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Homestead Grays (HOM) 3 Newark Eagles (NW2) 2

Game played on Sunday, August 26, 1945 at Griffith Stadium, Washington DC
Regular-Season game

Newark Eagles                       0 1 1  0 0 0  0 0 0  0  -   2  8  1
Homestead Grays                     0 1 1  0 0 0  0 0 0  1  -   3 12  0

BATTING

Newark Eagles                        AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Murray Watkins ss                     4   0   0    0     1              
Cotton Williams 3b                    5   0   1    0     0              
Jimmy Wilkes lf                       5   1   2    1     0              
Lennie Pearson 1b                     5   0   1    0     0              
Johnny Davis cf                       3   1   1    1     2              
Bob Harvey rf                         5   0   1    0     0   1          
Biz Mackey c                          3   0   1    0     1              
Charlie Humber 2b                     3   0   0    0     1              
Leniel Hooker p                       4   0   1    0     0              
Totals                               37   2   8    2     5   1    27    

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Cotton Williams, Lennie Pearson. 
E: 1.  Murray Watkins. 

BATTING -
3B:  Lennie Pearson. 
HR:  Johnny Davis. 
IW:  Johnny Davis. 
Team LOB:  10


Homestead Grays                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Cool Papa Bell lf                     4   0   2    0     0              
Dave Hoskins rf                       5   1   2    0     0              
Jerry Benjamin cf                     5   0   0    0     0              
Josh Gibson c                         4   0   1    1     1              
Jud Wilson 1b                         4   1   2    0     1              
Sam Bankhead ss                       5   0   3    1     0              
Charley House 3b                      2   0   0    0     0              
  Ray Brown ph                        1   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Ray Battle 3b                       0   0   0    0     0              
  Vic Harris ph                       1   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Bozo Jackson 3b                     0   0   0    0     0              
Jelly Jackson 2b                      4   0   1    0     0              
Roy Welmaker p                        4   1   1    1     0              
Totals                               39   3  12    3     2        30    


BATTING -
3B:  Josh Gibson. 
SH:  Cool Papa Bell. 
Team LOB:  12


PITCHING

Newark Eagles                        IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Leniel Hooker L                      9      12   3    2   2   4   0  42
Totals                               9      12   3    2   2   4   0  42


Homestead Grays                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Roy Welmaker W                       10      8   2    2   5   6   1  42
Totals                               10      8   2    2   5   6   1  42

IW:  Roy Welmaker. 


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Umpires: HP - Fred McCreary, 1B -  Kemp, 3B - Eggie Greenfield

Time of Game: 2:28   Attendance: 5000


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