Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 - 4 7 2 Kansas City Monarchs 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 10 3 BATTING Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Henry Smith 3b 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 Henry Merchant cf 3 0 1 0 2 0 5 0 Johnny Ray rf 5 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 Jack Marshall ss 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 3 Leovigildo Xiques lf 3 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 Fermin Valdes 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 Sam Hairston c 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 Armando Vazquez 1b 4 0 0 1 0 0 11 1 George McCrary p 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Antonio Ruiz p 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Totals 36 4 7 4 3 0 27 11 FIELDING - DP: 2. Henry Smith, Jack Marshall, Fermin Valdes 2, Armando Vazquez 2. E: 2. Henry Merchant 2. BATTING - 2B: Jack Marshall. Team LOB: 8 BASERUNNING - SB: Sam Hairston. Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Jesse Williams ss 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 Herb Souell 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 Dave Harper rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Bonnie Serrell 2b 4 0 3 0 0 0 5 2 Lee Moody cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Mance Smith lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 Hilton Smith p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Jim LaMarque ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Booker McDaniel p 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Bob Johnson pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Newt Allen 1b 4 1 2 0 0 0 10 1 Doc Wingo c 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 Jack Matchett ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Walter Thomas pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sammy Haynes c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Norman Young ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 34 1 10 1 2 0 27 10 FIELDING - E: 3. Bonnie Serrell, Newt Allen, Doc Wingo. BATTING - SH: Doc Wingo. GDP: Dave Harper, Hilton Smith. Team LOB: 9 PITCHING Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP George McCrary W 6.1 8 1 1 2 0 0 27 Antonio Ruiz SV 2.2 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 Totals 9 10 1 1 2 0 0 37 Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Hilton Smith L 7 7 4 3 1 0 0 31 Booker McDaniel 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 8 Totals 9 7 4 3 3 0 0 39 WP: Hilton Smith. Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - ? Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 2363 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Monday, 8/14/1944 -- Cin-Ind Clowns at Kansas City Monarchs (N) Starting Lineups: Cin-Ind Kansas City 1. H.Smith 3b J.Williams ss 2. H.Merchant cf H.Souell 3b 3. J.Ray rf D.Harper rf 4. J.Marshall ss B.Serrell 2b 5. L.Xiques lf L.Moody cf 6. F.Valdes 2b M.Smith lf 7. S.Hairston c H.Smith p 8. A.Vazquez 1b N.Allen 1b 9. G.McCrary p D.Wingo c CLOWNS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; H.Smith out on unknown play; H.Merchant walked; J.Ray singled [H.Merchant to second]; J.Marshall out on unknown play; L.Xiques out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 1ST: J.Williams out on unknown play; H.Souell walked; D.Harper grounded into a double play (J.Marshall to F.Valdes to A.Vazquez) [H.Souell out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 0. CLOWNS 2ND: F.Valdes out on unknown play; S.Hairston reached on an error by B.Serrell [S.Hairston to first]; S.Hairston stole second [S.Hairston to third (error by D.Wingo)]; A.Vazquez out on unknown play [S.Hairston scored (unearned)]; G.McCrary reached on an error by N.Allen [G.McCrary to first]; H.Smith singled [G.McCrary to second]; H.Merchant out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 3 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 1, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 2ND: B.Serrell singled; L.Moody out on unknown play; M.Smith singled [B.Serrell to second]; H.Smith grounded into a double play (H.Smith to F.Valdes to A.Vazquez) [M.Smith out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 1, Monarchs 0. CLOWNS 3RD: J.Ray out on unknown play; J.Marshall doubled; H.Smith threw a wild pitch [J.Marshall to third]; L.Xiques out on unknown play [J.Marshall scored]; F.Valdes out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 2, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 3RD: N.Allen singled; D.Wingo out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [N.Allen to second]; J.Williams singled [N.Allen scored]; H.Souell out on unknown play; D.Harper out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 2, Monarchs 1. CLOWNS 4TH: S.Hairston out on unknown play; A.Vazquez out on unknown play; G.McCrary out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 2, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 4TH: B.Serrell out on unknown play; L.Moody out on unknown play; M.Smith singled to center field [M.Smith to second (error by H.Merchant)]; H.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 2, Monarchs 1. CLOWNS 5TH: H.Smith 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 2, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 5TH: N.Allen singled; D.Wingo out on unknown play; J.Williams out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 2, Monarchs 1. CLOWNS 6TH: J.Marshall singled; L.Xiques out on unknown play [J.Marshall to second]; F.Valdes out on unknown play; S.Hairston singled [J.Marshall scored]; A.Vazquez out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 3, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 6TH: D.Harper out on unknown play; B.Serrell singled to center field [B.Serrell to second (error by H.Merchant)]; L.Moody out on unknown play; M.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 3, Monarchs 1. CLOWNS 7TH: G.McCrary singled; H.Smith out on unknown play; H.Merchant singled [G.McCrary to third]; J.Ray out on unknown play [G.McCrary scored]; J.Marshall out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 4, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 7TH: J.LAMARQUE BATTED FOR H.SMITH; J.LaMarque singled; N.Allen out on unknown play; J.MATCHETT BATTED FOR D.WINGO; J.Matchett walked [J.LaMarque to second]; W.THOMAS RAN FOR J.MATCHETT; A.RUIZ REPLACED G.MCCRARY (PITCHING); J.Williams out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 4, Monarchs 1. CLOWNS 8TH: B.MCDANIEL REPLACED J.LAMARQUE (PITCHING); S.HAYNES REPLACED W.THOMAS (PLAYING C); L.Xiques walked; F.Valdes out on unknown play; S.Hairston out on unknown play; A.Vazquez out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 4, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 8TH: D.Harper out on unknown play; B.Serrell singled; L.Moody out on unknown play; M.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 4, Monarchs 1. CLOWNS 9TH: A.Ruiz out on unknown play; H.Smith out on unknown play; H.Merchant walked; J.Ray out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 4, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 9TH: B.McDaniel singled; B.JOHNSON RAN FOR B.MCDANIEL; N.Allen out on unknown play; N.YOUNG BATTED FOR S.HAYNES; N.Young out on unknown play; J.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 4, Monarchs 1. Final Totals R H E LOB Clowns 4 7 2 8 Monarchs 1 10 3 9
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