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Homestead Grays (HOM) 9 Newark Eagles (NW2) 5

Game played on Sunday, August 8, 1943 (D) at Griffith Stadium, Washington DC
Regular-Season game

Newark Eagles                       0 0 3  0 1 0  1 0 0   -   5 10  1
Homestead Grays                     2 0 2  0 1 3  1 0 x   -   9 12  1

BATTING

Newark Eagles                        AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Murray Watkins 3b                     5   1   0    0     0         0   1
Ed Butler ss                          4   1   0    0     0         0   1
  Fred Hobgood                        1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Johnny Davis cf                       4   2   3    1     0         2   0
Lennie Pearson 1b                     4   0   2    3     0        12   1
Ed Stone rf                           4   0   1    1     0         1   0
Bob Harvey lf                         3   0   2    0     1         1   0
Leon Ruffin c                         3   0   0    0     1         5   1
Cotton Williams 2b                    3   0   0    0     1         3   3
Leniel Hooker p                       1   1   1    0     0         0   1
  Leon Day p                          3   0   1    0     0         0   2
Totals                               35   5  10    5     3   3    24  10

FIELDING -
DP: 2.  Lennie Pearson 2, Cotton Williams 2. 
E: 1.  Ed Stone. 

BATTING -
2B:  Lennie Pearson 2, Leniel Hooker. 
Team LOB:  6


Homestead Grays                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Cool Papa Bell lf                     3   2   2    0     1         1   0
Jerry Benjamin cf                     4   1   1    1     1         1   0
Buck Leonard 1b                       5   1   0    0     0         7   1
Josh Gibson c                         3   3   2    2     1         6   2
Jud Wilson 3b                         2   1   1    3     2         3   2
Sam Bankhead ss                       3   0   1    0     0         3   3
Vic Harris rf                         4   0   2    1     0         0   0
Joe Spencer 2b                        4   0   2    0     0         5   3
Johnny Wright p                       3   1   1    0     0         1   1
Totals                               31   9  12    7     5   4    27  12

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Buck Leonard, Johnny Wright. 
E: 1.  Buck Leonard. 
PB: 1.  Josh Gibson. 

BATTING -
2B:  Johnny Wright. 
3B:  Cool Papa Bell, Josh Gibson. 
HR:  Josh Gibson. 
SH:  Cool Papa Bell, Sam Bankhead, Johnny Wright. 
Team LOB:  6


PITCHING

Newark Eagles                        IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Leniel Hooker L                      2       4   2        3   0   1  12
Leon Day                             6       8   7        2   4   0  27
Totals                               8      12   9        5   4   1  39


Homestead Grays                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Johnny Wright W                      9      10   5        3   3   0  38
Totals                               9      10   5        3   3   0  38

WP:  Johnny Wright. 


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Umpires: HP - Fred McCreary, 1B - Eggie Greenfield, 3B - Ed Kemp

Time of Game: 2:11   Attendance: 6500


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