Indianapolis Clowns 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 - 5 11 3 Kansas City Monarchs 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 - 4 9 3 BATTING Indianapolis Clowns AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Henry Merchant rf 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 Reinaldo Drake cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Robert Abernathy lf 4 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 Ray Neil 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Goose Tatum 1b 4 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 Sam Hairston 3b 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Coco Ferrer ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Buster Haywood c 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Armour ph 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Kine c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Johnny Williams p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 32 5 11 5 0 0 21 0 FIELDING - E: 3. Reinaldo Drake, Goose Tatum, Buster Haywood. BATTING - 2B: Ray Neil, Sam Hairston. Team LOB: 6 BASERUNNING - CS: Robert Abernathy 2. Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Curt Roberts 2b 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 Herb Souell 3b 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 Buck O`Neil 1b 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ted Strong rf 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Johnie Scott cf 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 Tom Cooper lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Earl Taborn c 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 John Sanderson ss 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Hilton Smith p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 28 4 9 3 2 0 21 0 FIELDING - E: 3. Curt Roberts 2, John Sanderson. BATTING - 2B: Johnie Scott. Team LOB: 5 BASERUNNING - SB: Herb Souell. CS: Herb Souell, John Sanderson. PITCHING Indianapolis Clowns IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Johnny Williams W 7 9 4 3 2 0 0 30 Totals 7 9 4 3 2 0 0 30 Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Hilton Smith L 7 11 5 4 0 0 0 32 Totals 7 11 5 4 0 0 0 32 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Candy Smith, 1B - Charles Zomphier, 2B - M.T. Morris, 3B - John Brewer Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 20000 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Monday, 8/4/1947, game 2 -- Indianapolis Clowns at Kansas City Monarchs (D) Starting Lineups: Indianapolis Kansas City 1. H.Merchant rf C.Roberts 2b 2. R.Drake cf H.Souell 3b 3. R.Abernathy lf B.O`Neil 1b 4. R.Neil 2b T.Strong rf 5. G.Tatum 1b J.Scott cf 6. S.Hairston 3b T.Cooper lf 7. C.Ferrer ss E.Taborn c 8. B.Haywood c J.Sanderson ss 9. J.Williams p H.Smith p CLOWNS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; H.Merchant out on unknown play; R.Drake singled; R.Abernathy singled [R.Drake to third]; R.Abernathy was caught stealing second (unknown fielder); R.Neil out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 1ST: C.Roberts singled; H.Souell singled [C.Roberts to third]; H.Souell stole second; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; T.Strong flied to unknown fielder [C.Roberts scored]; J.Scott singled [H.Souell scored]; T.Cooper out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 2. CLOWNS 2ND: G.Tatum out on unknown play; S.Hairston reached on an error by C.Roberts [S.Hairston to first]; C.Ferrer out on unknown play; B.Haywood out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 2. MONARCHS 2ND: E.Taborn singled; J.Sanderson walked [E.Taborn to second]; H.Smith out on unknown play; C.Roberts out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 2. CLOWNS 3RD: J.Williams out on unknown play; H.Merchant out on unknown play; R.Drake out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 2. MONARCHS 3RD: B.O`Neil reached on an error by B.Haywood [B.O`Neil to first]; T.Strong out on unknown play; J.Scott doubled to center field (unknown fielder) [B.O`Neil scored (unearned) (no RBI) (error by R.Drake), J.Scott out at home]; T.Cooper out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 3. CLOWNS 4TH: R.Abernathy singled; R.Neil out on unknown play; G.Tatum out on unknown play; S.Hairston singled to shortstop [R.Abernathy to third (error by J.Sanderson), S.Hairston to second]; C.Ferrer out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 3. MONARCHS 4TH: E.Taborn singled; J.Sanderson out on unknown play; H.Smith out on unknown play [E.Taborn to second]; G.Tatum dropped a foul fly hit by C.Roberts; C.Roberts singled [E.Taborn scored]; H.Souell out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 4. CLOWNS 5TH: B.Haywood out on unknown play; J.Williams out on unknown play; H.Merchant singled; R.Drake out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 4. MONARCHS 5TH: B.O`Neil out on unknown play; T.Strong out on unknown play; J.Scott singled; T.Cooper out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 4. CLOWNS 6TH: R.Abernathy singled; R.Neil doubled [R.Abernathy to third]; G.Tatum singled [R.Abernathy scored, R.Neil scored]; S.Hairston doubled [G.Tatum to third]; C.Ferrer out on unknown play; BATTED FOR B.HAYWOOD; flied to unknown fielder [G.Tatum scored]; J.Williams out on unknown play; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 3, Monarchs 4. MONARCHS 6TH: REPLACED (PLAYING C); E.Taborn out on unknown play; J.Sanderson walked; J.Sanderson was caught stealing second (unknown fielder); H.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 3, Monarchs 4. CLOWNS 7TH: H.Merchant singled; R.Drake reached on an error by C.Roberts [H.Merchant to second, R.Drake to first]; R.Abernathy singled to center field [H.Merchant scored, R.Drake to third]; R.Neil out on unknown play; G.Tatum flied to unknown fielder [R.Drake scored (unearned)]; R.Abernathy was caught stealing second (unknown fielder); 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 5, Monarchs 4. MONARCHS 7TH: C.Roberts out on unknown play; H.Souell singled; H.Souell was caught stealing second (unknown fielder); B.O`Neil out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 5, Monarchs 4. Final Totals R H E LOB Clowns 5 11 3 6 Monarchs 4 9 3 5
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