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Homestead Grays (HOM) 9 Newark Eagles (NW2) 6

Game played on Sunday, August 27, 1944 at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh PA
Regular-Season game

Newark Eagles                       0 0 0  0 0 5  0 1 0   -   6 11  1
Homestead Grays                     2 0 0  1 1 3  2 0 x   -   9 13  0

BATTING

Newark Eagles                        AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Murray Watkins 3b                     4   0   0    0     1         0    
Willie Wynn c                         4   1   2    0     1         3    
Ray Dandridge 2b                      4   1   1    1     0         4    
Lennie Pearson 1b                     4   1   1    1     0         8    
Johnny Davis lf                       4   2   3    1     0         4    
Mule Suttles rf                       3   1   1    1     1         2    
  William Makell rf                   0   0   0    0     0         0    
Archie Brathwaite cf                  4   0   3    2     0         3    
 Pitts ss                             3   0   0    0     1         0    
Leniel Hooker p                       4   0   0    0     0         0    
Totals                               34   6  11    6     4   7    24    

FIELDING -
E: 1.  Ray Dandridge. 

BATTING -
2B:  Lennie Pearson. 
3B:  Willie Wynn, Johnny Davis, Mule Suttles. 
Team LOB:  5


Homestead Grays                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Cool Papa Bell lf                     4   1   3          1         1    
Jerry Benjamin cf                     5   2   3          0         3    
Sam Bankhead ss                       5   1   3          0         2    
Buck Leonard 1b                       3   0   0          2        12    
Josh Gibson c                         5   0   0          0         7    
Walter Cannady 3b                     2   1   0          2         1    
Dave Hoskins rf                       4   2   2          0         1    
Jelly Jackson 2b                      4   1   1          0         0    
Roy Welmaker p                        4   1   1          0         0    
  Ray Brown p                         0   0   0          0         0    
Totals                               36   9  13          5   2    27    


BATTING -
2B:  Sam Bankhead, Jelly Jackson. 
3B:  Sam Bankhead 2, Dave Hoskins 2, Roy Welmaker. 
Team LOB:  8


PITCHING

Newark Eagles                        IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Leniel Hooker L                      8      13   9        5   2   0  41
Totals                               8      13   9        5   2   0  41


Homestead Grays                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Roy Welmaker W                       7      11   6    6   4   6   0  32
Ray Brown                            2       0   0    0   0   1   0  6
Totals                               9      11   6    6   4   7   0  38

Roy Welmaker pitched to 2 batters in the 8th inning


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Umpires: HP - ?

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