Homestead Grays 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 4 - 11 10 1 Harrisburg - St. Louis Stars 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 - 4 10 4 BATTING Homestead Grays AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Cool Papa Bell lf 4 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 Jerry Benjamin cf 5 3 1 2 1 2 0 Buck Leonard 1b 2 2 1 0 2 13 0 Josh Gibson c 3 1 1 3 3 6 0 Howard Easterling rf 6 0 3 2 0 1 0 Sam Bankhead ss 6 1 1 0 0 3 1 Jud Wilson 3b 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 Joe Spencer 2b 4 1 1 0 1 1 2 8 Johnny Wright p 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 Totals 39 11 10 7 10 6 27 11 FIELDING - E: 1. Joe Spencer. BATTING - HR: Josh Gibson. SH: Buck Leonard. HBP: Buck Leonard. GDP: Sam Bankhead. Team LOB: 13 Harrisburg - St. Louis Stars AB R H RBI BB SO PO A William Carter 3b 4 0 3 1 0 3 1 Dan Wilson 2b 5 0 2 1 0 4 3 Tom Parker rf 5 0 2 0 0 1 0 Buddy Armour cf 3 1 0 0 2 2 0 Harry Williams ss 3 1 0 0 2 2 5 Jim Starks 1b 5 1 1 1 0 10 0 Eddie Williams lf 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 Chesley Gray c 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 Frank McCoy ph, c 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 Lefty Calhoun p 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 Frank McAllister ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lefty Boone p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 38 4 10 4 4 6 27 13 FIELDING - DP: 1. Dan Wilson, Harry Williams, Jim Starks. E: 4. Dan Wilson, Chesley Gray, Frank McCoy, Lefty Boone. BATTING - HBP: William Carter, Eddie Williams. Team LOB: 13 BASERUNNING - SB: William Carter. PITCHING Homestead Grays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Johnny Wright W 9 10 4 4 4 6 0 44 Totals 9 10 4 4 4 6 0 44 HBP: Johnny Wright 2. Harrisburg - St. Louis Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Lefty Calhoun L 8 9 7 5 8 3 1 42 Lefty Boone 1 1 4 0 2 3 0 9 Totals 9 10 11 5 10 6 1 51 WP: Lefty Boone. HBP: Lefty Calhoun. Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Fred McCreary, 1B - Bankhead, 2B - , 3B - Arp Time of Game: 2:15 Attendance: 1000 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Saturday, 5/29/1943 -- Homestead Grays at Harrisburg - St Stars (N) Starting Lineups: Homestead Harrisburg - St 1. C.Bell lf W.Carter 3b 2. J.Benjamin cf D.Wilson 2b 3. B.Leonard 1b T.Parker rf 4. J.Gibson c B.Armour cf 5. H.Easterling rf H.Williams ss 6. S.Bankhead ss J.Starks 1b 7. J.Wilson 3b E.Williams lf 8. J.Spencer 2b C.Gray c 9. J.Wright p L.Calhoun p GRAYS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; C.Bell walked; J.Benjamin forced C.Bell (unknown fielder) [J.Benjamin to first]; B.Leonard singled [J.Benjamin to second]; J.Gibson walked [J.Benjamin to third, B.Leonard to second]; H.Easterling singled [J.Benjamin scored, B.Leonard scored, J.Gibson to second]; S.Bankhead grounded into a double play (H.Williams to D.Wilson to J.Starks) [H.Easterling out at second]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 2, Stars 0. STARS 1ST: W.Carter was hit by a pitch; D.Wilson out on unknown play; T.Parker singled [W.Carter to second]; B.Armour out on unknown play; H.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Grays 2, Stars 0. GRAYS 2ND: J.Wilson singled; J.Spencer out on unknown play; J.Wright out on unknown play; C.Bell out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 2, Stars 0. STARS 2ND: J.Starks out on unknown play; E.Williams out on unknown play; C.Gray out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 2, Stars 0. GRAYS 3RD: J.Benjamin out on unknown play; B.Leonard was hit by a pitch; J.Gibson out on unknown play; H.Easterling singled [B.Leonard to second]; S.Bankhead out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Grays 2, Stars 0. STARS 3RD: L.Calhoun singled; W.Carter out on unknown play; D.Wilson out on unknown play; T.Parker singled [L.Calhoun to second]; B.Armour