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Homestead Grays (HOM) 12 Newark Eagles (NW2) 9

Game played on Thursday, August 3, 1939 (N) at Cricket Field, Altoona PA
Regular-Season game

Newark Eagles                       0 0 0  1 6 0  2 0 0   -   9 11  2
Homestead Grays                     2 4 0  1 0 0  0 5 x   -  12 15  2

BATTING

Newark Eagles                        AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Vernon Riddick 3b                     5   0   0    0     0         1   1
Dick Seay 2b                          4   3   2    1     1         5   5
Ed Stone rf                           4   2   2    1     1         1   1
Fred Wilson lf                        4   1   0    0     1         0   0
Willie Wells ss                       5   1   3    5     0         3   5
Monte Irvin cf                        4   0   0    2     0         1   0
Lennie Pearson 1b                     4   0   0    0     0        11   0
Johnny Hayes c                        4   1   3    0     0         2   1
Felix Evans p                         4   1   1    0     0         0   1
  Leon Day p                          0   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               38   9  11    9     3   6    24  14

FIELDING -
E: 2.  Dick Seay 2. 
PB: 1.  Johnny Hayes. 

BATTING -
2B:  Felix Evans. 
HR:  Willie Wells. 
SF:  Monte Irvin. 
GDP:  Dick Seay. 
Team LOB:  6


Homestead Grays                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
David Whatley rf                      5   1   3    0     0         3   0
Sam Bankhead 2b                       5   2   2    0     0         1   5
Buck Leonard 1b                       5   3   3    3     0        10   1
Josh Gibson c                         3   3   1    2     2         7   0
Vic Harris lf                         3   1   2    4     2         0   0
Henry Spearman 3b                     5   0   1    2     0         1   0
Country Davis cf                      5   1   2    0     0         2   0
Jelly Jackson ss                      5   1   0    0     0         2   4
Ray Brown p                           4   0   1    0     0         1   2
Totals                               40  12  15   11     4   2    27  12

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Sam Bankhead, Buck Leonard, Jelly Jackson. 
E: 2.  Henry Spearman 2. 

BATTING -
2B:  David Whatley, Buck Leonard 2, Henry Spearman. 
HR:  Buck Leonard, Josh Gibson. 
Team LOB:  8


PITCHING

Newark Eagles                        IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Felix Evans                          7      12   9    4   4   2   2  38
Leon Day L                           1       3   3    2   0   0   0  6
Totals                               8      15  12    6   4   2   2  44

Felix Evans pitched to 2 batters in the 8th inning
WP:  Leon Day. 

Homestead Grays                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Ray Brown W                          9      11   9    9   3   6   1  42
Totals                               9      11   9    9   3   6   1  42



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Umpires: HP - ?

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 4000

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Thursday, 8/3/1939 -- Newark Eagles at Homestead Grays
(N)

Starting Lineups:

   Newark                        Homestead                     
1. V.Riddick           3b        D.Whatley           rf        
2. D.Seay              2b        S.Bankhead          2b        
3. E.Stone             rf        B.Leonard           1b        
4. F.Wilson            lf        J.Gibson            c         
5. W.Wells             ss        V.Harris            lf        
6. M.Irvin             cf        H.Spearman          3b        
7. L.Pearson           1b        C.Davis             cf        
8. J.Hayes             c         J.Jackson           ss        
9. F.Evans             p         R.Brown             p         

EAGLES 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and
box sc; V.Riddick reached on an error by H.Spearman [V.Riddick
to first]; D.Seay grounded into a double play (J.Jackson to
S.Bankhead to B.Leonard) [V.Riddick out at second]; E.Stone out
on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Eagles 0, Grays 0.

GRAYS 1ST: D.Whatley out on unknown play; S.Bankhead out on
unknown play; B.Leonard homered to rightfield; J.Gibson homered
to centerfield; V.Harris walked; H.Spearman doubled [V.Harris to
third]; C.Davis out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Eagles 0, Grays 2.

EAGLES 2ND: F.Wilson out on unknown play; W.Wells out on
unknown play; M.Irvin out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Eagles 0, Grays 2.

