Homestead Grays 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 8 16 3 Baltimore Elite Giants 2 0 5 0 2 2 0 0 x - 11 14 0 BATTING Homestead Grays AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Cool Papa Bell lf 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jerry Benjamin cf 5 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 Buck Leonard 1b 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 Josh Gibson c 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 Howard Easterling rf, 2b 3 3 3 1 0 0 1 1 Sam Bankhead ss 4 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 Jud Wilson 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Joe Spencer 2b 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 Charlie Shields ph, rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ray Brown p 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 Ollie West p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 38 8 16 8 1 0 24 1 FIELDING - DP: 1. Buck Leonard, Howard Easterling. E: 3. Buck Leonard, Jud Wilson, Joe Spencer. BATTING - 2B: Jerry Benjamin 2, Howard Easterling 2. HR: Sam Bankhead, Ray Brown. SH: Howard Easterling. GDP: Joe Spencer. Team LOB: 5 BASERUNNING - SB: Jerry Benjamin. CS: Jerry Benjamin, Joe Spencer. Baltimore Elite Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Henry Kimbro cf 5 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 Felton Snow 2b 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 Bill Hoskins lf 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 George Scales 1b 5 3 4 4 0 0 1 0 Biggie Williams rf 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 Frank Russell 3b 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Harvey Young ss 4 2 3 0 1 0 1 1 Bob Clarke c 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 Tom Glover p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Willie Burns p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bill Byrd p 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 Totals 39 11 14 9 4 0 27 2 FIELDING - DP: 1. George Scales, Harvey Young, Bill Byrd. BATTING - 2B: Henry Kimbro, George Scales. HR: Felton Snow, George Scales 2. HBP: Willie Burns. GDP: Bob Clarke. Team LOB: 9 PITCHING Homestead Grays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Ray Brown 2 6 5 5 1 0 3 13 Ollie West L 6 8 6 4 3 0 0 31 Totals 8 14 11 9 4 0 3 44 Ray Brown pitched to 3 batters in the 3rd inning HBP: Ollie West. Baltimore Elite Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Tom Glover 2 6 5 5 1 0 1 13 Willie Burns 2.1 7 3 3 0 0 1 12 Bill Byrd W 4.2 3 0 0 0 0 0 15 Totals 9 16 8 8 1 0 2 40 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Fred McCreary, 1B - Cromwell, 2B - , 3B - Crush Holloway Time of Game: 2:16 Attendance: 3000 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 5/30/1943, game 1 -- Homestead Grays at Baltimore Elite Giants (D) Starting Lineups: Homestead Baltimore 1. C.Bell lf H.Kimbro cf 2. J.Benjamin cf F.Snow 2b 3. B.Leonard 1b B.Hoskins lf 4. J.Gibson c G.Scales 1b 5. H.Easterling rf B.Williams rf 6. S.Bankhead ss F.Russell 3b 7. J.Wilson 3b H.Young ss 8. J.Spencer 2b B.Clarke c 9. R.Brown p T.Glover p GRAYS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; C.Bell out on unknown play; J.Benjamin doubled; J.Benjamin stole third; B.Leonard out on unknown play; J.Gibson singled [J.Benjamin scored]; H.Easterling doubled [J.Gibson scored]; S.Bankhead singled [H.Easterling scored]; J.Wilson out on unknown play; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 3, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 1ST: B.Leonard dropped a foul fly hit by H.Kimbro; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; F.Snow out on unknown play; B.Hoskins singled; G.Scales homered to leftfield [B.Hoskins scored]; B.Williams out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Grays 3, Elite Giants 2. GRAYS 2ND: J.Spencer singled; R.Brown homered to leftfield [J.Spencer scored]; C.Bell out on unknown play; J.Benjamin out on unknown play; B.Leonard walked; J.Gibson out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 5, Elite Giants 2. ELITE GIANTS 2ND: F.Russell out on unknown play; H.Young singled; B.Clarke walked [H.Young to second]; T.Glover out on unknown play; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Grays 5, Elite Giants 2. GRAYS 3RD: W.BURNS REPLACED T.GLOVER (PITCHING); H.Easterling singled; S.Bankhead homered to leftfield [H.Easterling scored]; J.Wilson out on unknown play; J.Spencer singled; J.Spencer was caught stealing second (unknown fielder); R.Brown out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 7, Elite Giants 2. ELITE GIANTS 3RD: F.Snow homered to leftfield; B.Hoskins singled; G.Scales homered to leftfield [B.Hoskins scored]; O.WEST REPLACED R.BROWN (PITCHING); B.Williams out on unknown play; F.Russell walked; H.Young singled [F.Russell to second]; B.Clarke out on unknown play; W.Burns was hit by a pitch [F.Russell to third, H.Young to second]; H.Kimbro doubled [F.Russell scored, H.Young scored, W.Burns to third]; F.Snow out on unknown play; 5 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Grays 7, Elite Giants 7. GRAYS 4TH: C.Bell out on unknown play; J.Benjamin doubled (unknown fielder) [J.Benjamin out at third]; B.Leonard out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 7, Elite Giants 7. ELITE GIANTS 4TH: B.Hoskins 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 7, Elite Giants 7. GRAYS 5TH: J.Gibson out on unknown play; H.Easterling doubled; S.Bankhead singled [H.Easterling scored]; J.Wilson singled [S.Bankhead to second]; B.BYRD REPLACED W.BURNS (PITCHING); J.Spencer grounded into a double play (B.Byrd to H.Young to G.Scales) [J.Wilson out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 8, Elite Giants 7. ELITE GIANTS 5TH: F.Russell out on unknown play; H.Young singled; B.Clarke reached on an error by J.Wilson [H.Young to second, B.Clarke to first]; B.Byrd walked [H.Young to third, B.Clarke to second]; H.Kimbro reached on an error by J.Spencer [H.Young scored (unearned) (no RBI), B.Clarke scored (unearned) (no RBI), B.Byrd to second, H.Kimbro to first]; F.Snow out on unknown play; B.Hoskins out on unknown play; 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Grays 8, Elite Giants 9. GRAYS 6TH: O.West out on unknown play; C.Bell out on unknown play; J.Benjamin singled; J.Benjamin was caught stealing second (unknown fielder); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 8, Elite Giants 9. ELITE GIANTS 6TH: G.Scales doubled; B.Williams singled [G.Scales scored]; F.Russell out on unknown play [B.Williams to second]; H.Young out on unknown play; B.Clarke singled [B.Williams scored]; B.Byrd out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 8, Elite Giants 11. GRAYS 7TH: B.Leonard singled; J.Gibson out on unknown play; H.Easterling out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [B.Leonard to second]; S.Bankhead out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 8, Elite Giants 11. ELITE GIANTS 7TH: H.Kimbro out on unknown play; F.Snow out on unknown play; B.Hoskins singled; G.Scales singled [B.Hoskins to second]; B.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Grays 8, Elite Giants 11. GRAYS 8TH: J.Wilson out on unknown play; C.SHIELDS BATTED FOR J.SPENCER; C.Shields out on unknown play; O.West out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 8, Elite Giants 11. ELITE GIANTS 8TH: C.SHIELDS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); H.EASTERLING CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); F.Russell out on unknown play; H.Young walked; B.Clarke grounded into a double play (H.Easterling to B.Leonard) [H.Young out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 8, Elite Giants 11. GRAYS 9TH: 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 8, Elite Giants 11. Final Totals R H E LOB Grays 8 16 3 5 Elite Giants 11 14 0 9
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