Kansas City Monarchs 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 4 2 Chicago American Giants 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 x - 9 12 2 BATTING Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Johnie Scott lf 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 Chico Renfroe ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 Ted Strong rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 Willard Brown cf 3 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 Joe Greene c 4 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 Lee Moody 2b 4 0 1 1 0 1 4 Buck O`Neil 1b 4 0 1 0 0 10 0 Herb Souell 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 Hilton Smith p 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 Ford Smith p 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Totals 31 2 4 1 3 3 24 10 FIELDING - E: 2. Chico Renfroe, Herb Souell. BATTING - 2B: Lee Moody, Buck O`Neil. 3B: Willard Brown. HBP: Chico Renfroe. Team LOB: 6 Chicago American Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Bernell Longest 2b 5 2 1 0 0 4 4 John Bissant lf 4 2 2 1 0 1 0 Ralph Wyatt ss 5 2 4 2 0 2 2 Ed Young 1b 5 1 2 2 0 12 0 Clyde Nelson 3b 4 1 2 4 0 1 1 Jim McCurine rf 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 John Miles cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 Bill Charter c 3 1 0 0 0 4 0 Gentry Jessup p 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 Totals 35 9 12 9 2 7 27 10 FIELDING - E: 2. Ralph Wyatt 2. BATTING - 2B: John Bissant. HR: Clyde Nelson. SH: John Bissant, John Miles. HBP: Bill Charter. Team LOB: 7 BASERUNNING - CS: Ralph Wyatt. PITCHING Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Hilton Smith L 4 4 4 3 1 5 1 19 Ford Smith 4 8 5 5 1 2 0 21 Totals 8 12 9 8 2 7 1 40 HBP: Ford Smith. Chicago American Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Gentry Jessup W 9 4 2 2 3 3 0 35 Totals 9 4 2 2 3 3 0 35 WP: Gentry Jessup. HBP: Gentry Jessup. Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - ? Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 12000 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 5/5/1946, game 1 -- Kansas City Monarchs at Chicago Am. Giants (D) Starting Lineups: Kansas City Chicago 1. J.Scott lf B.Longest 2b 2. C.Renfroe ss J.Bissant lf 3. T.Strong rf R.Wyatt ss 4. W.Brown cf E.Young 1b 5. J.Greene c C.Nelson 3b 6. L.Moody 2b J.McCurine rf 7. B.O`Neil 1b J.Miles cf 8. H.Souell 3b B.Charter c 9. H.Smith p G.Jessup p MONARCHS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; J.Scott walked; C.Renfroe was hit by a pitch [J.Scott to second]; T.Strong walked [J.Scott to third, C.Renfroe to second]; W.Brown struck out; J.Greene popped to B.Charter; G.Jessup threw a wild pitch [J.Scott scored, C.Renfroe to third, T.Strong to second]; L.Moody out on unknown play; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 0. AM. GIANTS 1ST: B.Longest out on unknown play; J.Bissant doubled to right field; R.Wyatt singled to shortstop [J.Bissant to third]; E.Young reached on a fielder's choice [J.Bissant scored, R.Wyatt to second (error by H.Souell)]; C.Nelson homered [R.Wyatt scored (unearned), E.Young scored]; J.McCurine walked; J.Miles out on unknown play; B.Charter out on unknown play; 4 R (3 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 4. MONARCHS 2ND: B.O`Neil out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; H.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 4. AM. GIANTS 2ND: G.Jessup out on unknown play; B.Longest out on unknown play; J.Bissant out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 4. MONARCHS 3RD: J.Scott out on unknown play; C.Renfroe out on unknown play; T.Strong out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 4. AM. GIANTS 3RD: R.Wyatt out on unknown play; E.Young singled; C.Nelson out on unknown play; J.McCurine out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 4. MONARCHS 4TH: W.Brown out on unknown play; J.Greene out on unknown play; L.Moody doubled to right field; L.Moody was picked off second, but was safe on an error by R.Wyatt [L.Moody to third]; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 4. AM. GIANTS 4TH: J.Miles reached on an error by C.Renfroe [J.Miles to first]; B.Charter out on unknown play; G.Jessup out on unknown play; B.Longest out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 4. MONARCHS 5TH: H.Souell out on unknown play; H.Smith out on unknown play; J.Scott out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 4. AM. GIANTS 5TH: F.SMITH REPLACED H.SMITH (PITCHING); J.Bissant out on unknown play; R.Wyatt singled; E.Young out on unknown play; C.Nelson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 4. MONARCHS 6TH: C.Renfroe out on unknown play; T.Strong out on unknown play; W.Brown walked; J.Greene out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 4. AM. GIANTS 6TH: J.McCurine walked; J.Miles out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [J.McCurine to second]; B.Charter out on unknown play; G.Jessup out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 4. MONARCHS 7TH: L.Moody out on unknown play; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; H.Souell singled to shortstop [H.Souell to second (error by R.Wyatt)]; F.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 4. AM. GIANTS 7TH: B.Longest singled; J.Bissant out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [B.Longest to second]; R.Wyatt singled [B.Longest scored]; E.Young singled [R.Wyatt to second]; C.Nelson singled [R.Wyatt scored, E.Young to second]; J.McCurine out on unknown play; J.Miles out on unknown play; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 6. MONARCHS 8TH: J.Scott out on unknown play; C.Renfroe out on unknown play; T.Strong out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 6. AM. GIANTS 8TH: B.Charter was hit by a pitch; G.Jessup singled [B.Charter to second]; B.Longest forced G.Jessup (unknown fielder) [B.Charter to third, B.Longest to first]; J.Bissant singled [B.Charter scored, B.Longest to second]; R.Wyatt singled [B.Longest scored, J.Bissant to third]; E.Young out on unknown play [J.Bissant scored]; R.Wyatt was caught stealing second (unknown fielder); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 9. MONARCHS 9TH: W.Brown tripled to right field; J.Greene struck out; L.Moody flied to J.Miles [W.Brown scored]; B.O`Neil doubled; H.Souell grounded out (G.Jessup to E.Young); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 2, Am. Giants 9. Final Totals R H E LOB Monarchs 2 4 2 6 Am. Giants 9 12 2 7
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