Memphis Red Sox 6 – 5 Kansas City Monarchs
4 August 1949 · OMA03
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60 | 5-6-7 runs-hits-errors line | Kansas City Monarchs | 1 in 74,643 games |
| 23 | 10 strikeouts | Jim LaMarque | 1 in 113 pitcher-games |
| 17 | final score 6–5 | 1 in 32 games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memphis Red Sox | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 3 |
| Kansas City Monarchs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
Box score
Memphis Red Sox batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Burt Scott | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Willie Wells | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jose Colas | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Pedro Formental | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Orlando Varona | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Casey Jones | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Verdell Mathis | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3B |
| Johnnie Cowan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Thompson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 36 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
Memphis Red Sox pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Thompson | 9.0 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
Kansas City Monarchs batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Baker | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Herb Souell | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bonnie Serrell | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Willard Brown | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3B |
| Elston Howard | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Curt Roberts | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Cooper | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Buck O`Neil | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vane Biggs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim LaMarque | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 33 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Kansas City Monarchs pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim LaMarque | 9.0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 10 |