Memphis Red Sox 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 - 5 10 4 Kansas City Monarchs 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 x - 6 8 4 BATTING Memphis Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Jim Canada 1b 5 0 1 1 0 5 1 Cowan Hyde rf 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 Jimmy Ford 3b 5 0 3 0 0 0 1 Neil Robinson cf 5 1 1 0 0 2 0 Fred Bankhead 2b 5 2 2 0 0 1 1 Red Longley lf, p 3 1 0 0 1 6 1 Buck Felder ss 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 Larry Brown c 4 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 Verdell Mathis p 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 Porter Moss p 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 Nat Rogers ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Felix Evans lf 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 39 5 10 3 2 2 24 8 FIELDING - E: 4. Jimmy Ford 3, Buck Felder. BATTING - 2B: Felix Evans. GDP: Jim Canada. Team LOB: 9 Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Jesse Williams ss 3 0 1 2 1 2 2 Newt Allen rf 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 Herb Souell 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 4 Bonnie Serrell 2b 4 1 1 0 0 1 4 Lee Moody lf 4 1 1 3 0 4 0 Mance Smith cf 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 Frank Duncan 1b 4 1 1 0 0 10 0 Sammy Haynes c 3 0 1 0 1 4 0 Eddie Locke p 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 Totals 33 6 8 6 2 9 27 11 FIELDING - DP: 1. Jesse Williams, Bonnie Serrell, Frank Duncan. E: 4. Jesse Williams 2, Herb Souell, Eddie Locke. BATTING - 2B: Jesse Williams, Lee Moody. Team LOB: 5 PITCHING Memphis Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Verdell Mathis L 3.2 6 6 1 1 6 0 19 Porter Moss 1.1 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 Red Longley 3 2 0 0 1 0 12 Totals 8 8 6 1 2 9 0 35 Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Eddie Locke W 9 10 5 2 2 2 0 41 Totals 9 10 5 2 2 2 0 41 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Bullet Rogan, 1B - Hurley McNair, 2B - , 3B - Dink Mothell Time of Game: 2:10 Attendance: 14000 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 5/21/1944, game 1 -- Memphis Red Sox at Kansas City Monarchs (D) Starting Lineups: Memphis Kansas City 1. J.Canada 1b J.Williams ss 2. C.Hyde rf N.Allen rf 3. J.Ford 3b H.Souell 3b 4. N.Robinson cf B.Serrell 2b 5. F.Bankhead 2b L.Moody lf 6. R.Longley lf M.Smith cf 7. B.Felder ss F.Duncan 1b 8. L.Brown c S.Haynes c 9. V.Mathis p E.Locke p RED SOX 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; J.Canada out on unknown play; C.Hyde out on unknown play; J.Ford singled; N.Robinson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 1ST: J.Williams walked; J.Williams was picked off first (V.Mathis to J.Canada); N.Allen out on unknown play; H.Souell singled; B.Serrell out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Monarchs 0. RED SOX 2ND: F.Bankhead reached on an error by H.Souell [F.Bankhead to first]; R.Longley walked [F.Bankhead to second]; B.Felder walked [F.Bankhead to third, R.Longley to second]; L.Brown struck out; V.Mathis singled to left field [F.Bankhead scored (unearned), R.Longley scored, B.Felder to second]; J.Canada grounded into a double play (J.Williams to B.Serrell to F.Duncan) [V.Mathis out at second]; 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 2, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 2ND: L.Moody out on unknown play; M.Smith out on unknown play; F.Duncan out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 2, Monarchs 0. RED SOX 3RD: C.Hyde out on unknown play; J.Ford singled; N.Robinson out on unknown play; F.Bankhead out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 2, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 3RD: S.Haynes singled to left field (R.Longley to F.Bankhead) [S.Haynes out at second]; E.Locke out on unknown play; J.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 2, Monarchs 0. RED SOX 4TH: R.Longley out on unknown play; B.Felder out on unknown play; L.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 2, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 4TH: N.Allen singled to second base; On a bunt H.Souell reached on a fielder's choice [N.Allen to second (error by B.Felder; assist by V.Mathis)]; B.Serrell reached on an error by J.Ford [N.Allen to third, H.Souell to second, B.Serrell to first]; L.Moody doubled to center field [N.Allen scored, H.Souell scored (unearned), B.Serrell scored (unearned)]; M.Smith reached on an error by J.Ford [M.Smith to first]; F.Duncan reached on an error by J.Ford [L.Moody to third, M.Smith to second, F.Duncan to first]; S.Haynes out on unknown play; E.Locke singled to first base (J.Canada to L.Brown) [L.Moody scored (unearned), M.Smith out at home, F.Duncan to second]; J.Williams doubled to center field [F.Duncan scored (unearned), E.Locke scored (unearned)]; P.MOSS REPLACED V.MATHIS (PITCHING); N.Allen struck out; 6 R (1 ER), 4 H, 4 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 2, Monarchs 6. RED SOX 5TH: P.Moss singled; J.Canada out on unknown play; C.Hyde out on unknown play; J.Ford out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 2, Monarchs 6. MONARCHS 5TH: H.Souell out on unknown play; B.Serrell out on unknown play; L.Moody out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 2, Monarchs 6. RED SOX 6TH: N.Robinson singled; F.Bankhead singled [N.Robinson to second]; R.Longley reached on an error by J.Williams [N.Robinson scored (unearned) (no RBI) (error by J.Williams), F.Bankhead scored (unearned) (no RBI), R.Longley to second]; B.Felder out on unknown play; L.Brown out on unknown play; N.ROGERS BATTED FOR P.MOSS; N.Rogers out on unknown play; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 4, Monarchs 6. MONARCHS 6TH: F.EVANS REPLACED N.ROGERS (PLAYING LF); R.LONGLEY CHANGED POSITIONS (PITCHING); M.Smith out on unknown play; F.Duncan singled; S.Haynes walked [F.Duncan to second]; E.Locke out on unknown play; J.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 4, Monarchs 6. RED SOX 7TH: J.Canada out on unknown play; C.Hyde reached on an error by E.Locke [C.Hyde to first]; J.Ford singled [C.Hyde to second]; N.Robinson out on unknown play; F.Bankhead singled [C.Hyde to third, J.Ford to second]; R.Longley out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Red Sox 4, Monarchs 6. MONARCHS 7TH: N.Allen out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; B.Serrell singled; L.Moody out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 4, Monarchs 6. RED SOX 8TH: B.Felder out on unknown play; L.Brown out on unknown play; F.Evans doubled; J.Canada singled [F.Evans scored]; C.Hyde out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 5, Monarchs 6. MONARCHS 8TH: M.Smith out on unknown play; F.Duncan out on unknown play; S.Haynes out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 5, Monarchs 6. RED SOX 9TH: J.Ford out on unknown play; N.Robinson out on unknown play; F.Bankhead out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 5, Monarchs 6. Final Totals R H E LOB Red Sox 5 10 4 9 Monarchs 6 8 4 5
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