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Kansas City Monarchs @ Philadelphia Stars

1949-05-08 · Day game · Att: 5200

Philadelphia Stars defeated Kansas City Monarchs 8–2. Philadelphia Stars put up 6 in the 7th. Marvin Williams went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KCM	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	6
PH5	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	0		8	10

Kansas City Monarchs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Herb Souell	4	0	1	0	0
Curt Roberts	4	0	0	0	0
Bonnie Serrell	4	0	2	0	0
Willard Brown	4	1	1	0	0
Bob Thurman	1	0	0	0	3
Earl Taborn	4	0	1	1	0
Elston Howard	4	0	0	0	0
Gene Baker	4	1	1	1	0
Booker McDaniel	3	0	0	0	0
Buck O'Neil	1	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Stars — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Jimmie Armstead	3	1	1	0	2
Art Hefner	4	1	2	1	1
Marvin Williams	4	2	2	2	1
Ben Littles	4	2	2	2	0
Buzz Clarkson	3	1	1	0	1
Bill Cash	4	1	0	0	0
(unknown)	4	0	2	1	0
Murray Watkins	4	0	0	0	0
Bill Ricks	3	0	0	0	0
Wilmer Harris	1	0	0	0	0

Kansas City Monarchs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Booker McDaniel	6.2	8	5	0
Jim LaMarque	1.1	2	0	0

Philadelphia Stars — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Ricks	7.1	5	2	0
Wilmer Harris	1.2	1	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Herb Souell: 99
Curt Roberts: 99
Bonnie Serrell: S
Willard Brown: 99

Bot 1

Jimmie Armstead: W
Art Hefner: W.1-2
Marvin Williams: 99
Ben Littles: 99
Buzz Clarkson: 99

Top 2

Bob Thurman: 99
Earl Taborn: 99
Elston Howard: 99

Bot 2

Bill Cash: 99
S9.BX2(96)#
Murray Watkins: 99

Top 3

Gene Baker: 99
Booker McDaniel: 99
Herb Souell: 99

Bot 3

Bill Ricks: 99
Jimmie Armstead: W
Art Hefner: 99
Marvin Williams: S.1-2
Ben Littles: 99

Top 4

Curt Roberts: 99
Bonnie Serrell: 99
Willard Brown: D
Bob Thurman: W
Earl Taborn: S.2-H;1-2
Elston Howard: 99

Bot 4

Buzz Clarkson: W
Bill Cash: 99
99
Murray Watkins: 99

Top 5

Gene Baker: HR
Booker McDaniel: 99
Herb Souell: S
Curt Roberts: 99
Bonnie Serrell: 99

Bot 5

Bill Ricks: 99
Jimmie Armstead: 99
Art Hefner: 99

Top 6

Willard Brown: 99
Bob Thurman: W
Earl Taborn: 99
Elston Howard: 99

Bot 6

Marvin Williams: W
Ben Littles: SB2.1-3(E2/TH)#
Ben Littles: HR/78.3-H
Buzz Clarkson: 99
Bill Cash: 99
99

Top 7

Gene Baker: 99
Booker McDaniel: 99
Herb Souell: 99

Bot 7

Murray Watkins: 99
Bill Ricks: 99
Jimmie Armstead: D
Art Hefner: S.2-H
Marvin Williams: SB2
Marvin Williams: HR/8.2-H
Ben Littles: S
Buzz Clarkson: S.1-3
Bill Cash: E5.3-H(NR)(UR);1-2
S7.2-H(UR);1-H(E7/TH)(NR)(UR);B-2
Murray Watkins: 99

Top 8

Curt Roberts: 99
Bonnie Serrell: S
Willard Brown: 99
Bob Thurman: W.1-2
Earl Taborn: 99

Bot 8

Wilmer Harris: 99
Jimmie Armstead: 99
Art Hefner: S
Marvin Williams: 99

Top 9

Elston Howard: 99
Gene Baker: 99
Buck O'Neil: 99

Notes & reviews

Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box score
Ricks left the game with a pulled muscle

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