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Homestead Grays (HOM) 9 Memphis Red Sox (MEM) 1

Game played on Sunday, July 31, 1938 (D) at Yankee Stadium I, New York NY
Exhibition game

Memphis Red Sox                     0 0 0  0 1 0  0 0 0   -   1  9  1
Homestead Grays                     7 0 0  0 0 0  2 0 x   -   9 10  0

BATTING

Memphis Red Sox                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Marlin Carter 3b                      4   0   1    0     0         0   0
Cowan Hyde lf                         4   0   0    0     0         3   0
Jelly Taylor 1b                       4   0   2    0     0         7   0
Neil Robinson ss                      3   0   1    0     0         3   0
Nat Rogers rf                         4   0   3    0     0         2   0
 Dixon cf                             3   0   0    0     0         5   0
Larry Brown c                         4   1   1    0     0         3   0
Red Longley 2b                        3   0   0    0     0         1   0
   Johnson ph                         1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Ted Radcliffe p                       3   0   1    1     0         0   0
  Willie Jefferson p                  0   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               33   1   9    1     0   3    24   0

FIELDING -
E: 1.  Red Longley. 

BATTING -
2B:  Marlin Carter, Nat Rogers 2, Larry Brown. 
SH:  Neil Robinson,  Dixon. 
Team LOB:  7


Homestead Grays                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Jerry Benjamin cf                     4   1   2    1     1         2   0
Vic Harris lf                         5   1   1    1     0         1   0
Henry Spearman 3b                     5   0   0    0     0         1   0
Josh Gibson c                         3   2   1    0     1         3   0
Buck Leonard 1b                       3   2   1    2     1        13   0
Roy Partlow rf                        3   1   2    3     1         4   0
Matt Carlisle 2b                      4   0   0    0     0         1   0
Jelly Jackson ss                      4   1   1    1     0         2   0
Ray Brown p                           4   1   2    1     0         0   0
Totals                               35   9  10    9     4   1    27   0


BATTING -
2B:  Roy Partlow 2, Ray Brown. 
3B:  Josh Gibson, Jelly Jackson. 
HR:  Buck Leonard. 
Team LOB:  6

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Jerry Benjamin. 

PITCHING

Memphis Red Sox                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Ted Radcliffe L                      7      10   9    9   3   1   1  35
Willie Jefferson                     1       0   0    0   1   0   0  4
Totals                               8      10   9    9   4   1   1  39


Homestead Grays                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Ray Brown W                          9       9   1    1   0   3   0  35
Totals                               9       9   1    1   0   3   0  35



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Umpires: HP - ?

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 15000

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 7/31/1938, game 2 -- Memphis Red Sox at
Homestead Grays (D)

Starting Lineups:

   Memphis                       Homestead                     
1. M.Carter            3b        J.Benjamin          cf        
2. C.Hyde              lf        V.Harris            lf        
3. J.Taylor            1b        H.Spearman          3b        
4. N.Robinson          ss        J.Gibson            c         
5. N.Rogers            rf        B.Leonard           1b        
6.                     cf        R.Partlow           rf        
7. L.Brown             c         M.Carlisle          2b        
8. R.Longley           2b        J.Jackson           ss        
9. T.Radcliffe         p         R.Brown             p         

RED SOX 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories
and box sc; M.Carter doubled; C.Hyde out on unknown play;
J.Taylor out on unknown play; N.Robinson out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Grays 0.

GRAYS 1ST: J.Benjamin singled; J.Benjamin stole second;
V.Harris singled [J.Benjamin scored]; H.Spearman out on unknown
play; J.Gibson walked [V.Harris to second]; B.Leonard walked
[V.Harris to third, J.Gibson to second]; R.Partlow doubled
[V.Harris scored, J.Gibson scored, B.Leonard scored]; M.Carlisle
out on unknown play; J.Jackson tripled [R.Partlow scored];
R.Brown doubled [J.Jackson scored]; J.Benjamin singled [R.Brown
scored]; V.Harris out on unknown play; 7 R, 6 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Red Sox 0, Grays 7.

RED SOX 2ND: N.Rogers singled;  out on a sacrifice bunt
(unknown fielder) [N.Rogers to second]; L.Brown out on unknown
play; R.Longley out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red
Sox 0, Grays 7.

GRAYS 2ND: H.Spearman out on unknown play; J.Gibson out on
unknown play; B.Leonard out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 0, Grays 7.

RED SOX 3RD: T.Radcliffe out on unknown play; M.Carter out on
unknown play; C.Hyde out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Red Sox 0, Grays 7.

GRAYS 3RD: R.Partlow doubled; M.Carlisle out on unknown play;
J.Jackson out on unknown play; R.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Grays 7.

RED SOX 4TH: J.Taylor singled; N.Robinson out on a sacrifice
bunt (unknown fielder) [J.Taylor to second]; N.Rogers out on
unknown play;  out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red
Sox 0, Grays 7.

GRAYS 4TH: J.Benjamin reached on an error by R.Longley
[J.Benjamin to first]; V.Harris out on unknown play; H.Spearman
out on unknown play; J.Gibson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Grays 7.

RED SOX 5TH: L.Brown doubled; R.Longley out on unknown play;
T.Radcliffe singled [L.Brown scored]; M.Carter out on unknown
play; C.Hyde out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox
1, Grays 7.

GRAYS 5TH: B.Leonard out on unknown play; R.Partlow out on
unknown play; M.Carlisle out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 1, Grays 7.

RED SOX 6TH: J.Taylor out on unknown play; N.Robinson out on
unknown play; N.Rogers doubled;  out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Grays 7.

GRAYS 6TH: J.Jackson out on unknown play; R.Brown singled;
J.Benjamin out on unknown play; V.Harris out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Grays 7.

RED SOX 7TH: L.Brown out on unknown play; R.Longley out on
unknown play; T.Radcliffe out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 1, Grays 7.

GRAYS 7TH: H.Spearman out on unknown play; J.Gibson tripled to
center field; B.Leonard homered to rightfield [J.Gibson scored];
R.Partlow walked; M.Carlisle out on unknown play; J.Jackson out
on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Grays 9.

RED SOX 8TH: M.Carter out on unknown play; C.Hyde out on
unknown play; J.Taylor singled; N.Robinson singled (unknown
fielder) [J.Taylor out at third]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox
1, Grays 9.

GRAYS 8TH: W.JEFFERSON REPLACED T.RADCLIFFE (PITCHING); R.Brown
out on unknown play; J.Benjamin walked; V.Harris out on unknown
play; H.Spearman out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red
Sox 1, Grays 9.

RED SOX 9TH: N.Rogers doubled;  out on unknown play; L.Brown
out on unknown play;  BATTED FOR R.LONGLEY;  out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Grays 9.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Red Sox          1   9   1   7
 Grays            9  10   0   6


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