Homestead Grays 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 - 8 12 2 Birmingham Black Barons 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 - 4 8 4 BATTING Homestead Grays AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Cool Papa Bell lf 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 Jerry Benjamin cf 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 Buck Leonard 1b 3 2 2 1 1 0 7 0 Josh Gibson c 5 2 3 1 0 0 9 2 Howard Easterling 2b 5 1 1 2 0 0 4 2 Jud Wilson 3b 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 Vic Harris rf 3 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 Sam Bankhead ss 4 0 1 2 0 0 3 4 Johnny Wright p 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Ray Brown ph, p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Totals 35 8 12 7 4 0 27 11 FIELDING - E: 2. Josh Gibson, Howard Easterling. BATTING - 2B: Buck Leonard, Josh Gibson, Jud Wilson. 3B: Vic Harris. SH: Jerry Benjamin, Buck Leonard, Johnny Wright. GDP: Cool Papa Bell. Team LOB: 7 BASERUNNING - SB: Vic Harris. Birmingham Black Barons AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Felix McLaurin cf 3 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 Tommy Sampson 2b 5 0 2 0 0 0 5 5 Clyde Spearman rf 4 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 Lester Lockett 3b 5 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 Ed Steele lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Piper Davis ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 6 Ted Radcliffe c 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 Leonard Lindsay 1b 3 1 0 0 1 0 13 1 Alfred Saylor p 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 Alphonse Dunn ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gready McKinnis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Totals 36 4 8 3 3 0 27 18 FIELDING - DP: 2. Tommy Sampson, Lester Lockett, Piper Davis, Leonard Lindsay, Alfred Saylor. E: 4. Felix McLaurin, Clyde Spearman, Ted Radcliffe, Gready McKinnis. BATTING - HBP: Clyde Spearman. Team LOB: 9 BASERUNNING - SB: Felix McLaurin. PITCHING Homestead Grays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Johnny Wright 6 6 4 3 3 0 0 28 Ray Brown W 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 Totals 9 8 4 3 3 0 0 40 HBP: Ray Brown. Birmingham Black Barons IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Alfred Saylor L 8 10 6 6 4 0 0 36 Gready McKinnis 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 6 Totals 9 12 8 6 4 0 0 42 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Poindexter Williams, 1B - Fred McCreary, 3B - W. Moore Time of Game: 2:20 Attendance: 4000 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Tuesday, 10/5/1943 -- Homestead Grays at Birmingham Black Barons (N) Starting Lineups: Homestead Birmingham 1. C.Bell lf F.McLaurin cf 2. J.Benjamin cf T.Sampson 2b 3. B.Leonard 1b C.Spearman rf 4. J.Gibson c L.Lockett 3b 5. H.Easterling 2b E.Steele lf 6. J.Wilson 3b P.Davis ss 7. V.Harris rf T.Radcliffe c 8. S.Bankhead ss L.Lindsay 1b 9. J.Wright p A.Saylor p GRAYS 1ST: C.Bell singled; J.Benjamin out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [C.Bell to second]; B.Leonard singled [C.Bell scored]; J.Gibson out on unknown play; H.Easterling out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 1, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 1ST: F.McLaurin reached on an error by H.Easterling [F.McLaurin to first]; T.Sampson out on unknown play; C.Spearman out on unknown play; L.Lockett out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Grays 1, Black Barons 0. GRAYS 2ND: T.Radcliffe dropped a foul fly hit by J.Wilson; J.Wilson out on unknown play; V.Harris tripled; S.Bankhead lined into a double play (A.Saylor to L.Lockett) [V.Harris out at third]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Grays 1, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 2ND: E.Steele out on unknown play; P.Davis out on unknown play; T.Radcliffe out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 1, Black Barons 0. GRAYS 3RD: