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Cleveland Buckeyes (CVB) 5 Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 2

Game played on Sunday, June 9, 1946 (D) at League Park IV, Cleveland OH
Regular-Season game

Kansas City Monarchs                1 0 0  0 1 0  0 0 0   -   2  9  0
Cleveland Buckeyes                  0 0 4  0 0 1  0 0 x   -   5 11  2

BATTING

Kansas City Monarchs                 AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Herb Souell 3b                        4   0   0    0     0         2   1
  Buck O`Neil ph                      1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Chico Renfroe ss                      4   1   1    0     0         0   1
Johnie Scott lf                       4   1   2    0     0         2   0
Willard Brown cf                      4   0   1    1     0         1   0
Ted Strong 1b                         4   0   0    0     0         9   0
Joe Greene c                          4   0   1    0     0         5   1
Lee Moody 2b                          4   0   1    0     0         3   3
 Duffey rf                            4   0   2    0     0         2   0
Connie Johnson p                      3   0   0    0     0         0   1
  Hilton Smith ph                     1   0   1    0     0         0   0
  Jim LaMarque pr                     0   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               37   2   9    1     0   5    24   7

FIELDING -
DP: 2.  Herb Souell, Chico Renfroe, Ted Strong 2, Lee Moody. 

BATTING -
3B:  Willard Brown. 
Team LOB:  8


Cleveland Buckeyes                   AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Sam Jethroe cf                        4   0   1    0     1         4   1
Billy Horne ss                        3   1   1    0     2         1   5
Buddy Armour lf                       4   1   2    1     0         0   0
Quincy Trouppe c                      4   0   0    0     0         6   0
Archie Ware 1b                        4   0   0    0     0        10   0
Leon Kellman 3b                       2   1   1    2     2         2   2
Willie Grace rf                       4   1   4    1     0         1   0
Johnnie Cowan 2b                      4   0   1    1     0         3   3
Webbo Clarke p                        3   1   1    0     1   1     0   1
Totals                               32   5  11    5     6   4    27  12

FIELDING -
E: 2.  Sam Jethroe, Johnnie Cowan. 

BATTING -
2B:  Leon Kellman, Willie Grace. 
3B:  Willie Grace. 
SH:  Buddy Armour. 
GDP:  Sam Jethroe, Johnnie Cowan. 
Team LOB:  10

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Sam Jethroe. 

PITCHING

Kansas City Monarchs                 IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Connie Johnson L                     8      11   5    5   6   4   0  39
Totals                               8      11   5    5   6   4   0  39

WP:  Connie Johnson. 

Cleveland Buckeyes                   IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Webbo Clarke W                       9       9   2    1   0   5   0  37
Totals                               9       9   2    1   0   5   0  37



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Umpires: HP -  James, 1B - Jimmy Thompson, 2B - Harry Porter, 3B -  Banaham

Time of Game: 2:40   Attendance: 11000

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 6/9/1946, game 1 -- Kansas City Monarchs at
Cleveland Buckeyes (D)

Starting Lineups:

   Kansas City                   Cleveland                     
1. H.Souell            3b        S.Jethroe           cf        
2. C.Renfroe           ss        B.Horne             ss        
3. J.Scott             lf        B.Armour            lf        
4. W.Brown             cf        Q.Trouppe           c         
5. T.Strong            1b        A.Ware              1b        
6. J.Greene            c         L.Kellman           3b        
7. L.Moody             2b        W.Grace             rf        
8.                     rf        J.Cowan             2b        
9. C.Johnson           p         W.Clarke            p         

MONARCHS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories
and box sc; H.Souell out on unknown play; C.Renfroe out on
unknown play; J.Scott singled; W.Brown reached on an error by
S.Jethroe [J.Scott scored (unearned) (no RBI), W.Brown to
second]; T.Strong out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Monarchs 1, Buckeyes 0.

BUCKEYES 1ST: S.Jethroe walked; S.Jethroe stole second; B.Horne
walked; B.Armour out on unknown play; Q.Trouppe out on unknown
play; A.Ware out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Monarchs 1, Buckeyes 0.

