Birmingham Black Barons (BIR) 18 Homestead Grays (HOM) 9

Game played on Thursday, June 8, 1944 (N) at Griffith Stadium, Washington DC
Exhibition game

Birmingham Black Barons             3 0 1  5 0 0  0 0 0  9  -  18 19  2
Homestead Grays                     3 0 0  0 0 0  4 2 0  0  -   9 10  3

BATTING

Birmingham Black Barons              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Felix McLaurin cf                     5   3   2    0     1              
Tommy Sampson 2b                      7   4   2    3     0              
Artie Wilson ss                       7   3   2    3     0              
Ed Steele rf                          7   3   3    3     0              
Ted Radcliffe c                       6   1   0    3     0              
Leandy Young lf                       5   0   2    0     0              
  Lester Lockett lf                   1   1   1    1     0              
Piper Davis 1b                        6   1   1    1     0              
John Britton 3b                       5   1   3    2     1              
Alvin Gipson p                        5   0   2    1     0              
  Dan Bankhead p                      1   1   1    0     0              
Totals                               55  18  19   17     2   5    30    

FIELDING -
E: 2.  Tommy Sampson, Piper Davis. 

BATTING -
2B:  Ed Steele. 
3B:  Felix McLaurin, Tommy Sampson, Artie Wilson, Ed Steele. 
SH:  Felix McLaurin. 
Team LOB:  10


Homestead Grays                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Cool Papa Bell lf                     5   1   3    0     0              
Jerry Benjamin cf                     4   2   0    0     1              
Sam Bankhead ss                       3   3   0    0     0              
  Robert Gaston                       1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Buck Leonard 1b                       3   1   1    2     2              
Josh Gibson c                         5   0   1    2     0              
Dave Hoskins rf                       5   0   2    3     0              
Ray Battle 3b                         1   0   0    0     0              
  David Whatley                       1   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Joe Spencer 3b                      2   1   0    0     0              
  Jud Wilson 3b                       0   0   0    0     0              
  Vic Harris                          1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Jelly Jackson 2b                      5   1   1    0     0              
Ray Brown p                           2   0   1    0     0              
  Johnny Johnson p                    2   0   1    2     0              
  Johnny Wright p                     0   0   0    0     0              
  Willie Hubert p                     0   0   0    0     0              
Totals                               40   9  10    9     3   4    30    

FIELDING -
E: 3.  Sam Bankhead 2, Josh Gibson. 

BATTING -
2B:  Cool Papa Bell, Dave Hoskins, Johnny Johnson. 
3B:  Buck Leonard. 
SH:  Sam Bankhead. 
Team LOB:  5


PITCHING

Birmingham Black Barons              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Alvin Gipson W                       9      10   9        3   3   0  41
Dan Bankhead                         1       0   0        0   1   0  3
Totals                               10     10   9        3   4   0  44


Homestead Grays                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Ray Brown                            5      10   9        0   4   0  28
Johnny Johnson L                     4       3   3        1   1   0  18
Johnny Wright                        0.1     3   4        1   0   0  6
Willie Hubert                        0.2     3   2        0   0   0  6
Totals                               10     19  18        2   5   0  58

Johnny Johnson pitched to 3 batters in the 10th inning


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Umpires: HP - ?

Time of Game: ?   Attendance: 7000

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