fred McDaniel, Cowan Hyde 2, Neil Robinson. SH: Jim Canada. Team LOB: 5 BASERUNNING - SB: Buck Felder. CS: Fred McDaniel. Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Newt Allen 1b 3 0 1 0 2 14 0 Jesse Williams ss 4 1 0 0 1 3 6 Herb Souell 3b 5 2 2 1 0 2 5 Bonnie Serrell 2b 4 1 2 0 1 3 2 Lee Moody cf 5 0 0 1 0 1 1 Hilton Smith lf 4 0 1 1 1 3 0 Earl Bumpus rf 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 Frank Duncan ph 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Raymond Taylor c 4 0 0 0 0 5 2 Jack Matchett p 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 Totals 37 4 6 4 6 7 33 21 BATTING - 2B: Herb Souell, Bonnie Serrell. Team LOB: 8 BASERUNNING - SB: Jesse Williams, Herb Souell. PITCHING Memphis Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Verdell Mathis L 10.1 6 4 3 6 7 0 43 Totals 10.1 6 4 3 6 7 0 43 Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Jack Matchett W 11 9 3 3 1 3 0 41 Totals 11 9 3 3 1 3 0 41 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Dewey, 1B - Higbie Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 0 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Wednesday, 5/3/1944 -- Memphis Red Sox at Kansas City Monarchs (N) Starting Lineups: Memphis Kansas City 1. F.McDaniel lf N.Allen 1b 2. F.Bankhead 2b J.Williams ss 3. C.Hyde rf H.Souell 3b 4. N.Robinson cf B.Serrell 2b 5. R.Longley 3b L.Moody cf 6. J.Canada 1b H.Smith lf 7. L.Brown c E.Bumpus rf 8. B.Felder ss R.Taylor c 9. V.Mathis p J.Matchett p RED SOX 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; F.McDaniel out on unknown play; F.Bankhead out on unknown play; C.Hyde doubled; N.Robinson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 1ST: N.Allen singled; J.Williams out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; B.Serrell walked [N.Allen to second]; L.Moody out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 0, Monarchs 0. RED SOX 2ND: R.Longley singled; J.Canada out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [R.Longley to second]; L.Brown out on unknown play; B.Felder out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 2ND: H.Smith out on unknown play; E.Bumpus walked; R.Taylor out on unknown play; J.Matchett out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Monarchs 0. RED SOX 3RD: V.Mathis out on unknown play; F.McDaniel out on unknown play; F.Bankhead singled; C.Hyde out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 3RD: N.Allen out on unknown play; J.Williams walked; J.Williams stole second; H.Souell singled [J.Williams scored]; B.Serrell doubled [H.Souell to third]; L.Moody out on unknown play [H.Souell scored]; H.Smith singled [B.Serrell scored]; H.Smith was picked off first (V.Mathis to J.Canada); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Monarchs 3. RED SOX 4TH: N.Robinson out on unknown play; R.Longley out on unknown play; J.Canada out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Monarchs 3. MONARCHS 4TH: E.Bumpus out on unknown play; R.Taylor out on unknown play; J.Matchett out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Monarchs 3. RED SOX 5TH: L.Brown walked; B.Felder forced L.Brown (unknown fielder) [B.Felder to first]; B.Felder stole second; V.Mathis out on unknown play; F.McDaniel doubled [B.Felder scored]; F.McDaniel was caught stealing third (R.Taylor to H.Souell); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Monarchs 3. MONARCHS 5TH: N.Allen out on unknown play; J.Williams out on unknown play; H.Souell doubled; H.Souell stole third; B.Serrell out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Monarchs 3. RED SOX 6TH: F.Bankhead out on unknown play; C.Hyde out on unknown play; N.Robinson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Monarchs 3. MONARCHS 6TH: L.Moody out on unknown play; H.Smith out on unknown play; E.Bumpus out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Monarchs 3. RED SOX 7TH: R.Longley out on unknown play; J.Canada out on unknown play; L.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Monarchs 3. MONARCHS 7TH: R.Taylor out on unknown play; J.Matchett out on unknown play; N.Allen walked; N.Allen was picked off first (V.Mathis to J.Canada); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Monarchs 3. RED SOX 8TH: B.Felder out on unknown play; V.Mathis out on unknown play; F.McDaniel out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Monarchs 3. MONARCHS 8TH: J.Williams out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; B.Serrell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Monarchs 3. RED SOX 9TH: F.Bankhead singled; C.Hyde doubled [F.Bankhead to third]; N.Robinson out on unknown play; S.GARRETT BATTED FOR R.LONGLEY; S.Garrett singled [F.Bankhead scored, C.Hyde to third]; C.JONES BATTED FOR J.CANADA; C.Jones singled to center field (L.Moody to H.Souell) [C.Hyde scored, S.Garrett out at third]; L.Brown out on unknown play; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 3, Monarchs 3. MONARCHS 9TH: F.BANKHEAD CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); S.GARRETT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); P.SHARPE REPLACED C.JONES (PLAYING 1B); L.Moody out on unknown play; H.Smith out on unknown play; E.Bumpus out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 3, Monarchs 3. RED SOX 10TH: B.Felder out on unknown play; V.Mathis out on unknown play; F.McDaniel out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 3, Monarchs 3. MONARCHS 10TH: R.Taylor out on unknown play; J.Matchett out on unknown play; N.Allen walked; J.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 3, Monarchs 3. RED SOX 11TH: F.Bankhead out on unknown play; C.Hyde out on unknown play; N.Robinson doubled; S.Garrett out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 3, Monarchs 3. MONARCHS 11TH: H.Souell reached on an error by S.Garrett [H.Souell to first]; B.Serrell singled to center field [H.Souell to second]; L.Moody grounded out (V.Mathis to P.Sharpe) [H.Souell to third, B.Serrell to second]; H.Smith walked; F.DUNCAN BATTED FOR E.BUMPUS; F.Duncan reached on a fielder's choice [H.Souell scored (unearned), B.Serrell to third, H.Smith to second]; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Red Sox 3, Monarchs 4. Final Totals R H E LOB Red Sox 3 9 1 5 Monarchs 4 6 0 8
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