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Homestead Grays (HOM) 7 Philadelphia Stars (PH5) 1

Game played on Sunday, May 5, 1935 (D) at Greenlee Field, Pittsburgh PA
Regular-Season game

Philadelphia Stars                  0 0 0  0 0 0  1 0  -   1  5  4
Homestead Grays                     2 0 2  0 0 3  0 0  -   7 12  0

BATTING

Philadelphia Stars                   AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Jake Stephens ss                      4   0   1    0     0   0     1   0
Dewey Creacy 3b                       3   0   2    0     0   0     3   1
Chaney White lf                       4   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Jud Wilson 1b                         3   0   0    0     0   0     9   1
Biz Mackey c                          1   0   0    0     1   0     2   1
  Mickey Casey c                      1   0   0    0     0   0     2   0
Jake Dunn rf                          2   1   0    0     1   0     5   0
Pete Washington cf                    3   0   1    0     0   0     0   0
Dick Seay 2b                          3   0   1    1     0   0     1   1
Lefty Holmes p                        1   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
  Webster McDonald p                  2   0   0    0     0   0     0   4
Totals                               27   1   5    1     2   0    23   8

FIELDING -
E: 4.  Dewey Creacy 2, Dick Seay 2. 

BATTING -
2B:  Pete Washington, Dick Seay. 
SH:  Dewey Creacy. 
GDP:  Jake Dunn. 
Team LOB:  5

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Jake Dunn. 

Homestead Grays                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Jerry Benjamin cf                     5   2   1    0     0   0     3   0
Buck Leonard 1b                       4   0   0    0     1   1    15   0
Matt Carlisle 2b                      5   3   3    2     0   1     0   5
Tom Parker rf                         2   1   2    2     0   0     0   0
  Buddy Burbage ph, rf                3   0   1    2     0   0     1   0
Vic Harris lf                         4   0   1    0     0   0     1   0
Jimmy Binder 3b                       4   0   1    1     0   0     0   0
Ray Brown p                           3   0   0    0     1   0     0   8
Jelly Jackson ss                      4   0   1    0     0   0     3   2
Robert Gaston c                       1   0   0    0     0   0     1   0
  Tommie Dukes ph, c                  3   1   2    0     0   0     0   0
Totals                               38   7  12    7     2   2    24  15

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Buck Leonard, Matt Carlisle, Jelly Jackson. 

BATTING -
2B:  Matt Carlisle, Tommie Dukes. 
Team LOB:  10


PITCHING

Philadelphia Stars                   IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Lefty Holmes L                       3       7   4    4   1   0   0  17
Webster McDonald                     4.2     5   3    2   1   2   0  23
Totals                               7.2    12   7    6   2   2   0  40

Lefty Holmes pitched to 1 batters in the 4th inning

Homestead Grays                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Ray Brown W                          8       5   1    1   2   0   0  30
Totals                               8       5   1    1   2   0   0  30



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Umpires: HP - Bert Gholston, 1B - James Crump

Time of Game: 2:00   Attendance: 0

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 5/5/1935 -- Philadelphia Stars at Homestead
Grays (D)

Starting Lineups:

   Philadelphia                  Homestead                     
1. J.Stephens          ss        J.Benjamin          cf        
2. D.Creacy            3b        B.Leonard           1b        
3. C.White             lf        M.Carlisle          2b        
4. J.Wilson            1b        T.Parker            rf        
5. B.Mackey            c         V.Harris            lf        
6. J.Dunn              rf        J.Binder            3b        
7. P.Washington        cf        R.Brown             p         
8. D.Seay              2b        J.Jackson           ss        
9. L.Holmes            p         R.Gaston            c         

STARS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and
box sc; J.Stephens singled; D.Creacy out on a sacrifice bunt
(unknown fielder) [J.Stephens to second]; C.White out on unknown
play; J.Wilson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Stars
0, Grays 0.

