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Memphis Red Sox (MEM) 6 Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 5

Game played on Thursday, August 4, 1949 (N) at League Park, Omaha NE
Regular-Season game

Memphis Red Sox                     1 0 0  1 0 1  0 3 0   -   6  6  3
Kansas City Monarchs                4 0 0  0 0 0  0 1 0   -   5  6  7

BATTING

Memphis Red Sox                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Joe Burt Scott 1b                     4   1   0    0     1        14   0
Willie Wells Jr. 3b                   5   0   0    0     0         1   2
Jose Colas cf                         4   2   2    0     1         4   0
Pedro Formental rf                    4   1   1    1     1         3   0
Orlando Varona ss                     4   1   1    0     0         1   4
Casey Jones c                         4   1   1    1     0         2   0
Charles Johnson lf                    0   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Verdell Mathis ph, lf               4   0   1    2     0         0   0
Johnnie Cowan 2b                      4   0   0    0     0         2   5
Frank Thompson p                      3   0   0    0     0         0   3
Totals                               36   6   6    4     3  10    27  14

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Joe Burt Scott, Orlando Varona, Johnnie Cowan. 
E: 3.  Jose Colas, Orlando Varona 2. 

BATTING -
2B:  Casey Jones. 
3B:  Verdell Mathis. 
HBP:  Frank Thompson. 
GDP:  Orlando Varona. 
Team LOB:  7


Kansas City Monarchs                 AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Gene Baker ss                         4   0   1    0     1         1   1
Herb Souell 3b                        5   1   0    0     0         1   2
Bonnie Serrell cf                     4   1   2    0     0         4   0
Willard Brown rf                      4   1   1    2     0         1   0
Elston Howard lf                      1   2   0    0     2         2   0
Curt Roberts 2b                       4   0   1    1     0         1   6
Tom Cooper 1b                         3   0   0    0     0         8   0
  Buck O'Neil ph                      1   0   1    1     0         0   0
  Len Hunt 1b                         0   0   0    0     0         1   0
Vane Biggs c                          4   0   0    0     0         8   1
Jim LaMarque p                        3   0   0    0     1         0   2
Totals                               33   5   6    4     4   2    27  12

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Gene Baker, Curt Roberts, Tom Cooper. 
E: 7.  Gene Baker 2, Willard Brown, Curt Roberts, Vane Biggs 2, Jim LaMarque. 

BATTING -
2B:  Bonnie Serrell. 
3B:  Willard Brown. 
HBP:  Elston Howard. 
GDP:  Vane Biggs. 
Team LOB:  6


PITCHING

Memphis Red Sox                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Frank Thompson W                     9       6   5    4   4   2   0  38
Totals                               9       6   5    4   4   2   0  38

HBP:  Frank Thompson. 

Kansas City Monarchs                 IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Jim LaMarque L                       9       6   6    4   3  10   0  40
Totals                               9       6   6    4   3  10   0  40

HBP:  Jim LaMarque. 


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Umpires: HP - ?

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 2993

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Thursday, 8/4/1949 -- Memphis Red Sox at Kansas City
Monarchs (N)

Starting Lineups:

   Memphis                       Kansas City                   
1. J.Scott             1b        G.Baker             ss        
2. W.Wells Jr.         3b        H.Souell            3b        
3. J.Colas             cf        B.Serrell           cf        
4. P.Formental         rf        W.Brown             rf        
5. O.Varona            ss        E.Howard            lf        
6. C.Jones             c         C.Roberts           2b        
7. C.Johnson           lf        T.Cooper            1b        
8. J.Cowan             2b        V.Biggs             c         
9. F.Thompson          p         J.LaMarque          p         

RED SOX 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories
and box sc; J.Scott reached on an error by G.Baker [J.Scott to
first]; W.Wells Jr. reached on an error by J.LaMarque [J.Scott
to second, W.Wells Jr. to first]; J.Colas out on unknown play
[J.Scott to third, W.Wells Jr. to second]; P.Formental out on
unknown play [J.Scott scored (unearned)]; O.Varona out on
unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Monarchs
0.