J.Wright singled; C.Bell grounded into a double play (P.Davis to T.Sampson to L.Lindsay) [J.Wright out at second]; J.Benjamin out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 1, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 3RD: L.Lindsay walked; A.Saylor out on unknown play; F.McLaurin walked [L.Lindsay to second]; T.Sampson singled [L.Lindsay to third, F.McLaurin to second]; C.Spearman singled [L.Lindsay scored, F.McLaurin to third, T.Sampson to second]; L.Lockett flied to unknown fielder [F.McLaurin scored]; E.Steele out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Grays 1, Black Barons 2. GRAYS 4TH: B.Leonard walked; J.Gibson out on unknown play; H.Easterling out on unknown play; J.Wilson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 1, Black Barons 2. BLACK BARONS 4TH: P.Davis out on unknown play; T.Radcliffe out on unknown play; L.Lindsay out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 1, Black Barons 2. GRAYS 5TH: V.Harris walked; S.Bankhead out on unknown play; J.Wright out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [V.Harris to second]; C.Bell walked; J.Benjamin out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Grays 1, Black Barons 2. BLACK BARONS 5TH: A.Saylor out on unknown play; F.McLaurin walked; F.McLaurin stole second; T.Sampson out on unknown play; C.Spearman singled [F.McLaurin scored (unearned) (no RBI) (error by J.Gibson)]; L.Lockett out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Grays 1, Black Barons 3. GRAYS 6TH: B.Leonard doubled; J.Gibson singled [B.Leonard to third]; H.Easterling out on unknown play; J.Wilson forced J.Gibson (unknown fielder) [B.Leonard scored, J.Wilson to first]; V.Harris out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 2, Black Barons 3. BLACK BARONS 6TH: E.Steele singled; P.Davis singled [E.Steele to second]; T.Radcliffe out on unknown play; L.Lindsay out on unknown play; A.Saylor singled [E.Steele scored, P.Davis to second]; F.McLaurin out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Grays 2, Black Barons 4. GRAYS 7TH: S.Bankhead out on unknown play; R.BROWN BATTED FOR J.WRIGHT; R.Brown out on unknown play; C.Bell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 2, Black Barons 4. BLACK BARONS 7TH: R.BROWN STAYED IN GAME (PITCHING); T.Sampson out on unknown play; C.Spearman was hit by a pitch; L.Lockett out on unknown play; E.Steele out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 2, Black Barons 4. GRAYS 8TH: J.Benjamin walked; B.Leonard forced J.Benjamin (unknown fielder) [B.Leonard to first]; J.Gibson singled to center field [B.Leonard to third (error by F.McLaurin), J.Gibson to second]; H.Easterling singled [B.Leonard scored, J.Gibson scored]; J.Wilson out on unknown play; V.Harris singled [H.Easterling to third]; V.Harris stole second; S.Bankhead singled to right field [H.Easterling scored, V.Harris scored]; R.Brown out on unknown play; 4 R, 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Grays 6, Black Barons 4. BLACK BARONS 8TH: P.Davis out on unknown play; T.Radcliffe singled; L.Lindsay out on unknown play; A.DUNN BATTED FOR A.SAYLOR; A.Dunn out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 6, Black Barons 4. GRAYS 9TH: G.MCKINNIS REPLACED A.DUNN (PITCHING); C.Bell out on unknown play; J.Benjamin reached on an error by G.McKinnis [J.Benjamin to first]; B.Leonard out on a sacrifice bunt (G.McKinnis to L.Lindsay) [J.Benjamin to second]; J.Gibson doubled [J.Benjamin scored (unearned)]; H.Easterling reached on an error by C.Spearman [J.Gibson scored (unearned) (no RBI), H.Easterling to first]; J.Wilson doubled [H.Easterling to third]; J.Wilson was picked off second (unknown fielder); 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Grays 8, Black Barons 4. BLACK BARONS 9TH: F.McLaurin out on unknown play; T.Sampson singled; C.Spearman out on unknown play; L.Lockett out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 8, Black Barons 4. Final Totals R H E LOB Grays 8 12 2 7 Black Barons 4 8 4 9
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