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Philadelphia Stars (PH5) 5 Homestead Grays (HOM) 2

Game played on Sunday, July 6, 1947 (D) at Griffith Stadium, Washington DC
Regular-Season game

Philadelphia Stars                  0 1 0  2 2 0  0  -   5  8  3
Homestead Grays                     0 0 1  0 1 0  0  -   2 10  1

BATTING

Philadelphia Stars                   AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Murray Watkins 3b                     4   0   1    0     0         1   1
Mahlon Duckett 2b                     4   0   1    0     0         1   3
Frank Austin ss                       3   0   0    0     1         3   3
Gene Benson cf                        4   1   2    2     0         0   0
Archie Brathwaite rf                  2   2   0    0     1         0   0
Harry Simpson lf                      3   0   1    1     0         3   0
Stanley Glenn c                       2   1   1    0     1         3   0
Doc Dennis 1b                         3   1   1    0     0        10   0
Henry McHenry p                       3   0   1    0     0         0   0
Totals                               28   5   8    3     3        21   7

FIELDING -
DP: 3.  Mahlon Duckett 2, Frank Austin 2, Doc Dennis 3. 
E: 3.  Mahlon Duckett, Archie Brathwaite 2. 

BATTING -
2B:  Gene Benson. 
3B:  Gene Benson. 
Team LOB:  5

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Gene Benson. 

Homestead Grays                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Jerry Benjamin cf                     3   1   1    1     1         3   0
Sam Bankhead ss                       4   0   3    0     0         0   1
Luke Easter lf                        4   0   1    1     0         4   0
Buck Leonard 1b                       3   0   1    0     0         8   0
Bob Thurman rf                        3   0   0    0     0         1   0
Luis Marquez 3b                       3   0   2    0     0         0   2
Eudie Napier c                        3   0   0    0     0         2   0
Clarence Bruce 2b                     3   0   1    0     0         3   2
Wilmer Fields p                       3   1   1    0     0         0   4
Totals                               29   2  10    2     1        21   9

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Sam Bankhead, Buck Leonard, Clarence Bruce. 
E: 1.  Sam Bankhead. 

BATTING -
3B:  Wilmer Fields. 
Team LOB:  7

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Jerry Benjamin. 

PITCHING

Philadelphia Stars                   IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Henry McHenry W                      7      10   2        1   4   0  30
Totals                               7      10   2        1   4   0  30


Homestead Grays                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Wilmer Fields L                      7       8   5        3   1   0  31
Totals                               7       8   5        3   1   0  31



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Umpires: HP - ?

Time of Game: 1:57   Attendance: 


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