Indianapolis Clowns 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 - 4 9 3 Kansas City Monarchs 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 - 5 8 1 BATTING Indianapolis Clowns AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Reinaldo Drake cf 4 1 2 1 0 4 0 Henry Merchant lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 Ray Neil 2b 4 0 2 0 0 2 0 Duke Cleveland rf 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 Goose Tatum 1b 4 0 0 0 0 5 0 Sam Hairston 3b, ss 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 Newt Allen ss 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Hoss Walker 3b 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 Buster Haywood c 4 1 1 1 0 7 1 Juan Guilbe p 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 Tomas Quinones p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 34 4 9 3 1 5 25 1 FIELDING - DP: 1. Ray Neil, Buster Haywood. E: 3. Reinaldo Drake, Ray Neil 2. BATTING - 2B: Sam Hairston. 3B: Reinaldo Drake, Ray Neil, Juan Guilbe. Team LOB: 4 BASERUNNING - CS: Newt Allen. Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Herb Souell 3b 3 1 0 0 2 2 0 Chico Renfroe 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 Hank Thompson ss 4 1 3 1 1 2 0 Willard Brown cf 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 Johnie Scott lf 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 Buck O`Neil ph 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Lee Moody 1b 4 2 1 0 0 12 0 Tom Cooper rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 Earl Taborn c 4 0 2 1 0 7 0 Ted Alexander p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ford Smith ph 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 Cannonball Berry p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 33 5 8 4 7 7 27 0 FIELDING - E: 1. Herb Souell. BATTING - 2B: Earl Taborn. HR: Hank Thompson. SH: Chico Renfroe. Team LOB: 11 BASERUNNING - CS: Willard Brown. PITCHING Indianapolis Clowns IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Juan Guilbe 7 5 3 2 5 4 1 31 Tomas Quinones L 1.1 3 2 2 2 3 0 10 Totals 8.1 8 5 4 7 7 1 41 Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Ted Alexander 4 4 1 0 1 3 0 15 Cannonball Berry W 5 5 3 3 0 2 0 20 Totals 9 9 4 3 1 5 0 35 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Massey, 1B - Carpenter Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 0 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Friday, 5/2/1947 -- Indianapolis Clowns at Kansas City Monarchs (N) Starting Lineups: Indianapolis Kansas City 1. R.Drake cf H.Souell 3b 2. H.Merchant lf C.Renfroe 2b 3. R.Neil 2b H.Thompson ss 4. D.Cleveland rf W.Brown cf 5. G.Tatum 1b J.Scott lf 6. S.Hairston 3b L.Moody 1b 7. N.Allen ss T.Cooper rf 8. B.Haywood c E.Taborn c 9. J.Guilbe p T.Alexander p CLOWNS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; R.Drake out on unknown play; H.Merchant out on unknown play; R.Neil tripled; D.Cleveland 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 out on unknown play; H.Thompson singled; W.Brown singled [H.Thompson to second]; J.Scott out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 0. CLOWNS 2ND: G.Tatum out on unknown play; S.Hairston out on unknown play; N.Allen singled; N.Allen was caught stealing second (unknown fielder); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 2ND: H.WALKER REPLACED N.ALLEN (PLAYING 3B); S.HAIRSTON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); L.Moody out on unknown play; T.Cooper out on unknown play; E.Taborn out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 0. CLOWNS 3RD: B.Haywood out on unknown play; J.Guilbe out on unknown play; R.Drake singled; H.Merchant walked [R.Drake to second]; R.Neil singled to third base (unknown fielder) [R.Drake scored (unearned) (no RBI) (error by H.Souell), H.Merchant out at home, R.Neil to second]; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 1, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 3RD: T.Alexander out on unknown play; H.Souell walked; C.Renfroe out on unknown play; H.Thompson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 1, Monarchs 0. CLOWNS 4TH: D.Cleveland out on unknown play; G.Tatum out on unknown play; S.Hairston out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 1, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 4TH: W.Brown out on unknown play; J.Scott walked; L.Moody reached on an error by R.Neil [J.Scott scored (no RBI) (error by R.Neil), L.Moody to second]; T.Cooper walked; E.Taborn singled [L.Moody to third, T.Cooper to second]; F.SMITH BATTED FOR T.ALEXANDER; F.Smith walked [L.Moody scored (unearned), T.Cooper to third, E.Taborn to second]; H.Souell out on unknown play; C.Renfroe out on unknown play; 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 3 LOB. Clowns 1, Monarchs 2. CLOWNS 5TH: C.BERRY REPLACED F.SMITH (PITCHING); H.Walker out on unknown play; B.Haywood out on unknown play; J.Guilbe tripled; R.Drake out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 1, Monarchs 2. MONARCHS 5TH: H.Thompson homered; W.Brown singled; J.Scott struck out while W.Brown was caught stealing second (B.Haywood to R.Neil); L.Moody out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 1, Monarchs 3. CLOWNS 6TH: H.Merchant out on unknown play; R.Neil out on unknown play; D.Cleveland out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 1, Monarchs 3. MONARCHS 6TH: T.Cooper out on unknown play; E.Taborn out on unknown play; C.Berry out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 1, Monarchs 3. CLOWNS 7TH: G.Tatum out on unknown play; S.Hairston doubled; H.Walker singled [S.Hairston scored, H.Walker to second (on throw)]; B.Haywood singled [H.Walker scored]; J.Guilbe out on unknown play; R.Drake tripled [B.Haywood scored]; H.Merchant out on unknown play; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 4, Monarchs 3. MONARCHS 7TH: H.Souell out on unknown play; C.Renfroe out on unknown play; H.Thompson walked; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 4, Monarchs 3. CLOWNS 8TH: R.Neil out on unknown play; D.Cleveland out on unknown play; G.Tatum out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 4, Monarchs 3. MONARCHS 8TH: T.QUINONES REPLACED J.GUILBE (PITCHING); J.Scott out on unknown play; L.Moody singled; T.Cooper out on unknown play; E.Taborn doubled [L.Moody scored]; C.Berry out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 4, Monarchs 4. CLOWNS 9TH: S.Hairston out on unknown play; H.Walker out on unknown play; B.Haywood out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 4, Monarchs 4. MONARCHS 9TH: H.Souell walked; C.Renfroe out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [H.Souell to second]; H.Thompson singled [H.Souell to third]; W.Brown walked [H.Thompson to second]; B.O`NEIL BATTED FOR J.SCOTT; B.O`Neil reached on an error by R.Drake [H.Souell scored, H.Thompson to third, W.Brown to second, B.O`Neil to first]; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Clowns 4, Monarchs 5. Final Totals R H E LOB Clowns 4 9 3 4 Monarchs 5 8 1 11
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