Kansas City Monarchs 0 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 1 - 8 15 2 Cleveland Buckeyes 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 - 3 8 1 BATTING Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Herb Souell 3b 5 1 2 0 0 1 1 Chico Renfroe ss 3 1 2 0 1 3 4 Johnie Scott lf 4 2 1 0 1 1 0 Willard Brown 2b 5 2 2 2 0 4 3 Ted Strong 1b 5 1 3 1 0 12 0 Ford Smith cf 5 1 1 2 0 2 0 Duffey rf 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 Earl Taborn c 4 0 1 0 0 4 0 Jim LaMarque p 4 0 1 0 0 0 4 Totals 39 8 15 7 2 4 27 12 FIELDING - DP: 1. Chico Renfroe, Ted Strong. E: 2. Herb Souell, Ford Smith. BATTING - 2B: Chico Renfroe. 3B: Duffey. HR: Willard Brown. SH: Chico Renfroe. GDP: Chico Renfroe, Ted Strong. Team LOB: 7 Cleveland Buckeyes AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Sam Jethroe cf 5 1 2 0 0 2 0 Billy Horne 2b 5 0 2 2 0 4 3 Buddy Armour lf 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 Leon Kellman 3b 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 Quincy Trouppe c 4 0 0 1 0 7 0 Willie Grace rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 Archie Ware 1b 4 0 1 0 0 11 0 Johnnie Cowan ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 6 Webbo Clarke p 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 Eli Chism ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 35 3 8 3 3 2 27 12 FIELDING - DP: 2. Billy Horne 2, Archie Ware 2, Johnnie Cowan 2. E: 1. Archie Ware. PB: 1. Quincy Trouppe. BATTING - HBP: Leon Kellman. GDP: Willie Grace. Team LOB: 9 PITCHING Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Jim LaMarque W 9 8 3 2 3 2 0 39 Totals 9 8 3 2 3 2 0 39 HBP: Jim LaMarque. Cleveland Buckeyes IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Webbo Clarke L 9 15 8 7 2 4 1 42 Totals 9 15 8 7 2 4 1 42 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Mattoon, 1B - White Time of Game: 2:02 Attendance: 2300 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Wednesday, 6/12/1946 -- Kansas City Monarchs at Cleveland Buckeyes (N) Starting Lineups: Kansas City Cleveland 1. H.Souell 3b S.Jethroe cf 2. C.Renfroe ss B.Horne 2b 3. J.Scott lf B.Armour lf 4. W.Brown 2b L.Kellman 3b 5. T.Strong 1b Q.Trouppe c 6. F.Smith cf W.Grace rf 7. rf A.Ware 1b 8. E.Taborn c J.Cowan ss 9. J.LaMarque 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 doubled; J.Scott out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 0, Buckeyes 0. BUCKEYES 1ST: S.Jethroe out on unknown play; B.Horne out on unknown play; B.Armour walked; L.Kellman out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 0, Buckeyes 0. MONARCHS 2ND: T.Strong singled; F.Smith out on unknown play; out on unknown play; E.Taborn singled [T.Strong to second]; J.LaMarque out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Monarchs 0, Buckeyes 0. BUCKEYES 2ND: Q.Trouppe out on unknown play; W.Grace out on unknown play; A.Ware singled; J.Cowan out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 0, Buckeyes 0. MONARCHS 3RD: H.Souell singled; C.Renfroe out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [H.Souell to second]; J.Scott out on unknown play; W.Brown homered to right-center [H.Souell scored]; T.Strong out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 2, Buckeyes 0. BUCKEYES 3RD: W.Clarke out on unknown play; S.Jethroe out on unknown play; B.Horne out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 2, Buckeyes 0. MONARCHS 4TH: F.Smith out on unknown play; singled; E.Taborn out on unknown play; J.LaMarque singled [ to second]; H.Souell out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Monarchs 2, Buckeyes 0. BUCKEYES 4TH: B.Armour singled; L.Kellman was hit by a pitch [B.Armour to second]; Q.Trouppe forced L.Kellman (unknown fielder) [B.Armour scored, Q.Trouppe to first]; W.Grace grounded into a double play (C.Renfroe to T.Strong) [Q.Trouppe out at second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 2, Buckeyes 1. MONARCHS 5TH: C.Renfroe walked; J.Scott out on unknown play; W.Brown forced C.Renfroe (unknown fielder) [W.Brown to first (error by A.Ware)]; T.Strong singled to center field [W.Brown to third, T.Strong to second (on throw)]; F.Smith singled to left field [W.Brown scored, T.Strong scored]; out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 4, Buckeyes 1. BUCKEYES 5TH: A.Ware out on unknown play; J.Cowan out on unknown play; W.Clarke out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 4, Buckeyes 1. MONARCHS 6TH: E.Taborn out on unknown play; J.LaMarque out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 4, Buckeyes 1. BUCKEYES 6TH: S.Jethroe singled to center field [S.Jethroe to third (error by F.Smith)]; B.Horne singled to center field [S.Jethroe scored (unearned)]; B.Armour out on unknown play; L.Kellman walked [B.Horne to second]; Q.Trouppe out on unknown play; W.Grace out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Monarchs 4, Buckeyes 2. MONARCHS 7TH: C.Renfroe singled to center field; J.Scott singled to center field [C.Renfroe to second]; W.Brown popped to unknown fielder; T.Strong singled [C.Renfroe scored, J.Scott to second]; F.Smith forced T.Strong (unknown fielder) [J.Scott to third, F.Smith to first]; tripled [J.Scott scored, F.Smith scored]; E.Taborn out on unknown play; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 7, Buckeyes 2. BUCKEYES 7TH: A.Ware out on unknown play; J.Cowan out on unknown play; W.Clarke singled; S.Jethroe singled [W.Clarke to second]; B.Horne singled [W.Clarke scored, S.Jethroe to second]; B.Armour out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Monarchs 7, Buckeyes 3. MONARCHS 8TH: J.LaMarque out on unknown play; H.Souell singled; C.Renfroe grounded into a double play (J.Cowan to B.Horne to A.Ware) [H.Souell out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 7, Buckeyes 3. BUCKEYES 8TH: L.Kellman walked; Q.Trouppe out on unknown play; W.Grace out on unknown play; A.Ware out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 7, Buckeyes 3. MONARCHS 9TH: J.Scott walked; W.Brown singled [J.Scott to second]; T.Strong grounded into a double play (J.Cowan to B.Horne to A.Ware) [J.Scott to third, W.Brown out at second]; Q.Trouppe allowed a passed ball [J.Scott scored (unearned)]; F.Smith out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 8, Buckeyes 3. BUCKEYES 9TH: J.Cowan singled; E.CHISM BATTED FOR W.CLARKE; E.Chism out on unknown play; S.Jethroe reached on an error by H.Souell [J.Cowan to second, S.Jethroe to first]; B.Horne out on unknown play; B.Armour out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Monarchs 8, Buckeyes 3. Final Totals R H E LOB Monarchs 8 15 2 7 Buckeyes 3 8 1 9
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