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Homestead Grays (HOM) 3 Memphis Red Sox (MEM) 1

Game played on Sunday, September 8, 1940 (D) at Yankee Stadium I, New York NY
Exhibition game

Memphis Red Sox                     0 0 0  0 0 0  0 1 0   -   1  5  0
Homestead Grays                     0 0 0  2 0 0  0 1 x   -   3  7  1

BATTING

Memphis Red Sox                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Fred Bankhead 2b                      4   0   0          0         0   2
Marlin Carter 3b                      1   0   0          3         1   1
Red Longley cf                        2   0   0          0         0   0
  Casey Jones ph, cf                  1   0   0          0         1   0
Lafayette Dumas lf                    4   0   0          0         1   0
  Felix Evans lf                      0   0   0          0         0   0
Jelly Taylor 1b                       4   0   1          0        10   1
Larry Brown c                         4   0   1          0         6   1
Bill Bradford rf                      1   0   0          0         0   0
  Eugene Bremer ph, rf                2   0   0          1         4   0
T.J. Brown ss                         3   1   1          0         0   1
Verdell Mathis p                      3   0   2          0         1   3
Totals                               29   1   5          4        24   9


BATTING -
SH:  Red Longley. 
Team LOB:  6


Homestead Grays                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
David Whatley rf                      4   2   2          0         2   0
Vic Harris lf                         3   0   1          0         1   1
Howard Easterling cf                  3   1   1          0         3   0
Buck Leonard 1b                       3   0   1          0        13   0
Jud Wilson 3b                         3   0   0          0         2   0
Matt Carlisle 2b                      3   0   1          0         1   4
George Britt c                        3   0   0          0         4   1
Jelly Jackson ss                      3   0   0          0         1   3
Ray Brown p                           3   0   1          0         0   3
Totals                               28   3   7          0        27  12

FIELDING -
E: 1.  Ray Brown. 

BATTING -
2B:  David Whatley, Buck Leonard. 
SH:  Vic Harris. 
Team LOB:  2


PITCHING

Memphis Red Sox                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Verdell Mathis L                     8       7   3        0   5   0  29
Totals                               8       7   3        0   5   0  29


Homestead Grays                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Ray Brown W                          9       5   1        4   4   0  34
Totals                               9       5   1        4   4   0  34



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Umpires: HP - Fred McCreary, 1B - Cool Turner, 3B - James Crump

Time of Game: ?   Attendance: 15000


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