Birmingham Black Barons 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 - 4 11 0 Homestead Grays 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 5 3 BATTING Birmingham Black Barons AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Felix McLaurin cf 5 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 Tommy Sampson 2b 5 0 3 1 0 0 3 5 Clyde Spearman rf 4 1 1 0 1 0 4 1 Lester Lockett lf 4 1 1 0 0 1 3 1 Piper Davis ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 Leonard Lindsay 1b 3 0 1 1 1 2 12 0 Hoss Walker 3b 3 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 Ted Radcliffe c 4 0 1 0 0 1 4 1 Alfred Saylor p 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 Totals 35 4 11 2 4 10 27 13 FIELDING - DP: 1. Tommy Sampson, Piper Davis, Leonard Lindsay. BATTING - 2B: Felix McLaurin, Clyde Spearman, Lester Lockett. GDP: Felix McLaurin, Ted Radcliffe. Team LOB: 8 BASERUNNING - SB: Tommy Sampson 2. CS: Tommy Sampson. Homestead Grays AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Cool Papa Bell lf 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 Jerry Benjamin cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 Buck Leonard 1b 1 1 0 1 3 0 10 0 Josh Gibson c 3 0 1 0 1 0 11 1 Howard Easterling 2b 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 4 Sam Bankhead ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 Jud Wilson 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 Vic Harris rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Johnny Wright p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 Ray Brown ph, p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 29 2 5 2 4 4 27 12 FIELDING - DP: 2. Buck Leonard 2, Howard Easterling 2, Sam Bankhead 2. E: 3. Josh Gibson 2, Sam Bankhead. PB: 1. Josh Gibson. BATTING - 3B: Cool Papa Bell. GDP: Josh Gibson. Team LOB: 4 BASERUNNING - SB: Jerry Benjamin. PITCHING Birmingham Black Barons IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Alfred Saylor W 9 5 2 2 4 4 0 33 Totals 9 5 2 2 4 4 0 33 Homestead Grays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Johnny Wright L 6 8 3 2 0 8 0 24 Ray Brown 3 3 1 0 4 2 0 15 Totals 9 11 4 2 4 10 0 39 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Fred McCreary, 1B - Eggie Greenfield, 3B - Ed Kemp Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 4000 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Tuesday, 9/21/1943 -- Birmingham Black Barons at Homestead Grays (N) Starting Lineups: Birmingham Homestead 1. F.McLaurin cf C.Bell lf 2. T.Sampson 2b J.Benjamin cf 3. C.Spearman rf B.Leonard 1b 4. L.Lockett lf J.Gibson c 5. P.Davis ss H.Easterling 2b 6. L.Lindsay 1b S.Bankhead ss 7. H.Walker 3b J.Wilson 3b 8. T.Radcliffe c V.Harris rf 9. A.Saylor p J.Wright p BLACK BARONS 1ST: F.McLaurin doubled to right field; T.Sampson singled to right field [F.McLaurin scored]; T.Sampson was caught stealing second (unknown fielder); C.Spearman doubled; L.Lockett out on unknown play; P.Davis singled [C.Spearman to third]; J.Gibson allowed a passed ball [C.Spearman scored (unearned), P.Davis to second]; L.Lindsay struck out; 2 R (1 ER), 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 2, Grays 0. GRAYS 1ST: C.Bell tripled to left field; J.Benjamin struck out; B.Leonard flied to F.McLaurin [C.Bell scored]; J.Gibson singled; H.Easterling out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 2, Grays 1. BLACK BARONS 2ND: H.Walker struck out; T.Radcliffe struck out; A.Saylor struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 2, Grays 1. GRAYS 2ND: S.Bankhead struck out; J.Wilson struck out; V.Harris out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 2, Grays 1. BLACK BARONS 3RD: F.McLaurin struck out; T.Sampson out on unknown play; C.Spearman out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 2, Grays 1. GRAYS 3RD: J.Wright struck out; C.Bell out on unknown play; J.Benjamin out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 2, Grays 1. BLACK BARONS 4TH: L.Lockett doubled to left field; P.Davis struck out; L.Lindsay singled to left field [L.Lockett scored]; H.Walker struck out; T.Radcliffe out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 3, Grays 1. GRAYS 4TH: B.Leonard walked; J.Gibson grounded into a double play (P.Davis to T.Sampson to L.Lindsay) [B.Leonard out at second]; H.Easterling out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 3, Grays 1. BLACK BARONS 5TH: A.Saylor out on unknown play; F.McLaurin singled; F.McLaurin was picked off first (unknown fielder); T.Sampson singled; T.Sampson stole second [T.Sampson to third (error by J.Gibson)]; C.Spearman out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 3, Grays 1. GRAYS 5TH: S.Bankhead out on unknown play; J.Wilson out on unknown play; V.Harris out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 3, Grays 1. BLACK BARONS 6TH: L.Lockett out on unknown play; P.Davis out on unknown play; L.Lindsay struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 3, Grays 1. GRAYS 6TH: R.BROWN BATTED FOR J.WRIGHT; R.Brown out on unknown play; C.Bell singled to left field (L.Lockett to T.Sampson) [C.Bell out at second]; J.Benjamin singled; J.Benjamin stole second; B.Leonard walked; J.Gibson out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 3, Grays 1. BLACK BARONS 7TH: R.BROWN STAYED IN GAME (PITCHING); H.Walker singled; T.Radcliffe singled [H.Walker to second]; A.Saylor struck out; F.McLaurin reached on an error by S.Bankhead [H.Walker scored (unearned) (no RBI), T.Radcliffe to second, F.McLaurin to first]; T.Sampson out on unknown play; C.Spearman walked [T.Radcliffe to third, F.McLaurin to second]; L.Lockett struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Black Barons 4, Grays 1. GRAYS 7TH: H.Easterling out on unknown play; S.Bankhead out on unknown play; J.Wilson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 4, Grays 1. BLACK BARONS 8TH: P.Davis out on unknown play; L.Lindsay walked; H.Walker walked [L.Lindsay to second]; T.Radcliffe grounded into a double play (S.Bankhead to H.Easterling to B.Leonard) [H.Walker out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 4, Grays 1. GRAYS 8TH: V.Harris out on unknown play; R.Brown out on unknown play; C.Bell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 4, Grays 1. BLACK BARONS 9TH: A.Saylor walked; F.McLaurin grounded into a double play (S.Bankhead to H.Easterling to B.Leonard) [A.Saylor out at second]; T.Sampson singled; T.Sampson stole second [T.Sampson to third (error by J.Gibson)]; C.Spearman out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 4, Grays 1. GRAYS 9TH: J.Benjamin out on unknown play; B.Leonard walked; J.Gibson walked [B.Leonard to second]; H.Easterling singled to right field (C.Spearman to T.Sampson) [B.Leonard scored, J.Gibson to third, H.Easterling out at second]; S.Bankhead flied to unknown fielder; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 4, Grays 2. Final Totals R H E LOB Black Barons 4 11 0 8 Grays 2 5 3 4
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