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Homestead Grays (HOM) 4 Baltimore Elite Giants (BLG) 4

Game played on Wednesday, May 19, 1943 (N) at City Stadium, Portsmouth VA
Regular-Season game

Homestead Grays                     2 0 1  1 0 0  0 0 0   -   4 12  2
Baltimore Elite Giants              0 0 0  0 0 0  2 2 0   -   4  9  2

BATTING

Homestead Grays                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Cool Papa Bell lf                     4   0   2    0     1   1     0   0
Jerry Benjamin cf                     4   1   1    0     1   0     1   0
Buck Leonard 1b                       4   0   0    0     0   0     2   0
Josh Gibson rf                        4   1   1    0     1   0     0   0
Howard Easterling 3b                  4   1   2    1     1   0     0   0
Sam Bankhead ss                       5   0   2    2     0   0     0   1
Robert Gaston c                       5   0   1    0     0   1     0   0
Joe Spencer 2b                        4   1   2    0     0   0     1   2
Ollie West p                          3   0   1    0     0   0     0   0
  Willie Stevenson p                  1   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Totals                               38   4  12    3     4   2    27   3

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Buck Leonard, Sam Bankhead, Joe Spencer. 
E: 2.  Jerry Benjamin, Joe Spencer. 

BATTING -
3B:  Sam Bankhead. 
SH:  Buck Leonard. 
Team LOB:  12

BASERUNNING -
CS:  Howard Easterling. 

Baltimore Elite Giants               AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Harvey Young ss                       4   0   1    0     1   0     1   0
Frank Russell 2b                      5   0   1    1     0   0     0   0
Henry Kimbro cf                       4   0   0    0     1   0     0   0
George Scales 1b                      5   0   1    0     0   0     1   0
Biggie Williams lf                    4   0   1    0     0   0     0   0
Felton Snow 3b                        4   1   1    0     0   0     1   2
Bill Harvey rf                        3   2   1    0     0   0     0   0
Bob Clarke c                          3   0   1    0     1   0     2   1
Willie Burns p                        4   1   2    3     0   0     0   0
Totals                               36   4   9    4     3   0    27   3

FIELDING -
E: 2.  Harvey Young 2. 

BATTING -
2B:  Biggie Williams. 
SH:  Bill Harvey. 
GDP:  Harvey Young. 
Team LOB:  9


PITCHING

Homestead Grays                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Ollie West                           6.2     7   2    2   3   0   0  30
Willie Stevenson                     2.1     2   2    2   0   0   0  10
Totals                               9       9   4    4   3   0   0  40


Baltimore Elite Giants               IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Willie Burns                         9      12   4    2   4   2   0  43
Totals                               9      12   4    2   4   2   0  43



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Umpires: HP - ?

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 0

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Wednesday, 5/19/1943 -- Homestead Grays at Baltimore
Elite Giants (N)

Starting Lineups:

   Homestead                     Baltimore                     
1. C.Bell              lf        H.Young             ss        
2. J.Benjamin          cf        F.Russell           2b        
3. B.Leonard           1b        H.Kimbro            cf        
4. J.Gibson            rf        G.Scales            1b        
5. H.Easterling        3b        B.Williams          lf        
6. S.Bankhead          ss        F.Snow              3b        
7. R.Gaston            c         B.Harvey            rf        
8. J.Spencer           2b        B.Clarke            c         
9. O.West              p         W.Burns             p         

GRAYS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories;
C.Bell struck out; J.Benjamin walked; B.Leonard out on a
sacrifice bunt (F.Snow to G.Scales) [J.Benjamin to second];
J.Gibson walked; H.Easterling singled [J.Benjamin scored,
J.Gibson to second]; S.Bankhead singled [J.Gibson scored,
H.Easterling to second]; R.Gaston struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Grays 2, Elite Giants 0.

ELITE GIANTS 1ST: H.Young singled; F.Russell out on unknown
play; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; G.Scales out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Grays 2, Elite Giants 0.

GRAYS 2ND: J.Spencer out on unknown play; O.West out on unknown
play; C.Bell singled; J.Benjamin out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Grays 2, Elite Giants 0.

