Baltimore Elite Giants 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 2 Homestead Grays 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 x - 2 7 1 BATTING Baltimore Elite Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Harvey Young ss 4 0 2 0 0 1 3 Frank Russell 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 Henry Kimbro cf 4 1 1 0 0 3 0 Bill Hoskins lf 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 George Scales 1b 4 0 0 1 0 8 0 Junior Scales pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Biggie Williams rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 Felton Snow 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 Bob Clarke c 3 0 1 0 0 7 1 Tom Glover p 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 Bill Harvey ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Willie Burns p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 31 1 5 1 1 9 24 10 FIELDING - E: 2. Frank Russell, Bob Clarke. BATTING - 3B: Henry Kimbro. SH: Bill Hoskins. GDP: Frank Russell. Team LOB: 5 Homestead Grays AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Cool Papa Bell cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 Jerry Benjamin lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Buck Leonard 1b 3 0 1 0 1 8 0 Josh Gibson c 3 2 2 0 1 8 1 Sam Bankhead ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 Vic Harris rf 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 Howard Easterling 3b, 2b 4 0 2 1 0 1 1 Joe Spencer 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 Jud Wilson ph, 3b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Johnny Wright p 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 Totals 29 2 7 2 3 6 27 10 FIELDING - DP: 1. Buck Leonard, Sam Bankhead, Joe Spencer. E: 1. Buck Leonard. BATTING - 2B: Josh Gibson. SH: Jerry Benjamin, Sam Bankhead, Vic Harris. Team LOB: 9 BASERUNNING - SB: Cool Papa Bell, Josh Gibson. PITCHING Baltimore Elite Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Tom Glover L 7 5 2 2 2 6 0 29 Willie Burns 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 6 Totals 8 7 2 2 3 6 0 35 Homestead Grays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Johnny Wright W 9 5 1 1 1 9 0 33 Totals 9 5 1 1 1 9 0 33 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Ed Kemp, 1B - Script Lee Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 10000 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 5/16/1943, game 1 -- Baltimore Elite Giants at Homestead Grays (D) Starting Lineups: Baltimore Homestead 1. H.Young ss C.Bell cf 2. F.Russell 2b J.Benjamin lf 3. H.Kimbro cf B.Leonard 1b 4. B.Hoskins lf J.Gibson c 5. G.Scales 1b S.Bankhead ss 6. B.Williams rf V.Harris rf 7. F.Snow 3b H.Easterling 3b 8. B.Clarke c J.Spencer 2b 9. T.Glover p J.Wright p ELITE GIANTS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; H.Young singled; F.Russell flied to V.Harris; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; B.Hoskins out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 0, Grays 0. GRAYS 1ST: B.Clarke dropped a foul fly hit by C.Bell; C.Bell out on unknown play; J.Benjamin out on unknown play; B.Leonard lined to G.Scales; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Elite Giants 0, Grays 0. ELITE GIANTS 2ND: G.Scales out on unknown play; B.Williams out on unknown play; F.Snow out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Elite Giants 0, Grays 0. GRAYS 2ND: J.Gibson walked; S.Bankhead out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [J.Gibson to second]; V.Harris singled to right field [J.Gibson scored]; H.Easterling singled [V.Harris to second]; J.Spencer out on unknown play; J.Wright out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Elite Giants 0, Grays 1. ELITE GIANTS 3RD: B.Clarke out on unknown play; T.Glover out on unknown play; H.Young out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Elite Giants 0, Grays 1. GRAYS 3RD: C.Bell out on unknown play; J.Benjamin out on unknown play; B.Leonard out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Elite Giants 0, Grays 1. ELITE GIANTS 4TH: F.Russell out on unknown play; H.Kimbro tripled to right field; B.Hoskins walked; G.Scales flied to C.Bell [H.Kimbro scored]; B.Williams out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 1, Grays 1. GRAYS 4TH: J.Gibson doubled to left field; S.Bankhead out on unknown play; V.Harris out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [J.Gibson to third]; H.Easterling singled to right field [J.Gibson scored]; J.Spencer out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 1, Grays 2. ELITE GIANTS 5TH: F.Snow out on unknown play; B.Clarke singled; T.Glover out on unknown play; H.Young out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 1, Grays 2. GRAYS 5TH: J.Wright out on unknown play; C.Bell singled; C.Bell stole second; J.Benjamin out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [C.Bell to third]; B.Leonard walked; J.Gibson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Elite Giants 1, Grays 2. ELITE GIANTS 6TH: F.Russell out on unknown play; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; B.Hoskins singled; G.Scales out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 1, Grays 2. GRAYS 6TH: S.Bankhead out on unknown play; V.Harris out on unknown play; H.Easterling out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Elite Giants 1, Grays 2. ELITE GIANTS 7TH: B.Williams out on unknown play; F.Snow out on unknown play; B.Clarke out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Elite Giants 1, Grays 2. GRAYS 7TH: J.Spencer reached on an error by F.Russell [J.Spencer to first]; J.Wright out on unknown play; C.Bell out on unknown play; J.Benjamin out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 1, Grays 2. ELITE GIANTS 8TH: B.HARVEY BATTED FOR T.GLOVER; B.Harvey out on unknown play; H.Young singled; F.Russell grounded into a double play (J.Spencer to S.Bankhead to B.Leonard) [H.Young out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Elite Giants 1, Grays 2. GRAYS 8TH: W.BURNS REPLACED B.HARVEY (PITCHING); B.Leonard singled; J.Gibson singled [B.Leonard to third]; J.Gibson stole second; S.Bankhead out on unknown play; V.Harris walked; H.Easterling out on unknown play; J.WILSON BATTED FOR J.SPENCER; J.Wilson out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Elite Giants 1, Grays 2. ELITE GIANTS 9TH: J.WILSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); H.EASTERLING CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); H.Kimbro reached on an error by B.Leonard [H.Kimbro to first]; B.Hoskins out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [H.Kimbro to second]; G.Scales reached on a fielder's choice (unknown fielder) [H.Kimbro out at third]; J.SCALES RAN FOR G.SCALES; B.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 1, Grays 2. Final Totals R H E LOB Elite Giants 1 5 2 5 Grays 2 7 1 9
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