Chicago 5, Kansas City 2 in fifth annual Integrated Baseball All-Star Game

Sept. 8, 1923 (KANSAS CITY, Mo.) - A flurry of bunts and stolen bases helped right-handed pitcher Bill "Plunk" Drake get the win and left-handed pitcher Andy Cooper get the save for Chicago in a 5-2 victory over Kansas City at Muehlebach Field in Kansas City, Missouri, in the fifth annual annual Integrated Baseball All-Star Game with teams of players from the National League, American League, Negro National League, and other negro leagues.

Bill "Plunk" Drake

Chicago's center fielder and lead-off hitter Oscar Charleston scored in the first inning after reaching base on a single and then stealing second so that third baseman Ghost Marcelle could knock him to third on a sacrifice bunt, and then first baseman Bill Terry sent Charleston home on a sacrifice fly to right field.

Chicago extended its lead in the top of the second when right fielder Ross Youngs reached second on a double, shortstop Dave Bancroft moved him to third on a sacrifice bunt, and catcher Frank Duncan sent him home on a single.

Kansas City answered in the bottom of the second when first baseman Jim Bottomley hit a triple and third baseman Pie Traynor sent him home by reaching first on a squeeze bunt.

In the bottom of the third, Kansas City tied it up on a home run by right fielder Babe Ruth.

The game broke open in the top of the seventh after Chicago shortstop Joe Sewell hit a double, Duncan followed with a single, and Drake reached first on a bunt to score Sewell. Kansas City starting right-handed pitcher Red Faber then walked Chicago center fielder Chaney White. Then with no outs and bases loaded, third baseman Marcelle hit into a 6-4-3 double play to score Duncan, and Drake crossed the plate when Terry hit a bouncer to center field where Kansas City's center fielder Bullet Joe Rogan missed the hop.

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Chicago

STARTING LINEUP

Oscar Charleston cf. (nl Harrisburg Giants)

Gost Marcelle 3b. (nl New York Lincoln Giants)

Bill Terry 1b. (NL New York Giants)

Goose Goslin lf. (AL Washington Senators)

Charlie Gehringer 2b. (AL Detroit Tigers)

Ross Youngs rf. (NL New York Giants)

Dave Bancroft ss. (NL Boston Braves)

Frank Duncan c. (NNL Kansas City Monarchs)

Bill Drake p. (NNL Kansas City Monarchs)

SUBSTITUTIONS

Chaney White cf. (nl Washington Potomacs)

Frank Warfield 2b. (nl. Hilldale Club)

Jelly Roll Gardner rf. (NNL Chicago American Giants)

Joe Sewell ss. (AL Cleveland Indians)

Martin Dihigo p. (nl Cuban Stars East)

Andy Cooper p. (NNL Detroit Stars)

Kansas City

STARTING LINEUP

Fats Jenkins lf. (nl. Harrisburg Giants)

Babe Ruth rf. (AL New York Yankees)

Rogers Hornsby 2b. (NL St. Louis Cardinals)

Dobie Moore ss. (NNL Kansas City Monarchs)

Alejandro Oms cf. (nl Cuban Stars East)

Jim Bottomley 1b. (NL St. Louis Cardinals)

Pie Traynor 3b. (NL Pittsburgh Pirates)

Larry Brown c. (NNL Memphis Red Sox)

Red Faber p. (AL Chicago White Sox)

SUBSTITUTIONS

Tom Williams p. (NNL Chicago American Giants)

Dick Lundy ss. (nl Atlantic City Bacharach Giants)

Bullet Joe Rogan cf. (NNL Kansas City Monarchs)

Tank Carr 1b. (nl. Hilldale Club)

Frankie Frisch 3b. (NL New York Giants)

Charles Blackwell rf. (NNL St. Louis Stars)

Dobie Moore ph. (NNL Kansas City Monarchs)

Big Bill Foster p. (NNL Chicago American Giants)