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Homestead Grays (HOM) 4 Baltimore Elite Giants (BLG) 2

Game played on Thursday, July 4, 1940 (D) at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh PA
Regular-Season game

Baltimore Elite Giants              0 0 1  0 0 0  1 0 0   -   2  8  1
Homestead Grays                     0 0 0  4 0 0  0 0 x   -   4  6  3

BATTING

Baltimore Elite Giants               AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Henry Kimbro cf                       3   0   0    0     1         1   0
Tommy Butts ss                        4   0   3    1     0         7   3
Sammy Hughes 2b                       4   0   0    0     0         2   4
George Scales rf                      4   0   0    0     0         0   0
Bill Hoskins lf                       4   1   2    1     0         2   0
Bill Perkins c                        4   0   0    0     0         1   2
Felton Snow 3b                        4   0   1    0     0         2   3
Red Moore 1b                          3   1   1    0     0         9   0
Nate Moreland p                       3   0   1    0     0         0   1
Totals                               33   2   8    2     1   3    24  13

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Tommy Butts, Red Moore. 
E: 1.  Tommy Butts. 

BATTING -
2B:  Bill Hoskins. 
Team LOB:  5


Homestead Grays                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
David Whatley rf                      4   0   1    3     0         5   0
Jerry Benjamin cf                     4   0   1    0     0         1   0
Vic Harris lf                         3   0   1    0     1         2   0
Buck Leonard 1b                       3   1   1    0     1         7   0
Jud Wilson 3b                         2   1   0    0     2         0   0
  Jelly Jackson ss                    0   0   0    0     0         0   0
Howard Easterling ss, 3b              2   0   1    0     1         3   2
Matt Carlisle 2b                      3   1   0    0     1         4   5
Robert Gaston c                       3   0   0    0     0         5   2
J.C. Hamilton p                       3   1   1    0     0         0   2
Totals                               27   4   6    3     6   1    27    

FIELDING -
DP: 2.  Buck Leonard 2, Howard Easterling, Matt Carlisle 2. 
E: 3.  Jud Wilson, Howard Easterling, Matt Carlisle. 

BATTING -
2B:  Buck Leonard. 
3B:  David Whatley. 
SH:  Howard Easterling. 
Team LOB:  6

BASERUNNING -
SB:  David Whatley, Jerry Benjamin. 

PITCHING

Baltimore Elite Giants               IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Nate Moreland L                      8       6   4    0   6   1   0  34
Totals                               8       6   4    0   6   1   0  34


Homestead Grays                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
J.C. Hamilton W                      9       8   2        1   3   0  34
Totals                               9       8   2        1   3   0  34



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Umpires: HP - Mo Harris, 1B - Bill Harris, 3B - John Craig

Time of Game: 1:45   Attendance: 7000


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