Birmingham Black Barons 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 2 6 0 Kansas City Monarchs 3 0 1 0 0 1 x - 5 7 2 BATTING Birmingham Black Barons AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Artie Wilson ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 John Britton 3b 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 Freddie Shepard cf 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 Piper Davis 2b 3 0 1 0 0 2 3 Ed Steele rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 Lyman Bostock 1b 3 0 0 0 0 6 0 Emanuel Sampson lf 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 Pepper Bassett c 3 0 0 0 0 5 1 Alvin Gipson p 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 Totals 27 2 6 0 1 4 18 7 FIELDING - DP: 1. Piper Davis, Lyman Bostock, Alvin Gipson. BATTING - 2B: Freddie Shepard. GDP: John Britton. Team LOB: 5 Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Herb Souell 3b 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 Hank Thompson 2b, ss 2 0 1 0 1 0 4 Johnie Scott lf 3 1 1 1 0 2 0 Ted Strong rf 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 Willard Brown cf 3 1 2 1 0 2 0 Buck O`Neil 1b 3 0 1 1 0 11 0 Chico Renfroe ss 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 Lee Moody 2b 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Earl Taborn c 3 0 0 1 0 4 0 Steve Wylie p 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 Totals 23 5 7 5 3 3 21 10 FIELDING - DP: 1. Buck O`Neil, Lee Moody, Steve Wylie. E: 2. Lee Moody, Steve Wylie. PB: 1. Earl Taborn. BATTING - 2B: Johnie Scott, Willard Brown. 3B: Ted Strong. SH: Lee Moody. GDP: Johnie Scott. Team LOB: 4 PITCHING Birmingham Black Barons IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Alvin Gipson L 6 7 5 5 3 3 0 27 Totals 6 7 5 5 3 3 0 27 Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Steve Wylie W 7 6 2 2 1 4 0 28 Totals 7 6 2 2 1 4 0 28 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Bullet Rogan, 1B - Hurley McNair Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 5158 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 6/30/1946, game 2 -- Birmingham Black Barons at Kansas City Monarchs (D) Starting Lineups: Birmingham Kansas City 1. A.Wilson ss H.Souell 3b 2. J.Britton 3b H.Thompson 2b 3. F.Shepard cf J.Scott lf 4. P.Davis 2b T.Strong rf 5. E.Steele rf W.Brown cf 6. L.Bostock 1b B.O`Neil 1b 7. E.Sampson lf C.Renfroe ss 8. P.Bassett c E.Taborn c 9. A.Gipson p S.Wylie p BLACK BARONS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; A.Wilson out on unknown play; J.Britton out on unknown play; F.Shepard singled; P.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 1ST: H.Souell walked; H.Thompson out on unknown play; J.Scott doubled [H.Souell scored]; T.Strong singled [J.Scott scored]; W.Brown doubled to right field [T.Strong scored]; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; C.Renfroe walked; E.Taborn out on unknown play; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 3. BLACK BARONS 2ND: E.Steele out on unknown play; L.Bostock out on unknown play; E.Sampson walked; P.Bassett out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 3. MONARCHS 2ND: S.Wylie out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; H.Thompson walked; J.Scott out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 3. BLACK BARONS 3RD: A.Gipson out on unknown play; A.Wilson out on unknown play; J.Britton singled; F.Shepard doubled to center field [J.Britton to third]; E.Taborn allowed a passed ball [J.Britton scored, F.Shepard scored]; P.Davis singled; E.Steele out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 3. MONARCHS 3RD: T.Strong tripled to right field; W.Brown out on unknown play; B.O`Neil flied to F.Shepard [T.Strong scored]; C.Renfroe out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 4. BLACK BARONS 4TH: L.Bostock out on unknown play; E.Sampson out on unknown play; P.Bassett out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 4. MONARCHS 4TH: E.Taborn out on unknown play; S.Wylie out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 4. BLACK BARONS 5TH: L.MOODY REPLACED C.RENFROE (PLAYING 2B); H.THOMPSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); A.Gipson singled; A.Wilson out on unknown play; J.Britton grounded into a double play (S.Wylie to L.Moody to B.O`Neil) [A.Gipson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 4. MONARCHS 5TH: BIR manager T. Sampson argued call at 1B; Umpire McNair pulled a knife on Sampson who ran away but then grabbed a bat from one of his players and attacked McNair. Order was restored by police and McNair was escorted off the field.; H.Thompson singled; J.Scott grounded into a double play (A.Gipson to P.Davis to L.Bostock) [H.Thompson out at second]; T.Strong out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 4. BLACK BARONS 6TH: F.Shepard out on unknown play; P.Davis out on unknown play; E.Steele singled; E.Steele was picked off first, but was safe on an error by S.Wylie [E.Steele to second]; L.Bostock out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 4. MONARCHS 6TH: W.Brown singled; B.O`Neil singled [W.Brown to second]; L.Moody out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [W.Brown to third, B.O`Neil to second]; E.Taborn flied to unknown fielder [W.Brown scored]; S.Wylie out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 5. BLACK BARONS 7TH: E.Sampson out on unknown play; P.Bassett reached on an error by L.Moody [P.Bassett to first]; A.Gipson out on unknown play; A.Wilson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 5. Final Totals R H E LOB Black Barons 2 6 0 5 Monarchs 5 7 2 4
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