Indianapolis Clowns 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 2 5 2 Kansas City Monarchs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 0 BATTING Indianapolis Clowns AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Reinaldo Drake cf 3 0 1 0 1 3 0 Gene Smith ss 4 0 0 0 0 4 1 Ray Neil 2b 4 0 1 0 0 3 2 Sam Hairston 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 Goose Tatum 1b 2 1 1 0 1 6 0 Lester Lockett lf 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 Duke Cleveland rf 3 0 1 2 1 2 0 Buster Haywood c 3 0 0 0 0 7 4 Amos Watson p 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 Manuel Godinez p 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 Totals 28 2 5 2 3 3 27 12 FIELDING - DP: 1. Gene Smith, Buster Haywood. E: 2. Gene Smith, Sam Hairston. BATTING - SH: Sam Hairston, Goose Tatum, Manuel Godinez. Team LOB: 5 BASERUNNING - SB: Gene Smith. CS: Gene Smith, Duke Cleveland. Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Herb Souell 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 Chico Renfroe ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 Johnie Scott lf 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 Ted Strong rf 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 Hilton Smith ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ford Smith rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Willard Brown cf 3 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 Joe Greene c 4 0 3 0 0 0 5 2 Buck O`Neil 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 9 1 Hank Thompson 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 6 2 Jim LaMarque p 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 Jim Hamilton ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 31 0 6 0 5 5 27 14 BATTING - Team LOB: 9 BASERUNNING - SB: Herb Souell, Chico Renfroe, Willard Brown. CS: Johnie Scott 2, Ted Strong. PITCHING Indianapolis Clowns IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Amos Watson 4 3 0 0 4 2 0 17 Manuel Godinez W 5 3 0 0 1 3 0 19 Totals 9 6 0 0 5 5 0 36 Amos Watson pitched to 3 batters in the 5th inning Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Jim LaMarque L 9 5 2 2 3 3 0 34 Totals 9 5 2 2 3 3 0 34 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: 2:15 Attendance: 10957 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 7/21/1946, game 2 -- Indianapolis Clowns at Kansas City Monarchs (D) Starting Lineups: Indianapolis Kansas City 1. R.Drake cf H.Souell 3b 2. G.Smith ss C.Renfroe ss 3. R.Neil 2b J.Scott lf 4. S.Hairston 3b T.Strong rf 5. G.Tatum 1b W.Brown cf 6. L.Lockett lf J.Greene c 7. D.Cleveland rf B.O`Neil 1b 8. B.Haywood c H.Thompson 2b 9. A.Watson p J.LaMarque p CLOWNS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; R.Drake singled; G.Smith forced R.Drake (unknown fielder) [G.Smith to first]; G.Smith stole second; G.Smith was caught stealing third (J.Greene to H.Souell); R.Neil out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 1ST: H.Souell out on unknown play; C.Renfroe out on unknown play; J.Scott walked; J.Scott was caught stealing second (B.Haywood to G.Smith); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 0. CLOWNS 2ND: S.Hairston singled; G.Tatum out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [S.Hairston to second]; L.Lockett out on unknown play; D.Cleveland out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 2ND: T.Strong walked; T.Strong was caught stealing second (B.Haywood to G.Smith); W.Brown walked; W.Brown stole second; J.Greene popped to B.Haywood in foul territory; B.O`Neil walked; H.Thompson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 0. CLOWNS 3RD: B.Haywood out on unknown play; A.Watson out on unknown play; R.Drake out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 3RD: J.LaMarque out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; C.Renfroe out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 0. CLOWNS 4TH: G.Smith out on unknown play; R.Neil out on unknown play; S.Hairston out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 4TH: J.Scott singled; T.Strong out on unknown play; W.Brown struck out while J.Scott was caught stealing second (B.Haywood to G.Smith); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 0. CLOWNS 5TH: G.Tatum singled; L.Lockett out on unknown play; D.Cleveland out on unknown play; B.Haywood out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 5TH: J.Greene singled to center field; B.O`Neil singled to left field [J.Greene to second]; H.Thompson reached on a fielder's choice [J.Greene to third, B.O`Neil to second (error by G.Smith)]; M.GODINEZ REPLACED A.WATSON (PITCHING); J.LaMarque struck out; H.Souell popped to B.Haywood; C.Renfroe flied to R.Drake; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 0. CLOWNS 6TH: M.Godinez out on unknown play; R.Drake out on unknown play; G.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 6TH: J.Scott struck out; T.Strong struck out; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 0. CLOWNS 7TH: R.Neil singled; S.Hairston out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [R.Neil to second]; G.Tatum out on unknown play; L.Lockett out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 7TH: J.Greene singled; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; H.Thompson out on unknown play; J.LaMarque out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 0. CLOWNS 8TH: D.Cleveland walked; B.Haywood out on unknown play; M.Godinez out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [D.Cleveland to second]; R.Drake walked; G.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 8TH: H.Souell walked; C.Renfroe singled [H.Souell to second]; J.Scott out on unknown play; H.SMITH BATTED FOR T.STRONG; H.Souell stole third and C.Renfroe stole second; H.Smith out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 0. CLOWNS 9TH: F.SMITH REPLACED H.SMITH (PLAYING RF); R.Neil out on unknown play; S.Hairston out on unknown play; G.Tatum walked; L.Lockett reached on a fielder's choice [G.Tatum to second]; D.Cleveland singled to center field [G.Tatum scored, L.Lockett scored]; D.Cleveland was caught stealing second (J.Greene to H.Thompson); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 2, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 9TH: J.Greene singled to third base [J.Greene to second (error by S.Hairston)]; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; H.Thompson out on unknown play; J.HAMILTON BATTED FOR J.LAMARQUE; J.Hamilton out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 2, Monarchs 0. Final Totals R H E LOB Clowns 2 5 2 5 Monarchs 0 6 0 9
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