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Homestead Grays (HOM) 8 Birmingham Black Barons (BIR) 4

Game played on Tuesday, October 5, 1943 (N) at Cramton Bowl, Montgomery AL
Postseason Championship Series

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         1   0
Tommy Sampson 2b                      5   0   2    0     0         5   5
Clyde Spearman rf                     4   0   2    1     0         3   0
Lester Lockett 3b                     5   0   0    1     0         1   0
Ed Steele lf                          4   1   1    0     0         0   0
Piper Davis ss                        4   0   1    0     0         3   6
Ted Radcliffe c                       4   0   1    0     0         0   2
Leonard Lindsay 1b                    3   1   0    0     1        13   1
Alfred Saylor p                       3   0   1    1     0         1   3
  Alphonse Dunn ph                    1   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Gready McKinnis p                   0   0   0    0     0         0   1
Totals                               36   4   8    3     3   9    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   9   0  28
Ray Brown W                          3       2   0    0   0   0   0  12
Totals                               9       8   4    3   3   9   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



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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: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and
box sc; 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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