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Homestead Grays (HOM) 5 Newark Eagles (NW2) 2

Game played on Sunday, May 9, 1943 (D) at Ruppert Stadium, Newark NJ
Exhibition game

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

BATTING

Homestead Grays                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Cool Papa Bell cf                     4   1   2          1              
Jerry Benjamin lf                     3   2   0          2              
Buck Leonard 1b                       5   0   3          0              
Josh Gibson c                         3   0   0          2              
Sam Bankhead ss                       5   0   0          0              
Jud Wilson 3b                         5   0   2          0              
Howard Easterling rf                  4   1   2          0              
Joe Spencer 2b                        3   0   0          1              
Johnny Wright p                       4   1   1          0              
Totals                               36   5  10          6   6    30    

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

BATTING -
2B:  Buck Leonard, Jud Wilson, Johnny Wright. 
Team LOB:  7

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Cool Papa Bell. 

Newark Eagles                        AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Murray Watkins ss                     5   0   0          1              
Wilmore Williams cf                   6   1   2          0              
Larry Doby 2b                         5   1   3          0              
Lennie Pearson 1b                     5   0   2          0              
Johnny Davis lf                       5   0   1          0              
Larry St. Thomas c                    3   0   0          0              
  Leon Ruffin c                       2   0   1          0              
James Brown rf                        4   0   2          1              
Austin Davis 3b                       5   0   0          0              
Leon Day p                            4   0   2          0              
  Jimmy Hill p                        1   0   0          0              
Totals                               45   2  13          2   3    30    

FIELDING -
E: 4.  Murray Watkins 3, Lennie Pearson. 

BATTING -
2B:  Larry Doby, Lennie Pearson, Leon Ruffin, James Brown. 
Team LOB:  15


PITCHING

Homestead Grays                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Johnny Wright W                      10     13   2        2   3   0  47
Totals                               10     13   2        2   3   0  47


Newark Eagles                        IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Leon Day                             8.1     7   2        5   5   0  33
Jimmy Hill L                         1.2     3   3        1   1   0  9
Totals                               10     10   5        6   6   0  42



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Umpires: HP - Fred McCreary, 1B - W. Moore, 3B - John Crawford

Time of Game: ?   Attendance: 6000


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