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New York Black Yankees (NY5) 3 Newark Eagles (NW2) 1

Game played on Sunday, May 26, 1946 (D) at Yankee Stadium I, New York NY
Regular-Season game

Newark Eagles                       0 1 0  0 0 0  0 0 0   -   1  6  1
New York Black Yankees              0 0 0  0 0 0  0 3 x   -   3  3  0

BATTING

Newark Eagles                        AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Benny Felder ss                       4   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Clarence Isreal 3b                    3   0   0    0     1   0     0   0
Larry Doby 2b                         4   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Lennie Pearson 1b                     4   1   2    1     0   0     0   0
Monte Irvin cf                        4   0   1    0     0   0     0   0
Johnny Davis lf                       3   0   1    0     1   0     0   0
Bob Harvey rf                         4   0   1    0     0   0     0   0
Charlie Parks c                       3   0   1    0     0   0     0   0
  Max Manning ph                      1   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Leon Day p                            3   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Totals                               33   1   6    1     2   0    24   0

FIELDING -
E: 1.  Charlie Parks. 

BATTING -
HR:  Lennie Pearson. 
Team LOB:  7


New York Black Yankees               AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Felix McLaurin cf                     4   1   1    2     0   0     0   0
Carlos Ascanio 1b                     4   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Bill Harvey ss                        3   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Marvin Barker 3b                      2   0   0    0     1   0     0   0
Claude Poole rf                       3   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Harry Williams 2b                     2   1   1    0     1   0     0   0
Bill Perkins c                        2   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Rufus Baker lf                        3   1   1    1     0   0     0   0
Bob Griffith p                        3   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Totals                               26   3   3    3     2   0    27   0


BATTING -
HR:  Felix McLaurin. 
SH:  Bill Perkins. 
Team LOB:  2


PITCHING

Newark Eagles                        IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Leon Day L                           8       3   3    3   2   0   1  29
Totals                               8       3   3    3   2   0   1  29


New York Black Yankees               IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Bob Griffith W                       9       6   1    1   2   0   1  35
Totals                               9       6   1    1   2   0   1  35



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Umpires: HP - ?

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 12000

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 5/26/1946, game 2 -- Newark Eagles at New York
Black Yankees (D)

Starting Lineups:

   Newark                        New York                      
1. B.Felder            ss        F.McLaurin          cf        
2. C.Isreal            3b        C.Ascanio           1b        
3. L.Doby              2b        B.Harvey            ss        
4. L.Pearson           1b        M.Barker            3b        
5. M.Irvin             cf        C.Poole             rf        
6. J.Davis             lf        H.Williams          2b        
7. B.Harvey            rf        B.Perkins           c         
8. C.Parks             c         R.Baker             lf        
9. L.Day               p         B.Griffith          p         

EAGLES 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and
box sc; B.Felder out on unknown play; C.Isreal out on unknown
play; L.Doby out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Eagles
0, Black Yankees 0.

BLACK YANKEES 1ST: C.Parks dropped a foul fly hit by
F.McLaurin; F.McLaurin out on unknown play; C.Ascanio out on
unknown play; B.Harvey out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0
LOB.  Eagles 0, Black Yankees 0.

EAGLES 2ND: L.Pearson homered to leftfield; M.Irvin out on
unknown play; J.Davis out on unknown play; B.Harvey singled;
C.Parks out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Eagles 1,
Black Yankees 0.

BLACK YANKEES 2ND: M.Barker walked; C.Poole out on unknown
play; H.Williams out on unknown play; B.Perkins out on unknown
play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Eagles 1, Black Yankees 0.

EAGLES 3RD: L.Day out on unknown play; B.Felder out on unknown
play; C.Isreal out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Eagles 1, Black Yankees 0.

BLACK YANKEES 3RD: R.Baker out on unknown play; B.Griffith out
on unknown play; F.McLaurin out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Eagles 1, Black Yankees 0.

EAGLES 4TH: L.Doby out on unknown play; L.Pearson out on
unknown play; M.Irvin singled; J.Davis singled [M.Irvin to
second]; B.Harvey out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Eagles 1, Black Yankees 0.

BLACK YANKEES 4TH: C.Ascanio out on unknown play; B.Harvey out
on unknown play; M.Barker out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Eagles 1, Black Yankees 0.

EAGLES 5TH: C.Parks out on unknown play; L.Day out on unknown
play; B.Felder out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Eagles 1, Black Yankees 0.

BLACK YANKEES 5TH: C.Poole out on unknown play; H.Williams
walked; B.Perkins out on unknown play; R.Baker out on unknown
play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Eagles 1, Black Yankees 0.

EAGLES 6TH: C.Isreal out on unknown play; L.Doby out on unknown
play; L.Pearson singled; M.Irvin out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Eagles 1, Black Yankees 0.

BLACK YANKEES 6TH: B.Griffith out on unknown play; F.McLaurin
out on unknown play; C.Ascanio out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Eagles 1, Black Yankees 0.

EAGLES 7TH: J.Davis out on unknown play; B.Harvey out on
unknown play; C.Parks singled; L.Day out on unknown play; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Eagles 1, Black Yankees 0.

BLACK YANKEES 7TH: B.Harvey out on unknown play; M.Barker out
on unknown play; C.Poole out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Eagles 1, Black Yankees 0.

EAGLES 8TH: B.Felder out on unknown play; C.Isreal walked;
L.Doby out on unknown play; L.Pearson out on unknown play; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Eagles 1, Black Yankees 0.

BLACK YANKEES 8TH: H.Williams singled; B.Perkins out on a
sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [H.Williams to second]; R.Baker
singled [H.Williams scored]; B.Griffith out on unknown play;
F.McLaurin homered [R.Baker scored]; C.Ascanio out on unknown
play; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Eagles 1, Black Yankees 3.

EAGLES 9TH: M.Irvin out on unknown play; J.Davis walked;
B.Harvey out on unknown play; M.MANNING BATTED FOR C.PARKS;
M.Manning out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Eagles 1,
Black Yankees 3.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Eagles           1   6   1   7
 Black Yankees    3   3   0   2


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