Homestead Grays 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 - 6 9 1 Baltimore Elite Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 1 BATTING Homestead Grays AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Luis Marquez cf 5 3 2 0 0 0 3 0 Sam Bankhead ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 Luke Easter lf 5 1 2 4 0 3 4 0 Buck Leonard 1b 3 0 1 2 2 0 8 0 Wilmer Fields 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Bob Thurman rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Clarence Bruce 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 Luther Clifford c 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 Eudie Napier ph, c 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Tom Parker p 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 Totals 35 6 9 6 4 3 27 8 FIELDING - E: 1. Luther Clifford. BATTING - 3B: Luke Easter. HR: Luke Easter. HBP: Sam Bankhead. Team LOB: 7 BASERUNNING - CS: Bob Thurman. Baltimore Elite Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Jim Gilliam 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 Tommy Butts ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 Henry Kimbro cf 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 Lester Lockett lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Johnny Washington 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 12 1 Butch McCord rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 Frank Russell 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Ed Finney ph, 3b 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 Frazier Robinson c 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 Bob Romby ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bill Perkins c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Ernest Burke ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Jonas Gaines p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bill Byrd p 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 Totals 32 0 6 0 4 2 27 11 FIELDING - E: 1. Jim Gilliam. BATTING - Team LOB: 9 BASERUNNING - CS: Jim Gilliam. PITCHING Homestead Grays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Tom Parker W 9 6 0 0 4 2 0 36 Totals 9 6 0 0 4 2 0 36 WP: Tom Parker. Baltimore Elite Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Jonas Gaines L 3.2 6 5 5 4 2 1 22 Bill Byrd 5.1 3 1 1 0 1 0 18 Totals 9 9 6 6 4 3 1 40 WP: Jonas Gaines. HBP: Jonas Gaines. Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Fred McCreary, 1B - Mo Harris, 2B - Ted Lewis, 3B - Kemp Time of Game: 2:22 Attendance: 0 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Tuesday, 9/14/1948 -- Homestead Grays at Baltimore Elite Giants (N) Starting Lineups: Homestead Baltimore 1. L.Marquez cf J.Gilliam 2b 2. S.Bankhead ss T.Butts ss 3. L.Easter lf H.Kimbro cf 4. B.Leonard 1b L.Lockett lf 5. W.Fields 3b J.Washington 1b 6. B.Thurman rf B.McCord rf 7. C.Bruce 2b F.Russell 3b 8. L.Clifford c F.Robinson c 9. T.Parker p J.Gaines p GRAYS 1ST: L.Marquez out on unknown play; S.Bankhead out on unknown play; L.Easter struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 0, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 1ST: J.Gilliam singled; J.Gilliam was caught stealing second (unknown fielder); T.Butts out on unknown play; H.Kimbro walked; L.Lockett out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 0, Elite Giants 0. GRAYS 2ND: B.Leonard walked; J.Gaines threw a wild pitch [B.Leonard to second]; W.Fields walked; B.Thurman out on unknown play; C.Bruce out on unknown play; L.Clifford out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Grays 0, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 2ND: J.Washington out on unknown play; B.McCord out on unknown play; F.Russell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 0, Elite Giants 0. GRAYS 3RD: T.Parker walked; L.Marquez forced T.Parker (unknown fielder) [L.Marquez to first]; S.Bankhead singled [L.Marquez to second]; L.Easter homered to leftfield [L.Marquez scored, S.Bankhead scored]; B.Leonard walked; W.Fields out on unknown play; B.Thurman singled to second base [B.Leonard to third (error by J.Gilliam), B.Thurman to second]; C.Bruce out on unknown play; 3 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Grays 3, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 3RD: F.Robinson out on unknown play; J.Gaines out on unknown play; J.Gilliam out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 3, Elite Giants 0. GRAYS 4TH: L.Clifford out on unknown play; T.Parker singled; L.Marquez singled [T.Parker to second]; S.Bankhead was hit by a pitch [T.Parker to third, L.Marquez to second]; L.Easter struck out; B.Leonard singled to right field [T.Parker scored, L.Marquez scored, S.Bankhead to second]; B.BYRD REPLACED J.GAINES (PITCHING); W.Fields out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Grays 5, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 4TH: T.Butts out on unknown play; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; L.Lockett out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 5, Elite Giants 0. GRAYS 5TH: B.Thurman out on unknown play; C.Bruce out on unknown play; L.Clifford out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 5, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 5TH: J.Washington out on unknown play; B.McCord out on unknown play; F.Russell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 5, Elite Giants 0. GRAYS 6TH: T.Parker out on unknown play; L.Marquez out on unknown play; S.Bankhead out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 5, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 6TH: F.Robinson out on unknown play; B.Byrd walked; J.Gilliam out on unknown play; T.Parker threw a wild pitch [B.Byrd to second]; T.Butts walked; H.Kimbro walked [B.Byrd to third, T.Butts to second]; L.Lockett lined to B.Thurman; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Grays 5, Elite Giants 0. GRAYS 7TH: L.Easter struck out; B.Leonard out on unknown play; W.Fields out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 5, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 7TH: J.Washington out on unknown play; B.McCord singled; E.FINNEY BATTED FOR F.RUSSELL; E.Finney singled [B.McCord to second]; B.ROMBY BATTED FOR F.ROBINSON; B.Romby flied to unknown fielder; B.Byrd struck out [B.McCord to third, E.Finney to second, B.Byrd to first (error by L.Clifford)]; J.Gilliam out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Grays 5, Elite Giants 0. GRAYS 8TH: B.PERKINS REPLACED B.ROMBY (PLAYING C); E.FINNEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); B.Thurman singled; B.Thurman was caught stealing second (unknown fielder); C.Bruce out on unknown play; E.NAPIER BATTED FOR L.CLIFFORD; E.Napier out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 5, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 8TH: E.NAPIER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C); T.Butts out on unknown play; H.Kimbro singled; H.Kimbro was picked off first (unknown fielder); L.Lockett out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 5, Elite Giants 0. GRAYS 9TH: T.Parker out on unknown play; L.Marquez singled; S.Bankhead out on unknown play; L.Easter tripled to left field [L.Marquez scored]; B.Leonard out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 6, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 9TH: J.Washington out on unknown play; B.McCord singled; E.Finney singled [B.McCord to second]; E.BURKE BATTED FOR B.PERKINS; E.Burke struck out; B.Byrd out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Grays 6, Elite Giants 0. Final Totals R H E LOB Grays 6 9 1 7 Elite Giants 0 6 1 9
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