Birmingham Black Barons 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 2 10 2 Kansas City Monarchs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 3 8 4 BATTING Birmingham Black Barons AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Artie Wilson ss 4 0 2 0 0 1 1 Felix McLaurin cf 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 John Britton 3b 4 1 2 0 0 2 4 Ed Steele rf 4 0 2 1 0 1 0 Piper Davis 1b 3 0 0 0 1 14 2 Tommy Sampson 2b 4 0 1 0 0 2 5 Johnie Scott lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 Pepper Bassett c 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 Alfred Saylor p 3 0 1 0 0 1 3 Totals 33 2 10 1 2 5 25 15 FIELDING - E: 2. Artie Wilson, Pepper Bassett. BATTING - 2B: Artie Wilson. GDP: John Britton, Ed Steele, Tommy Sampson. Team LOB: 6 BASERUNNING - CS: Artie Wilson, Tommy Sampson. Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Jesse Williams ss 4 0 0 0 0 4 4 Newt Allen 1b 4 0 0 0 0 10 0 Herb Souell 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 Bonnie Serrell 2b 4 0 1 0 0 3 7 Lee Moody cf 4 1 3 0 0 2 0 Mance Smith lf 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 Dave Harper rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Norman Young ph 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 Jack Matchett p 4 0 1 2 0 0 3 Sammy Haynes c 3 0 1 0 0 6 2 Frank Duncan ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 34 3 8 2 1 3 27 19 FIELDING - DP: 3. Jesse Williams 2, Newt Allen 3, Bonnie Serrell 3, Jack Matchett. E: 4. Jesse Williams, Newt Allen, Bonnie Serrell 2. BATTING - 2B: Jack Matchett. Team LOB: 7 PITCHING Birmingham Black Barons IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Alfred Saylor L 8.1 8 3 2 1 3 0 35 Totals 8.1 8 3 2 1 3 0 35 Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Jack Matchett W 9 10 2 0 2 5 0 35 Totals 9 10 2 0 2 5 0 35 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Berry, 1B - Dewey Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 0 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Friday, 8/18/1944 -- Birmingham Black Barons at Kansas City Monarchs (N) Starting Lineups: Birmingham Kansas City 1. A.Wilson ss J.Williams ss 2. F.McLaurin cf N.Allen 1b 3. J.Britton 3b H.Souell 3b 4. E.Steele rf B.Serrell 2b 5. P.Davis 1b L.Moody cf 6. T.Sampson 2b M.Smith lf 7. J.Scott lf D.Harper rf 8. P.Bassett c J.Matchett p 9. A.Saylor p S.Haynes c BLACK BARONS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; A.Wilson doubled; F.McLaurin walked; J.Britton out on unknown play; E.Steele grounded into a double play (J.Matchett to B.Serrell to N.Allen) [F.McLaurin out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 1ST: J.Williams reached on an error by A.Wilson [J.Williams to first]; N.Allen out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; B.Serrell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0. BLACK BARONS 2ND: P.Davis walked; T.Sampson grounded into a double play (B.Serrell to J.Williams to N.Allen) [P.Davis out at second]; J.Scott singled; J.Scott was picked off first, but was safe on an error by N.Allen [J.Scott to second]; P.Bassett out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 2ND: L.Moody singled; M.Smith out on unknown play; D.Harper out on unknown play; J.Matchett out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0. BLACK BARONS 3RD: A.Saylor singled to left field (M.Smith to B.Serrell) [A.Saylor out at second]; A.Wilson out on unknown play; F.McLaurin out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 3RD: S.Haynes out on unknown play; J.Williams out on unknown play; N.Allen out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0. BLACK BARONS 4TH: J.Britton singled; E.Steele out on unknown play; P.Davis out on unknown play; T.Sampson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 4TH: H.Souell singled; B.Serrell out on unknown play; L.Moody out on unknown play; M.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0. BLACK BARONS 5TH: J.Scott out on unknown play; P.Bassett out on unknown play; A.Saylor out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 5TH: D.Harper out on unknown play; J.Matchett out on unknown play; S.Haynes singled; J.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0. BLACK BARONS 6TH: A.Wilson out on unknown play; F.McLaurin reached on an error by B.Serrell [F.McLaurin to first]; J.Britton singled [F.McLaurin to second]; E.Steele singled [F.McLaurin scored (unearned), J.Britton to second]; P.Davis reached on an error by B.Serrell [J.Britton scored (unearned) (no RBI), E.Steele to second, P.Davis to first]; T.Sampson out on unknown play; J.Scott out on unknown play; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 6TH: N.Allen out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; B.Serrell singled; L.Moody singled [B.Serrell to second]; M.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 0. BLACK BARONS 7TH: P.Bassett out on unknown play; A.Saylor out on unknown play; A.Wilson singled; A.Wilson was caught stealing second (S.Haynes to J.Williams); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 7TH: D.Harper out on unknown play; J.Matchett out on unknown play; S.Haynes out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 0. BLACK BARONS 8TH: F.McLaurin singled; J.Britton grounded into a double play (J.Williams to B.Serrell to N.Allen) [F.McLaurin out at second]; E.Steele singled to shortstop [E.Steele to second (error by J.Williams)]; P.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 8TH: J.Williams out on unknown play; N.Allen out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 0. BLACK BARONS 9TH: T.Sampson singled; T.Sampson was caught stealing second (S.Haynes to J.Williams); J.Scott out on unknown play; P.Bassett out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 9TH: B.Serrell out on unknown play; L.Moody singled; M.Smith singled [L.Moody to second]; N.YOUNG BATTED FOR D.HARPER; N.Young walked [L.Moody to third, M.Smith to second]; J.Matchett doubled to right field [L.Moody scored, M.Smith scored, N.Young to third]; F.DUNCAN BATTED FOR S.HAYNES; N.Young advanced to home (error by P.Bassett) and J.Matchett advanced to; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 3. BLACK BARONS 10TH: Young was caught in a rundown on a missed Final Totals R H E LOB Black Barons 2 10 2 6 Monarchs 3 8 4 7
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