Chicago American Giants 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 - 7 10 3 Kansas City Monarchs 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 - 6 8 1 BATTING Chicago American Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Bernell Longest 2b 4 1 1 1 1 5 2 Tom Turner 1b 4 0 0 0 0 11 2 Sam Hill rf 4 1 3 1 0 1 1 Earl Bumpus cf 4 1 1 1 1 3 0 Buddy Armour 3b 5 1 1 0 0 0 3 John Bissant lf 4 2 3 1 0 1 0 Clyde McNeal ss 3 1 1 1 1 1 3 Jake Tolbert c 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 John Ritchey ph, c 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Clarence Locke p 3 0 0 0 1 2 3 Totals 34 7 10 5 5 6 27 15 FIELDING - E: 3. Bernell Longest, Earl Bumpus, Clyde McNeal. BATTING - 2B: Sam Hill, Earl Bumpus, John Bissant. SH: Tom Turner. HBP: Sam Hill. Team LOB: 7 BASERUNNING - SB: John Bissant 2. CS: Bernell Longest. Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Herb Souell 3b 3 2 2 1 0 2 1 Chico Renfroe ss 5 0 2 4 0 6 3 Buck O`Neil 1b 4 0 0 0 1 8 1 Willard Brown cf 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 Johnie Scott lf 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 Lee Moody 2b 4 0 1 0 0 2 3 Tom Cooper rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ted Strong ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Earl Taborn c 3 1 2 0 0 6 3 Joe Greene ph 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 Steve Wylie p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ted Alexander p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Hilton Smith ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Connie Johnson pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 34 6 8 6 4 3 27 12 FIELDING - E: 1. Earl Taborn. BATTING - 2B: Chico Renfroe 2, Earl Taborn. 3B: Lee Moody. HR: Johnie Scott. HBP: Herb Souell 2. Team LOB: 7 BASERUNNING - CS: Herb Souell, Earl Taborn. PITCHING Chicago American Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Clarence Locke W 9 8 6 6 4 3 1 40 Totals 9 8 6 6 4 3 1 40 HBP: Clarence Locke 2. Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Steve Wylie L 7 10 7 5 5 4 0 35 Ted Alexander 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 Totals 9 10 7 5 5 6 0 41 Steve Wylie pitched to 3 batters in the 8th inning HBP: Steve Wylie. Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Bullet Rogan, 1B - Sylvester Vaughn, 2B - , 3B - Fambro Time of Game: 2:15 Attendance: 6700 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Monday, 5/5/1947 -- Chicago Am. Giants at Kansas City Monarchs (N) Starting Lineups: Chicago Kansas City 1. B.Longest 2b H.Souell 3b 2. T.Turner 1b C.Renfroe ss 3. S.Hill rf B.O`Neil 1b 4. E.Bumpus cf W.Brown cf 5. B.Armour 3b J.Scott lf 6. J.Bissant lf L.Moody 2b 7. C.McNeal ss T.Cooper rf 8. J.Tolbert c E.Taborn c 9. C.Locke p S.Wylie p AM. GIANTS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; B.Longest walked; T.Turner out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [B.Longest to second]; S.Hill doubled [B.Longest scored]; E.Bumpus walked; S.Hill was picked off second (E.Taborn to C.Renfroe); B.Armour out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 1ST: H.Souell was hit by a pitch; C.Renfroe doubled [H.Souell scored]; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; J.Scott walked; L.Moody out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Monarchs 1. AM. GIANTS 2ND: J.Bissant singled; J.Bissant stole second; C.McNeal out on unknown play; J.Tolbert out on unknown play; C.Locke out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 2ND: T.Cooper out on unknown play; E.Taborn singled; E.Taborn was caught stealing second (unknown fielder); S.Wylie out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Monarchs 1. AM. GIANTS 3RD: B.Longest out on unknown play; T.Turner out on unknown play; S.Hill singled; E.Bumpus out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 3RD: H.Souell out on unknown play; C.Renfroe out on unknown play; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Monarchs 1. AM. GIANTS 4TH: B.Armour out on unknown play; J.Bissant out on unknown play; C.McNeal out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 4TH: W.Brown out on unknown play; J.Scott out on unknown play; L.Moody tripled; T.Cooper out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Monarchs 1. AM. GIANTS 5TH: J.Tolbert out on unknown play; C.Locke out on unknown play; B.Longest singled; B.Longest was caught stealing second (E.Taborn to C.Renfroe); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 5TH: E.Taborn doubled to left field; S.Wylie out on unknown play; H.Souell singled [E.Taborn scored, H.Souell to second (on throw)]; C.Renfroe reached on an error by B.Longest [H.Souell scored (RBI), C.Renfroe to first]; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Monarchs 3. AM. GIANTS 6TH: T.Turner out on unknown play; S.Hill singled; E.Bumpus doubled [S.Hill scored]; B.Armour singled [E.Bumpus to third]; J.Bissant doubled [E.Bumpus scored, B.Armour to third]; C.McNeal walked; B.Armour was picked off third, but was safe on an error by E.Taborn [B.Armour scored (unearned), J.Bissant scored (unearned), C.McNeal to second]; J.Tolbert out on unknown play; C.Locke walked; B.Longest out on unknown play; 4 R (2 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Am. Giants 5, Monarchs 3. MONARCHS 6TH: J.Scott homered to rightfield; L.Moody out on unknown play; T.Cooper out on unknown play; E.Taborn out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 5, Monarchs 4. AM. GIANTS 7TH: T.Turner out on unknown play; S.Hill was hit by a pitch; E.Bumpus out on unknown play; B.Armour out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 5, Monarchs 4. MONARCHS 7TH: S.Wylie out on unknown play; H.Souell was hit by a pitch; H.Souell was caught stealing second (J.Tolbert to C.McNeal); C.Renfroe out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 5, Monarchs 4. AM. GIANTS 8TH: J.Bissant singled; J.Bissant stole second; C.McNeal singled to left-center [J.Bissant scored]; J.RITCHEY BATTED FOR J.TOLBERT; J.Ritchey walked [C.McNeal to second]; T.ALEXANDER REPLACED S.WYLIE (PITCHING); C.Locke out on unknown play [C.McNeal to third, J.Ritchey to second]; B.Longest out on unknown play [C.McNeal scored, J.Ritchey to third]; T.Turner out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 7, Monarchs 4. MONARCHS 8TH: J.RITCHEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C); B.O`Neil out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; J.Scott reached on an error by E.Bumpus [J.Scott to first]; L.Moody out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 7, Monarchs 4. AM. GIANTS 9TH: S.Hill out on unknown play; E.Bumpus out on unknown play; B.Armour out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 7, Monarchs 4. MONARCHS 9TH: T.STRONG BATTED FOR T.COOPER; T.Strong out on unknown play; J.GREENE BATTED FOR E.TABORN; J.Greene walked; H.SMITH BATTED FOR T.ALEXANDER; H.Smith walked [J.Greene to second]; C.JOHNSON RAN FOR H.SMITH; H.Souell singled [J.Greene to third, C.Johnson to second]; H.Souell was picked off first (unknown fielder); C.Renfroe doubled [J.Greene scored, C.Johnson scored]; B.O`Neil walked; C.McNeal dropped a foul fly hit by W.Brown; W.Brown flied to E.Bumpus; 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Am. Giants 7, Monarchs 6. Final Totals R H E LOB Am. Giants 7 10 3 7 Monarchs 6 8 1 7
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