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Homestead Grays (HOM) 12 Newark Eagles (NW2) 2

Game played on Sunday, May 21, 1944 (D) at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn NY
Regular-Season game

Homestead Grays                     6 1 2  0 0 0  1 0 2   -  12 13  0
Newark Eagles                       0 1 1  0 0 0  0 0 0   -   2 11  2

BATTING

Homestead Grays                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Cool Papa Bell lf                     3   2   2    2     2         1   0
Jerry Benjamin cf                     4   1   2    0     1         2   0
Sam Bankhead 2b                       2   1   0    0     1         4   5
Buck Leonard 1b                       3   1   2    1     1        10   1
Dave Hoskins rf                       5   3   3    1     0         2   0
Josh Gibson c                         5   2   0    1     0         4   1
Jelly Jackson ss                      4   1   1    2     1         3   3
Ray Battle 3b                         5   0   3    1     0         0   0
Spoon Carter p                        4   1   0    1     0         1   0
Totals                               35  12  13    9     6   2    27  10

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Sam Bankhead, Buck Leonard, Jelly Jackson. 

BATTING -
2B:  Jerry Benjamin 2, Dave Hoskins. 
HR:  Cool Papa Bell. 
SH:  Sam Bankhead, Buck Leonard. 
HBP:  Sam Bankhead. 
GDP:  Jerry Benjamin. 
Team LOB:  5

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Sam Bankhead, Dave Hoskins, Josh Gibson. 
CS:  Sam Bankhead. 

Newark Eagles                        AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Bob Turner cf                         4   0   0    0     0         3   1
Murray Watkins 3b                     4   1   1    0     0         3   3
Ray Dandridge ss                      4   0   2    0     0         1   2
Lennie Pearson 1b                     4   0   2    1     0         9   1
Johnny Davis rf                       4   1   1    0     0         4   0
Bob Harvey lf                         4   0   1    0     0         3   0
Willie Wynn c                         2   0   2    1     0         1   0
  Harry Cozart p                      1   0   1    0     0         0   1
  Jimmy Hill ph                       1   0   1    0     0         0   0
Leaman Johnson 2b                     3   0   0    0     0         2   2
  Mule Suttles ph                     1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Percy Forrest p                       0   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Ed Jacobs p                         1   0   0    0     0         0   1
   Brown ph, c                        2   0   0    0     0         1   1
Totals                               35   2  11    2     0   3    27  12

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Lennie Pearson, Leaman Johnson. 
E: 2.  Bob Turner, Lennie Pearson. 

BATTING -
3B:  Lennie Pearson. 
GDP:   Brown. 
Team LOB:  6

BASERUNNING -
CS:  Jimmy Hill. 

PITCHING

Homestead Grays                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Spoon Carter W                       9      11   2    2   0   3   0  35
Totals                               9      11   2    2   0   3   0  35


Newark Eagles                        IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Percy Forrest L                      0.1     3   5    3   1   0   0  6
Ed Jacobs                            3.2     6   4    3   3   0   1  19
Harry Cozart                         5       4   3    3   2   2   0  19
Totals                               9      13  12    9   6   2   1  44

WP:  Percy Forrest, Harry Cozart. 
HBP:  Harry Cozart. 


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Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing.

Umpires: HP - Fred McCreary, 1B - W. Moore

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 6732

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 5/21/1944, game 2 -- Homestead Grays at Newark
Eagles (D)

Starting Lineups:

   Homestead                     Newark                        
1. C.Bell              lf        B.Turner            cf        
2. J.Benjamin          cf        M.Watkins           3b        
3. S.Bankhead          2b        R.Dandridge         ss        
4. B.Leonard           1b        L.Pearson           1b        
5. D.Hoskins           rf        J.Davis             rf        
6. J.Gibson            c         B.Harvey            lf        
7. J.Jackson           ss        W.Wynn              c         
8. R.Battle            3b        L.Johnson           2b        
9. S.Carter            p         P.Forrest           p         

GRAYS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and
box sc; C.Bell singled; J.Benjamin doubled [C.Bell to third];
P.Forrest threw a wild pitch [C.Bell scored, J.Benjamin to
third]; S.Bankhead walked; B.Leonard out on a sacrifice bunt
(unknown fielder) [J.Benjamin scored, S.Bankhead to second];
D.Hoskins singled [S.Bankhead to third]; J.Gibson reached on an
error by L.Pearson [S.Bankhead scored, D.Hoskins to third,
J.Gibson to first]; E.JACOBS REPLACED P.FORREST (PITCHING);
D.Hoskins stole home and J.Gibson stole second; J.Jackson
walked; R.Battle singled [J.Gibson to third, J.Jackson to
second]; S.Carter flied to B.Turner [J.Gibson scored (unearned)
(error by B.Turner), J.Jackson scored (unearned) (no RBI) (error
by B.Turner), R.Battle to second]; C.Bell walked; J.Benjamin out
on unknown play; 5 R (3 ER), 4 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Grays 6, Eagles 0.

