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Homestead Grays (HOM) 7 Pittsburgh Crawfords (PTC) 4

Game played on Tuesday, April 27, 1937 (D) at , Alexandria LA
Exhibition game

Pittsburgh Crawfords                1 0 0  0 0 3  0 0 0   -   4 11  2
Homestead Grays                     2 0 4  0 0 0  0 1 x   -   7  6  0

BATTING

Pittsburgh Crawfords                 AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Cool Papa Bell cf                     4   2   2    0     1         0   0
Chester Williams ss                   4   0   0    0     0         4   3
Pat Patterson 3b                      5   1   3    4     0         0   3
Johnny Washington 1b                  4   0   1    0     1        12   1
Sam Bankhead lf                       4   0   1    0     0         2   0
Dan Wilson 2b                         4   0   1    0     0         2   2
Bill Harvey p                         4   0   1    0     0         2   4
 Hoplins rf                           4   0   1    0     0         0   0
 Irwin c                              4   1   1    0     0         2   1
Totals                               37   4  11    4     2   8    24  14

FIELDING -
E: 2.  Dan Wilson,  Irwin. 

BATTING -
2B:  Bill Harvey. 
HR:  Pat Patterson. 
SH:  Chester Williams. 
Team LOB:  9


Homestead Grays                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Jerry Benjamin cf                     4   0   0    0     0         2   0
Vic Harris lf                         3   2   1    0     1         3   0
Buck Leonard 1b                       3   2   2    5     1         8   0
Josh Gibson c                         3   1   1    1     1         8   0
Javier Perez 3b                       3   0   0    0     1         1   2
Matt Carlisle 2b                      4   1   0    0     0         0   1
Louis Dula rf                         3   0   0    0     0         2   0
Jelly Jackson ss                      4   0   2    1     0         3   2
Tom Parker p                          1   1   0    0     1         0   5
  Edsall Walker p                     2   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               30   7   6    7     5   2    27  10


BATTING -
2B:  Vic Harris. 
HR:  Buck Leonard 2, Josh Gibson. 
SH:  Louis Dula. 
Team LOB:  5


PITCHING

Pittsburgh Crawfords                 IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Bill Harvey L                        8       6   7    6   5   2   3  36
Totals                               8       6   7    6   5   2   3  36


Homestead Grays                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Tom Parker W                         5.2    11   4    4   2   7   1  30
Edsall Walker SV                     3.1     0   0    0   0   1   0  10
Totals                               9      11   4    4   2   8   1  40



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Umpires: HP -  O'Brian, 1B -  Casey

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 0

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Tuesday, 4/27/1937 --   at Homestead Grays (D)

Starting Lineups:

                                 Homestead                     
1. C.Papa Bell         cf        J.Benjamin          cf        
2. C.Williams          ss        V.Harris            lf        
3. P.Patterson         3b        B.Leonard           1b        
4. J.Washington        1b        J.Gibson            c         
5. S.Bankhead          lf        J.Perez             3b        
6. D.Wilson            2b        M.Carlisle          2b        
7. B.Harvey            p         L.Dula              rf        
8.                     rf        J.Jackson           ss        
9.                     c         T.Parker            p         

 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box
sc; C.Papa Bell singled; C.Williams out on a sacrifice bunt
(unknown fielder) [C.Papa Bell to second]; P.Patterson singled
[C.Papa Bell scored]; J.Washington out on unknown play;
S.Bankhead singled [P.Patterson to second]; D.Wilson out on
unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.   1, Grays 0.

GRAYS 1ST: J.Benjamin out on unknown play; V.Harris doubled;
B.Leonard homered [V.Harris scored]; J.Gibson out on unknown
play; J.Perez out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   1,
Grays 2.

 2ND: B.Harvey doubled;  out on unknown play;  out on unknown
play; C.Papa Bell walked; C.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.   1, Grays 2.

GRAYS 2ND: M.Carlisle out on unknown play; L.Dula out on
unknown play; J.Jackson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.   1, Grays 2.

 3RD: P.Patterson singled; J.Washington walked [P.Patterson to
second]; S.Bankhead out on unknown play; D.Wilson out on unknown
play; B.Harvey out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.   1,
Grays 2.

GRAYS 3RD: T.Parker walked; J.Benjamin out on unknown play;
V.Harris walked [T.Parker to second]; B.Leonard homered
[T.Parker scored, V.Harris scored]; J.Gibson homered; J.Perez
walked; M.Carlisle out on unknown play; L.Dula out on unknown
play; 4 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.   1, Grays 6.

 4TH:  singled;  out on unknown play; C.Papa Bell out on
unknown play; C.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.   1, Grays 6.

GRAYS 4TH: J.Jackson singled; T.Parker out on unknown play;
J.Benjamin out on unknown play; V.Harris out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.   1, Grays 6.

 5TH: P.Patterson out on unknown play; J.Washington singled;
S.Bankhead out on unknown play; D.Wilson singled [J.Washington
to second]; B.Harvey out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
 1, Grays 6.

GRAYS 5TH: B.Leonard out on unknown play; J.Gibson walked;
J.Perez out on unknown play; M.Carlisle out on unknown play; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.   1, Grays 6.

 6TH:  out on unknown play;  singled; C.Papa Bell singled [ to
second]; C.Williams out on unknown play; P.Patterson homered [
scored, C.Papa Bell scored]; E.WALKER REPLACED T.PARKER
(PITCHING); J.Washington out on unknown play; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.   4, Grays 6.

GRAYS 6TH:  dropped a foul fly hit by L.Dula; L.Dula out on
unknown play; J.Jackson out on unknown play; E.Walker out on
unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.   4, Grays 6.

 7TH: S.Bankhead out on unknown play; D.Wilson out on unknown
play; B.Harvey out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   4,
Grays 6.

GRAYS 7TH: J.Benjamin out on unknown play; V.Harris out on
unknown play; B.Leonard walked; J.Gibson out on unknown play; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.   4, Grays 6.

 8TH:  out on unknown play;  out on unknown play; C.Papa Bell
out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   4, Grays 6.

GRAYS 8TH: J.Perez out on unknown play; M.Carlisle reached on
an error by D.Wilson [M.Carlisle to first]; L.Dula out on a
sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [M.Carlisle to second];
J.Jackson singled [M.Carlisle scored (unearned)]; E.Walker out
on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.   4, Grays 7.

 9TH: C.Williams out on unknown play; P.Patterson out on
unknown play; J.Washington out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.   4, Grays 7.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
                  4  11   2   9
 Grays            7   6   0   5


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