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 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. 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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