GRAYS 1ST: J.Benjamin singled; B.Leonard out on unknown play;
M.Carlisle doubled [J.Benjamin scored]; T.Parker singled
[M.Carlisle scored]; V.Harris singled [T.Parker to second];
J.Binder out on unknown play; R.Brown out on unknown play; 2 R,
4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Stars 0, Grays 2.

STARS 2ND: B.Mackey walked; J.Dunn grounded into a double play
(M.Carlisle to J.Jackson to B.Leonard) [B.Mackey out at second];
P.Washington out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Stars
0, Grays 2.

GRAYS 2ND: J.Jackson out on unknown play; R.Gaston out on
unknown play; J.Benjamin out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Stars 0, Grays 2.

STARS 3RD: D.Seay out on unknown play; L.Holmes out on unknown
play; J.Stephens out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Stars 0, Grays 2.

GRAYS 3RD: B.Leonard walked; M.Carlisle forced B.Leonard
(unknown fielder) [M.Carlisle to second (error by D.Seay)];
T.Parker singled [M.Carlisle scored]; V.Harris out on unknown
play [T.Parker to second]; J.Binder singled [T.Parker scored];
R.Brown out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Stars 0,
Grays 4.

STARS 4TH: D.Creacy singled; C.White out on unknown play;
J.Wilson out on unknown play; B.Mackey out on unknown play; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Stars 0, Grays 4.

GRAYS 4TH: J.Jackson singled; W.MCDONALD REPLACED L.HOLMES
(PITCHING); T.DUKES BATTED FOR R.GASTON; T.Dukes out on unknown
play; J.Benjamin out on unknown play; B.Leonard reached on an
error by D.Seay [J.Jackson to second, B.Leonard to first];
M.Carlisle struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Stars 0, Grays 4.

STARS 5TH: T.DUKES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C); J.Dunn out on
unknown play; P.Washington doubled; D.Seay out on unknown play;
W.McDonald out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Stars 0,
Grays 4.

GRAYS 5TH: M.CASEY REPLACED B.MACKEY (PLAYING C); B.BURBAGE
BATTED FOR T.PARKER; B.Burbage reached on an error by D.Creacy
[B.Burbage to first]; V.Harris out on unknown play; J.Binder out
on unknown play; R.Brown walked [B.Burbage to second]; J.Jackson
out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Stars 0, Grays 4.

STARS 6TH: B.BURBAGE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); J.Stephens
out on unknown play; D.Creacy singled; C.White out on unknown
play; J.Wilson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Stars
0, Grays 4.

GRAYS 6TH: T.Dukes singled; J.Benjamin reached on an error by
D.Creacy [T.Dukes to second, J.Benjamin to first]; B.Leonard out
on unknown play; M.Carlisle singled [T.Dukes scored, J.Benjamin
to third, M.Carlisle to second (on throw)]; B.Burbage singled
[J.Benjamin scored (unearned), M.Carlisle scored]; V.Harris out
on unknown play; J.Binder out on unknown play; 3 R (2 ER), 3 H,
1 E, 1 LOB.  Stars 0, Grays 7.

STARS 7TH: M.Casey out on unknown play; J.Dunn walked; J.Dunn
stole second; P.Washington out on unknown play; D.Seay doubled
[J.Dunn scored]; W.McDonald out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Stars 1, Grays 7.

GRAYS 7TH: R.Brown out on unknown play; J.Jackson out on
unknown play; T.Dukes doubled; J.Benjamin out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Stars 1, Grays 7.

STARS 8TH: J.Stephens out on unknown play; D.Creacy out on
unknown play; C.White out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Stars 1, Grays 7.

GRAYS 8TH: B.Leonard struck out; M.Carlisle singled; B.Burbage
out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Stars 1, Grays 7.

STARS 9TH: Game called due to rain Game two of scheduled DH

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Stars            1   5   4   5
 Grays            7  12   0  10


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