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Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 7 Chicago American Giants (CAG) 3

Game played on Wednesday, May 21, 1947 (N) at Texas League Park, Oklahoma City OK
Regular-Season game

Chicago American Giants             0 0 0  0 3 0  0 0 0   -   3  8  3
Kansas City Monarchs                0 2 0  2 0 0  0 3 x   -   7  7  1

BATTING

Chicago American Giants              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Bernell Longest 2b                    5   0   0    1     0         1   3
John Bissant lf                       4   0   2    1     0         3   0
Sam Hill rf                           4   0   0    0     0         2   0
Earl Bumpus 1b                        4   0   2    1     0         7   0
John Ritchey c                        4   0   0    0     0         4   0
Buddy Armour cf                       4   0   2    0     0         3   0
John Miles 3b                         4   1   1    0     0         3   0
Clyde McNeal ss                       4   1   1    0     0         0   1
Riley Stewart p                       1   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Lyman Bostock ph                    0   0   0    0     1         0   0
  Clarence Locke pr                   0   1   0    0     0         0   0
  Harry Rhodes p                      2   0   0    0     0         1   1
Totals                               36   3   8    3     1   2    24   5

FIELDING -
E: 3.  Earl Bumpus, John Miles, Clyde McNeal. 
PB: 1.  John Ritchey. 

BATTING -
Team LOB:  7


Kansas City Monarchs                 AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Herb Souell 3b                        5   1   2    3     0         0   1
Chico Renfroe ss                      3   0   0    0     2         2   4
Hank Thompson 2b                      4   0   1    1     1         0   4
Willard Brown cf                      5   0   1    0     0         6   0
Johnie Scott lf                       4   1   1    0     0         2   0
Joe Greene c                          2   3   1    2     2         3   0
Buck O`Neil 1b                        2   2   1    1     2        13   0
Tom Cooper rf                         3   0   0    0     0         1   0
Hilton Smith p                        4   0   0    0     0         0   1
Totals                               32   7   7    7     7   3    27  10

FIELDING -
E: 1.  Chico Renfroe. 

BATTING -
2B:  Herb Souell, Hank Thompson. 
HR:  Joe Greene. 
SH:  Tom Cooper. 
Team LOB:  9

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Hank Thompson, Willard Brown, Joe Greene. 
CS:  Buck O`Neil. 

PITCHING

Chicago American Giants              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Riley Stewart L                      4       3   4    4   5   2   1  21
Harry Rhodes                         4       4   3    0   2   1   0  19
Totals                               8       7   7    4   7   3   1  40


Kansas City Monarchs                 IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Hilton Smith W                       9       8   3    3   1   2   0  37
Totals                               9       8   3    3   1   2   0  37



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Umpires: HP -  Dewey, 1B -  Fieldcamp

Time of Game: 2:04   Attendance: 1572

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Wednesday, 5/21/1947 -- Chicago Am. Giants at Kansas
City Monarchs (N)

Starting Lineups:

   Chicago                       Kansas City                   
1. B.Longest           2b        H.Souell            3b        
2. J.Bissant           lf        C.Renfroe           ss        
3. S.Hill              rf        H.Thompson          2b        
4. E.Bumpus            1b        W.Brown             cf        
5. J.Ritchey           c         J.Scott             lf        
6. B.Armour            cf        J.Greene            c         
7. J.Miles             3b        B.O`Neil            1b        
8. C.McNeal            ss        T.Cooper            rf        
9. R.Stewart           p         H.Smith             p         

AM. GIANTS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories
and box sc; B.Longest out on unknown play; J.Bissant singled;
S.Hill out on unknown play; E.Bumpus out on unknown play; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Am. Giants 0, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 1ST: H.Souell out on unknown play; C.Renfroe walked;
H.Thompson out on unknown play; J.Ritchey allowed a passed ball
[C.Renfroe to second]; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Am. Giants 0, Monarchs 0.

