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Homestead Grays (HOM) 14 Newark Eagles (NW2) 12

Game played on Monday, September 7, 1942 at Ruppert Stadium, Newark NJ
Regular-Season game

Homestead Grays                     1 0 0  2 4 1  0 5 1   -  14 13  1
Newark Eagles                       0 2 0  1 1 0  5 0 3   -  12 14  1

BATTING

Homestead Grays                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Jerry Benjamin cf                     4   3   2          1              
Sam Bankhead ss                       6   2   3    1     0              
Howard Easterling rf                  5   1   1          0              
  Roy Welmaker p                      0   0   0          1              
  Robert Gaston p                     0   0   0          0              
Josh Gibson c                         5   2   3          0              
Buck Leonard 1b                       3   2   2          2              
Jud Wilson 3b                         2   2   0          3              
Vic Harris lf                         5   1   2    1     0              
Matt Carlisle 2b                      4   0   0          1              
Johnny Wright p                       3   0   0          0              
  Ray Brown p, rf                     1   1   0          1         0   0
Totals                               38  14  13    2     9        27    

FIELDING -
E: 1.  Matt Carlisle. 

BATTING -
HR:  Sam Bankhead, Vic Harris. 
HBP:  Jerry Benjamin. 
Team LOB:  7

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Jerry Benjamin. 

Newark Eagles                        AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Murray Watkins ss                     4   1   1          1              
Leon Day cf                           5   1   1          0              
Ed Stone rf                           3   3   1          2              
Lennie Pearson 1b                     5   2   4          0              
Johnny Davis lf                       4   2   1          1              
Larry Doby 2b                         4   1   2          0              
  Mule Suttles ph                     1   0   0          0         0   0
Charlie Parks c                       4   2   3    5     1              
Leon Ruffin 3b                        5   0   1          0              
Willie Burns p                        1   0   0          0              
  Jimmy Hill ph, p                    1   0   0          0              
  Fred Hobgood p                      1   0   0          0              
  Leniel Hooker ph                    1   0   0          0         0   0
Totals                               39  12  14    5     5        27    

FIELDING -
E: 1.  Charlie Parks. 

BATTING -
2B:  Ed Stone, Lennie Pearson. 
3B:  Larry Doby, Charlie Parks. 
HR:  Charlie Parks 2. 
Team LOB:  5


PITCHING

Homestead Grays                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Johnny Wright                        6.1     9   9        3   0   1  31
Ray Brown W                          0.2     0   0        0   2   0  2
Roy Welmaker                         1.2     4   3        2   3   1  9
Robert Gaston                        0.1     1   0        0   0   0  2
Totals                               9      14  12        5   5   2  44


Newark Eagles                        IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Willie Burns                         4       2   3        5   1   0  17
Jimmy Hill L                         3.2     9  10        3   2   2  23
Fred Hobgood                         1.1     2   1        1   1   0  8
Totals                               9      13  14        9   4   2  48

HBP:  Willie Burns. 


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Umpires: HP - Fred McCreary, 1B -  Moore

Time of Game: 2:30   Attendance: 


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