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Philadelphia Stars (PH5) 3 Homestead Grays (HOM) 2

Game played on Saturday, August 8, 1936 (D) at 44th and Parkside, Philadelphia PA
Regular-Season game

Homestead Grays                     0 1 0  0 0 0  0 1  -   2  5  0
Philadelphia Stars                  0 0 0  0 2 0  0 1  -   3  8  1

BATTING

Homestead Grays                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Jelly Jackson ss                      3   0   0    0     0   0     5   3
  Louis Dula ph, lf                   1   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Matt Carlisle 2b, ss                  4   0   0    0     0   0     2   4
Jerry Benjamin cf                     4   0   0    0     0   0     1   0
Rap Dixon lf, 1b                      3   0   0    0     0   0     1   1
Henry Spearman 3b                     3   1   1    0     0   0     0   0
Tarcat Terry 1b, 2b                   3   0   1    0     0   0     6   0
Tom Parker rf                         3   1   2    1     0   0     2   0
Pepper Bassett c                      2   0   0    0     0   0     4   0
  Tommie Dukes ph, c                  0   0   0    0     1   0     1   1
Edsall Walker p                       2   0   1    0     0   0     0   1
  Arnold Waites p                     1   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Totals                               29   2   5    1     1   0    22  10


BATTING -
Team LOB:  4

BASERUNNING -
CS:  Tom Parker. 

Philadelphia Stars                   AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Ted Page rf                           3   1   1    0     1   0     1   0
Roy Parnell lf                        4   0   2    0     0   0     0   0
Turkey Stearnes cf                    4   0   0    0     0   0     1   0
Jud Wilson 1b                         4   2   2    2     0   0    10   0
Dewey Creacy 3b                       2   0   0    0     2   0     0   0
Obie Lackey ss                        2   0   0    0     0   0     1   0
  Bill Yancey ph, 2b                  2   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Jake Dunn 2b, ss                      4   0   2    1     0   0     1   0
Larry Brown c                         2   0   1    0     1   0    10   1
Rocky Ellis p                         3   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
  Slim Jones p                        0   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Totals                               30   3   8    3     4   0    24   1

FIELDING -
E: 1.  Jake Dunn. 

BATTING -
2B:  Jud Wilson. 
HR:  Jud Wilson. 
Team LOB:  9


PITCHING

Homestead Grays                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Edsall Walker                        4.2     5   2    2   3   0   1  22
Arnold Waites L                      2.2     3   1    1   1   0   0  12
Totals                               7.1     8   3    3   4   0   1  34


Philadelphia Stars                   IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Rocky Ellis                          7       5   2    1   1   0   0  26
Slim Jones W                         1       0   0    0   0   0   0  4
Totals                               8       5   2    1   1   0   0  30

Rocky Ellis pitched to 2 batters in the 8th inning


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Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing.

Umpires: HP - ?

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 0

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Saturday, 8/8/1936, game 2 -- Homestead Grays at
Philadelphia Stars (D)

Starting Lineups:

   Homestead                     Philadelphia                  
1. J.Jackson           ss        T.Page              rf        
2. M.Carlisle          2b        R.Parnell           lf        
3. J.Benjamin          cf        T.Stearnes          cf        
4. R.Dixon             lf        J.Wilson            1b        
5. H.Spearman          3b        D.Creacy            3b        
6. T.Terry             1b        O.Lackey            ss        
7. T.Parker            rf        J.Dunn              2b        
8. P.Bassett           c         L.Brown             c         
9. E.Walker            p         R.Ellis             p         

GRAYS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and
box sc; J.Jackson out on unknown play; M.Carlisle out on unknown
play; J.Benjamin out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Grays 0, Stars 0.

STARS 1ST: T.Page out on unknown play; R.Parnell singled;
T.Stearnes out on unknown play; J.Wilson out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Grays 0, Stars 0.

GRAYS 2ND: R.Dixon out on unknown play; H.Spearman singled;
T.Terry singled [H.Spearman to second]; T.Parker singled
[H.Spearman scored, T.Terry to third]; P.Bassett out on unknown
play; T.Parker was caught stealing second (L.Brown to J.Dunn); 1
R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Grays 1, Stars 0.

STARS 2ND: D.Creacy out on unknown play; O.Lackey out on
unknown play; J.Dunn singled; L.Brown walked [J.Dunn to second];
R.Ellis out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Grays 1,
Stars 0.

GRAYS 3RD: E.Walker singled; J.Jackson out on unknown play;
M.Carlisle out on unknown play; J.Benjamin out on unknown play;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Grays 1, Stars 0.

STARS 3RD: T.Page walked; R.Parnell out on unknown play;
T.Stearnes out on unknown play; J.Wilson out on unknown play; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Grays 1, Stars 0.

GRAYS 4TH: R.Dixon out on unknown play; H.Spearman out on
unknown play; T.Terry out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Grays 1, Stars 0.

STARS 4TH: D.Creacy walked; O.Lackey out on unknown play;
J.Dunn out on unknown play; L.Brown singled [D.Creacy to
second]; R.Ellis out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Grays 1, Stars 0.

GRAYS 5TH: T.Parker out on unknown play; P.Bassett out on
unknown play; E.Walker out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Grays 1, Stars 0.

STARS 5TH: T.Page singled; R.Parnell out on unknown play;
T.Stearnes out on unknown play; J.Wilson homered [T.Page
scored]; A.WAITES REPLACED E.WALKER (PITCHING); D.Creacy out on
unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Grays 1, Stars 2.

GRAYS 6TH: J.Jackson out on unknown play; M.Carlisle out on
unknown play; J.Benjamin out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Grays 1, Stars 2.

STARS 6TH: B.YANCEY BATTED FOR O.LACKEY; B.Yancey out on
unknown play; J.Dunn out on unknown play; L.Brown out on unknown
play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Grays 1, Stars 2.

GRAYS 7TH: B.YANCEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); J.DUNN CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); R.Dixon out on unknown play; H.Spearman
out on unknown play; T.Terry out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Grays 1, Stars 2.

STARS 7TH: R.Ellis out on unknown play; T.Page out on unknown
play; R.Parnell singled; T.Stearnes out on unknown play; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Grays 1, Stars 2.

GRAYS 8TH: T.Parker singled; T.DUKES BATTED FOR P.BASSETT;
T.Dukes walked [T.Parker to second]; S.JONES REPLACED R.ELLIS
(PITCHING); A.Waites out on unknown play; L.DULA BATTED FOR
J.JACKSON; L.Dula reached on an error by J.Dunn [T.Parker scored
(unearned) (no RBI), T.Dukes to second, L.Dula to first];
M.Carlisle out on unknown play; J.Benjamin out on unknown play;
1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Grays 2, Stars 2.

STARS 8TH: L.DULA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); M.CARLISLE
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); R.DIXON CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING 1B); T.TERRY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); T.DUKES
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C); J.Wilson doubled; D.Creacy walked;
B.Yancey out on unknown play [J.Wilson to third, D.Creacy to
second]; On a bunt J.Dunn singled [J.Wilson scored, D.Creacy to
third]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Grays 2, Stars 3.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Grays            2   5   0   4
 Stars            3   8   1   9


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