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Homestead Grays (HOM) 13 Newark Eagles (NW2) 4

Game played on Saturday, August 26, 1944 at Cricket Field, Altoona PA
Regular-Season game

Newark Eagles                       0 0 1  1 2 0  0 0  -   4 10  4
Homestead Grays                     0 1 0  0 4 0  8 x  -  13 12   

BATTING

Newark Eagles                        AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Murray Watkins 3b                     4   1   0    1     0         0   4
Vic Barnett rf                        4   0   2    1     0         0   0
Ray Dandridge 2b                      4   0   2    0     0         3   1
Lennie Pearson 1b                     4   0   1    0     0         7   0
Mule Suttles lf                       2   1   1    0     2         2   0
Archie Brathwaite cf                  3   0   0    0     1         4   0
William Makell c                      3   1   2    0     1         5   0
 Pitts ss                             3   1   1    0     0         0   1
Johnny Davis p                        3   0   1    1     0         0   2
  Jimmy Hill p                        1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               31   4  10    3     4   3    21   8

FIELDING -
E: 4.  Murray Watkins, Archie Brathwaite 2,  Pitts. 

BATTING -
2B:  Vic Barnett. 
3B:  Johnny Davis. 
SH:   Pitts. 
Team LOB:  8

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Vic Barnett. 

Homestead Grays                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Cool Papa Bell lf                     5   2   2    1     0         0   0
Jerry Benjamin cf                     5   2   3    5     0         0   2
Sam Bankhead ss                       4   0   1    1     0         3   5
Buck Leonard 1b                       3   2   1    0     1        14   0
Dave Hoskins rf, p                    4   1   1    2     0         0   2
Robert Gaston c                       2   1   1    2     2         3   0
Ray Battle 3b                         4   1   1    0     0         1   3
Jelly Jackson 2b                      3   2   1    1     1         2   4
Eddie White p                         1   0   0    0     0         1   1
  Josh Gibson rf                      3   2   1    1     0         0   0
Totals                               34  13  12   13     4   4    24    

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Sam Bankhead, Buck Leonard, Jelly Jackson. 

BATTING -
2B:  Jerry Benjamin, Buck Leonard, Robert Gaston. 
3B:  Jerry Benjamin. 
Team LOB:  4


PITCHING

Newark Eagles                        IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Johnny Davis L                       6.1    11  13    6   4   4   0  35
Jimmy Hill                           0.2     1   0    0   0   0   0  3
Totals                               7      12  13    6   4   4   0  38


Homestead Grays                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Eddie White                          4.2     9   4    3   1   1   0  23
Dave Hoskins W                       3.1     1   0    0   3   2   0  13
Totals                               8      10   4    3   4   3   0  36



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Umpires: HP - Louie Huber, 1B -  Roth

Time of Game: ?   Attendance: 


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