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 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. 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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