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Cleveland Buckeyes @ Kansas City Monarchs

1948-05-21 · Night game · Municipal Stadium · 2:30

Kansas City Monarchs defeated Cleveland Buckeyes 8–2. Kansas City Monarchs put up 3 in the 8th. Willard Brown went 2-for-5 with 2 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CVB	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	4
KCM	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	3		8	13

Cleveland Buckeyes — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Sam Jethroe	4	0	1	1	0	0
Archie Ware	3	0	1	0	1	0
Willie Grace	3	1	0	0	0	0
Leon Kellman	3	0	1	0	1	0
Al Smith	3	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Greene	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Reynolds	3	0	0	0	0	0
Tommy Harris	4	1	1	0	0	0
Webbo Clarke	2	0	0	0	0	0
George Jefferson	1	0	0	0	0	0
Chico Renfroe	1	0	0	0	0	1

Kansas City Monarchs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Curt Roberts	5	0	1	0	0
Herb Souell	4	1	1	0	1
Hank Thompson	5	2	2	0	0
Willard Brown	5	2	2	4	0
Johnie Scott	3	1	1	0	2
Buck O'Neil	4	0	0	0	1
Gene Baker	4	1	2	1	0
Earl Taborn	3	1	2	0	1
Ford Smith	3	0	2	3	0

Cleveland Buckeyes — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB
Webbo Clarke	5.0	5	2
Earnest Long	0.1	3	0
George Jefferson	1.1	3	2
John Brown	1.1	2	1

Kansas City Monarchs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ford Smith	9.0	4	2	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Sam Jethroe: 99
Archie Ware: 99
Willie Grace: 99

Bot 1

Curt Roberts: FLE2#
Curt Roberts: D
Herb Souell: 99
Hank Thompson: 99
Willard Brown: 99

Top 2

Leon Kellman: 99
Al Smith: HP#
Joe Greene: SB2
Joe Greene: 99
Bill Reynolds: 99

Bot 2

Johnie Scott: W
Buck O'Neil: 99
Gene Baker: S4.1-3(E4/TH);B-2#
Earl Taborn: 99
Ford Smith: 99

Top 3

Tommy Harris: 99
Webbo Clarke: 99
Sam Jethroe: 99

Bot 3

Curt Roberts: 99
Herb Souell: D
Hank Thompson: 99
Willard Brown: 99

Top 4

Archie Ware: W
Willie Grace: 99(1)/FO
Leon Kellman: D7.1-3
Al Smith: 99
Joe Greene: E3.3-H(NR)(UR);2-3#
Bill Reynolds: 99

Bot 4

Johnie Scott: W
Buck O'Neil: 99
Gene Baker: 99
Earl Taborn: S.1-2
Ford Smith: HP.2-3;1-2
Curt Roberts: 99

Top 5

Tommy Harris: 99
Webbo Clarke: 99
Sam Jethroe: 99

Bot 5

Herb Souell: 99
Hank Thompson: 99
Willard Brown: HR/78
Johnie Scott: 99

Top 6

Archie Ware: S
Willie Grace: 99/SH.1-2
Leon Kellman: W
Al Smith: 99
Joe Greene: 99

Bot 6

Buck O'Neil: 99
Gene Baker: S
Earl Taborn: S.1-2
Ford Smith: D.2-H;1-H
Curt Roberts: 99
Herb Souell: 99

Top 7

Bill Reynolds: 99
Tommy Harris: D
George Jefferson: 99
Sam Jethroe: D.2-H
Archie Ware: 99

Bot 7

Hank Thompson: S
Willard Brown: 99
Johnie Scott: S.1-2
Buck O'Neil: W.2-3;1-2#
Gene Baker: 99/SH.3-H;2-3;1-2#
Earl Taborn: W
Ford Smith: S.3-H;2-3;1-2#
Curt Roberts: 99

Top 8

Willie Grace: 99
Leon Kellman: 99
Al Smith: 99

Bot 8

Herb Souell: W
Hank Thompson: D9.1-3
Willard Brown: HR/7.3-H;2-H
Johnie Scott: 99
Buck O'Neil: 99
Gene Baker: 99

Top 9

Joe Greene: 99
Chico Renfroe: K
Tommy Harris: 99

Notes & reviews

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

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