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Homestead Grays (HOM) 8 Philadelphia Stars (PH5) 0

Game played on Tuesday, July 20, 1937 (N) at Victory Field, Indianapolis IN
Regular-Season game

Philadelphia Stars                  0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0   -   0  4  0
Homestead Grays                     0 0 0  1 5 0  0 2 x   -   8  9  0

BATTING

Philadelphia Stars                   AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Paul Dixon lf                         4   0   0    0     0   0     1   0
Ted Page rf                           4   0   0    0     0   0     5   0
Curtis Harris 1b                      4   0   1    0     0   0     5   5
Jake Dunn cf                          4   0   1    0     0   0     1   0
Dewey Creacy 3b                       3   0   0    0     0   0     1   0
Obie Lackey 2b                        3   0   2    0     0   0     5   1
Andy Harvey ss                        3   0   0    0     0   0     1   2
Larry Brown c                         3   0   0    0     0   0     5   0
Percy Lacey p                         2   0   0    0     0   0     0   2
  Laymon Yokely p                     1   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Totals                               31   0   4    0     0   0    24  10


BATTING -
Team LOB:  4


Homestead Grays                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Jerry Benjamin cf                     4   1   0    1     1   0     3   0
Javier Perez 3b                       4   1   0    0     1   0     0   0
Vic Harris lf                         4   1   3    5     0   0     1   0
Buck Leonard 1b                       3   0   0    0     1   0     9   0
Jim Williams rf                       4   0   0    0     0   0     3   0
Tommie Dukes c                        3   2   2    0     1   0     9   1
Matt Carlisle 2b                      4   1   1    1     0   0     1   6
Jelly Jackson ss                      4   1   1    1     0   0     1   1
Roy Welmaker p                        3   1   2    0     1   0     0   0
Totals                               33   8   9    8     5   0    27   8


BATTING -
2B:  Vic Harris, Tommie Dukes. 
3B:  Tommie Dukes, Matt Carlisle. 
HR:  Vic Harris. 
Team LOB:  6


PITCHING

Philadelphia Stars                   IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Percy Lacey L                        4.2     4   6    6   4   0   1  22
Laymon Yokely                        3.1     5   2    2   1   0   0  16
Totals                               8       9   8    8   5   0   1  38


Homestead Grays                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Roy Welmaker W                       9       4   0    0   0   0   0  31
Totals                               9       4   0    0   0   0   0  31



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Umpires: HP - Phil Cockrell

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 0

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Tuesday, 7/20/1937 --   at Homestead Grays (N)

Starting Lineups:

                                 Homestead                     
1. P.Dixon             lf        J.Benjamin          cf        
2. T.Page              rf        J.Perez             3b        
3. C.Harris            1b        V.Harris            lf        
4. J.Dunn              cf        B.Leonard           1b        
5. D.Creacy            3b        J.Williams          rf        
6. O.Lackey            2b        T.Dukes             c         
7. A.Harvey            ss        M.Carlisle          2b        
8. L.Brown             c         J.Jackson           ss        
9. P.Lacey             p         R.Welmaker          p         

 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box
sc; P.Dixon out on unknown play; T.Page out on unknown play;
C.Harris singled; J.Dunn out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.   0, Grays 0.

GRAYS 1ST: J.Benjamin out on unknown play; J.Perez out on
unknown play; V.Harris out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.   0, Grays 0.

 2ND: D.Creacy out on unknown play; O.Lackey singled; A.Harvey
out on unknown play; L.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.   0, Grays 0.

GRAYS 2ND: B.Leonard out on unknown play; J.Williams out on
unknown play; T.Dukes out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
  0, Grays 0.

 3RD: P.Lacey out on unknown play; P.Dixon out on unknown play;
T.Page out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   0, Grays 0.

GRAYS 3RD: M.Carlisle out on unknown play; J.Jackson out on
unknown play; R.Welmaker out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.   0, Grays 0.

 4TH: C.Harris out on unknown play; J.Dunn singled; D.Creacy
out on unknown play; O.Lackey out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.   0, Grays 0.

GRAYS 4TH: J.Benjamin walked; J.Perez out on unknown play;
V.Harris doubled [J.Benjamin scored]; B.Leonard out on unknown
play; J.Williams out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.   0,
Grays 1.

 5TH: A.Harvey out on unknown play; L.Brown out on unknown
play; P.Lacey out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   0,
Grays 1.

GRAYS 5TH: T.Dukes doubled; M.Carlisle tripled [T.Dukes
scored]; J.Jackson out on unknown play; R.Welmaker walked;
J.Benjamin out on unknown play; J.Perez walked [R.Welmaker to
second]; V.Harris homered [M.Carlisle scored, R.Welmaker scored,
J.Perez scored]; B.Leonard walked; L.YOKELY REPLACED P.LACEY
(PITCHING); J.Williams out on unknown play; 5 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.   0, Grays 6.

 6TH: P.Dixon out on unknown play; T.Page out on unknown play;
C.Harris out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   0, Grays 6.

GRAYS 6TH: T.Dukes walked; M.Carlisle out on unknown play;
J.Jackson out on unknown play; R.Welmaker singled [T.Dukes to
second]; J.Benjamin out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  
0, Grays 6.

 7TH: J.Dunn out on unknown play; D.Creacy out on unknown play;
O.Lackey singled; A.Harvey out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.   0, Grays 6.

GRAYS 7TH: J.Perez out on unknown play; V.Harris singled;
B.Leonard out on unknown play; J.Williams out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.   0, Grays 6.

 8TH: L.Brown out on unknown play; L.Yokely out on unknown
play; P.Dixon out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   0,
Grays 6.

GRAYS 8TH: T.Dukes tripled; M.Carlisle out on unknown play;
J.Jackson singled [T.Dukes scored]; R.Welmaker singled
[J.Jackson to third]; J.Benjamin out on unknown play [J.Jackson
scored]; J.Perez out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.   0,
Grays 8.

 9TH: T.Page out on unknown play; C.Harris out on unknown play;
J.Dunn out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   0, Grays 8.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
                  0   4   0   4
 Grays            8   9   0   6


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