New York Black Yankees 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 6 - 10 13 2 Homestead Grays 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 - 4 13 1 BATTING New York Black Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Marvin Barker cf, 2b 6 0 0 0 0 3 1 Johnny Washington 1b 5 1 1 0 0 13 0 Fats Jenkins lf 5 2 3 0 0 1 0 Zollie Wright rf, 3b 3 2 1 1 1 0 1 Josh Johnson c 5 2 2 1 0 7 1 Walter Cannady 3b, ss 5 1 3 1 0 1 2 Leroy Morney ss 3 0 1 0 0 2 5 Thad Christopher ph, rf 1 2 1 4 1 1 0 David Campbell 2b 2 0 0 0 1 2 4 Goose Curry ph, cf 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 Barney Brown p 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 Roy K. Williams p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Neck Stanley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bill Holland ph, p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 42 10 13 10 3 5 30 14 FIELDING - E: 2. Johnny Washington, Walter Cannady. BATTING - HR: Thad Christopher. SH: Zollie Wright. Team LOB: 6 BASERUNNING - SB: Josh Johnson, Walter Cannady. Homestead Grays AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Jerry Benjamin cf 5 2 4 0 0 2 0 Matt Carlisle ss, 2b 5 0 1 1 0 2 2 Vic Harris 2b, lf 5 0 2 1 0 1 0 Josh Gibson 1b, c 5 2 2 0 0 1 9 1 Jim Williams rf 5 0 1 1 0 3 0 Henry Spearman 3b 5 0 1 0 0 1 1 Tommie Dukes c, 1b 5 0 1 1 0 9 0 Ray Brown lf, p 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 Roy Partlow p 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 Jelly Jackson ss 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 Totals 43 4 13 4 0 5 30 12 FIELDING - DP: 1. Matt Carlisle, Tommie Dukes, Roy Partlow. E: 1. Matt Carlisle. BATTING - 2B: Josh Gibson. 3B: Jerry Benjamin, Vic Harris. Team LOB: 9 BASERUNNING - SB: Jerry Benjamin. PITCHING New York Black Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Barney Brown 8 11 4 4 0 0 0 35 Roy K. Williams 0.2 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 Neck Stanley W 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 Bill Holland SV 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 Totals 10 13 4 4 0 5 0 43 Homestead Grays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Roy Partlow 8.2 7 4 4 3 1 0 36 Ray Brown L 1.1 6 6 6 0 1 10 Totals 10 13 10 10 3 5 1 46 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - John Craig, 1B - Mo Harris Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 0 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Saturday, 7/16/1938, game 1 -- New York Black Yankees at Homestead Grays (D) Starting Lineups: New York Homestead 1. M.Barker cf J.Benjamin cf 2. J.Washington 1b M.Carlisle ss 3. F.Jenkins lf V.Harris 2b 4. Z.Wright rf J.Gibson 1b 5. J.Johnson c J.Williams rf 6. W.Cannady 3b H.Spearman 3b 7. L.Morney ss T.Dukes c 8. D.Campbell 2b R.Brown lf 9. B.Brown p R.Partlow p BLACK YANKEES 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; M.Barker out on unknown play; J.Washington out on unknown play; F.Jenkins singled; Z.Wright out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Yankees 0, Grays 0. GRAYS 1ST: J.Benjamin tripled; M.Carlisle singled [J.Benjamin scored]; V.Harris out on unknown play; J.Gibson out on unknown play; J.Williams out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Yankees 0, Grays 1. BLACK YANKEES 2ND: J.Johnson out on unknown play; W.Cannady singled; W.Cannady stole second; L.Morney out on unknown play; D.Campbell out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Yankees 0, Grays 1. GRAYS 2ND: H.Spearman out on unknown play; T.Dukes out on unknown play; R.Brown singled; R.Brown was picked off first, but was safe on an error by J.Washington [R.Brown to second]; R.Partlow out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Black Yankees 0, Grays 1. BLACK YANKEES 3RD: B.Brown out on unknown play; M.Barker out on unknown play; J.Washington out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Yankees 0, Grays 1. GRAYS 3RD: 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. Black Yankees 0, Grays 1. BLACK YANKEES 4TH: F.Jenkins singled; Z.Wright out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [F.Jenkins to second]; J.Johnson out on unknown play; W.Cannady singled [F.Jenkins scored]; L.Morney singled [W.Cannady to second]; D.Campbell