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Birmingham Black Barons (BIR) 5 Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 2

Game played on Saturday, May 10, 1947 (D) at Rickwood Field , Birmingham AL
Regular-Season game

Kansas City Monarchs                0 0 1  0 0 0  0 0 1   -   2  9  1
Birmingham Black Barons             1 1 0  0 2 0  0 1 x   -   5 12  0

BATTING

Kansas City Monarchs                 AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Herb Souell 3b                        4   0   3    0     0   0     0   0
Chico Renfroe 2b                      4   1   1    0     0   0     1   1
Hank Thompson ss                      2   0   0    0     2   0     0   1
Willard Brown cf                      4   0   1    0     0   0     0   0
Buck O`Neil 1b                        3   0   1    1     1   0     1   0
Joe Greene c                          3   0   0    0     1   0     0   0
Johnie Scott lf                       4   0   2    0     0   0     0   0
Ted Strong rf                         4   1   1    1     0   0     0   0
Steve Wylie p                         2   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
  Cannonball Berry p                  1   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
  Hilton Smith ph                     1   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Totals                               32   2   9    2     4   0    24   2

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Chico Renfroe, Hank Thompson, Buck O`Neil. 
E: 1.  Willard Brown. 

BATTING -
2B:  Johnie Scott. 
HR:  Ted Strong. 
GDP:  Joe Greene. 
Team LOB:  7

BASERUNNING -
CS:  Herb Souell. 

Birmingham Black Barons              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Eli Chism cf                          4   1   0    0     0   0     0   0
John Britton 3b                       4   0   2    0     0   0     0   0
Artie Wilson ss                       5   1   3    2     0   0     1   1
Piper Davis 1b                        4   1   2    1     1   0     3   1
Ed Steele rf                          2   0   0    0     2   0     0   0
John Thomas lf                        4   0   1    1     0   0     0   0
Tommy Sampson 2b                      4   1   2    0     0   0     2   2
Pepper Bassett c                      4   0   1    1     0   0     0   0
Bill Powell p                         4   1   1    0     0   0     0   0
Totals                               35   5  12    5     3   0    27   4

FIELDING -
DP: 3.  Artie Wilson, Piper Davis 3, Tommy Sampson 2. 

BATTING -
2B:  Tommy Sampson. 
3B:  Piper Davis. 
SH:  Eli Chism, John Britton. 
GDP:  Eli Chism. 
Team LOB:  11


PITCHING

Kansas City Monarchs                 IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Steve Wylie L                        4.1     9   4    3   2   0   0  24
Cannonball Berry                     3.2     3   1    1   1   0   0  16
Totals                               8      12   5    4   3   0   0  40


Birmingham Black Barons              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Bill Powell W                        9       9   2    2   4   0   1  36
Totals                               9       9   2    2   4   0   1  36



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Umpires: HP - Charles Moore, 1B -  Austin, 2B -  , 3B - Poindexter Williams

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 7000

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Saturday, 5/10/1947 -- Kansas City Monarchs at
Birmingham Black Barons (D)

Starting Lineups:

   Kansas City                   Birmingham                    
1. H.Souell            3b        E.Chism             cf        
2. C.Renfroe           2b        J.Britton           3b        
3. H.Thompson          ss        A.Wilson            ss        
4. W.Brown             cf        P.Davis             1b        
5. B.O`Neil            1b        E.Steele            rf        
6. J.Greene            c         J.Thomas            lf        
7. J.Scott             lf        T.Sampson           2b        
8. T.Strong            rf        P.Bassett           c         
9. S.Wylie             p         B.Powell            p         

MONARCHS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories
and box sc; H.Souell singled; H.Souell was caught stealing
second (unknown fielder); C.Renfroe out on unknown play;
H.Thompson walked; W.Brown singled [H.Thompson to second];
B.O`Neil out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Monarchs 0,
Black Barons 0.

