Indianapolis Clowns 0 3 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 - 10 9 3 Kansas City Monarchs 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 - 3 6 4 BATTING Indianapolis Clowns AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Reinaldo Drake cf 5 0 0 1 0 3 1 Coco Ferrer ss 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 Ray Neil 2b 4 0 1 0 1 2 5 Sam Hairston c 3 2 0 0 2 5 0 Goose Tatum 1b 4 3 1 0 1 12 0 Lester Lockett 3b 5 2 0 0 0 2 1 Duke Cleveland rf 5 1 3 4 0 1 0 Leovigildo Xiques lf 4 1 1 2 1 2 0 Jim Colzie p 3 1 2 2 0 0 2 Totals 38 10 9 9 5 3 27 11 FIELDING - DP: 1. Reinaldo Drake, Ray Neil, Goose Tatum. E: 3. Sam Hairston, Goose Tatum, Jim Colzie. BATTING - 2B: Duke Cleveland. 3B: Duke Cleveland. SH: Jim Colzie. GDP: Sam Hairston. Team LOB: 7 Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Herb Souell 3b 5 0 1 0 0 4 3 Chico Renfroe 2b 4 0 2 0 0 4 2 Johnie Scott lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ted Strong rf 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 Willard Brown cf 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 Jim LaMarque cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Joe Greene c 3 0 0 1 1 1 5 0 Buck O`Neil 1b 3 1 1 1 1 10 1 Jim Hamilton ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 5 Steve Wylie p 3 0 0 0 0 1 8 Hank Thompson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 34 3 6 2 3 4 27 19 FIELDING - DP: 1. Herb Souell, Chico Renfroe, Buck O`Neil. E: 4. Chico Renfroe, Jim Hamilton, Steve Wylie 2. BATTING - 3B: Willard Brown. Team LOB: 7 BASERUNNING - SB: Willard Brown 2, Buck O`Neil. PITCHING Indianapolis Clowns IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Jim Colzie W 9 6 3 2 3 4 0 37 Totals 9 6 3 2 3 4 0 37 Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Steve Wylie L 9 9 10 4 5 3 0 44 Totals 9 9 10 4 5 3 0 44 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Bullet Rogan, 1B - Fambro, 2B - , 3B - Time of Game: 2:10 Attendance: 10957 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 7/21/1946, game 1 -- Indianapolis Clowns at Kansas City Monarchs (D) Starting Lineups: Indianapolis Kansas City 1. R.Drake cf H.Souell 3b 2. C.Ferrer ss C.Renfroe 2b 3. R.Neil 2b J.Scott lf 4. S.Hairston c T.Strong rf 5. G.Tatum 1b W.Brown cf 6. L.Lockett 3b J.Greene c 7. D.Cleveland rf B.O`Neil 1b 8. L.Xiques lf J.Hamilton ss 9. J.Colzie p S.Wylie p CLOWNS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; R.Drake out on unknown play; C.Ferrer singled; R.Neil out on unknown play; S.Hairston out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 1ST: H.Souell out on unknown play; C.Renfroe singled; J.Scott hit into a double play (R.Drake to R.Neil to G.Tatum) [C.Renfroe out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 0. CLOWNS 2ND: G.Tatum singled to left field; L.Lockett reached on an error by S.Wylie [G.Tatum to second, L.Lockett to first]; D.Cleveland out on unknown play; L.Xiques out on unknown play [G.Tatum to third, L.Lockett to second]; J.Colzie singled [G.Tatum scored (unearned), L.Lockett scored (unearned)]; R.Drake reached on an error by J.Hamilton [J.Colzie scored (unearned) (no RBI), R.Drake to first]; C.Ferrer out on unknown play; 3 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 3, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 2ND: T.Strong out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; J.Greene out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 3, Monarchs 0. CLOWNS 3RD: R.Neil singled; S.Hairston grounded into a double play (H.Souell to C.Renfroe to B.O`Neil) [R.Neil out at second]; G.Tatum walked; L.Lockett out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 3, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 3RD: B.O`Neil walked; B.O`Neil stole second; J.Hamilton reached on an error by J.Colzie [B.O`Neil scored (unearned) (no RBI), J.Hamilton to first]; S.Wylie out on unknown play; H.Souell reached on an error by G.Tatum [J.Hamilton to second, H.Souell to first]; C.Renfroe out on unknown play; J.Scott out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 3, Monarchs 1. CLOWNS 4TH: D.Cleveland singled; L.Xiques walked [D.Cleveland to second]; J.Colzie out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [D.Cleveland to third, L.Xiques to second]; R.Drake out on unknown play; C.Ferrer out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 3, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 4TH: T.Strong walked; W.Brown out on unknown play; J.Greene walked [T.Strong to second]; B.O`Neil singled to center field [T.Strong scored, J.Greene to second]; J.Hamilton out on unknown play; S.Wylie out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 3, Monarchs 2. CLOWNS 5TH: R.Neil walked; S.Hairston walked [R.Neil to second]; G.Tatum forced R.Neil (unknown fielder) [S.Hairston to second, G.Tatum to first]; L.Lockett out on unknown play; D.Cleveland tripled to center field [S.Hairston scored, G.Tatum scored]; L.Xiques out on unknown play; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 5, Monarchs 2. MONARCHS 5TH: S.Hairston dropped a foul fly hit by H.Souell; H.Souell out on unknown play; C.Renfroe out on unknown play; J.Scott out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 5, Monarchs 2. CLOWNS 6TH: J.Colzie singled; R.Drake out on unknown play; C.Ferrer out on unknown play; R.Neil out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 5, Monarchs 2. MONARCHS 6TH: T.Strong out on unknown play; W.Brown tripled to center field; J.Greene struck out; B.O`Neil grounded out (R.Neil to G.Tatum); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 5, Monarchs 2. CLOWNS 7TH: S.Hairston walked; G.Tatum reached on an error by C.Renfroe [S.Hairston to second, G.Tatum to first]; L.Lockett reached on an error by S.Wylie [S.Hairston to third, G.Tatum to second, L.Lockett to first]; D.Cleveland doubled [S.Hairston scored, G.Tatum scored (unearned), L.Lockett to third]; L.Xiques singled [L.Lockett scored (unearned), D.Cleveland scored, L.Xiques to second (on throw)]; J.Colzie grounded out (C.Renfroe to B.O`Neil) [L.Xiques to third]; R.Drake out on unknown play [L.Xiques scored (unearned)]; C.Ferrer out on unknown play; 5 R (2 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 10, Monarchs 2. MONARCHS 7TH: J.Hamilton out on unknown play; S.Wylie out on unknown play; H.Souell singled; C.Renfroe singled [H.Souell to second]; J.Scott out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 10, Monarchs 2. CLOWNS 8TH: R.Neil out on unknown play; S.Hairston out on unknown play; G.Tatum out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 10, Monarchs 2. MONARCHS 8TH: T.Strong out on unknown play; W.Brown singled; W.Brown stole second; W.Brown stole third; J.Greene flied to L.Xiques [W.Brown scored]; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 10, Monarchs 3. CLOWNS 9TH: J.LAMARQUE REPLACED W.BROWN (PLAYING CF); L.Lockett out on unknown play; D.Cleveland out on unknown play; L.Xiques out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 10, Monarchs 3. MONARCHS 9TH: J.Hamilton out on unknown play; H.THOMPSON BATTED FOR S.WYLIE; H.Thompson out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 10, Monarchs 3. Final Totals R H E LOB Clowns 10 9 3 7 Monarchs 3 6 4 7
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