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Birmingham Black Barons @ Kansas City Monarchs

1944-08-18 · Night game

Kansas City Monarchs defeated Birmingham Black Barons 3–2. Kansas City Monarchs put up 3 in the 9th.

Line score

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

Birmingham Black Barons — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Artie Wilson	4	0	2	0	0
Felix McLaurin	3	1	1	0	1
John Britton	4	1	2	0	0
Ed Steele	4	0	2	1	0
Piper Davis	3	0	0	0	1
Tommy Sampson	4	0	1	0	0
Johnie Scott	4	0	1	0	0
Pepper Bassett	4	0	0	0	0
Alfred Saylor	3	0	1	0	0

Kansas City Monarchs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Jesse Williams	4	0	0	0	0
Newt Allen	4	0	0	0	0
Herb Souell	4	0	1	0	0
Bonnie Serrell	4	0	1	0	0
Lee Moody	4	1	3	0	0
Mance Smith	4	1	1	0	0
Dave Harper	3	0	0	0	0
Jack Matchett	4	0	1	2	0
Sammy Haynes	3	0	1	0	0
Norman Young	0	1	0	0	1

Birmingham Black Barons — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Alfred Saylor	8.1	8	1	0

Kansas City Monarchs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jack Matchett	9.0	10	2	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Artie Wilson: D
Felix McLaurin: W
John Britton: 99
Ed Steele: 14(1)3/GDP#

Bot 1

Jesse Williams: E6#
Newt Allen: 99
Herb Souell: 99
Bonnie Serrell: 99

Top 2

Piper Davis: W
Tommy Sampson: 46(1)3/GDP#
Johnie Scott: S
Pepper Bassett: PO1(E3).1-2#
Pepper Bassett: 99

Bot 2

Lee Moody: S
Mance Smith: 99
Dave Harper: 99
Jack Matchett: 99

Top 3

Alfred Saylor: S7.BX2(74)#
Artie Wilson: 99
Felix McLaurin: 99

Bot 3

Sammy Haynes: 99
Jesse Williams: 99
Newt Allen: 99

Top 4

John Britton: S
Ed Steele: 99
Piper Davis: 99
Tommy Sampson: 99

Bot 4

Herb Souell: S
Bonnie Serrell: 99
Lee Moody: 99
Mance Smith: 99

Top 5

Johnie Scott: 99
Pepper Bassett: 99
Alfred Saylor: 99

Bot 5

Dave Harper: 99
Jack Matchett: 99
Sammy Haynes: S
Jesse Williams: 99

Top 6

Artie Wilson: 99
Felix McLaurin: E4#
John Britton: S.1-2
Ed Steele: S.2-H(UR);1-2
Piper Davis: E4.2-H(NR)(UR);1-2
Tommy Sampson: 99
Johnie Scott: 99

Bot 6

Newt Allen: 99
Herb Souell: 99
Bonnie Serrell: S
Lee Moody: S.1-2
Mance Smith: 99

Top 7

Pepper Bassett: 99
Alfred Saylor: 99
Artie Wilson: S
Felix McLaurin: CS2(26)#

Bot 7

Dave Harper: 99
Jack Matchett: 99
Sammy Haynes: 99

Top 8

Felix McLaurin: S
John Britton: 64(1)3/GDP#
Ed Steele: S6.B-2(E6/TH)#
Piper Davis: 99

Bot 8

Jesse Williams: 99
Newt Allen: 99
Herb Souell: 99

Top 9

Tommy Sampson: S
Johnie Scott: CS2(26)#
Johnie Scott: 99
Pepper Bassett: 99

Bot 9

Bonnie Serrell: 99
Lee Moody: S
Mance Smith: S.1-2
Norman Young: W.2-3;1-2
Jack Matchett: D9.3-H;2-H;1-3
Frank Duncan: OA.3-H(E2)(UR)

Notes & reviews

Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box score
Young was caught in a rundown on a missed squeeze play but Bassett dropped the ball.

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