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Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 8 Cleveland Buckeyes (CVB) 3

Game played on Wednesday, June 12, 1946 (N) at Fans Field, Decatur IL
Regular-Season game

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



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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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