Philadelphia Stars 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 2 8 1
Homestead Grays 3 0 2 1 0 2 x - 8 11 0
BATTING
Philadelphia Stars AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Goose Curry rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 0
Barney Brown pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roy Parnell lf 4 0 1 1 0 2 0
Gene Benson cf 4 1 3 0 0 3 0
Henry Spearman 3b 3 0 1 1 1 1 1
Jimmy Ford 2b 3 0 1 0 0 1 3
Jim West 1b 3 0 0 0 0 9 0
Buddy Burbage c 2 1 1 0 1 0 0
Gerves Fagan ss 2 0 1 0 1 1 2
Verdell Mathis p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Henry Miller p 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bill Cash ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 2 8 2 3 2 18 7
FIELDING -
E: 1. Gerves Fagan.
BATTING -
GDP: Jimmy Ford.
Team LOB: 8
Homestead Grays AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Cool Papa Bell lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Jerry Benjamin cf 4 2 2 0 0 0 2 0
Buck Leonard 1b 3 2 1 1 1 0 8 0
Josh Gibson rf 4 3 3 4 0 0 2 0
Howard Easterling 3b 3 1 2 1 1 0 1 0
Sam Bankhead ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 4
Robert Gaston c 4 0 1 2 0 0 2 0
Joe Spencer 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
Johnny Wright p 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
Totals 32 8 11 8 2 0 21 10
FIELDING -
DP: 1. Buck Leonard, Sam Bankhead, Joe Spencer.
BATTING -
2B: Jerry Benjamin, Josh Gibson, Robert Gaston, Johnny Wright.
3B: Buck Leonard, Josh Gibson.
HR: Josh Gibson.
Team LOB: 8
BASERUNNING -
SB: Cool Papa Bell, Jerry Benjamin.
PITCHING
Philadelphia Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Verdell Mathis L 2.1 6 5 5 1 0 0 14
Henry Miller 3.2 5 3 2 1 0 1 20
Totals 6 11 8 7 2 0 1 34
Homestead Grays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Johnny Wright W 7 8 2 2 3 2 0 31
Totals 7 8 2 2 3 2 0 31
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: 6500
Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 5/23/1943, game 2 -- at Homestead Grays (D)
Starting Lineups:
Homestead
1. G.Curry rf C.Bell lf
2. R.Parnell lf J.Benjamin cf
3. G.Benson cf B.Leonard 1b
4. H.Spearman 3b J.Gibson rf
5. J.Ford 2b H.Easterling 3b
6. J.West 1b S.Bankhead ss
7. B.Burbage c R.Gaston c
8. G.Fagan ss J.Spencer 2b
9. V.Mathis p J.Wright p
1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box
sc; G.Curry out on unknown play; R.Parnell out on unknown play;
G.Benson singled; H.Spearman walked [G.Benson to second]; J.Ford
out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 0, Grays 0.
GRAYS 1ST: C.Bell out on unknown play; J.Benjamin doubled;
B.Leonard tripled [J.Benjamin scored]; J.Gibson tripled
[B.Leonard scored]; H.Easterling singled [J.Gibson scored];
S.Bankhead out on unknown play; R.Gaston out on unknown play; 3
R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 0, Grays 3.
2ND: J.West out on unknown play; B.Burbage out on unknown
play; G.Fagan singled; V.Mathis out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. 0, Grays 3.
GRAYS 2ND: J.Spencer out on unknown play; J.Wright doubled;
C.Bell reached on a fielder's choice (unknown fielder) [J.Wright
out at third]; C.Bell stole second; J.Benjamin out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 0, Grays 3.
3RD: G.Curry out on unknown play; R.Parnell out on unknown
play; G.Benson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 0,
Grays 3.
GRAYS 3RD: B.Leonard out on unknown play; J.Gibson doubled;
H.Easterling walked; H.MILLER REPLACED V.MATHIS (PITCHING);
S.Bankhead reached on a fielder's choice [J.Gibson to third,
H.Easterling to second]; R.Gaston doubled [J.Gibson scored,
H.Easterling scored, S.Bankhead to third]; J.Spencer out on
unknown play; J.Wright out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB. 0, Grays 5.
4TH: H.Spearman out on unknown play; J.Ford singled; J.West
out on unknown play; B.Burbage walked [J.Ford to second];
G.Fagan out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 0, Grays 5.
GRAYS 4TH: C.Bell out on unknown play; J.Benjamin singled;
J.Benjamin stole second; B.Leonard reached on an error by
G.Fagan [J.Benjamin to third, B.Leonard to first]; J.Gibson out
on unknown play [J.Benjamin scored (unearned)]; H.Easterling out
on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. 0, Grays 6.
5TH: H.Miller out on unknown play; G.Curry out on unknown
play; R.Parnell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 0,
Grays 6.
GRAYS 5TH: S.Bankhead singled; R.Gaston out on unknown play;
J.Spencer reached on a fielder's choice [S.Bankhead to second];
J.Wright out on unknown play; C.Bell out on unknown play; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 0, Grays 6.
6TH: G.Benson singled; H.Spearman singled [G.Benson scored];
J.Ford grounded into a double play (S.Bankhead to J.Spencer to
B.Leonard) [H.Spearman out at second]; J.West out on unknown
play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 1, Grays 6.
GRAYS 6TH: J.Benjamin out on unknown play; B.Leonard walked;
J.Gibson homered to centerfield [B.Leonard scored]; H.Easterling
singled; S.Bankhead out on unknown play; R.Gaston out on unknown
play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 1, Grays 8.
7TH: B.Burbage singled; G.Fagan walked [B.Burbage to second];
B.CASH BATTED FOR H.MILLER; B.Cash out on unknown play; G.Curry
forced G.Fagan (unknown fielder) [B.Burbage to third, G.Curry to
first]; B.BROWN RAN FOR G.CURRY; R.Parnell singled [B.Burbage
scored, B.Brown to second]; G.Benson singled [B.Brown to third,
R.Parnell to second]; H.Spearman out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H,
0 E, 3 LOB. 2, Grays 8.
Final Totals R H E LOB
2 8 1 8
Grays 8 11 0 8
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