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Homestead Grays (HOM) 7 Cleveland Buckeyes (CVB) 1

Game played on Thursday, September 14, 1944 at Griffith Stadium, Washington DC
Exhibition game

Cleveland Buckeyes                  0 0 0  0 0 1  0 0 0   -   1  6  0
Homestead Grays                     1 2 1  0 3 0  0 0 x   -   7 10  0

BATTING

Cleveland Buckeyes                   AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Wilbert King ss                       4   0   2          0              
Archie Ware 1b                        4   0   1          0              
Sam Jethroe 2b                        4   0   0          0              
Parnell Woods 3b                      4   0   0          0              
Lloyd Davenport cf                    3   0   1          0              
Willie Grace lf                       3   0   0          0              
Jimmie Crutchfield rf                 3   0   0          0              
Jesse Williams c                      3   1   1          0              
Willie Jefferson p                    1   0   0          0              
  George Jefferson p                  2   0   1          0              
Totals                               31   1   6          0   6    24    

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Wilbert King, Archie Ware, Willie Jefferson. 
PB: 1.  Jesse Williams. 

BATTING -
Team LOB:  3


Homestead Grays                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Cool Papa Bell lf                     5   1   3          0              
Jerry Benjamin cf                     5   0   1          0              
Sam Bankhead ss                       5   0   1          0              
Buck Leonard 1b                       3   2   1          2              
Dave Hoskins rf                       4   0   2          1              
Walter Cannady 3b                     3   1   0          1              
  Ray Brown p                         0   0   0          0              
Josh Gibson c                         2   0   0          2              
Jelly Jackson 2b                      4   2   2          0              
Roy Welmaker p                        2   1   0          0              
  Edsall Walker p                     0   0   0          0              
  Jud Wilson 3b                       1   0   0          0              
Totals                               34   7  10          6   1    27    

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Sam Bankhead, Buck Leonard, Walter Cannady. 
PB: 1.  Josh Gibson. 

BATTING -
2B:  Dave Hoskins. 
3B:  Dave Hoskins. 
SH:  Roy Welmaker. 
Team LOB:  10


PITCHING

Cleveland Buckeyes                   IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Willie Jefferson L                   4.1     8   7        5   0   0  27
George Jefferson                     3.2     2   0        1   1   0  14
Totals                               8      10   7        6   1   0  41

WP:  Willie Jefferson. 

Homestead Grays                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Roy Welmaker W                       4       2   0        0   3   0  13
Edsall Walker                        3       3   1        0   1   0  12
Ray Brown                            2       1   0        0   2   0  6
Totals                               9       6   1        0   6   0  31

WP:  Edsall Walker. 


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Umpires: HP - W. Moore, 1B - Fred McCreary, 3B -  Kemp

Time of Game: 1:45   Attendance: 


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