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Memphis Red Sox (MEM) 3 Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 2

Game played on Sunday, July 30, 1944 (D) at Wrigley Field, Chicago IL
Regular-Season game

Memphis Red Sox                     0 0 0  1 0 0  1 1  -   3  7  0
Kansas City Monarchs                1 0 1  0 0 0  0 0  -   2 10  3

BATTING

Memphis Red Sox                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Fred McDaniel lf                      3   0   1    1     0         2   0
Fred Bankhead 2b                      4   0   1    0     0         1   1
Jimmy Ford 3b                         3   0   1    0     0         1   0
Neil Robinson cf                      4   2   1    0     0   1     0   0
Cowan Hyde rf                         4   0   2    1     0         1   0
T.J. Brown ss                         3   0   0    0     0         4   3
Jim Canada 1b                         3   0   0    0     0         6   0
Larry Brown c                         2   0   0    0     1         9   0
Verdell Mathis p                      3   1   1    0     0         0   4
Totals                               29   3   7    2     1  12    24   8

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Fred Bankhead, T.J. Brown, Jim Canada. 

BATTING -
2B:  Neil Robinson, Cowan Hyde. 
3B:  Verdell Mathis. 
SH:  Fred McDaniel, Jimmy Ford. 
Team LOB:  5

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Neil Robinson 2, Cowan Hyde. 

Kansas City Monarchs                 AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Jesse Williams ss                     4   0   1    0     0         1   1
Dave Harper lf                        3   1   3    0     0         0   0
Newt Allen cf                         4   0   0    0     0         0   0
Lee Moody 2b                          4   1   2    2     0         2   3
Walter Thomas rf                      2   0   0    0     1         2   0
  Hilton Smith ph                     1   0   1    0     0         0   0
   Clark pr                           0   0   0    0     0         0   0
Norman Young 3b                       2   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Herb Souell 3b                      1   0   1    0     0         0   0
  Jim LaMarque ph                     1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Sammy Haynes c                        1   0   1    0     0         7   0
  Frank Duncan c                      0   0   0    0     1         8   0
  Booker McDaniel ph                  1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Satchel Paige p                       3   0   0    0     0         0   3
Bob Johnson 1b                        3   0   1    0     0         4   0
Totals                               30   2  10    2     2   5    24   7

FIELDING -
E: 3.  Jesse Williams, Sammy Haynes, Frank Duncan. 
PB: 2.  Frank Duncan 2. 

BATTING -
HR:  Lee Moody. 
SH:  Dave Harper, Frank Duncan. 
GDP:  Booker McDaniel. 
Team LOB:  8

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Dave Harper. 

PITCHING

Memphis Red Sox                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Verdell Mathis W                     8      10   2    2   2   5   1  34
Totals                               8      10   2    2   2   5   1  34


Kansas City Monarchs                 IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Satchel Paige L                      8       7   3    2   1  12   0  32
Totals                               8       7   3    2   1  12   0  32



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Umpires: HP - ?

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 10000

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 7/30/1944, game 2 -- Memphis Red Sox at Kansas
City Monarchs (D)

Starting Lineups:

   Memphis                       Kansas City                   
1. F.McDaniel          lf        J.Williams          ss        
2. F.Bankhead          2b        D.Harper            lf        
3. J.Ford              3b        N.Allen             cf        
4. N.Robinson          cf        L.Moody             2b        
5. C.Hyde              rf        W.Thomas            rf        
6. T.Brown             ss        N.Young             3b        
7. J.Canada            1b        S.Haynes            c         
8. L.Brown             c         S.Paige             p         
9. V.Mathis            p         B.Johnson           1b        

RED SOX 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories
and box sc; F.McDaniel singled to shortstop [F.McDaniel to
second (error by J.Williams)]; F.Bankhead out on unknown play;
J.Ford out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [F.McDaniel to
third]; N.Robinson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. 
Red Sox 0, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 1ST: J.Williams out on unknown play; D.Harper singled;
D.Harper stole second; N.Allen out on unknown play; L.Moody
singled [D.Harper scored]; W.Thomas out on unknown play; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Monarchs 1.

RED SOX 2ND: C.Hyde singled; C.Hyde stole second; T.Brown out
on unknown play; J.Canada out on unknown play; L.Brown out on
unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Monarchs 1.

MONARCHS 2ND: N.Young out on unknown play; S.Haynes singled;
S.Paige out on unknown play; B.Johnson singled [S.Haynes to
second]; J.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Red Sox 0, Monarchs 1.

RED SOX 3RD: V.Mathis out on unknown play; F.McDaniel out on
unknown play; F.Bankhead out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 0, Monarchs 1.

MONARCHS 3RD: D.Harper singled; D.Harper was picked off first
(V.Mathis to J.Canada); N.Allen out on unknown play; L.Moody
homered to leftfield; W.Thomas out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Monarchs 2.

RED SOX 4TH: J.Ford out on unknown play; N.Robinson struck out
[N.Robinson to first (error by S.Haynes)]; F.DUNCAN REPLACED
S.HAYNES (PLAYING C); N.Robinson stole second; N.Robinson stole
third; C.Hyde out on unknown play; F.Duncan allowed a passed
ball [N.Robinson scored (unearned)]; T.Brown out on unknown
play; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Monarchs 2.

MONARCHS 4TH: N.Young out on unknown play; F.Duncan walked;
S.Paige out on unknown play; B.Johnson out on unknown play; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Monarchs 2.

RED SOX 5TH: H.SOUELL REPLACED N.YOUNG (PLAYING 3B); J.Canada
out on unknown play; L.Brown walked; L.Brown was picked off
first (S.Paige to B.Johnson); V.Mathis out on unknown play; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Monarchs 2.

MONARCHS 5TH: J.Williams singled; D.Harper out on a sacrifice
bunt (unknown fielder) [J.Williams to second]; N.Allen out on
unknown play; L.Moody out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Red Sox 1, Monarchs 2.

RED SOX 6TH: F.Duncan dropped a foul fly hit by F.McDaniel;
F.McDaniel out on unknown play; F.Bankhead out on unknown play;
J.Ford out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1,
Monarchs 2.

MONARCHS 6TH: W.Thomas walked; H.Souell singled [W.Thomas to
second]; F.Duncan out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder)
[W.Thomas to third, H.Souell to second]; S.Paige out on unknown
play; B.Johnson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red
Sox 1, Monarchs 2.

RED SOX 7TH: N.Robinson doubled; F.Duncan allowed a passed ball
[N.Robinson to third]; C.Hyde doubled to left field [N.Robinson
scored]; T.Brown out on unknown play; J.Canada out on unknown
play; L.Brown out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red
Sox 2, Monarchs 2.

MONARCHS 7TH: J.Williams out on unknown play; D.Harper singled;
N.Allen out on unknown play; L.Moody out on unknown play; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Monarchs 2.

RED SOX 8TH: V.Mathis tripled to right field; F.McDaniel out on
a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [V.Mathis scored]; F.Bankhead
singled; J.Ford singled [F.Bankhead to second]; N.Robinson out
on unknown play; C.Hyde out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Red Sox 3, Monarchs 2.

MONARCHS 8TH: H.SMITH BATTED FOR W.THOMAS; H.Smith singled; 
RAN FOR H.SMITH; J.LAMARQUE BATTED FOR H.SOUELL; J.LaMarque out
on unknown play; B.MCDANIEL BATTED FOR F.DUNCAN; B.McDaniel
grounded into a double play (F.Bankhead to T.Brown to J.Canada)
[ out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Monarchs 2.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Red Sox          3   7   0   5
 Monarchs         2  10   3   8


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