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Homestead Grays (HOM) 7 Newark Eagles (NW2) 5

Game played on Saturday, August 7, 1943 at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh PA
Regular-Season game

Newark Eagles                       1 0 0  1 0 0  1 2 0   -   5  9  3
Homestead Grays                     0 0 0  4 0 0  3 0 x   -   7  8  1

BATTING

Newark Eagles                        AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Murray Watkins 3b                     5   1   1          0         4   4
Leon Day 2b                           3   2   1          1         1   0
Johnny Davis cf                       4   0   1          0         3   0
Lennie Pearson 1b                     4   0   1          0         8   1
Bob Harvey lf                         4   1   2          0         0   0
Leon Ruffin rf                        3   1   1          0         1   0
Cotton Williams ss                    4   0   0          0         3   1
Wilmore Williams c                    4   0   1          0         4   0
Jimmy Hill p                          4   0   1          0         0   3
Totals                               35   5   9          1        24   9

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Murray Watkins, Leon Day, Lennie Pearson. 
E: 3.  Murray Watkins, Leon Day, Cotton Williams 2. 

BATTING -
HBP:  Leon Ruffin. 
Team LOB:  5


Homestead Grays                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Cool Papa Bell lf                     4   1   2          0         1   0
Jerry Benjamin cf                     3   1   0          1         1   0
Buck Leonard 1b                       2   0   0          2        17   0
Josh Gibson c                         3   1   0          1         4   2
Howard Easterling 2b                  4   1   2          0         1   2
Sam Bankhead ss                       4   1   1          0         1   4
Jud Wilson 3b                         4   1   1          0         1   6
Vic Harris rf                         4   1   1          0         1   0
Spoon Carter p                        3   0   1          0         0   1
Totals                               31   7   8          4        27  15

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Buck Leonard, Howard Easterling, Jud Wilson. 
E: 1.  Jud Wilson. 

BATTING -
Team LOB:  4


PITCHING

Newark Eagles                        IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Jimmy Hill L                         8       8   7        4          35
Totals                               8       8   7        4          35


Homestead Grays                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Spoon Carter W                       9       9   5        1          37
Totals                               9       9   5        1          37

HBP:  Spoon Carter. 


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Umpires: HP - Mo Harris, 1B - Bill Harris

Time of Game: ?   Attendance: 


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