BLACK BARONS 1ST: E.Chism reached on an error by W.Brown
[E.Chism to first]; J.Britton out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown
fielder) [E.Chism to second]; A.Wilson singled [E.Chism scored
(unearned)]; P.Davis walked [A.Wilson to second]; E.Steele out
on unknown play; J.Thomas out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H,
1 E, 2 LOB.  Monarchs 0, Black Barons 1.

MONARCHS 2ND: J.Greene walked; J.Scott singled [J.Greene to
second]; T.Strong out on unknown play; S.Wylie out on unknown
play; H.Souell out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Monarchs 0, Black Barons 1.

BLACK BARONS 2ND: T.Sampson doubled; P.Bassett singled
[T.Sampson scored]; B.Powell out on unknown play; E.Chism
grounded into a double play (H.Thompson to C.Renfroe to
B.O`Neil) [P.Bassett out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Monarchs 0, Black Barons 2.

MONARCHS 3RD: C.Renfroe singled; H.Thompson walked [C.Renfroe
to second]; W.Brown out on unknown play; B.O`Neil singled
[C.Renfroe scored, H.Thompson to second]; J.Greene lined into a
double play (T.Sampson to P.Davis) [B.O`Neil out at first]; 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 1, Black Barons 2.

BLACK BARONS 3RD: J.Britton singled; A.Wilson out on unknown
play; P.Davis singled [J.Britton to second]; E.Steele out on
unknown play; J.Thomas out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Monarchs 1, Black Barons 2.

MONARCHS 4TH: J.Scott out on unknown play; T.Strong out on
unknown play; S.Wylie out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Monarchs 1, Black Barons 2.

BLACK BARONS 4TH: T.Sampson singled; P.Bassett out on unknown
play; B.Powell out on unknown play; E.Chism out on unknown play;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 1, Black Barons 2.

MONARCHS 5TH: H.Souell singled; C.Renfroe out on unknown play;
H.Thompson out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 1, Black Barons 2.

BLACK BARONS 5TH: J.Britton out on unknown play; A.Wilson
singled; P.Davis tripled [A.Wilson scored]; E.Steele walked;
J.Thomas singled [P.Davis scored, E.Steele to second]; C.BERRY
REPLACED S.WYLIE (PITCHING); T.Sampson out on unknown play;
P.Bassett out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Monarchs
1, Black Barons 4.

MONARCHS 6TH: B.O`Neil walked; J.Greene grounded into a double
play (P.Davis to A.Wilson to P.Davis) [B.O`Neil out at second];
J.Scott doubled; T.Strong out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Monarchs 1, Black Barons 4.

BLACK BARONS 6TH: B.Powell out on unknown play; E.Chism out on
unknown play; J.Britton singled; A.Wilson out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 1, Black Barons 4.

MONARCHS 7TH: C.Berry out on unknown play; H.Souell singled;
C.Renfroe lined into a double play (T.Sampson to P.Davis)
[H.Souell out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Monarchs 1,
Black Barons 4.

BLACK BARONS 7TH: P.Davis out on unknown play; E.Steele walked;
J.Thomas reached on a fielder's choice [E.Steele to second];
T.Sampson out on unknown play; P.Bassett out on unknown play; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Monarchs 1, Black Barons 4.

MONARCHS 8TH: H.Thompson out on unknown play; W.Brown out on
unknown play; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Monarchs 1, Black Barons 4.

BLACK BARONS 8TH: B.Powell singled; E.Chism out on a sacrifice
bunt (unknown fielder) [B.Powell to second]; J.Britton out on
unknown play; A.Wilson singled [B.Powell scored]; P.Davis out on
unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 1, Black Barons 5.

MONARCHS 9TH: J.Greene out on unknown play; J.Scott out on
unknown play; T.Strong homered; H.SMITH BATTED FOR C.BERRY;
H.Smith out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Monarchs 2,
Black Barons 5.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Monarchs         2   9   1   7
 Black Barons     5  12   0  11


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