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Homestead Grays (HOM) 8 Philadelphia Stars (PH5) 6

Game played on Tuesday, August 18, 1936 (N) at Lakeside Park, Canton OH
Regular-Season game

Philadelphia Stars                  0 0 2  0 2 0  1 1 0   -   6 10  3
Homestead Grays                     1 0 0  1 0 0  4 2 x   -   8  9  2

BATTING

Philadelphia Stars                   AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Ted Page rf                           3   2   0    0     1         0   0
Roy Parnell lf                        1   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Jake Dunn ph, lf                    3   2   3    2     1         0   0
Turkey Stearnes cf                    5   0   1    3     0         0   0
Jud Wilson 1b                         3   1   2    0     1         0   0
Dewey Creacy 3b                       4   0   2    0     0         0   0
Obie Lackey 2b                        4   0   0    1     0         0   0
Bill Yancey ss                        4   0   1    0     0         0   0
Larry Brown c                         4   0   1    0     0         1   0
Rocky Ellis p                         2   1   0    0     1         0   0
  Charlie Beverly p                   1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               34   6  10    6     4   3    24   0

FIELDING -
E: 3.  Jake Dunn, Bill Yancey, Rocky Ellis. 

BATTING -
HR:  Jake Dunn. 
HBP:  Ted Page. 
GDP:  Jud Wilson. 
Team LOB:  6

BASERUNNING -
CS:  Dewey Creacy. 

Homestead Grays                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Jerry Benjamin cf                     5   1   2    0     0         0   0
Matt Carlisle 2b, ss                  5   2   2    1     0         1   1
Vic Harris lf, 3b                     5   1   2    2     0   1     0   0
Buck Leonard 1b                       4   2   2    3     0         1   0
Tarcat Terry 3b, 2b                   3   0   0    0     1         1   0
Ray Brown rf                          4   0   1    0     0         0   0
Tommie Dukes c                        2   0   0    1     0         0   0
  Pepper Bassett c                    1   1   0    0     1         0   1
Jelly Jackson ss                      1   0   0    0     0         0   1
  Joe Strong ph, lf                   2   0   0    0     0         0   0
Edsall Walker p                       2   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Willie Gisentaner p                 2   1   0    0     0         0   0
  Roy Welmaker p                      0   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               36   8   9    7     2   7    27   3

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Matt Carlisle, Buck Leonard, Jelly Jackson. 
E: 2.  Buck Leonard, Tarcat Terry. 
PB: 1.  Tommie Dukes. 

BATTING -
2B:  Matt Carlisle. 
HR:  Buck Leonard. 
SH:  Jelly Jackson. 
Team LOB:  7

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Buck Leonard. 

PITCHING

Philadelphia Stars                   IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Rocky Ellis L                        7.1     9   8    6   2   6   1  37
Charlie Beverly                      0.2     0   0    0   0   1   0  2
Totals                               8       9   8    6   2   7   1  39


Homestead Grays                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Edsall Walker                        5       5   4    3   3   1   0  22
Willie Gisentaner W                  3.2     5   2    2   1   2   1  16
Roy Welmaker SV                      0.1     0   0    0   0   0   0  1
Totals                               9      10   6    5   4   3   1  39

HBP:  Edsall Walker. 


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Umpires: HP -  Turner, 1B -  Babcock

Time of Game: 1:56   Attendance: 0

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Tuesday, 8/18/1936 -- Philadelphia Stars at Homestead
Grays (N)

Starting Lineups:

   Philadelphia                  Homestead                     
1. T.Page              rf        J.Benjamin          cf        
2. R.Parnell           lf        M.Carlisle          2b        
3. T.Stearnes          cf        V.Harris            lf        
4. J.Wilson            1b        B.Leonard           1b        
5. D.Creacy            3b        T.Terry             3b        
6. O.Lackey            2b        R.Brown             rf        
7. B.Yancey            ss        T.Dukes             c         
8. L.Brown             c         J.Jackson           ss        
9. R.Ellis             p         E.Walker            p         

STARS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and
box sc I need to re-work this game to give PH5 a run in the 7th
inn; B.Leonard dropped a foul fly hit by T.Page; T.Page out on
unknown play; R.Parnell out on unknown play; T.Stearnes out on
unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Stars 0, Grays 0.

GRAYS 1ST: J.Benjamin out on unknown play; M.Carlisle doubled;
V.Harris singled [M.Carlisle scored]; B.Leonard out on unknown
play; T.Terry out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Stars
0, Grays 1.

