Homestead Grays 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 - 4 7 1 Chicago American Giants 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 5 0 BATTING Homestead Grays AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Jerry Benjamin cf 4 1 2 0 1 3 0 Javier Perez 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 Vic Harris lf 4 0 2 1 1 3 0 Josh Gibson c 4 2 2 1 1 3 0 Buck Leonard 1b 3 1 1 1 1 12 0 Jim Williams rf 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 Matt Carlisle 2b 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 Jelly Jackson ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 Louis Dula p 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 Totals 32 4 7 3 6 4 27 2 FIELDING - DP: 1. Buck Leonard, Matt Carlisle, Jelly Jackson. E: 1. Jelly Jackson. BATTING - 3B: Josh Gibson. HR: Josh Gibson. SH: Javier Perez, Jim Williams. Team LOB: 9 BASERUNNING - SB: Jerry Benjamin 2, Buck Leonard, Jelly Jackson. Chicago American Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Ted Bond 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 Herman Dunlap cf 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 Alex Radcliff ss 4 0 2 1 0 0 2 2 Subby Byas c 4 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 Wilson Redus lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jack Marshall rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Joe Sparks 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Luther Gilyard 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 Willie Cornelius p 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Willie Foster p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Totals 31 2 5 2 0 1 27 3 BATTING - 2B: Ted Bond. GDP: Alex Radcliff. Team LOB: 2 PITCHING Homestead Grays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Louis Dula W 9 5 2 2 0 1 0 31 Totals 9 5 2 2 0 1 0 31 Chicago American Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Willie Cornelius L 6.1 6 4 4 6 4 1 31 Willie Foster 2.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 Totals 9 7 4 4 6 4 1 40 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Roy Young, 1B - King Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 2900 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 8/29/1937, game 1 -- Homestead Grays at Chicago Am. Giants (D) Starting Lineups: Homestead Chicago 1. J.Benjamin cf T.Bond 3b 2. J.Perez 3b H.Dunlap cf 3. V.Harris lf A.Radcliff ss 4. J.Gibson c S.Byas c 5. B.Leonard 1b W.Redus lf 6. J.Williams rf J.Marshall rf 7. M.Carlisle 2b J.Sparks 2b 8. J.Jackson ss L.Gilyard 1b 9. L.Dula p W.Cornelius p GRAYS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; J.Benjamin out on unknown play; J.Perez out on unknown play; V.Harris walked; J.Gibson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 0, Am. Giants 0. AM. GIANTS 1ST: T.Bond out on unknown play; H.Dunlap singled; A.Radcliff grounded into a double play (J.Jackson to M.Carlisle to B.Leonard) [H.Dunlap out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 0, Am. Giants 0. GRAYS 2ND: B.Leonard out on unknown play; J.Williams out on unknown play; M.Carlisle out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 0, Am. Giants 0. AM. GIANTS 2ND: J.Jackson dropped a foul fly hit by S.Byas; S.Byas out on unknown play; W.Redus out on unknown play; J.Marshall out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Grays 0, Am. Giants 0. GRAYS 3RD: J.Jackson out on unknown play; L.Dula walked; J.Benjamin singled [L.Dula to second]; J.Perez out on unknown play; V.Harris out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Grays 0, Am. Giants 0. AM. GIANTS 3RD: J.Sparks out on unknown play; L.Gilyard out on unknown play; W.Cornelius out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 0, Am. Giants 0. GRAYS 4TH: J.Gibson tripled to left field; B.Leonard singled to right field [J.Gibson scored]; J.Williams out on unknown play; M.Carlisle out on unknown play; J.Jackson out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 1, Am. Giants 0. AM. GIANTS 4TH: T.Bond lined to V.Harris; H.Dunlap singled to center field; A.Radcliff singled to left-center [H.Dunlap to third]; S.Byas flied to J.Williams in foul territory [H.Dunlap scored]; W.Redus out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 1, Am. Giants 1. GRAYS 5TH: L.Dula out on unknown play; J.Benjamin walked; J.Benjamin stole second; J.Perez out on unknown play; V.Harris out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 1, Am. Giants 1. AM. GIANTS 5TH: J.Marshall out on unknown play; J.Sparks out on unknown play; L.Gilyard out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 1, Am. Giants 1. GRAYS 6TH: J.Gibson homered to leftfield; B.Leonard walked; J.Williams out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [B.Leonard to second]; M.Carlisle walked; J.Jackson forced M.Carlisle (unknown fielder) [B.Leonard to third, J.Jackson to first]; B.Leonard stole home and J.Jackson stole second; L.Dula grounded out (A.Radcliff to L.Gilyard); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 3, Am. Giants 1. AM. GIANTS 6TH: W.Cornelius out on unknown play; T.Bond out on unknown play; H.Dunlap out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 3, Am. Giants 1. GRAYS 7TH: J.Benjamin singled to first base; J.Benjamin stole second; J.Perez out on a sacrifice bunt (W.Cornelius to L.Gilyard) [J.Benjamin to third]; V.Harris singled to right field [J.Benjamin scored]; J.Gibson walked [V.Harris to second]; W.FOSTER REPLACED W.CORNELIUS (PITCHING); B.Leonard forced J.Gibson (A.Radcliff to J.Sparks) [V.Harris to third, B.Leonard to first]; J.Williams popped to A.Radcliff; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Grays 4, Am. Giants 1. AM. GIANTS 7TH: A.Radcliff out on unknown play; S.Byas out on unknown play; W.Redus out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 4, Am. Giants 1. GRAYS 8TH: M.Carlisle out on unknown play; J.Jackson out on unknown play; L.Dula out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 4, Am. Giants 1. AM. GIANTS 8TH: J.Marshall out on unknown play; J.Sparks out on unknown play; L.Gilyard out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 4, Am. Giants 1. GRAYS 9TH: J.Benjamin out on unknown play; J.Perez out on unknown play; V.Harris singled; J.Gibson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 4, Am. Giants 1. AM. GIANTS 9TH: W.Foster struck out; T.Bond doubled to left field; H.Dunlap flied to J.Benjamin; A.Radcliff singled to right field [T.Bond scored]; S.Byas flied to J.Benjamin; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 4, Am. Giants 2. Final Totals R H E LOB Grays 4 7 1 9 Am. Giants 2 5 0 2
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