AM. GIANTS 2ND: J.Ritchey out on unknown play; B.Armour
singled; J.Miles out on unknown play; C.McNeal out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Am. Giants 0, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 2ND: J.Scott singled; J.Greene homered to leftfield
[J.Scott scored]; B.O`Neil walked; T.Cooper out on unknown play;
B.O`Neil was caught stealing second (unknown fielder); H.Smith
out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Am. Giants 0,
Monarchs 2.

AM. GIANTS 3RD: R.Stewart out on unknown play; B.Longest out on
unknown play; J.Bissant out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Am. Giants 0, Monarchs 2.

MONARCHS 3RD: H.Souell out on unknown play; C.Renfroe reached
on an error by C.McNeal [C.Renfroe to third]; H.Thompson walked;
H.Thompson stole second; W.Brown out on unknown play; J.Scott
out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Am. Giants 0,
Monarchs 2.

AM. GIANTS 4TH: S.Hill out on unknown play; E.Bumpus singled;
J.Ritchey out on unknown play; B.Armour out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Am. Giants 0, Monarchs 2.

MONARCHS 4TH: J.Greene walked; B.O`Neil walked [J.Greene to
second]; T.Cooper out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder)
[J.Greene to third, B.O`Neil to second]; On a bunt H.Smith
reached on an error by E.Bumpus [H.Smith to first]; H.Souell
singled to right field [J.Greene scored, B.O`Neil scored,
H.Smith to third]; C.Renfroe out on unknown play; H.Thompson out
on unknown play; 2 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Am. Giants 0, Monarchs 4.

AM. GIANTS 5TH: J.Miles singled; C.McNeal singled [J.Miles to
second]; L.BOSTOCK BATTED FOR R.STEWART; L.Bostock walked
[J.Miles to third, C.McNeal to second]; C.LOCKE RAN FOR
L.BOSTOCK; B.Longest flied to unknown fielder [J.Miles scored];
J.Bissant singled [C.McNeal scored, C.Locke to third]; S.Hill
out on unknown play; E.Bumpus singled [C.Locke scored, J.Bissant
to second]; J.Ritchey out on unknown play; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Am. Giants 3, Monarchs 4.

MONARCHS 5TH: H.RHODES REPLACED C.LOCKE (PITCHING); W.Brown out
on unknown play; J.Scott out on unknown play; J.Greene walked;
B.O`Neil out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Am. Giants
3, Monarchs 4.

AM. GIANTS 6TH: B.Armour singled; J.Miles out on unknown play;
C.McNeal out on unknown play; H.Rhodes out on unknown play; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Am. Giants 3, Monarchs 4.

MONARCHS 6TH: T.Cooper out on unknown play; H.Smith out on
unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Am. Giants 3, Monarchs 4.

AM. GIANTS 7TH: B.Longest out on unknown play; J.Bissant out on
unknown play; S.Hill out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Am. Giants 3, Monarchs 4.

MONARCHS 7TH: C.Renfroe out on unknown play; H.Thompson out on
unknown play; W.Brown singled; W.Brown stole second; J.Scott out
on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Am. Giants 3, Monarchs 4.

AM. GIANTS 8TH: E.Bumpus out on unknown play; J.Ritchey out on
unknown play; B.Armour out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Am. Giants 3, Monarchs 4.

MONARCHS 8TH: J.Greene reached on an error by J.Miles [J.Greene
to first]; J.Greene stole second; B.O`Neil singled [J.Greene
scored (unearned)]; T.Cooper out on unknown play [B.O`Neil to
second]; H.Smith out on unknown play; H.Souell doubled [B.O`Neil
scored (unearned)]; C.Renfroe walked; H.Thompson doubled
[H.Souell scored (unearned), C.Renfroe to third]; W.Brown out on
unknown play; 3 R (0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Am. Giants 3,
Monarchs 7.

AM. GIANTS 9TH: J.Miles reached on an error by C.Renfroe
[J.Miles to first]; C.McNeal out on unknown play; H.Rhodes out
on unknown play; B.Longest out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Am. Giants 3, Monarchs 7.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Am. Giants       3   8   3   7
 Monarchs         7   7   1   9


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