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Homestead Grays (HOM) 5 Newark Eagles (NW2) 4

Game played on Sunday, May 9, 1948 (D) at Ruppert Stadium, Newark NJ
Regular-Season game

Homestead Grays                     0 1 0  2 0 0  1 0 1   -   5  8  1
Newark Eagles                       2 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 2   -   4  6  1

BATTING

Homestead Grays                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Luis Marquez cf                       4   0   1          0              
Sam Bankhead ss                       5   0   0          0              
Bob Thurman rf                        5   1   2          0              
Buck Leonard 1b                       3   2   2          2              
Luke Easter lf                        3   1   1          2              
Eudie Napier c                        4   0   1          0              
  Wilmer Fields                       1   0   0          0         0   0
  Victoriano Sosa c                   0   0   0          0              
Charles Gary 3b                       4   0   0          0              
Clarence Bruce 2b                     4   0   0          0              
Tom Parker p                          3   1   1          1              
  Willie Smith p                      0   0   0          0              
  Frank Thompson p                    0   0   0          0              
Totals                               36   5   8          5        27    

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Buck Leonard, Clarence Bruce, Willie Smith. 
E: 1. ?. 

BATTING -
2B:  Bob Thurman. 
3B:  Luke Easter. 
HR:  Buck Leonard 2. 
HBP:  Luis Marquez, Charles Gary. 
Team LOB:  11

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Luis Marquez, Bob Thurman, Luke Easter, Tom Parker. 

Newark Eagles                        AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Jimmy Wilkes cf                       3   1   1          2              
Curley Williams ss                    4   0   0          0              
Lennie Pearson 1b                     4   0   1          0              
Bob Harvey rf                         2   2   1          2              
Johnny Davis lf                       3   0   1          1              
Bob Wilson 3b                         4   1   2          0              
Earl Ashby c                          4   0   0          0              
Leroy Williams 2b                     2   0   0          0              
  Oscar Givens 2b                     1   0   0          1              
Cotton Williams p                     3   0   0          0              
  Clyde Golden p                      0   0   0          0              
  Leniel Hooker p                     0   0   0          0              
  Max Manning                         1   0   0          0         0   0
Totals                               31   4   6          6        27    

FIELDING -
E: 1. ?. 

BATTING -
HR:  Bob Wilson. 
Team LOB:  6

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Leroy Williams. 

PITCHING

Homestead Grays                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Tom Parker W                         7       4   2        4       0  27
Willie Smith                         1.2     2   2        2       1  9
Frank Thompson                       0.1     0   0        0       0  1
Totals                               9       6   4        6       1  37


Newark Eagles                        IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Cotton Williams L                    7.2     7   4        4       2  36
Clyde Golden                         0.2     0   0        1       0  3
Leniel Hooker                        0.2     1   1        0       0  4
Totals                               9       8   5        5       2  43

HBP:  Cotton Williams, Leniel Hooker. 


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Umpires: HP - Fred McCreary, 1B - Charles Moore, 3B -  Skelt

Time of Game: 0:0-1   Attendance: 12000


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