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Homestead Grays (HOM) 5 Newark Eagles (NW2) 1

Game played on Sunday, April 25, 1943 (D) at Griffith Stadium, Washington DC
Exhibition game

Newark Eagles                       0 1 0  0 0 0  0  -   1  1  1
Homestead Grays                     0 0 0  0 2 3  x  -   5  8  0

BATTING

Newark Eagles                        AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Leon Day 2b                           1   0   0    0     2   0     1   2
Wilmore Williams rf                   3   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Larry Doby ss                         3   0   0    0     0   0     1   2
Lennie Pearson 1b                     2   0   0    0     1   0     2   0
Johnny Davis lf                       3   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
James Brown cf                        3   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Larry St. Thomas c                    2   1   0    0     1   0     0   0
Austin Davis 3b                       1   0   0    0     1   0     0   0
Fred Hobgood p                        2   0   1    1     0   0     0   0
Totals                               20   1   1    1     5   0    18   4

FIELDING -
DP: 2.  Leon Day 2, Larry Doby 2, Lennie Pearson 2. 
E: 1.  Leon Day. 

BATTING -
GDP:  Leon Day. 
Team LOB:  3

BASERUNNING -
CS:  Leon Day. 

Homestead Grays                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Cool Papa Bell cf                     4   1   3    1     0   0     0   0
Jerry Benjamin lf                     0   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
  Josh Gibson lf                      1   1   0    0     2   0     0   0
Buck Leonard 1b                       3   0   0    0     0   0     1   0
Robert Gaston c                       3   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Sam Bankhead ss                       3   0   2    0     0   0     1   1
Jud Wilson 3b                         3   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Joe Spencer 2b                        3   1   2    0     0   0     0   1
Frank Williams rf                     3   1   0    0     0   0     0   0
Charlie Shields p                     3   1   1    2     0   0     0   0
Totals                               26   5   8    3     2   0    21   2

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Buck Leonard, Sam Bankhead, Joe Spencer. 

BATTING -
3B:  Charlie Shields. 
HBP:  Jerry Benjamin. 
GDP:  Buck Leonard, Frank Williams. 
Team LOB:  6

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Cool Papa Bell. 

PITCHING

Newark Eagles                        IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Fred Hobgood L                       6       8   5    3   2   0   0  29
Totals                               6       8   5    3   2   0   0  29

HBP:  Fred Hobgood. 

Homestead Grays                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Charlie Shields W                    7       1   1    1   5   0   0  25
Totals                               7       1   1    1   5   0   0  25



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Umpires: HP - Ed Kemp, 1B - Script Lee

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 11000

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 4/25/1943, game 2 -- Newark Eagles at Homestead
Grays (D)

Starting Lineups:

   Newark                        Homestead                     
1. L.Day               2b        C.Bell              cf        
2. W.Williams          rf        J.Benjamin          lf        
3. L.Doby              ss        B.Leonard           1b        
4. L.Pearson           1b        R.Gaston            c         
5. J.Davis             lf        S.Bankhead          ss        
6. J.Brown             cf        J.Wilson            3b        
7. L.St. Thomas        c         J.Spencer           2b        
8. A.Davis             3b        F.Williams          rf        
9. F.Hobgood           p         C.Shields           p         

EAGLES 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and
box sc; L.Day walked; W.Williams out on unknown play; L.Doby out
on unknown play; L.Pearson walked [L.Day to second]; J.Davis out
on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Eagles 0, Grays 0.

GRAYS 1ST: C.Bell singled; C.Bell stole second; J.Benjamin was
hit by a pitch; B.Leonard grounded into a double play (L.Day to
L.Doby to L.Pearson) [C.Bell to third, J.Benjamin out at
second]; R.Gaston out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Eagles 0, Grays 0.

EAGLES 2ND: J.GIBSON REPLACED J.BENJAMIN (PLAYING LF); J.Brown
out on unknown play; L.St. Thomas walked; A.Davis walked [L.St.
Thomas to second]; F.Hobgood singled [L.St. Thomas scored,
A.Davis to second]; L.Day grounded into a double play (J.Spencer
to S.Bankhead to B.Leonard) [F.Hobgood out at second]; 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Eagles 1, Grays 0.

GRAYS 2ND: S.Bankhead singled; J.Wilson out on unknown play;
J.Spencer singled [S.Bankhead to second]; F.Williams grounded
into a double play (L.Doby to L.Day to L.Pearson) [J.Spencer out
at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Eagles 1, Grays 0.

EAGLES 3RD: W.Williams out on unknown play; L.Doby out on
unknown play; L.Pearson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Eagles 1, Grays 0.

GRAYS 3RD: C.Shields out on unknown play; C.Bell singled;
J.Gibson walked [C.Bell to second]; B.Leonard out on unknown
play; R.Gaston out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Eagles 1, Grays 0.

EAGLES 4TH: J.Davis out on unknown play; J.Brown out on unknown
play; L.St. Thomas out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Eagles 1, Grays 0.

GRAYS 4TH: S.Bankhead singled; J.Wilson out on unknown play;
J.Spencer out on unknown play; F.Williams out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Eagles 1, Grays 0.

EAGLES 5TH: A.Davis out on unknown play; F.Hobgood out on
unknown play; L.Day walked; L.Day was caught stealing second
(unknown fielder); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Eagles 1, Grays 0.

GRAYS 5TH: C.Shields out on unknown play; C.Bell singled;
J.Gibson walked [C.Bell to second]; B.Leonard reached on a
fielder's choice [C.Bell scored (unearned) (no RBI), J.Gibson
scored (unearned) (no RBI) (error by L.Day)]; R.Gaston out on
unknown play; S.Bankhead out on unknown play; 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Eagles 1, Grays 2.

EAGLES 6TH: W.Williams out on unknown play; L.Doby out on
unknown play; L.Pearson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Eagles 1, Grays 2.

GRAYS 6TH: J.Wilson out on unknown play; J.Spencer singled;
F.Williams reached on a fielder's choice [J.Spencer to second];
C.Shields tripled [J.Spencer scored, F.Williams scored]; C.Bell
out on unknown play [C.Shields scored]; J.Gibson out on unknown
play; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Eagles 1, Grays 5.

EAGLES 7TH: J.Davis out on unknown play; J.Brown out on unknown
play; L.St. Thomas out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Eagles 1, Grays 5.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Eagles           1   1   1   3
 Grays            5   8   0   6


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