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Homestead Grays (HOM) 6 Baltimore Elite Giants (BLG) 4

Game played on Sunday, May 11, 1947 at Bugle Field, Baltimore MD
Regular-Season game

Homestead Grays                     0 2 0  0 2 1  1  -   6  7  4
Baltimore Elite Giants              1 0 0  1 0 0  2  -   4  7  4

BATTING

Homestead Grays                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Jerry Benjamin cf                     4   2   2          0         2   2
Clarence Isreal 3b                    4   0   1          0         3   1
Sam Bankhead ss                       4   0   0          0         3   2
Luke Easter lf                        4   2   2          0         1   0
Bob Thurman rf                        3   0   0          0         1   0
Luis Marquez 2b                       3   1   1          0         1   0
Eudie Napier c                        3   0   1          0         5   0
Ed Young 1b                           2   0   0          1         5   1
Willie Pope p                         1   1   0          1         0   0
  Cecil Kaiser p                      0   0   0          0         0   0
  Eugene Smith p                      0   0   0          0         0   0
Totals                               28   6   7          2        21   6

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Sam Bankhead, Ed Young. 
E: 4.  Jerry Benjamin, Bob Thurman, Luis Marquez 2. 

BATTING -
2B:  Eudie Napier. 
HR:  Luke Easter. 
SH:  Cecil Kaiser. 
Team LOB:  4

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Jerry Benjamin. 

Baltimore Elite Giants               AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Tommy Butts ss                        4   1   0          0         0   2
Felix Guilbe rf                       4   0   0          0         2   0
Henry Kimbro cf                       2   1   1          1         2   0
Butch Davis lf                        3   0   2          0         2   0
Lester Lockett 3b                     3   0   1          0         0   1
Johnny Washington 1b                  2   0   0          0         8   0
  Luis Villodas ph, 1b                1   0   0          0         2   0
Jim Gilliam 2b                        3   1   2          0         2   4
Frazier Robinson c                    3   1   1          0         3   1
Amos Watson p                         2   0   0          0         0   0
  Joe Black p                         0   0   0          0         0   0
  Bob Romby ph                        1   0   0          0         0   0
Totals                               28   4   7          1        21   8

FIELDING -
E: 4.  Butch Davis 2, Lester Lockett, Frazier Robinson. 

BATTING -
2B:  Butch Davis. 
Team LOB:  4

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Henry Kimbro. 

PITCHING

Homestead Grays                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Willie Pope W                        4       4   2        1   8   0  17
Cecil Kaiser                         2.1     3   2        0   0   0  10
Eugene Smith SV                      0.2     0   0        0   0   0  2
Totals                               7       7   4        1   8   0  29


Baltimore Elite Giants               IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Amos Watson L                        6       5   5        2   3   1  26
Joe Black                            1       2   1        0   0   0  5
Totals                               7       7   6        2   3   1  31



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