Homestead Grays (HOM) 10 Newark Eagles (NW2) 3

Game played on Sunday, April 25, 1943 at Griffith Stadium, Washington DC
Exhibition game

Newark Eagles                       0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 3   -   3  8  4
Homestead Grays                     0 0 3  1 0 0  5 1 x   -  10 13  2

BATTING

Newark Eagles                        AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Leon Day 2b                           4   0   0    0     0              
Wilmore Williams rf                   4   0   1    0     0              
Larry Doby ss                         4   0   0    0     0              
Lennie Pearson 1b                     3   0   1    0     0              
  Mule Suttles 1b                     1   1   0    0     0              
Johnny Davis lf                       4   1   3    1     0              
Monte Irvin cf                        4   1   1    0     0              
Jim Smith c                           3   0   1    0     0              
  Larry St. Thomas                    1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Austin Davis 3b                       3   0   0    0     1              
James Brown p                         0   0   0    0     1              
  Leniel Hooker p                     1   0   0    0     1              
  Fred Hobgood                        1   0   1    2     0         0   0
Totals                               33   3   8    3     3   5    24    

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Lennie Pearson. 
E: 4.  Wilmore Williams, Lennie Pearson, Mule Suttles, Jim Smith. 

BATTING -
2B:  Jim Smith. 
Team LOB:  6


Homestead Grays                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Cool Papa Bell cf                     5   0   1    0     0              
Jerry Benjamin lf                     5   0   2    0     0              
Buck Leonard 1b                       4   2   1    1     1              
Josh Gibson c                         3   2   1    1     2              
Sam Bankhead ss                       5   3   3    2     0              
Jud Wilson 3b                         2   1   0    1     3              
Joe Spencer 2b                        4   1   2    0     0              
Frank Williams rf                     2   0   0    0     0              
  Ray Brown rf                        2   0   2    3     0              
Johnny Wright p                       2   1   0    0     0              
  Willie Stevenson p                  2   0   1    0     0              
Totals                               36  10  13    8     6   3    27    

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Buck Leonard, Sam Bankhead, Joe Spencer. 
E: 2.  Jerry Benjamin, Joe Spencer. 

BATTING -
2B:  Cool Papa Bell, Jerry Benjamin, Buck Leonard, Josh Gibson, Joe Spencer, Ray Brown 2. 
Team LOB:  8


PITCHING

Newark Eagles                        IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
James Brown L                        4       3   4        3   2   0  18
Leniel Hooker                        4      10   6        3   1   0  24
Totals                               8      13  10        6   3   0  42


Homestead Grays                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Johnny Wright W                      5       2   0    0   3   2   0  19
Willie Stevenson                     4       6   3        0   3   0  17
Totals                               9       8   3        3   5   0  36



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Umpires: HP - Ed Kemp, 1B - Script Lee

Time of Game: 2:23   Attendance: 11000

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