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Homestead Grays (HOM) 9 Philadelphia Stars (PH5) 7

Game played on Thursday, July 22, 1937 (N) at RMI Park, Beckley WV
Regular-Season game

Philadelphia Stars                  3 0 0  1 0 0  0 2 1   -   7 12  3
Homestead Grays                     5 0 0  0 0 0  4 0 x   -   9  8  3

BATTING

Philadelphia Stars                   AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Ted Page rf                           5   2   3    0     0         2   0
Paul Dixon lf                         5   2   2    1     0         0   0
Slim Jones 1b                         5   2   2    4     0   1    10   0
Curtis Harris cf                      4   1   3    1     0         2   0
Dewey Creacy 3b                       4   0   1    0     0         0   1
Obie Lackey 2b                        4   0   1    1     0         2   5
Andy Harvey ss                        3   0   0    0     0         0   1
  Jud Wilson ph, ss                   1   0   0    0     0         0   1
Larry Brown c                         4   0   0    0     0         8   0
Laymon Yokely p                       3   0   0    0     0         0   2
  Specs Roberts ph                    1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               39   7  12    7     0   8    24  10

FIELDING -
E: 3.  Ted Page, Slim Jones, Obie Lackey. 

BATTING -
2B:  Ted Page, Slim Jones. 
HR:  Slim Jones. 
GDP:  Paul Dixon, Dewey Creacy. 
Team LOB:  5


Homestead Grays                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Jerry Benjamin cf                     5   1   0    0     0         0   1
Javier Perez 3b                       3   2   1    0     2         1   1
Vic Harris lf                         3   2   1    2     2         1   0
Buck Leonard 1b                       3   2   3    2     2        13   0
Jim Williams rf                       4   1   1    3     1         2   0
Tommie Dukes c                        4   1   1    1     1         7   1
Matt Carlisle 2b                      4   0   0    0     1         0   6
Jelly Jackson ss                      4   0   0    1     0         3   5
George Walker p                       4   0   1    0     0         0   3
  Edsall Walker p                     0   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               34   9   8    9     9   8    27  17

FIELDING -
DP: 2.  Buck Leonard 2, Matt Carlisle 2, Jelly Jackson 2. 
E: 3.  Matt Carlisle 2, Jelly Jackson. 

BATTING -
2B:  Buck Leonard 2. 
3B:  Tommie Dukes. 
Team LOB:  10

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Buck Leonard, Jim Williams. 

PITCHING

Philadelphia Stars                   IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Laymon Yokely L                      8       8   9    7   9   8   0  43
Totals                               8       8   9    7   9   8   0  43

WP:  Laymon Yokely. 

Homestead Grays                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
George Walker W                      8.2    12   7    6   0   7   1  38
Edsall Walker SV                     0.1     0   0    0   0   1   0  1
Totals                               9      12   7    6   0   8   1  39



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Umpires: HP - Roy Young, 1B -  Gore

Time of Game: 1:52   Attendance: 0

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Thursday, 7/22/1937 --   at Homestead Grays (N)

Starting Lineups:

                                 Homestead                     
1. T.Page              rf        J.Benjamin          cf        
2. P.Dixon             lf        J.Perez             3b        
3. S.Jones             1b        V.Harris            lf        
4. C.Harris            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. L.Yokely            p         G.Walker            p         

 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box
sc; T.Page singled; P.Dixon singled [T.Page to second]; S.Jones
homered to left-center [T.Page scored, P.Dixon scored]; C.Harris
out on unknown play; D.Creacy out on unknown play; O.Lackey out
on unknown play; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   3, Grays 0.

GRAYS 1ST: J.Benjamin reached on an error by O.Lackey
[J.Benjamin to first]; J.Perez walked [J.Benjamin to second];
L.Yokely threw a wild pitch [J.Benjamin to third, J.Perez to
second]; V.Harris singled [J.Benjamin scored (unearned), J.Perez
scored]; B.Leonard doubled [V.Harris scored]; B.Leonard stole
third; J.Williams out on unknown play [B.Leonard scored];
T.Dukes tripled; M.Carlisle reached on an error by S.Jones
[M.Carlisle to first]; J.Jackson out on unknown play [T.Dukes
scored (unearned)]; G.Walker out on unknown play; 5 R (3 ER), 3
H, 2 E, 1 LOB.   3, Grays 5.