MONARCHS 1ST: G.Baker singled; H.Souell forced G.Baker (unknown
fielder) [H.Souell to first]; B.Serrell singled [H.Souell to
second]; W.Brown tripled [H.Souell scored, B.Serrell scored];
E.Howard was hit by a pitch; C.Roberts singled to center field
[W.Brown scored, E.Howard scored (unearned) (no RBI) (error by
J.Colas), C.Roberts to second]; T.Cooper out on unknown play;
V.Biggs out on unknown play; 4 R (3 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Red
Sox 1, Monarchs 4.

RED SOX 2ND: V.Biggs dropped a foul fly hit by C.Jones; C.Jones
out on unknown play; V.MATHIS BATTED FOR C.JOHNSON; V.Mathis out
on unknown play; J.Cowan out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 1, Monarchs 4.

MONARCHS 2ND: V.MATHIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); J.LaMarque
out on unknown play; G.Baker walked; H.Souell out on unknown
play; B.Serrell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red
Sox 1, Monarchs 4.

RED SOX 3RD: F.Thompson out on unknown play; J.Scott out on
unknown play; W.Wells Jr. out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 1, Monarchs 4.

MONARCHS 3RD: W.Brown out on unknown play; E.Howard out on
unknown play; C.Roberts out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 1, Monarchs 4.

RED SOX 4TH: J.Colas singled to right field [J.Colas to second
(error by W.Brown)]; P.Formental out on unknown play [J.Colas to
third]; O.Varona reached on an error by C.Roberts [J.Colas
scored (unearned) (no RBI), O.Varona to first]; C.Jones out on
unknown play; V.Mathis out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2
E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Monarchs 4.

MONARCHS 4TH: T.Cooper reached on an error by O.Varona
[T.Cooper to second (error by O.Varona)]; V.Biggs out on unknown
play; J.LaMarque walked; G.Baker out on unknown play; H.Souell
out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Monarchs
4.

RED SOX 5TH: J.Cowan out on unknown play; F.Thompson out on
unknown play; J.Scott walked; J.Scott was picked off first, but
was safe on an error by V.Biggs [J.Scott to second]; W.Wells Jr.
out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Monarchs
4.

MONARCHS 5TH: B.Serrell doubled; W.Brown out on unknown play;
E.Howard walked; C.Roberts out on unknown play; T.Cooper out on
unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Monarchs 4.

RED SOX 6TH: J.Colas walked; P.Formental singled [J.Colas to
third]; O.Varona grounded into a double play (G.Baker to
C.Roberts to T.Cooper) [J.Colas scored (no RBI), P.Formental out
at second]; C.Jones out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Red Sox 3, Monarchs 4.

MONARCHS 6TH: V.Biggs out on unknown play; J.LaMarque out on
unknown play; G.Baker out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Red Sox 3, Monarchs 4.

RED SOX 7TH: V.Mathis reached on an error by G.Baker [V.Mathis
to first]; J.Cowan out on unknown play; F.Thompson was hit by a
pitch [V.Mathis to second]; J.Scott out on unknown play; W.Wells
Jr. out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 3,
Monarchs 4.

MONARCHS 7TH: H.Souell out on unknown play; B.Serrell out on
unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Red Sox 3, Monarchs 4.

RED SOX 8TH: J.Colas out on unknown play; P.Formental walked;
O.Varona singled [P.Formental to second]; C.Jones doubled
[P.Formental scored, O.Varona to third]; V.Mathis tripled
[O.Varona scored, C.Jones scored]; J.Cowan out on unknown play;
F.Thompson out on unknown play; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox
6, Monarchs 4.

MONARCHS 8TH: E.Howard walked; C.Roberts out on unknown play
[E.Howard to second]; B.O'NEIL BATTED FOR T.COOPER; B.O'Neil
singled [E.Howard scored]; V.Biggs grounded into a double play
(O.Varona to J.Cowan to J.Scott) [B.O'Neil out at second]; 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 6, Monarchs 5.

RED SOX 9TH: L.HUNT REPLACED B.O'NEIL (PLAYING 1B); J.Scott out
on unknown play; W.Wells Jr. out on unknown play; J.Colas
singled; P.Formental out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Red Sox 6, Monarchs 5.

MONARCHS 9TH: J.LaMarque out on unknown play; G.Baker out on
unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 6, Monarchs 5.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Red Sox          6   6   3   7
 Monarchs         5   6   7   6


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