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Homestead Grays (HOM) 7 Baltimore Elite Giants (BLG) 1

Game played on Sunday, May 14, 1939 (D) at Terrapin Park, Baltimore MD
Regular-Season game

Homestead Grays                     2 0 1  1 0 1  0 0 2   -   7 16  0
Baltimore Elite Giants              1 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0   -   1  5  0

BATTING

Homestead Grays                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Jerry Benjamin cf                     5   1   3          0              
Vic Harris lf                         5   1   4          0              
Sam Bankhead 2b                       5   1   0          0              
Josh Gibson c                         5   1   2          0              
Buck Leonard 1b                       5   1   4          0              
David Whatley rf                      4   0   1          0              
Henry Spearman 3b                     5   0   0          0              
Jelly Jackson ss                      4   1   1          0              
Roy Partlow p                         4   1   1          0              
Totals                               42   7  16          0   6    27    

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Sam Bankhead, Buck Leonard, Jelly Jackson. 

BATTING -
2B:  Jerry Benjamin, Vic Harris. 
3B:  Jerry Benjamin, David Whatley. 
SH:  David Whatley. 
Team LOB:  9

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Buck Leonard. 

Baltimore Elite Giants               AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Henry Kimbro cf                       4   0   0    0     0              
Felton Snow 3b                        4   1   1    0     0              
Wild Bill Wright rf                   4   0   2    1     0              
Sammy Hughes 2b                       3   0   0    0     1              
Jim West 1b                           4   0   0    0     0              
Bill Hoskins lf                       4   0   2    0     0              
Hoss Walker ss                        3   0   0    0     0              
Biz Mackey c                          3   0   0    0     1              
Bill Byrd p                           3   0   0    0     1              
Totals                               32   1   5    1     3   1    27    

FIELDING -
PB: 1.  Biz Mackey. 

BATTING -
2B:  Felton Snow. 
SH:  Hoss Walker. 
Team LOB:  8


PITCHING

Homestead Grays                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Roy Partlow W                        9       5   1        3   1   0  36
Totals                               9       5   1        3   1   0  36


Baltimore Elite Giants               IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Bill Byrd L                          9      16   7        0   6   0  43
Totals                               9      16   7        0   6   0  43



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Umpires: HP - Fred McCreary, 1B -  Cromwell

Time of Game: 1:55   Attendance: 


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