GRAYS 2ND: J.Jackson reached on an error by D.Seay [J.Jackson
to first]; R.Brown out on unknown play; D.Whatley singled
[J.Jackson to second]; S.Bankhead forced D.Whatley (unknown
fielder) [J.Jackson to third, S.Bankhead to first]; B.Leonard
doubled [J.Jackson scored (unearned), S.Bankhead to third];
J.Gibson walked; V.Harris singled [S.Bankhead scored (unearned),
B.Leonard scored (unearned), J.Gibson scored (unearned)];
H.Spearman out on unknown play; 4 R (0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. 
Eagles 0, Grays 6.

EAGLES 3RD: L.Pearson out on unknown play; J.Hayes singled;
F.Evans out on unknown play; V.Riddick out on unknown play; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Eagles 0, Grays 6.

GRAYS 3RD: C.Davis out on unknown play; J.Jackson out on
unknown play; R.Brown singled; D.Whatley singled [R.Brown to
second]; S.Bankhead out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Eagles 0, Grays 6.

EAGLES 4TH: D.Seay singled; E.Stone walked [D.Seay to second];
F.Wilson out on unknown play; W.Wells singled [D.Seay scored,
E.Stone to second]; M.Irvin out on unknown play; L.Pearson out
on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Eagles 1, Grays 6.

GRAYS 4TH: B.Leonard out on unknown play; J.Gibson walked;
V.Harris walked [J.Gibson to second]; J.Hayes allowed a passed
ball [J.Gibson to third, V.Harris to second]; H.Spearman out on
unknown play [J.Gibson scored (unearned)]; C.Davis out on
unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Eagles 1, Grays 7.

EAGLES 5TH: J.Hayes singled; F.Evans doubled [J.Hayes to
third]; V.Riddick out on unknown play; D.Seay singled [J.Hayes
scored, F.Evans to third]; E.Stone singled [F.Evans scored,
D.Seay to second]; F.Wilson walked [D.Seay to third, E.Stone to
second]; W.Wells homered to right-center [D.Seay scored, E.Stone
scored, F.Wilson scored]; M.Irvin out on unknown play; L.Pearson
out on unknown play; 6 R, 5 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Eagles 7, Grays 7.

GRAYS 5TH: J.Jackson out on unknown play; R.Brown out on
unknown play; D.Whatley out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Eagles 7, Grays 7.

EAGLES 6TH: J.Hayes out on unknown play; F.Evans out on unknown
play; V.Riddick out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Eagles 7, Grays 7.

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

EAGLES 7TH: D.Seay walked; E.Stone singled [D.Seay to second];
F.Wilson out on unknown play; W.Wells singled [D.Seay to third,
E.Stone to second]; M.Irvin out on a sacrifice fly to unknown
fielder [D.Seay scored, E.Stone scored]; L.Pearson out on
unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Eagles 9, Grays 7.

GRAYS 7TH: H.Spearman out on unknown play; C.Davis singled;
J.Jackson out on unknown play; R.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Eagles 9, Grays 7.

EAGLES 8TH: J.Hayes singled; F.Evans out on unknown play;
V.Riddick out on unknown play; D.Seay out on unknown play; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Eagles 9, Grays 7.

GRAYS 8TH: D.Whatley doubled; S.Bankhead singled [D.Whatley to
third]; L.DAY REPLACED F.EVANS (PITCHING); B.Leonard doubled
[D.Whatley scored, S.Bankhead to third]; J.Gibson out on unknown
play [S.Bankhead scored]; V.Harris singled [B.Leonard scored,
V.Harris to second (on throw)]; L.Day threw a wild pitch
[V.Harris to third]; H.Spearman out on unknown play [V.Harris
scored]; C.Davis singled to second base [C.Davis scored
(unearned) (error by D.Seay)]; J.Jackson out on unknown play; 4
R (3 ER), 5 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Eagles 9, Grays 12.

EAGLES 9TH: E.Stone reached on an error by H.Spearman [E.Stone
to first]; F.Wilson out on unknown play; W.Wells out on unknown
play; M.Irvin out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Eagles
9, Grays 12.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Eagles           9  11   2   6
 Grays           12  15   2   8


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