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Memphis Red Sox @ Kansas City Monarchs

1948-08-08 · Day game · Municipal Stadium · 10 innings · Att: 6100 · 2:55

Memphis Red Sox defeated Kansas City Monarchs 9–7. Memphis Red Sox put up 5 in the 6th. Neil Robinson went 3-for-5 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
MEM	1	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	2	9	13
KCM	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	7	12

Memphis Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Joe Burt Scott	4	1	1	0	2	0
Willie Wells	3	0	1	0	0	0
Cowan Hyde	6	3	1	1	0	0
Bob Boyd	5	1	3	1	1	0
Neil Robinson	5	1	3	4	1	0
Casey Jones	5	0	0	0	0	0
Johnnie Cowan	3	1	1	0	2	0
Orlando Varona	4	0	2	0	1	0
Verdell Mathis	3	1	0	1	1	0
Willie Wells	3	1	1	2	0	1
Felix Evans	1	0	0	0	0	0

Kansas City Monarchs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Gene Baker	5	1	1	0	0	1
Herb Souell	5	1	1	0	0	0
Hank Thompson	4	0	2	1	1	0
Willard Brown	4	3	2	2	1	0
Elston Howard	5	1	1	1	0	0
Tom Cooper	4	0	2	2	1	0
Curt Roberts	5	0	0	1	0	0
Earl Taborn	4	0	1	0	1	1
Jim LaMarque	3	0	1	0	0	0
Gene Collins	1	1	1	0	0	0
Johnie Scott	1	0	0	0	0	1

Memphis Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Verdell Mathis	7.0	10	4	0
Felix Evans	3.0	2	0	3

Kansas City Monarchs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jim LaMarque	5.1	10	3	0
Gene Collins	2.2	2	3	0
Gene Richardson	2.0	1	2	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Joe Burt Scott: 99
Willie Wells: S
Cowan Hyde: 99(1)/FO
Bob Boyd: S.1-2
Neil Robinson: S.2-H;1-2
Casey Jones: 99

Bot 1

Gene Baker: 99
Herb Souell: S
Hank Thompson: S.1-2
Willard Brown: 99
Elston Howard: S.2-H;1-3
Tom Cooper: SB2
Tom Cooper: W
Curt Roberts: 99

Top 2

Johnnie Cowan: W
Orlando Varona: S.1-3
Verdell Mathis: SB2
Verdell Mathis: 99
Joe Burt Scott: 99
Willie Wells: 99

Bot 2

Earl Taborn: S
Jim LaMarque: S.1-2
Gene Baker: 99
Herb Souell: 99
Hank Thompson: 99

Top 3

Cowan Hyde: E3#
Bob Boyd: T.1-H(UR)
Neil Robinson: 99
Casey Jones: 99
Johnnie Cowan: W
Orlando Varona: PO1(E3).1-2#
Orlando Varona: 99

Bot 3

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

Top 4

Verdell Mathis: 99
Joe Burt Scott: W
Willie Wells: 99
Cowan Hyde: 99

Bot 4

Gene Baker: 99
Herb Souell: 99
Hank Thompson: W
Willard Brown: PO1(99)#

Top 5

Bob Boyd: 99
Neil Robinson: 99
Casey Jones: 99

Bot 5

Willard Brown: S
Elston Howard: E5.1-2#
Tom Cooper: S.2-H;1-3
Curt Roberts: 99.3-H(UR)
Earl Taborn: 99
Jim LaMarque: 99

Top 6

Johnnie Cowan: S
Orlando Varona: S.1-3
Verdell Mathis: 99(1)/FO.3-H
Joe Burt Scott: S.1-2
Willie Wells: D.2-H;1-H
Cowan Hyde: S.2-H
Bob Boyd: S.1-2
Neil Robinson: S.2-H;1-2
Casey Jones: 99
Johnnie Cowan: 99

Bot 6

Gene Baker: T
Herb Souell: 99
Hank Thompson: 99
Willard Brown: HR.3-H
Elston Howard: 99

Top 7

Orlando Varona: 99
Verdell Mathis: W
Joe Burt Scott: WP.1-2#
Joe Burt Scott: W
Willie Wells: 99
Cowan Hyde: 99

Bot 7

Tom Cooper: 99
Curt Roberts: 99
Earl Taborn: 99

Top 8

Bob Boyd: 99
Neil Robinson: W
Casey Jones: 99/SH.1-2#
Johnnie Cowan: 99

Bot 8

Gene Collins: S7
Gene Baker: 99/SH.1-2
Herb Souell: 6/P
Hank Thompson: S8.2-H
Willard Brown: 99

Top 9

Orlando Varona: W
Felix Evans: CS2(99)#
Felix Evans: 99
Joe Burt Scott: 99

Bot 9

Elston Howard: 99
Tom Cooper: 99
Curt Roberts: 99

Top 10

Willie Wells: K
Cowan Hyde: 13
Bob Boyd: W
Neil Robinson: SB2#
Neil Robinson: HR/7.2-H
Casey Jones: 99

Bot 10

Earl Taborn: K
Johnie Scott: K
Gene Baker: K

Notes & reviews

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

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