 2ND: A.Harvey out on unknown play; L.Brown out on unknown
play; L.Yokely out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   3,
Grays 5.

GRAYS 2ND: J.Benjamin out on unknown play; J.Perez singled;
V.Harris out on unknown play; B.Leonard walked [J.Perez to
second]; J.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  
3, Grays 5.

 3RD: T.Page out on unknown play; P.Dixon out on unknown play;
S.Jones out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   3, Grays 5.

GRAYS 3RD: T.Dukes out on unknown play; M.Carlisle out on
unknown play; J.Jackson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.   3, Grays 5.

 4TH: C.Harris singled; D.Creacy singled [C.Harris to second];
O.Lackey singled [C.Harris scored, D.Creacy to second]; A.Harvey
out on unknown play; L.Brown out on unknown play; L.Yokely out
on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.   4, Grays 5.

GRAYS 4TH: G.Walker out on unknown play; J.Benjamin out on
unknown play; J.Perez out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
  4, Grays 5.

 5TH: T.Page singled; P.Dixon grounded into a double play
(M.Carlisle to J.Jackson to B.Leonard) [T.Page out at second];
S.Jones out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   4, Grays 5.

GRAYS 5TH: V.Harris out on unknown play; B.Leonard singled;
J.Williams walked [B.Leonard to second]; T.Dukes out on unknown
play; M.Carlisle out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.   4,
Grays 5.

 6TH: C.Harris singled; D.Creacy grounded into a double play
(M.Carlisle to J.Jackson to B.Leonard) [C.Harris out at second];
O.Lackey out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   4, Grays 5.

GRAYS 6TH: J.Jackson out on unknown play; G.Walker out on
unknown play; J.Benjamin out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.   4, Grays 5.

 7TH: A.Harvey reached on an error by J.Jackson [A.Harvey to
first]; L.Brown out on unknown play; L.Yokely out on unknown
play; T.Page out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.   4,
Grays 5.

GRAYS 7TH: J.Perez walked; V.Harris walked [J.Perez to second];
B.Leonard doubled [J.Perez scored, V.Harris to third];
J.Williams singled [V.Harris scored, B.Leonard scored,
J.Williams to second (error by T.Page)]; J.Williams stole third;
T.Dukes out on unknown play [J.Williams scored]; M.Carlisle
walked; J.Jackson out on unknown play; G.Walker singled
[M.Carlisle to second]; J.Benjamin out on unknown play; 4 R, 3
H, 1 E, 2 LOB.   4, Grays 9.

 8TH: P.Dixon reached on an error by M.Carlisle [P.Dixon to
second (error by M.Carlisle)]; S.Jones doubled [P.Dixon scored
(unearned)]; C.Harris singled [S.Jones scored]; D.Creacy out on
unknown play; O.Lackey out on unknown play; J.WILSON BATTED FOR
A.HARVEY; J.Wilson out on unknown play; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 1
LOB.   6, Grays 9.

GRAYS 8TH: J.WILSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); J.Perez out on
unknown play; V.Harris walked; B.Leonard walked [V.Harris to
second]; J.Williams out on unknown play; T.Dukes walked
[V.Harris to third, B.Leonard to second]; M.Carlisle out on
unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.   6, Grays 9.

 9TH: L.Brown out on unknown play; S.ROBERTS BATTED FOR
L.YOKELY; S.Roberts out on unknown play; T.Page doubled; P.Dixon
singled [T.Page scored]; E.WALKER REPLACED G.WALKER (PITCHING);
S.Jones struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.   7, Grays 9.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
                  7  12   3   5
 Grays            9   8   3  10


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