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Kansas City Monarchs @ Birmingham Black Barons

1948-09-11 · Night game · 11 innings · Att: 5300

Birmingham Black Barons defeated Kansas City Monarchs 5–4. Birmingham Black Barons put up 3 in the 5th.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
KCM	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	8
BIR	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	17

Kansas City Monarchs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Gene Baker	4	0	0	0	1
Herb Souell	5	0	1	0	0
Hank Thompson	4	1	0	0	1
Willard Brown	5	1	2	0	0
Elston Howard	5	1	2	0	0
Tom Cooper	4	0	0	0	0
Curt Roberts	5	1	2	2	0
Earl Taborn	4	0	1	2	1
Jim LaMarque	5	0	0	0	0
Buck O'Neil	1	0	0	0	0

Birmingham Black Barons — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Artie Wilson	5	0	3	1	2
John Britton	6	0	0	0	1
Piper Davis	6	1	4	0	1
Willie Mays	6	1	2	1	1
Ed Steele	6	0	1	0	0
Jim Zapp	4	1	0	1	2
Pepper Bassett	3	0	2	1	1
Joe Scott	6	1	2	0	0
Bill Powell	4	0	2	0	0
Bill Greason	1	0	1	1	0
Wiley Griggs	1	1	0	0	0
Jimmie Newberry	1	0	0	0	0

Kansas City Monarchs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jim LaMarque	10.0	15	6	0
Gene Richardson	0.2	2	2	0

Birmingham Black Barons — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB
Bill Powell	9.0	8	3
Bill Greason	1.0	0	0
Jimmie Newberry	1.0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Gene Baker: W#
Herb Souell: S.1-2#
Hank Thompson: 99
Willard Brown: 99
Elston Howard: 99

Bot 1

Artie Wilson: S
John Britton: 99
Piper Davis: S.1-2#
Willie Mays: 99
Ed Steele: 99

Top 2

Tom Cooper: 99
Curt Roberts: 99
Earl Taborn: W#
Jim LaMarque: 99

Bot 2

Jim Zapp: 99
Pepper Bassett: S
Joe Scott: 99
Bill Powell: D.1-3
Artie Wilson: 99

Top 3

Gene Baker: 99
Herb Souell: 99
Hank Thompson: 99

Bot 3

John Britton: 99
Piper Davis: S
Willie Mays: 99
Ed Steele: S.1-2#
Jim Zapp: 99

Top 4

Willard Brown: S8.B-2(E8)#
Elston Howard: 99
Tom Cooper: 99
Curt Roberts: 99

Bot 4

Pepper Bassett: W
Joe Scott: 4(1)3/GDP#
Bill Powell: S
Artie Wilson: S.1-2#
John Britton: 99

Top 5

Earl Taborn: E5#
Jim LaMarque: 99
Gene Baker: 99
Herb Souell: 99

Bot 5

Piper Davis: S
Willie Mays: S.1-2
Ed Steele: E1/TH.2-3;1-2#
Jim Zapp: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Pepper Bassett: HP.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2
Joe Scott: 99(3)/FO.2-3;1-2
Bill Powell: 99
Artie Wilson: S.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2
John Britton: 99

Top 6

Hank Thompson: W
Willard Brown: SB2
Willard Brown: 99
Elston Howard: S.2-3#
Tom Cooper: 99
Curt Roberts: S.3-H;1-3;B-2(TH)#
Earl Taborn: S.3-H;2-H
Jim LaMarque: 99

Bot 6

Piper Davis: S
Willie Mays: 99
Ed Steele: 99
Jim Zapp: W.1-2
Pepper Bassett: 99

Top 7

Gene Baker: 99
Herb Souell: 99
Hank Thompson: 99

Bot 7

Joe Scott: D
Bill Powell: 99
Artie Wilson: 99
John Britton: 99

Top 8

Willard Brown: S
Elston Howard: SB2
Elston Howard: S.2-3#
Tom Cooper: 99
Curt Roberts: S.3-H;1-2#
Earl Taborn: 99
Jim LaMarque: 99

Bot 8

Piper Davis: W
Willie Mays: 99
Ed Steele: 99
Jim Zapp: 99

Top 9

Gene Baker: 99
Herb Souell: 99
Hank Thompson: 99

Bot 9

Pepper Bassett: D
Joe Scott: 99
Bill Greason: S.2-H
Artie Wilson: W.1-2#
John Britton: 99
Piper Davis: 99

Top 10

Willard Brown: 99
Elston Howard: 99
Buck O'Neil: 99

Bot 10

Willie Mays: W#
Ed Steele: 99
Jim Zapp: 99
Wiley Griggs: 99

Top 11

Curt Roberts: E4#
Earl Taborn: PO1(99)#
Earl Taborn: 99
Jim LaMarque: 99

Bot 11

Joe Scott: S
Jimmie Newberry: 6
Artie Wilson: W.1-2
John Britton: WP.2-3;1-2
John Britton: W
Piper Davis: 4
Willie Mays: S4.3-H;2-3;1-2

Notes & reviews

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

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