Homestead Grays 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 - 5 8 0 Newark Eagles 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 - 6 10 2 BATTING Homestead Grays AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Jerry Benjamin cf 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Rap Dixon rf 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 Vic Harris lf 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 Buck Leonard 1b 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 Tarcat Terry 2b 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 Henry Spearman 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Tommie Dukes c 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 Pepper Bassett c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Matt Carlisle ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Willie Gisentaner ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Jelly Jackson ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ray Brown p 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 36 5 8 5 4 0 25 0 BATTING - 2B: Rap Dixon, Ray Brown. Team LOB: 8 Newark Eagles AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Paul Dixon cf 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Thad Christopher lf 4 2 2 3 1 0 0 0 Ed Stone rf 3 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 Mule Suttles 1b 4 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 Harry Williams 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Willie Wells ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Ray Dandridge 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Johnny Hayes c 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Leon Ruffin c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bob Evans p 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 William Bell p 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 35 6 10 6 5 0 27 0 FIELDING - E: 2. Harry Williams, Johnny Hayes. BATTING - 2B: Thad Christopher, Mule Suttles, Willie Wells, William Bell. HR: Thad Christopher, Ed Stone. Team LOB: 9 PITCHING Homestead Grays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Ray Brown L 8.1 10 6 6 5 0 2 40 Totals 8.1 10 6 6 5 0 2 40 Newark Eagles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Bob Evans 7 5 4 4 4 0 0 31 William Bell W 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 9 Totals 9 8 5 5 4 0 0 40 Bob Evans pitched to 2 batters in the 8th inning Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Turner, 1B - Bert Gholston Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 3000 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 7/19/1936, game 1 -- Homestead Grays at Newark Eagles (D) Starting Lineups: Homestead Newark 1. J.Benjamin cf P.Dixon cf 2. R.Dixon rf T.Christopher lf 3. V.Harris lf E.Stone rf 4. B.Leonard 1b M.Suttles 1b 5. T.Terry 2b H.Williams 2b 6. H.Spearman 3b W.Wells ss 7. T.Dukes c R.Dandridge 3b 8. M.Carlisle ss J.Hayes c 9. R.Brown p B.Evans p GRAYS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; J.Hayes dropped a foul fly hit by J.Benjamin; J.Benjamin out on unknown play; R.Dixon out on unknown play; V.Harris out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Grays 0, Eagles 0. EAGLES 1ST: P.Dixon out on unknown play; T.Christopher walked; E.Stone homered [T.Christopher scored]; M.Suttles singled; H.Williams out on unknown play; W.Wells out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 0, Eagles 2. GRAYS 2ND: B.Leonard walked; T.Terry out on unknown play; H.Spearman out on unknown play; T.Dukes out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 0, Eagles 2. EAGLES 2ND: R.Dandridge singled; J.Hayes out on unknown play; B.Evans out on unknown play; P.Dixon out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 0, Eagles 2. GRAYS 3RD: M.Carlisle out on unknown play; R.Brown doubled; J.Benjamin out on unknown play; R.Dixon doubled [R.Brown scored]; V.Harris walked; B.Leonard out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Grays 1, Eagles 2. EAGLES 3RD: T.Christopher out on unknown play; E.Stone out on unknown play; M.Suttles singled; H.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 1, Eagles 2. GRAYS 4TH: T.Terry out on unknown play; H.Spearman out on unknown play; T.Dukes out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 1, Eagles 2. EAGLES 4TH: W.Wells doubled; R.Dandridge out on unknown play; J.Hayes out on unknown play; B.Evans out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 1, Eagles 2. GRAYS 5TH: M.Carlisle out on unknown play; R.Brown out on unknown play; J.Benjamin out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 1, Eagles 2. EAGLES 5TH: P.Dixon out on unknown play; T.Christopher homered; E.Stone out on unknown play; M.Suttles out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 1, Eagles 3. GRAYS 6TH: R.Dixon reached on an error by H.Williams [R.Dixon to first]; V.Harris out on unknown play; B.Leonard out on unknown play; T.Terry out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Grays 1, Eagles 3. EAGLES 6TH: H.Williams out on unknown play; W.Wells out on unknown play; R.Dandridge out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 1, Eagles 3. GRAYS 7TH: H.Spearman singled; T.Dukes walked [H.Spearman to second]; M.Carlisle out on unknown play; R.Brown out on unknown play; J.Benjamin singled [H.Spearman scored, T.Dukes to second]; R.Dixon out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Grays 2, Eagles 3. EAGLES 7TH: J.Hayes out on unknown play; B.Evans walked; P.Dixon singled [B.Evans to second]; T.Christopher doubled [B.Evans scored, P.Dixon scored]; E.Stone walked; M.Suttles walked [T.Christopher to third, E.Stone to second]; H.Williams out on unknown play; W.Wells out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Grays 2, Eagles 5. GRAYS 8TH: V.Harris walked; B.Leonard singled [V.Harris to second]; W.BELL REPLACED B.EVANS (PITCHING); T.Terry singled [V.Harris scored, B.Leonard to second]; H.Spearman out on unknown play; T.Dukes singled [B.Leonard scored, T.Terry to second]; W.GISENTANER BATTED FOR M.CARLISLE; W.Gisentaner singled [T.Terry scored, T.Dukes to second]; R.Brown out on unknown play; J.Benjamin out on unknown play; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Grays 5, Eagles 5. EAGLES 8TH: P.BASSETT REPLACED T.DUKES (PLAYING C); J.JACKSON REPLACED W.GISENTANER (PLAYING SS); R.Dandridge out on unknown play; J.Hayes out on unknown play; W.Bell doubled; P.Dixon out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 5, Eagles 5. GRAYS 9TH: L.RUFFIN REPLACED J.HAYES (PLAYING C); R.Dixon out on unknown play; V.Harris out on unknown play; B.Leonard out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 5, Eagles 5. EAGLES 9TH: T.Christopher flied to R.Dixon; E.Stone walked; M.Suttles doubled to right-center [E.Stone scored]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 5, Eagles 6. Final Totals R H E LOB Grays 5 8 0 8 Eagles 6 10 2 9
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