out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Yankees 1, Grays 1. GRAYS 4TH: J.Gibson doubled; J.Williams singled [J.Gibson scored]; H.Spearman out on unknown play; T.Dukes out on unknown play; R.Brown out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Yankees 1, Grays 2. BLACK YANKEES 5TH: B.Brown out on unknown play; M.Barker out on unknown play; J.Washington out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Yankees 1, Grays 2. GRAYS 5TH: R.Partlow out on unknown play; J.Benjamin singled; J.Benjamin stole second; M.Carlisle out on unknown play; V.Harris tripled [J.Benjamin scored]; J.Gibson out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Yankees 1, Grays 3. BLACK YANKEES 6TH: F.Jenkins out on unknown play; Z.Wright out on unknown play; J.Johnson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Yankees 1, Grays 3. GRAYS 6TH: J.Williams out on unknown play; H.Spearman out on unknown play; T.Dukes out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Yankees 1, Grays 3. BLACK YANKEES 7TH: W.Cannady reached on an error by M.Carlisle [W.Cannady to first]; L.Morney out on unknown play; D.Campbell walked [W.Cannady to second]; B.Brown hit into a double play (M.Carlisle to T.Dukes to R.Partlow to M.Carlisle) [W.Cannady scored (no RBI), B.Brown to first]; 1 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Black Yankees 1, Grays 3. GRAYS 7TH: R.Brown out on unknown play; R.Partlow out on unknown play; J.Benjamin singled to third base [J.Benjamin to second (error by W.Cannady)]; M.Carlisle out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Black Yankees 1, Grays 3. BLACK YANKEES 8TH: M.Barker out on unknown play; J.Washington out on unknown play; F.Jenkins out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Yankees 1, Grays 3. GRAYS 8TH: V.Harris out on unknown play; J.Gibson singled; J.Williams out on unknown play; H.Spearman singled [J.Gibson to second]; T.Dukes singled [J.Gibson scored, H.Spearman to second]; R.Brown out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Yankees 1, Grays 4. BLACK YANKEES 9TH: Z.Wright walked; J.Johnson singled [Z.Wright to third]; J.Johnson stole second; W.Cannady out on unknown play; T.CHRISTOPHER BATTED FOR L.MORNEY; T.Christopher walked; G.CURRY BATTED FOR D.CAMPBELL; G.Curry out on unknown play [Z.Wright scored, J.Johnson to third, T.Christopher to second]; B.Brown singled [J.Johnson scored, T.Christopher scored]; J.JACKSON REPLACED R.PARTLOW (PLAYING SS); M.CARLISLE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); V.HARRIS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); R.BROWN CHANGED POSITIONS (PITCHING); M.Barker out on unknown play; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Yankees 4, Grays 4. GRAYS 9TH: R.WILLIAMS REPLACED B.BROWN (PITCHING); M.BARKER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); Z.WRIGHT CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); W.CANNADY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); T.CHRISTOPHER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); G.CURRY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); J.Jackson out on unknown play; J.Benjamin singled; M.Carlisle out on unknown play; V.Harris singled [J.Benjamin to second]; N.STANLEY REPLACED R.WILLIAMS (PITCHING); J.Gibson struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Yankees 4, Grays 4. BLACK YANKEES 10TH: J.GIBSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C); T.DUKES CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); J.Washington singled; F.Jenkins singled [J.Washington to second]; Z.Wright singled [J.Washington scored, F.Jenkins to second]; J.Johnson singled [F.Jenkins scored, Z.Wright to second]; W.Cannady singled [Z.Wright to third, J.Johnson to second]; T.Christopher homered [Z.Wright scored, J.Johnson scored, W.Cannady scored]; G.Curry out on unknown play; B.HOLLAND BATTED FOR N.STANLEY; B.Holland out on unknown play; M.Barker out on unknown play; 6 R, 6 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Yankees 10, Grays 4. GRAYS 10TH: B.HOLLAND STAYED IN GAME (PITCHING); J.Williams out on unknown play; H.Spearman out on unknown play; T.Dukes out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Yankees 10, Grays 4. Final Totals R H E LOB Black Yankees 10 13 2 6 Grays 4 13 1 9
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