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Baltimore Elite Giants (BLG) 9 Homestead Grays (HOM) 4

Game played on Friday, August 8, 1947 (N) at Bugle Field, Baltimore MD
Regular-Season game

Homestead Grays                     2 1 0  0 0 0  0 1 0   -   4  7  4
Baltimore Elite Giants              2 0 1  0 1 0  2 3 x   -   9 15  4

BATTING

Homestead Grays                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Jerry Benjamin cf                     4   2   1    0     1         0   0
Sam Bankhead ss                       4   0   1    1     0         2   4
Luis Marquez rf                       5   1   2    1     0         2   0
Buck Leonard 1b                       2   0   0    0     3        14   0
Clarence Bruce 2b                     5   0   1    0     0         1   4
Luke Easter lf                        2   0   0    0     1         0   0
Clarence Isreal 3b                    3   0   1    0     1         0   3
Robert Gaston c                       3   0   0    0     1         5   0
Frank Thompson p                      3   0   0    0     0         0   2
  Wilmer Fields ph                    1   0   1    0     0         0   0
  Raymon Lacy pr                      0   1   0    0     0         0   0
  Willie Pope p                       0   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               32   4   7    2     7        24  13

FIELDING -
E: 4.  Sam Bankhead, Luke Easter, Clarence Isreal, Robert Gaston. 
PB: 1.  Robert Gaston. 

BATTING -
2B:  Luis Marquez. 
SH:  Sam Bankhead. 
HBP:  Luke Easter. 
Team LOB:  10

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Luke Easter. 

Baltimore Elite Giants               AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Tommy Butts ss                        5   1   2    0     0         1   4
Jim Gilliam 2b                        4   3   3    0     1         2   1
Henry Kimbro cf                       1   0   1    2     0         0   0
  Luis Villodas 1b                    3   0   0    0     0         7   0
Butch Davis rf                        4   3   1    0     1         0   0
Lester Lockett 1b, lf                 5   2   3    2     0         3   0
Felix Guilbe lf, cf                   5   0   3    1     0         3   1
Joe Wiley 3b                          5   0   1    1     0         1   0
Bill Perkins c                        5   0   0    0     0        10   1
Bob Romby p                           0   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Jonas Gaines p                      4   0   1    0     0         0   3
Totals                               41   9  15    6     2        27  10

FIELDING -
DP: 2.  Tommy Butts, Jim Gilliam, Luis Villodas, Felix Guilbe, Joe Wiley. 
E: 4.  Henry Kimbro, Luis Villodas, Bill Perkins, ?. 

BATTING -
2B:  Jim Gilliam, Lester Lockett. 
3B:  Jim Gilliam. 
SH:  Luis Villodas. 
Team LOB:  11

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Butch Davis, Lester Lockett, Joe Wiley. 

PITCHING

Homestead Grays                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Frank Thompson L                     7      14   6        1   5   0  37
Willie Pope                          1       1   3        1   0   0  7
Totals                               8      15   9        2   5   0  44

WP:  Frank Thompson. 

Baltimore Elite Giants               IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Bob Romby                            0.2     1   2        4   1   0  7
Jonas Gaines W                       8.1     6   2        3   9   0  34
Totals                               9       7   4        7  10   0  41

HBP:  Jonas Gaines. 


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Umpires: HP - Fred McCreary, 1B - Alfred Saylor

Time of Game: 2:31   Attendance: 


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