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Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns (CIA) 4 Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 1

Game played on Sunday, June 18, 1944 (D) at Municipal Stadium, Kansas City MO
Regular-Season game

Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns      0 0 0  0 2 0  0 2 0   -   4  5  1
Kansas City Monarchs                0 0 0  0 0 1  0 0 0   -   1  7  4

BATTING

Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns       AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Johnny Ray rf                         5   1   1    0     0   1     0   1
Henry Smith 2b                        3   0   1    1     1         3   3
Leovigildo Xiques lf                  3   0   1    0     1         1   0
Alex Radcliff 3b                      3   1   1    0     1         3   3
Hoss Walker ss                        4   0   0    0     0         0   6
Armando Vazquez 1b                    4   1   1    1     0        14   0
Buster Haywood c                      4   0   0    0     0   1     3   1
Rafael Cabrera cf                     4   0   0    0     0   1     2   0
Henry Merchant p                      3   1   0    0     1   1     1   1
Totals                               33   4   5    2     4   5    27  15

FIELDING -
E: 1.  Leovigildo Xiques. 

BATTING -
GDP:  Henry Smith. 
Team LOB:  6


Kansas City Monarchs                 AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Norman Young ss                       4   0   0    0     0   0     1   2
Newt Allen 1b                         3   0   2    0     1   0    12   0
Herb Souell 3b                        4   1   1    0     0   0     1   6
Jack Matchett rf                      4   0   1    0     0   0     1   0
Bonnie Serrell 2b                     4   0   0    0     0   0     3   2
Lee Moody lf                          4   0   2    0     0   0     1   0
Mance Smith cf                        3   0   0    0     0   1     0   0
  Hilton Smith ph                     1   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Sammy Haynes c                        3   0   0    0     0   0     5   1
Satchel Paige p                       1   0   0    0     0   0     2   1
  Booker McDaniel p                   2   0   1    0     0   0     1   2
Totals                               33   1   7    0     1   1    27  14

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Newt Allen, Herb Souell, Bonnie Serrell. 
E: 4.  Newt Allen, Jack Matchett, Bonnie Serrell, Sammy Haynes. 

BATTING -
2B:  Lee Moody. 
Team LOB:  6


PITCHING

Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns       IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Henry Merchant W                     9       7   1    0   1   1   0  34
Totals                               9       7   1    0   1   1   0  34


Kansas City Monarchs                 IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Satchel Paige                        3       0   0    0   1   2   0  10
Booker McDaniel L                    6       5   4    0   3   3   0  27
Totals                               9       5   4    0   4   5   0  37



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Umpires: HP - ?

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 10768

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 6/18/1944 -- Cin-Ind Clowns at Kansas City
Monarchs (D)

Starting Lineups:

   Cin-Ind                       Kansas City                   
1. J.Ray               rf        N.Young             ss        
2. H.Smith             2b        N.Allen             1b        
3. L.Xiques            lf        H.Souell            3b        
4. A.Radcliff          3b        J.Matchett          rf        
5. H.Walker            ss        B.Serrell           2b        
6. A.Vazquez           1b        L.Moody             lf        
7. B.Haywood           c         M.Smith             cf        
8. R.Cabrera           cf        S.Haynes            c         
9. H.Merchant          p         S.Paige             p         

CLOWNS 1ST: J.Ray struck out; H.Smith flied to unknown fielder;
L.Xiques walked; A.Radcliff grounded out (N.Allen unassisted); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Clowns 0, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 1ST: N.Young lined to A.Vazquez; N.Allen walked;
H.Souell flied to unknown fielder; J.Matchett grounded out
(H.Smith to A.Vazquez); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Clowns 0,
Monarchs 0.

CLOWNS 2ND: H.Walker grounded out (N.Young to N.Allen);
A.Vazquez grounded out (S.Paige to N.Allen); B.Haywood struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Clowns 0, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 2ND: B.Serrell lined to A.Vazquez; L.Moody doubled;
M.Smith grounded out (A.Radcliff to A.Vazquez); S.Haynes
grounded out (H.Walker to A.Vazquez); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Clowns 0, Monarchs 0.