STARS 2ND: J.Wilson singled; D.Creacy out on unknown play;
O.Lackey out on unknown play; B.Yancey singled [J.Wilson to
second]; L.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Stars 0, Grays 1.

GRAYS 2ND: R.Brown singled; T.Dukes out on unknown play;
J.Jackson out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [R.Brown to
second]; E.Walker out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Stars 0, Grays 1.

STARS 3RD: R.Ellis walked; T.Page was hit by a pitch [R.Ellis
to second]; J.DUNN BATTED FOR R.PARNELL; J.Dunn singled (unknown
fielder) [R.Ellis scored, T.Page to third, J.Dunn out at
second]; T.Stearnes out on unknown play [T.Page scored];
J.Wilson walked; D.Creacy out on unknown play; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Stars 2, Grays 1.

GRAYS 3RD: J.DUNN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); J.Benjamin out
on unknown play; M.Carlisle out on unknown play; V.Harris out on
unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Stars 2, Grays 1.

STARS 4TH: O.Lackey out on unknown play; B.Yancey out on
unknown play; L.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Stars 2, Grays 1.

GRAYS 4TH: B.Leonard singled; B.Leonard stole second; T.Terry
out on unknown play; R.Brown reached on a fielder's choice
[B.Leonard to third]; T.Dukes out on unknown play [B.Leonard
scored]; J.Jackson out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Stars 2, Grays 2.

STARS 5TH: R.Ellis out on unknown play; T.Page walked; J.Dunn
singled [T.Page to second]; T.Dukes allowed a passed ball
[T.Page to third, J.Dunn to second]; T.Stearnes singled [T.Page
scored, J.Dunn scored (unearned)]; J.Wilson grounded into a
double play (J.Jackson to M.Carlisle to B.Leonard) [T.Stearnes
out at second]; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Stars 4, Grays 2.

GRAYS 5TH: E.Walker out on unknown play; J.Benjamin reached on
an error by R.Ellis [J.Benjamin to first]; M.Carlisle out on
unknown play; V.Harris out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Stars 4, Grays 2.

STARS 6TH: W.GISENTANER REPLACED E.WALKER (PITCHING); P.BASSETT
REPLACED T.DUKES (PLAYING C); D.Creacy singled; O.Lackey out on
unknown play; B.Yancey out on unknown play; L.Brown out on
unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Stars 4, Grays 2.

GRAYS 6TH: B.Leonard out on unknown play; T.Terry walked;
R.Brown out on unknown play; P.Bassett walked [T.Terry to
second]; J.STRONG BATTED FOR J.JACKSON; J.Strong out on unknown
play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Stars 4, Grays 2.

STARS 7TH: M.CARLISLE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); V.HARRIS
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); T.TERRY CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING 2B); J.STRONG STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); R.Ellis out
on unknown play; T.Page out on unknown play; J.Dunn homered to
leftfield; T.Stearnes out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Stars 5, Grays 2.

GRAYS 7TH: W.Gisentaner out on unknown play; J.Benjamin
singled; M.Carlisle singled [J.Benjamin to second]; V.Harris
singled [J.Benjamin scored, M.Carlisle to second]; B.Leonard
homered to rightfield [M.Carlisle scored, V.Harris scored];
T.Terry out on unknown play; R.Brown out on unknown play; 4 R, 4
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Stars 5, Grays 6.

STARS 8TH: J.Wilson singled; D.Creacy singled [J.Wilson to
third]; O.Lackey out on unknown play [J.Wilson scored]; D.Creacy
was caught stealing second (P.Bassett to T.Terry); B.Yancey out
on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Stars 6, Grays 6.

GRAYS 8TH: P.Bassett reached on an error by J.Dunn [P.Bassett
to second]; J.Strong out on unknown play; W.Gisentaner reached
on an error by B.Yancey [P.Bassett scored (unearned) (no RBI),
W.Gisentaner to first]; J.Benjamin singled [W.Gisentaner to
third]; C.BEVERLY REPLACED R.ELLIS (PITCHING); M.Carlisle out on
unknown play [W.Gisentaner scored (unearned)]; V.Harris struck
out; 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Stars 6, Grays 8.

STARS 9TH: L.Brown singled to second base [L.Brown to second
(error by T.Terry)]; C.Beverly out on unknown play; T.Page out
on unknown play; J.Dunn walked; R.WELMAKER REPLACED W.GISENTANER
(PITCHING); T.Stearnes out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Stars 6, Grays 8.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Stars            6  10   3   6
 Grays            8   9   2   7


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