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Newark Eagles (NW2) 5 Homestead Grays (HOM) 3

Game played on Sunday, June 8, 1947 at Griffith Stadium, Washington DC
Regular-Season game

Newark Eagles                       0 1 1  0 0 0  2 0 1   -   5  7  1
Homestead Grays                     1 0 1  0 0 0  0 1 0   -   3  8  2

BATTING

Newark Eagles                        AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Jimmy Wilkes lf                       4   0   0    0     1              
Pat Patterson 3b                      4   2   3    0     0              
Larry Doby 2b                         3   0   1    2     2              
Monte Irvin ss                        4   0   0    1     1              
Lennie Pearson 1b                     4   0   1    1     1              
Johnny Davis cf                       3   0   0    0     1              
Bob Harvey rf                         2   1   0    0     2              
Willie Wynn c                         4   0   1    0     0              
  Biz Mackey c                        0   0   0    0     0              
Rufus Lewis p                         2   2   1    0     2              
Totals                               30   5   7    4    10   4    27    

FIELDING -
E: 1.  Larry Doby. 

BATTING -
2B:  Larry Doby. 
SH:  Pat Patterson. 
Team LOB:  9

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Larry Doby. 

Homestead Grays                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Jerry Benjamin cf                     5   1   2    0     0              
Luis Marquez 2b                       5   1   2    1     0              
Sam Bankhead ss                       4   0   0    0     0              
Luke Easter lf                        4   1   2    1     0              
Bob Thurman rf                        4   0   1    0     0              
Eudie Napier c                        3   0   0    0     1              
Ed Young 1b                           4   0   1    1     0              
Clarence Isreal 3b                    2   0   0    0     0              
  Ciscero Warren                      1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Eugene Smith p                        2   0   0    0     0              
  Cecil Kaiser p                      0   0   0    0     0              
  Willie Pope p                       0   0   0    0     0              
  Earl Ashby                          1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               35   3   8    3     1   8    27    

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Luis Marquez, Ed Young. 
E: 2.  Luis Marquez, Ed Young. 

BATTING -
2B:  Luis Marquez, Luke Easter, Bob Thurman. 
3B:  Luke Easter. 
SH:  Clarence Isreal, Eugene Smith. 
Team LOB:  8

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Luis Marquez, Eudie Napier. 

PITCHING

Newark Eagles                        IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Rufus Lewis W                        9       8   3        1   8   0  38
Totals                               9       8   3        1   8   0  38


Homestead Grays                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Eugene Smith L                       8       7   5        9   4   0  37
Cecil Kaiser                         0.1     0   0        1   0   0  2
Willie Pope                          0.2     0   0        0   0   0  2
Totals                               9       7   5       10   4   0  41

Eugene Smith pitched to 3 batters in the 9th inning


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Umpires: HP - Eulogio Penalver, 1B -  Kent, 3B - Eggie Greenfield

Time of Game: 2:17   Attendance: 


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