Birmingham Black Barons 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 5 4 Homestead Grays 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 4 9 2 BATTING Birmingham Black Barons AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Felix McLaurin cf 4 1 2 0 1 1 2 0 Tommy Sampson 2b 4 0 0 0 1 0 6 5 Clyde Spearman rf 5 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 Lester Lockett lf 5 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 Piper Davis ss 5 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 Leonard Lindsay 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 8 2 Hoss Walker 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 Ted Radcliffe c 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 1 Johnny Markham p 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 Totals 39 3 5 1 2 5 31 11 FIELDING - E: 4. Felix McLaurin, Clyde Spearman, Leonard Lindsay, Ted Radcliffe. BATTING - Team LOB: 5 Homestead Grays AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Cool Papa Bell lf 5 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 Jerry Benjamin cf 4 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 Buck Leonard 1b 4 0 1 0 1 0 16 1 Jud Wilson 3b 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Howard Easterling 2b 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 7 Sam Bankhead ss 4 1 2 0 1 0 2 2 Vic Harris rf 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 Robert Gaston c 4 1 1 1 0 0 5 0 Josh Gibson ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Roy Partlow p 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 Ray Brown p 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 Totals 39 4 9 2 5 1 33 15 FIELDING - E: 2. Sam Bankhead, Robert Gaston. BATTING - SH: Cool Papa Bell, Vic Harris. IW: Josh Gibson. Team LOB: 11 BASERUNNING - SB: Jerry Benjamin, Buck Leonard. PITCHING Birmingham Black Barons IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Johnny Markham L 10.1 9 4 1 5 1 0 46 Totals 10.1 9 4 1 5 1 0 46 IW: Johnny Markham. Homestead Grays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Roy Partlow 5.1 5 3 1 1 1 0 22 Ray Brown W 5.2 0 0 0 1 4 0 19 Totals 11 5 3 1 2 5 0 41 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: 7000 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Friday, 9/24/1943 -- 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.Wilson 3b 5. P.Davis ss H.Easterling 2b 6. L.Lindsay 1b S.Bankhead ss 7. H.Walker 3b V.Harris rf 8. T.Radcliffe c R.Gaston c 9. J.Markham p R.Partlow p BLACK BARONS 1ST: R.Gaston dropped a foul fly hit by F.McLaurin; F.McLaurin singled; T.Sampson out on unknown play; C.Spearman out on unknown play; L.Lockett out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Grays 0. GRAYS 1ST: C.Bell out on unknown play; J.Benjamin walked; B.Leonard singled [J.Benjamin to second]; J.Benjamin stole third and B.Leonard stole second; J.Wilson out on unknown play; H.Easterling out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 0, Grays 0. BLACK BARONS 2ND: P.Davis out on unknown play; L.Lindsay struck out; H.Walker out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 0, Grays 0. GRAYS 2ND: S.Bankhead walked; V.Harris singled to left field [S.Bankhead to second]; R.Gaston singled to center field [S.Bankhead scored, V.Harris scored (unearned) (no RBI) (error by F.McLaurin), R.Gaston scored (unearned) (error by T.Radcliffe)]; R.Partlow out on unknown play; C.Bell out on unknown play; J.Benjamin out on unknown play; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 0, Grays 3. BLACK BARONS 3RD: T.Radcliffe singled; J.Markham out on unknown play; F.McLaurin walked [T.Radcliffe to second]; T.Sampson out on unknown play; C.Spearman out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 0, Grays 3. GRAYS 3RD: B.Leonard out on unknown play; J.Wilson walked; H.Easterling out on unknown play; S.Bankhead out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Grays 3. BLACK BARONS 4TH: L.Lockett out on unknown play; P.Davis out on unknown play; L.Lindsay out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 0, Grays 3. GRAYS 4TH: V.Harris out on unknown play; R.Gaston out on unknown play; R.Partlow singled to right field [R.Partlow to second (error by C.Spearman)]; C.Bell out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Grays 3. BLACK BARONS 5TH: H.Walker out on unknown play; T.Radcliffe out on unknown play; J.Markham out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 0, Grays 3. GRAYS 5TH: J.Benjamin out on unknown play; B.Leonard walked; J.Wilson out on unknown play; H.Easterling out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Grays 3. BLACK BARONS 6TH: F.McLaurin singled to pitcher; T.Sampson grounded out (H.Easterling to B.Leonard) [F.McLaurin to second]; C.Spearman singled to second base [F.McLaurin to third]; L.Lockett singled to right field [F.McLaurin scored, C.Spearman to second]; R.BROWN REPLACED R.PARTLOW (PITCHING); P.Davis grounded out (B.Leonard to R.Brown) [C.Spearman to third, L.Lockett to second]; L.Lindsay reached on an error by S.Bankhead [C.Spearman scored (unearned) (no RBI), L.Lockett scored (unearned) (no RBI), L.Lindsay to first]; H.Walker flied to C.Bell; 3 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 3, Grays 3. GRAYS 6TH: S.Bankhead out on unknown play; V.Harris out on unknown play; R.Gaston out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 3, Grays 3. BLACK BARONS 7TH: T.Radcliffe out on unknown play; J.Markham out on unknown play; F.McLaurin struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 3, Grays 3. GRAYS 7TH: R.Brown singled; C.Bell out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [R.Brown to second]; J.Benjamin out on unknown play; B.Leonard out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 3, Grays 3. BLACK BARONS 8TH: T.Sampson out on unknown play; C.Spearman out on unknown play; L.Lockett out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 3, Grays 3. GRAYS 8TH: J.Wilson out on unknown play; H.Easterling singled; S.Bankhead singled [H.Easterling to second]; V.Harris out on unknown play; R.Gaston out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 3, Grays 3. BLACK BARONS 9TH: P.Davis struck out; L.Lindsay out on unknown play; H.Walker out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 3, Grays 3. GRAYS 9TH: R.Brown struck out; C.Bell out on unknown play; J.Benjamin out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 3, Grays 3. BLACK BARONS 10TH: T.Radcliffe struck out; J.Markham struck out; F.McLaurin out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 3, Grays 3. GRAYS 10TH: B.Leonard out on unknown play; J.Wilson out on unknown play; H.Easterling out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 3, Grays 3. BLACK BARONS 11TH: T.Sampson walked; C.Spearman forced T.Sampson (unknown fielder) [C.Spearman to first]; L.Lockett out on unknown play; P.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 3, Grays 3. GRAYS 11TH: S.Bankhead singled to center field; V.Harris reached on a fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt [S.Bankhead to third (error by L.Lindsay), V.Harris to second]; J.GIBSON BATTED FOR R.GASTON; J.Gibson was walked intentionally; R.Brown forced S.Bankhead (L.Lindsay to T.Radcliffe) [V.Harris to third, J.Gibson to second, R.Brown to first]; C.Bell singled to right field [V.Harris scored (unearned), J.Gibson to third, R.Brown to second]; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Black Barons 3, Grays 4. Final Totals R H E LOB Black Barons 3 5 4 5 Grays 4 9 2 11
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