Homestead Grays (HOM) 3 Birmingham Black Barons (BIR) 2

Game played on Monday, September 6, 1943 (N) at Griffith Stadium, Washington DC
Exhibition game

Birmingham Black Barons             0 0 0  1 0 1  0 0 0  0 0 0   -   2  9  3
Homestead Grays                     0 0 0  0 0 1  0 0 1  0 0 1   -   3 13  2

BATTING

Birmingham Black Barons              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Felix McLaurin cf                     3   0   0    0     1         1   0
Tommy Sampson 3b                      5   1   2    0     0         7   4
Clyde Spearman rf                     4   0   1    1     1         2   0
Lester Lockett lf                     5   0   2    0     0         2   0
Piper Davis ss                        5   0   0    0     0         3   2
Leonard Lindsay 1b                    5   0   1    0     0        11   1
Hoss Walker 2b                        5   0   0    0     0         4   2
Paul Hardy c                          4   0   1    0     1         5   1
Gready McKinnis p                     5   1   2    0     0         0   4
Totals                               41   2   9    1     3   3    35  14

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Tommy Sampson, Leonard Lindsay, Gready McKinnis. 
E: 3.  Tommy Sampson 2, Leonard Lindsay. 

BATTING -
2B:  Leonard Lindsay. 
3B:  Tommy Sampson. 
SH:  Felix McLaurin. 
Team LOB:  7


Homestead Grays                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Cool Papa Bell lf                     6   0   3    0     0         2   0
Jerry Benjamin cf                     6   1   2    0     0         5   0
Buck Leonard 1b                       5   1   2    0     0        16   1
Josh Gibson c                         3   0   1    1     0         3   1
  Edsall Walker                       0   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Robert Gaston c                     3   0   1    0     0         3   1
Howard Easterling 2b                  5   0   2    1     1         2   5
Sam Bankhead ss                       4   0   0    0     1         3   5
Jud Wilson 3b                         4   0   2    0     1         1   2
Vic Harris rf                         5   1   0    0     0         1   0
Ray Brown p                           5   0   0    1     0         0   5
Totals                               46   3  13    3     3   2    36  20

FIELDING -
DP: 3.  Buck Leonard 2, Josh Gibson, Howard Easterling, Sam Bankhead 3, Vic Harris. 
E: 2.  Josh Gibson, Jud Wilson. 

BATTING -
2B:  Josh Gibson, Howard Easterling, Jud Wilson. 
HBP:  Buck Leonard. 
Team LOB:  12

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Cool Papa Bell, Jerry Benjamin 2, Howard Easterling. 

PITCHING

Birmingham Black Barons              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Gready McKinnis L                    11.2   13   3    2   3   2   0  50
Totals                               11.2   13   3    2   3   2   0  50

HBP:  Gready McKinnis. 

Homestead Grays                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Ray Brown W                          12      9   2    1   3   3   0  45
Totals                               12      9   2    1   3   3   0  45



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

Time of Game: 3:15   Attendance: 8500

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