Harrisburg - St. Louis Stars 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 5 10 1 Homestead Grays 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 - 6 10 2 BATTING Harrisburg - St. Louis Stars AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Dan Wilson lf 5 1 0 0 1 3 0 Jimmy Ford 2b 6 1 0 0 0 3 3 Tom Parker rf 4 2 3 2 1 2 0 Jim Starks 1b 5 0 0 0 0 7 1 William Carter 3b 4 0 1 1 1 2 1 Buddy Armour cf 5 1 3 1 0 2 0 Harry Williams ss 5 0 1 1 0 1 3 Chesley Gray c 5 0 1 0 0 11 0 Lefty Boone p 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 Lefty Calhoun p 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 43 5 10 5 4 2 31 8 FIELDING - E: 1. Dan Wilson. BATTING - 2B: Tom Parker 2, Buddy Armour. Team LOB: 9 BASERUNNING - SB: Tom Parker. Homestead Grays AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Cool Papa Bell rf 5 0 1 1 1 2 1 Jerry Benjamin cf 4 0 0 0 1 3 0 Buck Leonard 1b 5 1 1 0 0 14 2 Josh Gibson lf, c 5 2 2 0 0 3 0 Howard Easterling 2b 4 1 2 3 1 1 2 Sam Bankhead ss 5 0 1 0 0 6 6 Matt Carlisle 3b 4 1 1 0 1 2 1 Robert Gaston c 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 Jud Wilson ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Johnny Wright pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Edsall Walker lf 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 Ray Brown p 5 0 1 0 0 1 9 Totals 41 6 10 4 5 11 33 21 FIELDING - DP: 1. Cool Papa Bell, Buck Leonard, Sam Bankhead. E: 2. Matt Carlisle 2. BATTING - 2B: Buck Leonard, Josh Gibson. Team LOB: 9 BASERUNNING - SB: Cool Papa Bell 2, Buck Leonard, Josh Gibson, Howard Easterling. PITCHING Harrisburg - St. Louis Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Lefty Boone 8.1 5 3 3 3 11 0 33 Lefty Calhoun L 2 5 3 3 2 0 0 13 Totals 10.1 10 6 6 5 11 0 46 WP: Lefty Calhoun. BK: Lefty Calhoun. Homestead Grays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Ray Brown W 11 10 5 4 4 2 0 47 Totals 11 10 5 4 4 2 0 47 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - ? Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 7500 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Thursday, 6/24/1943 -- Harrisburg - St Stars at Homestead Grays (N) Starting Lineups: Harrisburg - St Homestead 1. D.Wilson lf C.Bell rf 2. J.Ford 2b J.Benjamin cf 3. T.Parker rf B.Leonard 1b 4. J.Starks 1b J.Gibson lf 5. W.Carter 3b H.Easterling 2b 6. B.Armour cf S.Bankhead ss 7. H.Williams ss M.Carlisle 3b 8. C.Gray c R.Gaston c 9. L.Boone p R.Brown p STARS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; D.Wilson out on unknown play; J.Ford reached on an error by M.Carlisle [J.Ford to first]; T.Parker doubled [J.Ford scored (unearned)]; J.Starks out on unknown play; W.Carter out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Stars 1, Grays 0. GRAYS 1ST: C.Bell walked; C.Bell stole second; J.Benjamin out on unknown play; B.Leonard out on unknown play; C.Bell stole third; J.Gibson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Stars 1, Grays 0. STARS 2ND: B.Armour singled; H.Williams out on unknown play; C.Gray out on unknown play; L.Boone walked [B.Armour to second]; D.Wilson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Stars 1, Grays 0. GRAYS 2ND: H.Easterling out on unknown play; S.Bankhead out on unknown play; M.Carlisle singled; R.Gaston out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Stars 1, Grays 0. STARS 3RD: J.Ford out on unknown play; T.Parker walked; T.Parker stole second; J.Starks out on unknown play; W.Carter out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Stars 1, Grays 0. GRAYS 3RD: R.Brown out on unknown play; C.Bell out on unknown play; J.Benjamin out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Stars 1, Grays 0. STARS 4TH: B.Armour doubled; H.Williams singled [B.Armour scored]; H.Williams was picked off first (R.Brown to