Homestead Grays 1 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 - 8 9 0 Baltimore Elite Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 6 9 BATTING Homestead Grays AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Cool Papa Bell lf 5 1 0 0 0 2 0 Jerry Benjamin cf 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 Buck Leonard 1b 5 2 2 2 0 8 0 Jud Wilson 3b 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 Howard Easterling 2b 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 Sam Bankhead ss 5 1 1 1 0 2 4 Vic Harris rf 4 1 0 1 1 2 0 Robert Gaston c 4 2 3 1 1 10 0 Roy Partlow p 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 Totals 43 8 9 5 2 5 27 7 BATTING - 2B: Sam Bankhead, Robert Gaston. 3B: Buck Leonard. HR: Buck Leonard. Team LOB: 10 BASERUNNING - SB: Sam Bankhead 2. Baltimore Elite Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Henry Kimbro cf 4 0 2 0 0 2 0 Felton Snow 3b 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 Thad Christopher lf 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 Bud Barbee 1b 4 1 2 1 0 11 0 Frank Russell 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 6 Doc Dennis ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 Norman Robinson rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 Bob Clarke c 3 0 0 0 0 8 0 Tom Glover p 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 George Scales ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Bill Harvey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 32 1 6 1 1 10 27 11 FIELDING - E: 9. Felton Snow 3, Bud Barbee, Frank Russell 2, Doc Dennis 3. BATTING - HR: Bud Barbee. Team LOB: 5 BASERUNNING - SB: Henry Kimbro. PITCHING Homestead Grays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Roy Partlow W 9 6 1 1 1 10 1 33 Totals 9 6 1 1 1 10 1 33 Baltimore Elite Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Tom Glover L 8 8 8 2 2 5 1 41 Bill Harvey 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 Totals 9 9 8 2 2 5 1 45 WP: Tom Glover. Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Price, 1B - Crush Holloway Time of Game: 2:28 Attendance: 0 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Friday, 9/10/1943 -- Homestead Grays at Baltimore Elite Giants (N) Starting Lineups: Homestead Baltimore 1. C.Bell lf H.Kimbro cf 2. J.Benjamin cf F.Snow 3b 3. B.Leonard 1b T.Christopher lf 4. J.Wilson 3b B.Barbee 1b 5. H.Easterling 2b F.Russell 2b 6. S.Bankhead ss D.Dennis ss 7. V.Harris rf N.Robinson rf 8. R.Gaston c B.Clarke c 9. R.Partlow p T.Glover p GRAYS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; C.Bell reached on an error by F.Russell [C.Bell to second]; J.Benjamin out on unknown play [C.Bell to third]; B.Leonard out on unknown play [C.Bell scored (unearned)]; J.Wilson out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Grays 1, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 1ST: H.Kimbro singled; H.Kimbro stole second; F.Snow out on unknown play; T.Christopher out on unknown play; B.Barbee out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 1, Elite Giants 0. GRAYS 2ND: H.Easterling out on unknown play; S.Bankhead reached on an error by D.Dennis [S.Bankhead to first]; S.Bankhead stole second; S.Bankhead stole third; T.Glover threw a wild pitch [S.Bankhead scored]; V.Harris reached on an error by F.Snow [V.Harris to second]; R.Gaston doubled [V.Harris scored (unearned)]; R.Partlow reached on an error by F.Russell [R.Gaston scored (unearned) (no RBI), R.Partlow to first]; C.Bell out on unknown play; J.Benjamin out on unknown play; 3 R (1 ER), 1 H, 3 E, 1 LOB. Grays 4, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 2ND: F.Russell out on unknown play; D.Dennis out on unknown play; N.Robinson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 4, Elite Giants 0. GRAYS 3RD: B.Leonard homered; J.Wilson singled; H.Easterling out on unknown play; S.Bankhead out on unknown play; V.Harris out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 5, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 3RD: B.Clarke out on unknown play; T.Glover out on unknown play; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 5, Elite Giants 0. GRAYS 4TH: R.Gaston singled; R.Partlow singled [R.Gaston to second]; C.Bell out on unknown play; J.Benjamin reached on an error by D.Dennis [R.Gaston scored (unearned) (no RBI), R.Partlow to second, J.Benjamin to first]; B.Leonard out on unknown play; J.Wilson out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Grays 6, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 4TH: F.Snow out on unknown play; T.Christopher singled; B.Barbee out on unknown play; F.Russell out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 6, Elite Giants 0. GRAYS 5TH: H.Easterling reached on an error by D.Dennis [H.Easterling to second]; S.Bankhead out on unknown play [H.Easterling to third]; V.Harris out on unknown play [H.Easterling scored (unearned)]; R.Gaston out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Grays 7, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 5TH: D.Dennis out on unknown play; N.Robinson out on unknown play; B.Clarke out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 7, Elite Giants 0. GRAYS 6TH: R.Partlow out on unknown play; C.Bell out on unknown play; J.Benjamin out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 7, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 6TH: T.Glover out on unknown play; H.Kimbro singled; H.Kimbro was picked off first (R.Partlow to B.Leonard); F.Snow singled; T.Christopher out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 7, Elite Giants 0. GRAYS 7TH: B.Leonard tripled; J.Wilson out on unknown play; H.Easterling out on unknown play; B.Barbee dropped a foul fly hit by S.Bankhead; S.Bankhead doubled [B.Leonard scored (unearned)]; V.Harris walked; R.Gaston walked [S.Bankhead to third, V.Harris to second]; R.Partlow out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Grays 8, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 7TH: B.Barbee singled; F.Russell out on unknown play; D.Dennis out on unknown play; N.Robinson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 8, Elite Giants 0. GRAYS 8TH: C.Bell out on unknown play; J.Benjamin reached on an error by F.Snow [J.Benjamin to first]; B.Leonard out on unknown play; J.Wilson singled [J.Benjamin to second]; H.Easterling out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Grays 8, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 8TH: B.Clarke out on unknown play; G.SCALES BATTED FOR T.GLOVER; G.Scales walked; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; F.Snow out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 8, Elite Giants 0. GRAYS 9TH: B.HARVEY REPLACED G.SCALES (PITCHING); S.Bankhead out on unknown play; V.Harris out on unknown play; R.Gaston singled to third base [R.Gaston to second (error by F.Snow)]; R.Partlow out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Grays 8, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 9TH: T.Christopher out on unknown play; B.Barbee hit an inside the park homer to center field; F.Russell out on unknown play; D.Dennis out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 8, Elite Giants 1. Final Totals R H E LOB Grays 8 9 0 10 Elite Giants 1 6 9 5
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