out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Grays 2, Stars 0. GRAYS 4TH: J.Wilson walked; J.Spencer out on unknown play; J.Wright out on unknown play; C.Bell walked [J.Wilson to second]; J.Benjamin out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Grays 2, Stars 0. STARS 4TH: H.Williams out on unknown play; J.Starks out on unknown play; E.Williams was hit by a pitch; C.Gray out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 2, Stars 0. GRAYS 5TH: B.Leonard out on unknown play; J.Gibson walked; H.Easterling out on unknown play; S.Bankhead singled [J.Gibson to second]; J.Wilson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Grays 2, Stars 0. STARS 5TH: L.Calhoun out on unknown play; W.Carter singled; W.Carter stole second; D.Wilson out on unknown play; T.Parker out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 2, Stars 0. GRAYS 6TH: J.Spencer walked; J.Wright forced J.Spencer (unknown fielder) [J.Wright to first]; C.Bell singled [J.Wright to third]; J.Benjamin out on unknown play [J.Wright scored]; B.Leonard walked [C.Bell to second]; J.Gibson out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Grays 3, Stars 0. STARS 6TH: B.Armour reached on an error by J.Spencer [B.Armour to first]; H.Williams out on unknown play; J.Starks out on unknown play; E.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Grays 3, Stars 0. GRAYS 7TH: H.Easterling singled; S.Bankhead forced H.Easterling (unknown fielder) [S.Bankhead to first]; J.Wilson out on unknown play; J.Spencer singled [S.Bankhead to third, J.Spencer to second (on throw)]; J.Wright reached on an error by C.Gray [S.Bankhead scored (unearned) (no RBI), J.Spencer scored (unearned) (no RBI), J.Wright to first]; C.Bell out on unknown play; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Grays 5, Stars 0. STARS 7TH: F.MCCOY BATTED FOR C.GRAY; F.McCoy out on unknown play; L.Calhoun out on unknown play; W.Carter singled; D.Wilson singled [W.Carter to second]; T.Parker out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Grays 5, Stars 0. GRAYS 8TH: F.MCCOY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C); J.Benjamin walked; B.Leonard out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [J.Benjamin to second]; J.Gibson homered to centerfield [J.Benjamin scored]; H.Easterling out on unknown play; S.Bankhead out on unknown play; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 7, Stars 0. STARS 8TH: B.Armour walked; H.Williams walked [B.Armour to second]; J.Starks singled [B.Armour scored, H.Williams to second]; E.Williams singled [H.Williams scored, J.Starks to second]; F.McCoy out on unknown play; F.MCALLISTER BATTED FOR L.CALHOUN; F.McAllister out on unknown play; W.Carter singled [J.Starks scored, E.Williams to second]; D.Wilson singled [E.Williams scored, W.Carter to second]; T.Parker out on unknown play; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Grays 7, Stars 4. GRAYS 9TH: L.BOONE REPLACED F.MCALLISTER (PITCHING); On a bunt J.Wilson reached on an error by L.Boone [J.Wilson to first]; J.Spencer struck out; J.Wright struck out; C.Bell struck out while J.Wilson advanced to second on an error [C.Bell to first (error by F.McCoy)]; J.Benjamin singled [J.Wilson scored (unearned), C.Bell to second]; L.Boone threw a wild pitch [C.Bell to third, J.Benjamin to second]; B.Leonard walked; J.Gibson walked [C.Bell scored (unearned), J.Benjamin to third, B.Leonard to second]; H.Easterling reached on an error by D.Wilson [J.Benjamin scored (unearned) (no RBI), B.Leonard scored (unearned) (no RBI), J.Gibson to second, H.Easterling to first]; S.Bankhead out on unknown play; 4 R (0 ER), 1 H, 3 E, 2 LOB. Grays 11, Stars 4. STARS 9TH: B.Armour walked; H.Williams walked [B.Armour to second]; J.Starks out on unknown play; E.Williams out on unknown play; F.McCoy out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Grays 11, Stars 4. Final Totals R H E LOB Grays 11 10 1 13 Stars 4 10 4 13
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