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Homestead Grays (HOM) 6 Newark Eagles (NW2) 0

Game played on Thursday, May 20, 1943 at Griffith Stadium, Washington DC
Regular-Season game

Newark Eagles                       0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0   -   0  8  3
Homestead Grays                     0 4 0  0 0 1  0 1 x   -   6 10  2

BATTING

Newark Eagles                        AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Murray Watkins ss                     4   0   0    0     0         0   0
Wilmore Williams rf                   4   0   1    0     0         3   0
Lennie Pearson 1b                     4   0   2    0     0        12   0
Larry Doby 2b                         4   0   1    0     0         3   4
Johnny Davis cf                       4   0   2    0     0         2   0
James Brown lf                        4   0   1    0     0         0   0
Leon Ruffin c                         4   0   0    0     0         2   1
Leon Day p                            2   0   0    0     0         0   2
  Jim Elam p                          1   0   1    0     0         0   3
Austin Davis 3b                       3   0   0    0     0         2   0
Totals                               34   0   8    0     0   4    24  10

FIELDING -
E: 3.  Murray Watkins, Lennie Pearson, Austin Davis. 

BATTING -
2B:  Lennie Pearson. 
Team LOB:  7


Homestead Grays                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Cool Papa Bell cf                     4   0   0    0     1         0   0
Jerry Benjamin lf                     4   0   2    1     0         4   0
Buck Leonard 1b                       4   0   0    0     0         8   1
Josh Gibson c                         4   1   2    0     0         4   1
Howard Easterling rf                  3   1   1    0     0         1   0
Sam Bankhead ss                       4   2   2    1     0         4   3
Jud Wilson 3b                         3   0   1    2     0         2   0
Joe Spencer 2b                        3   1   1    0     1         4   3
Johnny Wright p                       4   1   1    1     0         0   3
Totals                               33   6  10    5     2   3    27  11

FIELDING -
DP: 2.  Buck Leonard 2, Sam Bankhead 2. 
E: 2.  Cool Papa Bell, Buck Leonard. 

BATTING -
2B:  Jerry Benjamin, Josh Gibson, Johnny Wright. 
3B:  Sam Bankhead. 
SH:  Howard Easterling. 
Team LOB:  6

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Sam Bankhead. 

PITCHING

Newark Eagles                        IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Leon Day L                           6       8   5        1   3   0  28
Jim Elam                             2       2   1        1   0   0  9
Totals                               8      10   6        2   3   0  37


Homestead Grays                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Johnny Wright W                      9       8   0    0   0   4   0  34
Totals                               9       8   0    0   0   4   0  34



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

Time of Game: ?   Attendance: 6000


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