ELITE GIANTS 2ND: B.Williams out on unknown play; F.Snow
singled; B.Harvey out on unknown play; B.Clarke walked [F.Snow
to second]; W.Burns out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Grays 2, Elite Giants 0.

GRAYS 3RD: B.Leonard out on unknown play; J.Gibson out on
unknown play; H.Easterling walked; H.Easterling was caught
stealing second [H.Easterling to second (error by H.Young;
assist by B.Clarke)]; S.Bankhead tripled [H.Easterling scored
(unearned)]; R.Gaston out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Grays 3, Elite Giants 0.

ELITE GIANTS 3RD: H.Young out on unknown play; F.Russell out on
unknown play; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Grays 3, Elite Giants 0.

GRAYS 4TH: J.Spencer singled; O.West singled [J.Spencer to
second]; C.Bell walked [J.Spencer to third, O.West to second];
J.Benjamin lined to F.Snow; B.Leonard forced C.Bell (F.Snow to
H.Young) [J.Spencer scored (unearned) (no RBI) (error by
H.Young), O.West to third, B.Leonard to first]; J.Gibson out on
unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Grays 4, Elite
Giants 0.

ELITE GIANTS 4TH: G.Scales singled; B.Williams out on unknown
play; F.Snow out on unknown play; B.Harvey out on unknown play;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Grays 4, Elite Giants 0.

GRAYS 5TH: H.Easterling out on unknown play; S.Bankhead out on
unknown play; R.Gaston singled; J.Spencer singled [R.Gaston to
second]; O.West out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Grays 4, Elite Giants 0.

ELITE GIANTS 5TH: B.Clarke singled; W.Burns out on unknown
play; H.Young out on unknown play; F.Russell out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Grays 4, Elite Giants 0.

GRAYS 6TH: C.Bell out on unknown play; J.Benjamin singled;
B.Leonard out on unknown play; J.Gibson out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Grays 4, Elite Giants 0.

ELITE GIANTS 6TH: H.Kimbro out on unknown play; G.Scales out on
unknown play; B.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Grays 4, Elite Giants 0.

GRAYS 7TH: H.Easterling singled; S.Bankhead out on unknown
play; R.Gaston out on unknown play; J.Spencer out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Grays 4, Elite Giants 0.

ELITE GIANTS 7TH: F.Snow grounded out (J.Spencer to B.Leonard);
B.Harvey singled to center field [B.Harvey to second (error by
J.Benjamin)]; B.Clarke flied to J.Benjamin; W.Burns singled
[B.Harvey scored]; H.Young walked [W.Burns to second]; F.Russell
singled [W.Burns scored, H.Young to second]; H.Kimbro walked
[H.Young to third, F.Russell to second]; W.STEVENSON REPLACED
O.WEST (PITCHING); G.Scales forced H.Kimbro (unknown fielder)
[G.Scales to first]; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Grays 4, Elite
Giants 2.

GRAYS 8TH: W.Stevenson out on unknown play; C.Bell singled;
J.Benjamin out on unknown play; B.Leonard out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Grays 4, Elite Giants 2.

ELITE GIANTS 8TH: B.Williams doubled; F.Snow reached on an
error by J.Spencer [F.Snow to first]; B.Harvey reached on a
fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt [B.Williams to third,
F.Snow to second]; B.Clarke forced B.Williams (unknown fielder)
[F.Snow to third, B.Harvey to second, B.Clarke to first];
W.Burns singled [F.Snow scored, B.Harvey scored, B.Clarke to
second]; H.Young grounded into a double play (S.Bankhead to
J.Spencer to B.Leonard) [W.Burns out at second]; 2 R, 2 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Grays 4, Elite Giants 4.

GRAYS 9TH: J.Gibson singled; H.Easterling out on unknown play;
S.Bankhead out on unknown play; R.Gaston out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Grays 4, Elite Giants 4.

ELITE GIANTS 9TH: F.Russell out on unknown play; H.Kimbro out
on unknown play; G.Scales out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Grays 4, Elite Giants 4.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Grays            4  12   2  12
 Elite Giants     4   9   2   9


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