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Homestead Grays (HOM) 4 Philadelphia Stars (PH5) 0

Game played on Sunday, May 19, 1946 (D) at Griffith Stadium, Washington DC
Regular-Season game

Philadelphia Stars                  0 0 0  0 0 0  0  -   0  6  1
Homestead Grays                     0 0 0  0 3 1  x  -   4  7  2

BATTING

Philadelphia Stars                   AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Mahlon Duckett 2b                     4   0   0    0     0   1     2   0
Frank Austin ss                       3   0   3    0     0   0     3   0
Gene Benson cf                        3   0   1    0     1   0     0   0
Bus Clarkson 3b, 1b                   3   0   1    0     1   0     4   0
Goose Curry rf                        3   0   0    0     1   0     3   0
Doc Dennis 1b                         2   0   1    0     0   0     3   0
  Murray Watkins ph, 3b               1   0   0    0     0   1     0   0
Harry Simpson lf                      3   0   0    0     0   1     2   0
Bill Cash c                           3   0   0    0     0   1     1   0
Barney Brown p                        1   0   0    0     1   0     0   0
  Larry Kimbrough p                   0   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
  Wilmer Harris p                     0   0   0    0     1   0     0   0
Totals                               26   0   6    0     5   4    18   0

FIELDING -
E: 1.  Larry Kimbrough. 

BATTING -
2B:  Frank Austin. 
SH:  Frank Austin. 
GDP:  Doc Dennis. 
Team LOB:  11

BASERUNNING -
CS:  Frank Austin. 

Homestead Grays                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Cool Papa Bell lf                     3   0   1    0     1   0     0   0
Jerry Benjamin cf                     3   1   2    1     1   0     0   0
Sam Bankhead ss                       3   1   1    0     1   0     2   1
Josh Gibson c                         4   0   1    1     0   0     4   1
Buck Leonard 1b                       2   0   0    1     1   0    10   0
Dan Wilson 3b                         3   0   1    0     0   0     0   0
Luis Marquez 2b                       3   1   1    0     0   0     3   1
Wilmer Fields rf                      2   0   0    0     0   0     2   0
  Dave Hoskins ph, rf                 1   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Ciscero Warren p                      1   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
  Ted Radcliffe p                     1   1   0    1     1   0     0   0
Totals                               26   4   7    4     5   0    21   3

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Sam Bankhead, Buck Leonard, Luis Marquez. 
E: 2.  Sam Bankhead, Josh Gibson. 

BATTING -
Team LOB:  9

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Luis Marquez. 

PITCHING

Philadelphia Stars                   IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Barney Brown                         4       1   0    0   3   0   0  17
Larry Kimbrough L                    0.1     2   3    3   2   0   0  5
Wilmer Harris                        1.2     4   1    1   0   0   0  9
Totals                               6       7   4    4   5   0   0  31


Homestead Grays                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Ciscero Warren                       4       5   0    0   4   0   0  21
Ted Radcliffe W                      3       1   0    0   1   4   0  11
Totals                               7       6   0    0   5   4   0  32

Ciscero Warren pitched to 3 batters in the 5th inning


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Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing.

Umpires: HP - ?

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 5000

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 5/19/1946, game 2 --   at Homestead Grays (D)

Starting Lineups:

                                 Homestead                     
1. M.Duckett           2b        C.Bell              lf        
2. F.Austin            ss        J.Benjamin          cf        
3. G.Benson            cf        S.Bankhead          ss        
4. B.Clarkson          3b        J.Gibson            c         
5. G.Curry             rf        B.Leonard           1b        
6. D.Dennis            1b        D.Wilson            3b        
7. H.Simpson           lf        L.Marquez           2b        
8. B.Cash              c         W.Fields            rf        
9. B.Brown             p         C.Warren            p         

 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box
sc; M.Duckett out on unknown play; F.Austin singled; F.Austin
was caught stealing second (J.Gibson to S.Bankhead); G.Benson
singled; B.Clarkson walked [G.Benson to second]; G.Curry out on
unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.   0, Grays 0.

GRAYS 1ST: C.Bell walked; J.Benjamin out on unknown play;
S.Bankhead out on unknown play; J.Gibson out on unknown play; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.   0, Grays 0.

 2ND: D.Dennis singled; H.Simpson out on unknown play; B.Cash
out on unknown play; B.Brown walked [D.Dennis to second];
M.Duckett out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.   0, Grays
0.

GRAYS 2ND: B.Leonard out on unknown play; D.Wilson singled;
L.Marquez reached on a fielder's choice [D.Wilson to second];
W.Fields out on unknown play; C.Warren out on unknown play; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.   0, Grays 0.

 3RD: F.Austin singled; G.Benson out on unknown play;
B.Clarkson singled [F.Austin to second]; G.Curry walked
[F.Austin to third, B.Clarkson to second]; D.Dennis grounded
into a double play (S.Bankhead to L.Marquez to B.Leonard)
[G.Curry out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.   0, Grays 0.

GRAYS 3RD: C.Bell out on unknown play; J.Benjamin walked;
S.Bankhead out on unknown play; J.Gibson out on unknown play; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.   0, Grays 0.

 4TH: H.Simpson out on unknown play; B.Cash out on unknown
play; B.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   0,
Grays 0.

GRAYS 4TH: B.Leonard walked; D.Wilson out on unknown play;
L.Marquez out on unknown play; W.Fields out on unknown play; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.   0, Grays 0.

 5TH: M.Duckett reached on an error by S.Bankhead [M.Duckett to
first]; F.Austin reached on an error on a sacrifice bunt by
J.Gibson [M.Duckett to second, F.Austin to first]; G.Benson
walked [M.Duckett to third, F.Austin to second]; T.RADCLIFFE
REPLACED C.WARREN (PITCHING); B.Clarkson out on unknown play;
G.Curry out on unknown play; M.WATKINS BATTED FOR D.DENNIS;
M.Watkins struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 2 E, 3 LOB.   0, Grays 0.

GRAYS 5TH: L.KIMBROUGH REPLACED B.BROWN (PITCHING); B.CLARKSON
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); M.WATKINS STAYED IN GAME
(PLAYING 3B); T.Radcliffe walked; T.Radcliffe was picked off
first, but was safe on an error by L.Kimbrough [T.Radcliffe to
second]; C.Bell out on unknown play; J.Benjamin singled
[T.Radcliffe scored]; S.Bankhead walked [J.Benjamin to second];
J.Gibson singled [J.Benjamin scored, S.Bankhead to third];
W.HARRIS REPLACED L.KIMBROUGH (PITCHING); B.Leonard out on
unknown play [S.Bankhead scored]; D.Wilson out on unknown play;
3 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.   0, Grays 3.

 6TH: H.Simpson struck out; B.Cash struck out; W.Harris walked;
M.Duckett struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.   0, Grays 3.

GRAYS 6TH: L.Marquez singled; L.Marquez stole second; D.HOSKINS
BATTED FOR W.FIELDS; D.Hoskins out on unknown play [L.Marquez to
third]; T.Radcliffe out on unknown play [L.Marquez scored];
C.Bell singled; J.Benjamin singled [C.Bell to second];
S.Bankhead singled [C.Bell to third, J.Benjamin to second];
J.Gibson out on unknown play; 1 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.   0, Grays 4.

 7TH: D.HOSKINS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); F.Austin doubled;
G.Benson out on unknown play; B.Clarkson out on unknown play;
G.Curry out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.   0, Grays 4.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
                  0   6   1  11
 Grays            4   7   2   9


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