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Homestead Grays (HOM) 4 Newark Eagles (NW2) 1

Game played on Sunday, June 5, 1938 (D) at Ruppert Stadium, Newark NJ
Regular-Season game

Homestead Grays                     3 0 0  0 1 0  0  -   4  5  0
Newark Eagles                       0 0 0  1 0 0  0  -   1  4  2

BATTING

Homestead Grays                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Jerry Benjamin cf                     4   1   0    0     0   0     2   0
Matt Carlisle 2b                      3   1   1    0     1   0     0   6
Vic Harris lf                         4   1   1    2     0   0     1   0
Josh Gibson c                         3   0   2    1     0   0     6   0
Buck Leonard 1b                       2   1   1    1     1   0     9   0
Jim Williams rf                       3   0   0    0     0   0     3   0
Jack Johnson 3b                       2   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Jelly Jackson ss                      3   0   0    0     0   0     0   3
Ray Brown p                           2   0   0    0     1   0     0   0
Totals                               26   4   5    4     3   0    21   9


BATTING -
HR:  Vic Harris, Buck Leonard. 
HBP:  Jack Johnson. 
Team LOB:  5


Newark Eagles                        AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Jimmie Crutchfield cf                 3   0   0    0     0   0     1   0
Dick Seay 2b                          3   1   2    1     0   0     0   2
Ed Stone rf                           3   0   0    0     0   0     3   0
Mule Suttles 1b                       3   0   0    0     0   0    12   1
Ray Dandridge ss                      3   0   0    0     0   0     2   3
Lennie Pearson lf                     3   0   1    0     0   0     0   0
Johnny Hayes c                        3   0   1    0     0   0     2   1
Willie Smith 3b                       2   0   0    0     0   0     0   2
Leon Day p                            0   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
  Johnny Wright p                     1   0   0    0     0   0     1   1
Totals                               24   1   4    1     0   0    21  10

FIELDING -
E: 2.  Mule Suttles, Willie Smith. 

BATTING -
HR:  Dick Seay. 
SH:  Johnny Wright. 
Team LOB:  3


PITCHING

Homestead Grays                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Ray Brown W                          7       4   1    1   0   0   1  25
Totals                               7       4   1    1   0   0   1  25


Newark Eagles                        IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Leon Day L                           0.1     2   2    2   0   0   1  3
Johnny Wright                        6.2     3   2    2   3   0   1  27
Totals                               7       5   4    4   3   0   2  30

HBP:  Johnny Wright. 


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Umpires: HP - ?

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 6000

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 6/5/1938, game 2 -- Homestead Grays at Newark
Eagles (D)

Starting Lineups:

   Homestead                     Newark                        
1. J.Benjamin          cf        J.Crutchfield       cf        
2. M.Carlisle          2b        D.Seay              2b        
3. V.Harris            lf        E.Stone             rf        
4. J.Gibson            c         M.Suttles           1b        
5. B.Leonard           1b        R.Dandridge         ss        
6. J.Williams          rf        L.Pearson           lf        
7. J.Johnson           3b        J.Hayes             c         
8. J.Jackson           ss        W.Smith             3b        
9. R.Brown             p         L.Day               p         

GRAYS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and
box sc; J.Benjamin out on unknown play; M.Carlisle singled to
pitcher; V.Harris homered to rightfield [M.Carlisle scored];
J.WRIGHT REPLACED L.DAY (PITCHING); J.Gibson out on unknown
play; B.Leonard homered to rightfield; J.Williams out on unknown
play; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Grays 3, Eagles 0.

EAGLES 1ST: J.Crutchfield out on unknown play; D.Seay singled;
E.Stone out on unknown play; M.Suttles out on unknown play; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Grays 3, Eagles 0.

GRAYS 2ND: J.Johnson out on unknown play; J.Jackson out on
unknown play; R.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Grays 3, Eagles 0.

EAGLES 2ND: R.Dandridge out on unknown play; L.Pearson out on
unknown play; J.Hayes out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Grays 3, Eagles 0.

GRAYS 3RD: J.Benjamin out on unknown play; M.Carlisle out on
unknown play; V.Harris out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Grays 3, Eagles 0.

EAGLES 3RD: W.Smith out on unknown play; J.Wright out on
unknown play; J.Crutchfield out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Grays 3, Eagles 0.

GRAYS 4TH: J.Gibson singled to third base [J.Gibson to second
(error by W.Smith)]; B.Leonard out on unknown play; J.Williams
out on unknown play; J.Johnson was hit by a pitch; Johnson was
hit in the head and knocked unconscious. He recovered after a
few minutes and remained in the game.; J.Jackson out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Grays 3, Eagles 0.

EAGLES 4TH: D.Seay homered to leftfield; E.Stone out on unknown
play; M.Suttles out on unknown play; R.Dandridge out on unknown
play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Grays 3, Eagles 1.

GRAYS 5TH: R.Brown walked; J.Benjamin forced R.Brown (unknown
fielder) [J.Benjamin to first]; J.Benjamin was picked off first,
but was safe on an error by M.Suttles [J.Benjamin to second];
M.Carlisle walked; V.Harris out on unknown play; J.Gibson
singled [J.Benjamin scored, M.Carlisle to second]; B.Leonard
walked [M.Carlisle to third, J.Gibson to second]; J.Williams out
on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Grays 4, Eagles 1.

EAGLES 5TH: L.Pearson singled; J.Hayes singled [L.Pearson to
second]; W.Smith out on unknown play; J.Wright out on a
sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [L.Pearson to third, J.Hayes to
second]; J.Crutchfield out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Grays 4, Eagles 1.

GRAYS 6TH: J.Johnson out on unknown play; J.Jackson out on
unknown play; R.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Grays 4, Eagles 1.

EAGLES 6TH: D.Seay out on unknown play; E.Stone out on unknown
play; M.Suttles out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Grays 4, Eagles 1.

GRAYS 7TH: J.Benjamin out on unknown play; M.Carlisle out on
unknown play; V.Harris out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Grays 4, Eagles 1.

EAGLES 7TH: R.Dandridge out on unknown play; L.Pearson out on
unknown play; J.Hayes out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Grays 4, Eagles 1.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Grays            4   5   0   5
 Eagles           1   4   2   3


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