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Homestead Grays (HOM) 12 Cleveland Buckeyes (CVB) 1

Game played on Thursday, July 8, 1943 (N) at , Hamilton ON
Exhibition game

Homestead Grays                     0 0 2  6 0 1  1 2 0   -  12 12  2
Cleveland Buckeyes                  0 0 0  0 1 0  0 0 0   -   1  4  5

BATTING

Homestead Grays                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Cool Papa Bell lf                     5   2   3          1         0   0
Jerry Benjamin cf                     6   0   0          0         2   0
Buck Leonard 1b                       5   3   2          0        16   2
Josh Gibson rf                        5   3   4    2     0         0   0
Jud Wilson 3b                         4   0   1          1         0   0
Sam Bankhead ss                       2   1   1          3         6   4
Matt Carlisle 2b                      4   1   0          0         0   4
Robert Gaston c                       4   2   0          0         2   0
Edsall Walker p                       4   0   1          1         1   3
Totals                               39  12  12          6   3    27  13

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Buck Leonard. 
E: 2.  Sam Bankhead, Robert Gaston. 

BATTING -
2B:  Cool Papa Bell 2, Buck Leonard. 
3B:  Jud Wilson. 
HR:  Josh Gibson 2. 
SH:  Matt Carlisle, Robert Gaston. 
Team LOB:  8


Cleveland Buckeyes                   AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Billy Horne ss                        4   0   0          0         3   4
Sam Jethroe 3b                        3   0   2          1         0   0
Duke Cleveland cf                     4   0   0          0         4   0
Thad Christopher lf                   4   0   0          0         2   0
Johnny Hundley rf                     4   1   1          0         2   1
Archie Ware 1b                        3   0   1          0         9   0
  Henry Turner ph                     1   0   0          0         0   0
Raymond Taylor c                      3   0   0          0         5   2
  Parnell Woods ph                    1   0   0          0         0   0
Marshall Riddle 2b                    3   0   0          0         2   5
Satchel Davis p                       1   0   0          0         0   0
  Alonzo Boone p                      2   0   0          0         0   0
Totals                               33   1   4          1   2    27  12

FIELDING -
E: 5.  Billy Horne, Sam Jethroe, Marshall Riddle, Satchel Davis, Alonzo Boone. 

BATTING -
2B:  Sam Jethroe. 
Team LOB:  6


PITCHING

Homestead Grays                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Edsall Walker W                      9       4   1        1   2   0  34
Totals                               9       4   1        1   2   0  34


Cleveland Buckeyes                   IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Satchel Davis L                      3.2     6   6        3   1   1  21
Alonzo Boone                         5.1     6   6        3   2   1  26
Totals                               9      12  12        6   3   2  47



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Umpires: HP - Al Elford, 1B -  Webb

Time of Game: ?   Attendance: 3500


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