EAGLES 1ST: B.Turner out on unknown play; M.Watkins out on
unknown play; R.Dandridge singled; L.Pearson out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Grays 6, Eagles 0.

GRAYS 2ND: S.Bankhead out on unknown play; B.Leonard singled;
D.Hoskins doubled [B.Leonard scored]; J.Gibson out on unknown
play; J.Jackson out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Grays 7, Eagles 0.

EAGLES 2ND: J.Davis singled; B.Harvey singled [J.Davis to
second]; W.Wynn singled [J.Davis scored, B.Harvey to second];
L.Johnson out on unknown play; E.Jacobs out on unknown play;
B.Turner out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Grays 7,
Eagles 1.

GRAYS 3RD: R.Battle singled; S.Carter forced R.Battle (unknown
fielder) [S.Carter to first]; C.Bell homered to rightfield
[S.Carter scored]; J.Benjamin doubled; S.Bankhead out on a
sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [J.Benjamin to third];
B.Leonard walked; B.Leonard was picked off first (E.Jacobs to
L.Pearson); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Grays 9, Eagles 1.

EAGLES 3RD: M.Watkins singled; R.Dandridge out on unknown play;
L.Pearson tripled [M.Watkins scored]; J.Davis out on unknown
play; B.Harvey out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Grays
9, Eagles 2.

GRAYS 4TH: D.Hoskins out on unknown play; J.Gibson out on
unknown play; J.Jackson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Grays 9, Eagles 2.

EAGLES 4TH: W.Wynn singled; L.Johnson out on unknown play; 
BATTED FOR E.JACOBS;  grounded into a double play (S.Bankhead to
J.Jackson to B.Leonard) [W.Wynn out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Grays 9, Eagles 2.

GRAYS 5TH:  STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C); H.COZART REPLACED
W.WYNN (PITCHING); R.Battle out on unknown play; S.Carter out on
unknown play; C.Bell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Grays 9, Eagles 2.

EAGLES 5TH: B.Turner out on unknown play; M.Watkins out on
unknown play; R.Dandridge singled; L.Pearson was credited with a
single when a runner was hit by the batted ball (S.Bankhead
unassisted) [R.Dandridge out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Grays 9, Eagles 2.

GRAYS 6TH: J.Benjamin walked; S.Bankhead forced J.Benjamin
(unknown fielder) [S.Bankhead to first]; S.Bankhead stole
second; S.Bankhead was caught stealing third ( to M.Watkins);
B.Leonard out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Grays 9,
Eagles 2.

EAGLES 6TH: J.Davis out on unknown play; B.Harvey out on
unknown play; H.Cozart singled; L.Johnson out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Grays 9, Eagles 2.

GRAYS 7TH: D.Hoskins singled; J.Gibson out on unknown play;
J.Jackson out on unknown play [D.Hoskins to second]; R.Battle
singled to center field (B.Turner to R.Dandridge) [D.Hoskins
scored, R.Battle out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Grays
10, Eagles 2.

EAGLES 7TH:  out on unknown play; B.Turner out on unknown play;
M.Watkins out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Grays 10,
Eagles 2.

GRAYS 8TH: S.Carter out on unknown play; C.Bell walked;
J.Benjamin grounded into a double play (L.Johnson to L.Pearson)
[C.Bell out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Grays 10, Eagles
2.

EAGLES 8TH: R.Dandridge out on unknown play; L.Pearson out on
unknown play; J.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Grays 10, Eagles 2.

GRAYS 9TH: S.Bankhead was hit by a pitch; B.Leonard singled
[S.Bankhead to second]; D.Hoskins forced S.Bankhead (unknown
fielder) [B.Leonard to second, D.Hoskins to first]; J.Gibson
forced B.Leonard (unknown fielder) [D.Hoskins to second,
J.Gibson to first]; H.Cozart threw a wild pitch [D.Hoskins to
third, J.Gibson to second]; J.Jackson singled [D.Hoskins scored,
J.Gibson scored]; R.Battle out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Grays 12, Eagles 2.

EAGLES 9TH: B.Harvey out on unknown play; J.HILL BATTED FOR
H.COZART; J.Hill singled; M.SUTTLES BATTED FOR L.JOHNSON; J.Hill
was caught stealing second (J.Gibson to S.Bankhead); M.Suttles
out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Grays 12, Eagles 2.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Grays           12  13   0   5
 Eagles           2  11   2   6


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