Memphis Red Sox 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 - 4 4 1 Kansas City Monarchs 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 4 x - 10 13 2 BATTING Memphis Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Jim Canada 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 Jimmy Ford 3b 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 Cowan Hyde rf 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 Neil Robinson cf 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 Fred Bankhead 2b 4 0 2 1 0 0 2 4 Red Longley c, ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 Verdell Mathis lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 Buck Felder ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Casey Jones ph, c 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Edgar Chatman p 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 Rufus Ligon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Felix Evans p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Fred McDaniel ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Willie Hutchinson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 33 4 4 2 2 0 24 15 FIELDING - DP: 2. Jim Canada 2, Jimmy Ford, Fred Bankhead 2, Buck Felder. E: 1. Buck Felder. BATTING - GDP: Red Longley. Team LOB: 4 Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Jesse Williams ss 4 1 3 2 0 0 1 5 Newt Allen 1b 5 1 2 3 0 0 14 2 Herb Souell 3b 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 3 Bonnie Serrell 2b 5 0 1 2 0 0 4 2 Lee Moody lf 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 Mance Smith cf 3 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 Earl Bumpus rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Booker McDaniel ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bobby Vandever rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jim LaMarque ph, rf 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Sammy Haynes c 3 2 1 0 1 0 4 3 Hilton Smith p 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 Jack Matchett ph, p 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 Totals 35 10 13 9 4 0 27 17 FIELDING - DP: 1. Jesse Williams, Newt Allen, Bonnie Serrell. E: 2. Jesse Williams, Herb Souell. BATTING - 2B: Jesse Williams. HBP: Jesse Williams. GDP: Bonnie Serrell, Earl Bumpus. Team LOB: 6 PITCHING Memphis Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Edgar Chatman L 4.1 5 3 3 2 0 0 18 Rufus Ligon 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 4 Felix Evans 2.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 Willie Hutchinson 1 5 4 4 1 0 0 9 Totals 8 13 10 9 4 0 0 40 HBP: Rufus Ligon. Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Hilton Smith W 6 3 2 1 1 0 0 22 Jack Matchett SV 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 13 Totals 9 4 4 1 2 0 0 35 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - ? Time of Game: 2:10 Attendance: 1546 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Monday, 5/22/1944 -- Memphis Red Sox at Kansas City Monarchs (N) Starting Lineups: Memphis Kansas City 1. J.Canada 1b J.Williams ss 2. J.Ford 3b N.Allen 1b 3. C.Hyde rf H.Souell 3b 4. N.Robinson cf B.Serrell 2b 5. F.Bankhead 2b L.Moody lf 6. R.Longley c M.Smith cf 7. V.Mathis lf E.Bumpus rf 8. B.Felder ss S.Haynes c 9. E.Chatman p H.Smith p RED SOX 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; J.Canada out on unknown play; J.Ford out on unknown play; C.Hyde out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 1ST: J.Williams doubled; N.Allen out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; B.Serrell out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Monarchs 0. RED SOX 2ND: N.Robinson walked; F.Bankhead singled [N.Robinson to third]; R.Longley grounded into a double play (J.Williams to B.Serrell to N.Allen) [N.Robinson scored (no RBI), F.Bankhead out at second]; V.Mathis out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 2ND: L.Moody out on unknown play; M.Smith singled; E.Bumpus grounded into a double play (J.Ford to F.Bankhead to J.Canada) [M.Smith out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Monarchs 0. RED SOX 3RD: B.Felder out on unknown play; E.Chatman out on unknown play; J.Canada out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 3RD: S.Haynes out on unknown play; H.Smith out on unknown play; J.Williams singled; N.Allen out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Monarchs 0. RED SOX 4TH: J.Ford singled; C.Hyde out on unknown play; N.Robinson singled [J.Ford to second]; F.Bankhead reached on an error by J.Williams [J.Ford scored (unearned) (no RBI), N.Robinson to second, F.Bankhead to first]; R.Longley out on unknown play; V.Mathis out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 2, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 4TH: H.Souell singled; B.Serrell grounded into a double play (F.Bankhead to B.Felder to J.Canada) [H.Souell out at second]; L.Moody out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 2, Monarchs 0. RED SOX 5TH: B.Felder out on unknown play; E.Chatman out on unknown play; J.Canada out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 2, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 5TH: M.Smith walked; E.Bumpus out on unknown play; S.Haynes walked [M.Smith to second]; H.Smith singled [M.Smith to third, S.Haynes to second]; R.LIGON REPLACED E.CHATMAN (PITCHING); J.Williams was hit by a pitch [M.Smith scored, S.Haynes to third, H.Smith to second]; N.Allen singled [S.Haynes scored, H.Smith scored, J.Williams to second]; H.Souell singled to shortstop [J.Williams scored (no RBI) (error by B.Felder), N.Allen to third, H.Souell to second]; B.Serrell singled [N.Allen scored, H.Souell scored (unearned)]; F.EVANS REPLACED R.LIGON (PITCHING); L.Moody out on unknown play; M.Smith out on unknown play; 6 R (5 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 2, Monarchs 6. RED SOX 6TH: J.Ford 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 2, Monarchs 6. MONARCHS 6TH: B.MCDANIEL BATTED FOR E.BUMPUS; B.McDaniel out on unknown play; S.Haynes out on unknown play; J.MATCHETT BATTED FOR H.SMITH; J.Matchett walked; J.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 2, Monarchs 6. RED SOX 7TH: B.VANDEVER REPLACED B.MCDANIEL (PLAYING RF); J.MATCHETT STAYED IN GAME (PITCHING); F.Bankhead out on unknown play; R.Longley out on unknown play; V.Mathis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 2, Monarchs 6. MONARCHS 7TH: N.Allen 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 2, Monarchs 6. RED SOX 8TH: C.JONES BATTED FOR B.FELDER; C.Jones out on unknown play; F.MCDANIEL BATTED FOR F.EVANS; F.McDaniel out on unknown play; J.Canada out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 2, Monarchs 6. MONARCHS 8TH: W.HUTCHINSON REPLACED F.MCDANIEL (PITCHING); C.JONES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C); R.LONGLEY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); L.Moody walked; M.Smith singled [L.Moody to third]; J.LAMARQUE BATTED FOR B.VANDEVER; J.LaMarque out on unknown play [L.Moody scored]; S.Haynes singled [M.Smith to second]; J.Matchett singled [M.Smith scored, S.Haynes to second]; J.Williams singled [S.Haynes scored, J.Matchett to second]; N.Allen singled [J.Matchett scored, J.Williams to second]; H.Souell out on unknown play; B.Serrell out on unknown play; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 2, Monarchs 10. RED SOX 9TH: J.LAMARQUE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); J.Ford reached on an error by H.Souell [J.Ford to third]; C.Hyde reached on a fielder's choice [J.Ford scored (unearned)]; N.Robinson out on unknown play [C.Hyde to second]; F.Bankhead singled [C.Hyde scored (unearned)]; R.Longley out on unknown play; V.Mathis walked [F.Bankhead to second]; C.Jones out on unknown play; 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 4, Monarchs 10. Final Totals R H E LOB Red Sox 4 4 1 4 Monarchs 10 13 2 6
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