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Kansas City Monarchs @ Birmingham Black Barons

1945-04-08 · Day game

Kansas City Monarchs defeated Birmingham Black Barons 7–0. Kansas City Monarchs put up 5 in the 1st.

Line score

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

Kansas City Monarchs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Jesse Williams	5	1	2	0	0
Herb Souell	4	1	1	1	1
Johnie Scott	5	1	0	0	0
Bonnie Serrell	3	2	1	0	1
Jackie Robinson	4	1	2	2	0
Lee Moody	4	1	1	2	0
Dave Harper	3	0	0	1	1
Sammy Haynes	4	0	1	0	0
Booker McDaniel	4	0	1	0	0

Birmingham Black Barons — batting

Batter	AB	H
Artie Wilson	4	0
Lester Lockett	4	1
John Britton	4	1
Ed Steele	4	3
Piper Davis	4	1
Jim Oliver	4	0
Joe Spencer	3	0
Pepper Bassett	3	0
Johnny Markham	2	0
Jack Riley	1	0

Kansas City Monarchs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Booker McDaniel	9.0	6	0	0

Birmingham Black Barons — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Markham	8.0	9	3	0
Earl Bumpus	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jesse Williams: S
Herb Souell: W.1-2
Johnie Scott: 99(2)/FO.1-2
Bonnie Serrell: S.2-3;1-2
Jackie Robinson: S/78.3-H;2-H;1-3
Lee Moody: SBH;SB2.1-3(E2/TH)#
Lee Moody: S5.3-H;B-2(E5/TH)#
Dave Harper: PO2(E1).2-3#
Dave Harper: 99.3-H(UR)
Sammy Haynes: 99

Bot 1

Artie Wilson: 99
Lester Lockett: 99
John Britton: S
Ed Steele: S.1-2
Piper Davis: 99

Top 2

Booker McDaniel: 99
Jesse Williams: D
Herb Souell: S.2-H
Johnie Scott: 99
Bonnie Serrell: 99

Bot 2

Jim Oliver: 99
Joe Spencer: 99
Pepper Bassett: 99

Top 3

Jackie Robinson: 99
Lee Moody: 99
Dave Harper: 99

Bot 3

Johnny Markham: 99
Artie Wilson: 99
Lester Lockett: S
John Britton: 99

Top 4

Sammy Haynes: 99
Booker McDaniel: S
Jesse Williams: 99
Herb Souell: 99

Bot 4

Ed Steele: 99
Piper Davis: S
Jim Oliver: 99
Joe Spencer: 99

Top 5

Johnie Scott: 99
Bonnie Serrell: 99
Jackie Robinson: 99

Bot 5

Pepper Bassett: 99
Johnny Markham: 99
Artie Wilson: 99

Top 6

Lee Moody: 99
Dave Harper: 99
Sammy Haynes: S
Booker McDaniel: 99

Bot 6

Lester Lockett: 99
John Britton: 99
Ed Steele: S
Piper Davis: 99

Top 7

Jesse Williams: 99
Herb Souell: 99
Johnie Scott: 99

Bot 7

Jim Oliver: 99
Joe Spencer: 99
Pepper Bassett: 99

Top 8

Bonnie Serrell: W
Jackie Robinson: S.1-3
Lee Moody: 99.3-H
Dave Harper: W.1-2
Sammy Haynes: 99
Booker McDaniel: 99

Bot 8

Jack Riley: 99
Artie Wilson: 99
Lester Lockett: 99

Top 9

Jesse Williams: 99
Herb Souell: 99
Johnie Scott: 99

Bot 9

John Britton: 99
Ed Steele: D
Piper Davis: 99
Jim Oliver: 99

Notes & reviews

Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box score

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