Homestead Grays (HOM) 3 Newark Eagles (NW2) 2

Game played on Sunday, August 26, 1945 at Griffith Stadium, Washington DC
Regular-Season game

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

BATTING

Newark Eagles                        AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Murray Watkins ss                     4   0   1    0     0              
Cotton Williams 3b                    3   1   0    0     1              
Jimmy Wilkes lf                       2   0   0    0     0              
  Fran Matthews 1b                    1   0   0    0     0              
Lennie Pearson 1b, lf                 3   1   1    0     0         0   0
Johnny Davis cf                       3   0   3    2     0              
Bob Harvey rf                         3   0   0    0     0              
Biz Mackey c                          3   0   0    0     0              
Charlie Humber 2b                     3   0   0    0     0              
Don Newcombe p                        3   0   0    0     0              
Totals                               28   2   5    2     1   4    18    

FIELDING -
E: 2.  Murray Watkins, Jimmy Wilkes. 

BATTING -
2B:  Lennie Pearson, Johnny Davis. 
Team LOB:  6


Homestead Grays                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Cool Papa Bell lf                     2   2   2    0     1              
Dave Hoskins rf                       3   1   1    0     0              
Jerry Benjamin cf                     3   0   0    0     0              
Josh Gibson c                         2   0   1    1     1              
Jud Wilson 1b                         3   0   0    0     0              
Sam Bankhead ss                       3   0   1    2     0              
Ray Battle 3b                         3   0   1    0     0              
Jelly Jackson 2b                      3   0   0    0     0              
Ray Brown p                           2   0   0    0     0              
Totals                               24   3   6    3     2   4    21    

FIELDING -
E: 1.  Sam Bankhead. 

BATTING -
2B:  Dave Hoskins. 
SH:  Ray Brown. 
Team LOB:  6

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Jelly Jackson. 

PITCHING

Newark Eagles                        IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Don Newcombe L                       6       6   3        2   4   0  27
Totals                               6       6   3        2   4   0  27


Homestead Grays                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Ray Brown W                          7       5   2        1   4   0  29
Totals                               7       5   2        1   4   0  29



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Umpires: HP - ?

Time of Game: ?   Attendance: 5000

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