MONARCHS 2ND: J.Greene singled; L.Moody out on unknown play; 
singled [J.Greene to second]; C.Johnson out on unknown play;
H.Souell out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Monarchs 1,
Buckeyes 0.

BUCKEYES 2ND: L.Kellman walked; W.Grace singled [L.Kellman to
second]; J.Cowan out on unknown play; W.Clarke walked [L.Kellman
to third, W.Grace to second]; S.Jethroe grounded into a double
play (C.Renfroe to L.Moody to T.Strong) [W.Clarke out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Monarchs 1, Buckeyes 0.

MONARCHS 3RD: C.Renfroe out on unknown play; J.Scott singled;
W.Brown out on unknown play; T.Strong out on unknown play; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 1, Buckeyes 0.

BUCKEYES 3RD: B.Horne walked; B.Armour singled [B.Horne to
third]; Q.Trouppe flied to unknown fielder; A.Ware flied to
unknown fielder; L.Kellman doubled to left field [B.Horne
scored, B.Armour scored]; W.Grace tripled to left-center
[L.Kellman scored]; J.Cowan singled [W.Grace scored]; W.Clarke
struck out; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 1, Buckeyes 4.

MONARCHS 4TH: J.Greene out on unknown play; L.Moody singled; 
singled [L.Moody to second]; C.Johnson out on unknown play;
H.Souell out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Monarchs 1,
Buckeyes 4.

BUCKEYES 4TH: S.Jethroe out on unknown play; B.Horne out on
unknown play; B.Armour singled; C.Johnson threw a wild pitch
[B.Armour to second]; Q.Trouppe out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 1, Buckeyes 4.

MONARCHS 5TH: C.Renfroe singled; J.Scott out on unknown play;
W.Brown tripled to center field (S.Jethroe to Q.Trouppe)
[C.Renfroe scored, W.Brown out at home]; T.Strong out on unknown
play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Monarchs 2, Buckeyes 4.

BUCKEYES 5TH: A.Ware out on unknown play; L.Kellman out on
unknown play; W.Grace doubled; J.Cowan out on unknown play; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 2, Buckeyes 4.

MONARCHS 6TH: J.Greene out on unknown play; L.Moody out on
unknown play;  reached on an error by J.Cowan [ to first];
C.Johnson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs
2, Buckeyes 4.

BUCKEYES 6TH: W.Clarke singled; S.Jethroe singled [W.Clarke to
second]; B.Horne singled [W.Clarke to third, S.Jethroe to
second]; B.Armour out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder)
[W.Clarke scored, S.Jethroe to third, B.Horne to second];
Q.Trouppe out on unknown play; A.Ware out on unknown play; 1 R,
3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Monarchs 2, Buckeyes 5.

MONARCHS 7TH: H.Souell out on unknown play; C.Renfroe out on
unknown play; J.Scott out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Monarchs 2, Buckeyes 5.

BUCKEYES 7TH: L.Kellman walked; W.Grace singled [L.Kellman to
second]; J.Cowan grounded into a double play (H.Souell to
T.Strong) [L.Kellman out at third, W.Grace to second]; W.Clarke
out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 2, Buckeyes
5.

MONARCHS 8TH: W.Brown out on unknown play; T.Strong out on
unknown play; J.Greene out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Monarchs 2, Buckeyes 5.

BUCKEYES 8TH: S.Jethroe out on unknown play; B.Horne out on
unknown play; B.Armour out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Monarchs 2, Buckeyes 5.

MONARCHS 9TH: L.Moody out on unknown play;  out on unknown
play; H.SMITH BATTED FOR C.JOHNSON; H.Smith singled; J.LAMARQUE
RAN FOR H.SMITH; B.O`NEIL BATTED FOR H.SOUELL; B.O`Neil out on
unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 2, Buckeyes 5.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Monarchs         2   9   0   8
 Buckeyes         5  11   2  10


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