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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     1         1   0
Jerry Benjamin cf                     4   1   2    0     0         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    0     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    0     0         1   0
Totals                               35  12  13    7     4   2    27  10

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

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

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

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                          1   0   1    0     0         0   0
Leaman Johnson 2b                     3   0   0    0     0         2   2
  Mule Suttles                        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   0
   Brown c                            2   0   0    0     0         1   1
Totals                               35   2  11    2     0   3    27  11

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

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

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Harry Cozart. 

PITCHING

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


Newark Eagles                        IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Percy Forrest L                      0.1     3   5        1   0   0  6
Ed Jacobs                            3.2     5   4        3   0   1  18
Harry Cozart                         5       5   3        0   2   0  20
Totals                               9      13  12        4   2   1  44

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


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

Time of Game: ?   Attendance: 6732


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