B.Leonard); C.Gray out on unknown play; L.Boone out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Stars 2, Grays 0. GRAYS 4TH: B.Leonard doubled; J.Gibson out on unknown play; H.Easterling singled [B.Leonard scored]; S.Bankhead out on unknown play; M.Carlisle out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Stars 2, Grays 1. STARS 5TH: D.Wilson walked; J.Ford out on unknown play; T.Parker doubled [D.Wilson scored]; J.Starks out on unknown play; W.Carter singled [T.Parker scored]; B.Armour out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Stars 4, Grays 1. GRAYS 5TH: R.Gaston out on unknown play; R.Brown out on unknown play; C.Bell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Stars 4, Grays 1. STARS 6TH: H.Williams out on unknown play; C.Gray singled; L.Boone out on unknown play; D.Wilson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Stars 4, Grays 1. GRAYS 6TH: J.Benjamin out on unknown play; B.Leonard out on unknown play; J.Gibson singled; J.Gibson stole second; H.Easterling singled [J.Gibson scored]; S.Bankhead out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Stars 4, Grays 2. STARS 7TH: J.Ford out on unknown play; T.Parker out on unknown play; J.Starks out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Stars 4, Grays 2. GRAYS 7TH: M.Carlisle out on unknown play; R.Gaston out on unknown play; R.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Stars 4, Grays 2. STARS 8TH: W.Carter walked; B.Armour out on unknown play; H.Williams hit into a double play (C.Bell to S.Bankhead to B.Leonard) [W.Carter out at first]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Stars 4, Grays 2. GRAYS 8TH: C.Bell out on unknown play; J.Benjamin walked; B.Leonard forced J.Benjamin (unknown fielder) [B.Leonard to first]; B.Leonard stole second; J.Gibson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Stars 4, Grays 2. STARS 9TH: C.Gray out on unknown play; L.Boone out on unknown play; D.Wilson reached on an error by M.Carlisle [D.Wilson to first]; J.Ford out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Stars 4, Grays 2. GRAYS 9TH: H.Easterling walked; H.Easterling stole second; S.Bankhead out on unknown play; L.CALHOUN REPLACED L.BOONE (PITCHING); M.Carlisle walked; J.WILSON BATTED FOR R.GASTON; J.Wilson walked [H.Easterling to third, M.Carlisle to second]; J.WRIGHT RAN FOR J.WILSON; R.Brown out on unknown play; L.Calhoun threw a wild pitch [H.Easterling scored, M.Carlisle to third, J.Wright to second]; C.Bell singled [M.Carlisle scored, J.Wright to third]; J.Benjamin out on unknown play; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Stars 4, Grays 4. STARS 10TH: E.WALKER REPLACED J.WRIGHT (PLAYING LF); J.GIBSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C); T.Parker singled; J.Starks out on unknown play [T.Parker to second]; W.Carter out on unknown play [T.Parker to third]; B.Armour singled [T.Parker scored]; H.Williams out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Stars 5, Grays 4. GRAYS 10TH: B.Leonard out on unknown play; J.Gibson doubled to left field [J.Gibson to third (error by D.Wilson)]; H.Easterling grounded out (J.Starks unassisted) [J.Gibson scored]; S.Bankhead singled; M.Carlisle out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Stars 5, Grays 5. STARS 11TH: C.Gray out on unknown play; L.Calhoun singled; D.Wilson out on unknown play; J.Ford out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Stars 5, Grays 5. GRAYS 11TH: E.Walker singled; On a bunt R.Brown singled [E.Walker to second]; C.Bell out on unknown play [E.Walker to third, R.Brown to second]; L.Calhoun balked [E.Walker scored, R.Brown to third]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Stars 5, Grays 6. Final Totals R H E LOB Stars 5 10 1 9 Grays 6 10 2 9
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