CLOWNS 3RD: R.Cabrera flied to unknown fielder; H.Merchant
flied to unknown fielder; J.Ray flied to unknown fielder; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Clowns 0, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 3RD: S.Paige grounded out (H.Walker to A.Vazquez);
N.Young flied to unknown fielder; N.Allen singled; H.Souell
grounded out (H.Smith to A.Vazquez); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Clowns 0, Monarchs 0.

CLOWNS 4TH: B.MCDANIEL REPLACED S.PAIGE (PITCHING); H.Smith
walked; L.Xiques flied to unknown fielder; A.Radcliff walked
[H.Smith to second]; H.Walker flied to unknown fielder;
A.Vazquez forced A.Radcliff (N.Young to B.Serrell) [A.Vazquez to
first]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Clowns 0, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 4TH: J.Matchett popped to H.Merchant; B.Serrell lined
to A.Vazquez; L.Moody flied to unknown fielder; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Clowns 0, Monarchs 0.

CLOWNS 5TH: B.Haywood popped to B.McDaniel; R.Cabrera struck
out; H.Merchant walked; J.Ray reached on an error by J.Matchett
[H.Merchant scored (unearned) (no RBI), J.Ray to second];
H.Smith singled [J.Ray scored (unearned)]; L.Xiques singled
[H.Smith to second]; A.Radcliff lined to N.Allen; 2 R (0 ER), 2
H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Clowns 2, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 5TH: M.Smith flied to unknown fielder; S.Haynes flied
to unknown fielder; B.McDaniel flied to unknown fielder; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Clowns 2, Monarchs 0.

CLOWNS 6TH: H.Walker grounded out (B.McDaniel to N.Allen);
A.Vazquez reached on an error by N.Allen [A.Vazquez to first];
B.Haywood lined to N.Allen; R.Cabrera flied to unknown fielder;
0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Clowns 2, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 6TH: N.Young grounded out (A.Radcliff to A.Vazquez);
N.Allen singled; H.Souell forced N.Allen (unknown fielder)
[H.Souell to first]; J.Matchett singled to left field [H.Souell
scored (unearned) (no RBI) (error by L.Xiques), J.Matchett to
second]; B.Serrell flied to unknown fielder; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Clowns 2, Monarchs 1.

CLOWNS 7TH: H.Merchant struck out; J.Ray singled; H.Smith
grounded into a double play (H.Souell to B.Serrell to N.Allen)
[J.Ray out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Clowns 2, Monarchs
1.

MONARCHS 7TH: L.Moody grounded out (J.Ray to A.Vazquez);
M.Smith struck out; S.Haynes out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Clowns 2, Monarchs 1.

CLOWNS 8TH: L.Xiques out on unknown play; A.Radcliff singled to
second base [A.Radcliff to second (error by B.Serrell)];
H.Walker flied to unknown fielder; A.Vazquez singled [A.Radcliff
scored (unearned) (error by S.Haynes), A.Vazquez scored
(unearned) (error by S.Haynes)]; B.Haywood out on unknown play;
1 R (-1 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 0 LOB.  Clowns 4, Monarchs 1.

MONARCHS 8TH: B.McDaniel singled; N.Young out on unknown play
[B.McDaniel to second]; N.Allen flied to unknown fielder;
H.Souell singled [B.McDaniel to third]; J.Matchett out on
unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Clowns 4, Monarchs 1.

CLOWNS 9TH: R.Cabrera out on unknown play; H.Merchant out on
unknown play; J.Ray out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Clowns 4, Monarchs 1.

MONARCHS 9TH: B.Serrell out on unknown play; L.Moody singled;
H.SMITH BATTED FOR M.SMITH; L.Moody was picked off first
(H.Merchant to A.Vazquez); H.Smith grounded out (H.Smith to
A.Vazquez); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Clowns 4, Monarchs 1.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Clowns           4   5   1   6
 Monarchs         1   7   4   6


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