Homestead Grays 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 5 3 Kansas City Monarchs 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 x - 5 9 0 BATTING Homestead Grays AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Luis Marquez cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 Sam Bankhead ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 6 1 Bob Thurman rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 Buck Leonard 1b 3 0 2 1 1 9 1 Luke Easter lf 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 Clarence Bruce 2b 4 0 1 0 0 3 2 3 Clarence Isreal 3b 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 Eudie Napier c 3 0 1 0 0 5 3 Willie Pope p 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 Totals 32 1 5 1 1 11 24 15 FIELDING - DP: 1. Sam Bankhead, Buck Leonard, Willie Pope. E: 3. Luis Marquez, Sam Bankhead, Clarence Bruce. BATTING - 2B: Bob Thurman. Team LOB: 5 BASERUNNING - SB: Buck Leonard. Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Curt Roberts 2b 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 Herb Souell 3b 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 Buck O`Neil 1b 4 0 1 1 0 7 1 Ted Strong rf 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 Johnie Scott cf 3 1 1 0 1 3 0 Tom Cooper lf 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 Earl Taborn c 4 0 1 0 0 12 0 John Sanderson ss 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 Gene Richardson p 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 Totals 32 5 9 3 2 5 27 6 BATTING - 2B: Tom Cooper. SH: Tom Cooper. GDP: Earl Taborn. Team LOB: 6 PITCHING Homestead Grays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Willie Pope L 8 9 5 3 2 5 0 35 Totals 8 9 5 3 2 5 0 35 Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Gene Richardson W 9 5 1 1 1 11 0 33 Totals 9 5 1 1 1 11 0 33 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: 1:50 Attendance: 4500 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Saturday, 8/2/1947 -- Homestead Grays at Kansas City Monarchs (N) Starting Lineups: Homestead Kansas City 1. L.Marquez cf C.Roberts 2b 2. S.Bankhead ss H.Souell 3b 3. B.Thurman rf B.O`Neil 1b 4. B.Leonard 1b T.Strong rf 5. L.Easter lf J.Scott cf 6. C.Bruce 2b T.Cooper lf 7. C.Isreal 3b E.Taborn c 8. E.Napier c J.Sanderson ss 9. W.Pope p G.Richardson p GRAYS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; L.Marquez struck out; S.Bankhead out on unknown play; B.Thurman out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 1ST: C.Roberts walked; H.Souell singled [C.Roberts to third]; B.O`Neil out on unknown play [C.Roberts scored]; T.Strong out on unknown play; J.Scott out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 0, Monarchs 1. GRAYS 2ND: B.Leonard singled; L.Easter struck out; C.Bruce struck out; C.Isreal out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 0, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 2ND: T.Cooper doubled; E.Taborn singled [T.Cooper to third]; J.Sanderson out on unknown play; G.Richardson out on unknown play [T.Cooper scored]; C.Roberts out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 0, Monarchs 2. GRAYS 3RD: E.Napier out on unknown play; W.Pope out on unknown play; L.Marquez out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 0, Monarchs 2. MONARCHS 3RD: H.Souell singled to center field (L.Marquez to S.Bankhead) [H.Souell out at second]; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; T.Strong out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 0, Monarchs 2. GRAYS 4TH: S.Bankhead struck out; B.Thurman out on unknown play; B.Leonard walked; B.Leonard stole second; L.Easter struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 0, Monarchs 2. MONARCHS 4TH: J.Scott walked; T.Cooper out on unknown play; E.Taborn out on unknown play; J.Sanderson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 0, Monarchs 2. GRAYS 5TH: C.Bruce struck out; C.Isreal out on unknown play; E.Napier singled; W.Pope struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 0, Monarchs 2. MONARCHS 5TH: G.Richardson out on unknown play; C.Roberts singled; H.Souell out on unknown play; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 0, Monarchs 2. GRAYS 6TH: L.Marquez out on unknown play; S.Bankhead out on unknown play; B.Thurman out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 0, Monarchs 2. MONARCHS 6TH: T.Strong singled; J.Scott singled [T.Strong to second]; T.Cooper out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [T.Strong to third, J.Scott to second]; E.Taborn out on unknown play; J.Sanderson singled to shortstop [T.Strong scored, J.Scott scored (unearned) (no RBI), J.Sanderson to second]; G.Richardson reached on an error by C.Bruce [J.Sanderson scored (unearned) (no RBI), G.Richardson to first]; C.Roberts out on unknown play; 3 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Grays 0, Monarchs 5. GRAYS 7TH: B.Leonard out on unknown play; L.Easter struck out; C.Bruce singled; C.Isreal out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 0, Monarchs 5. MONARCHS 7TH: H.Souell out on unknown play; B.O`Neil singled to center field [B.O`Neil to second (error by L.Marquez)]; T.Strong out on unknown play; J.Scott out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Grays 0, Monarchs 5. GRAYS 8TH: E.Napier out on unknown play; W.Pope out on unknown play; L.Marquez out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 0, Monarchs 5. MONARCHS 8TH: T.Cooper reached on an error by S.Bankhead [T.Cooper to first]; E.Taborn grounded into a double play (W.Pope to S.Bankhead to B.Leonard) [T.Cooper out at second]; J.Sanderson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Grays 0, Monarchs 5. GRAYS 9TH: S.Bankhead popped to E.Taborn in foul territory; B.Thurman doubled to center field; B.Leonard singled [B.Thurman scored]; L.Easter struck out; C.Bruce struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 1, Monarchs 5. Final Totals R H E LOB Grays 1 5 3 5 Monarchs 5 9 0 6
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