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Homestead Grays (HOM) 11 Newark Eagles (NW2) 2

Game played on Sunday, August 24, 1947 at Griffith Stadium, Washington DC
Regular-Season game

Newark Eagles                       0 0 0  0 2 0  0  -   2  6  2
Homestead Grays                     2 2 0  0 0 7  x  -  11 13  0

BATTING

Newark Eagles                        AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Jimmy Wilkes cf                       3   0   0          0         3   0
Leroy Williams ss                     3   0   0          0         1   1
Pat Patterson 3b                      2   0   0          1         2   2
Monte Irvin 2b                        3   1   2          0         4   0
Lennie Pearson 1b                     3   0   0          0         6   0
Johnny Davis lf                       1   1   1          1         0   0
Bob Harvey rf                         3   0   1          0         0   0
Charlie Parks c                       1   0   1          2         2   1
Rufus Lewis p                         2   0   1          0         0   1
Totals                               21   2   6          4   5    18   5

FIELDING -
E: 2.  Leroy Williams, Charlie Parks. 

BATTING -
2B:  Monte Irvin. 
SH:  Johnny Davis. 
Team LOB:  3


Homestead Grays                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Jerry Benjamin cf                     4   1   1    1     0         3   0
Luis Marquez ss                       3   1   2    1     1         1   3
Bob Thurman rf                        4   3   2    3     0         1   0
Buck Leonard 1b                       3   1   1    1     1        11   0
Eudie Napier c                        4   1   3    4     0         0   0
Luke Easter lf                        3   2   1    0     1         1   0
Clarence Bruce 2b                     4   1   1    0     0         2   2
Clarence Isreal 3b                    4   0   1    0     0         2   0
R.T. Walker p                         2   1   1    1     1         0   1
Totals                               31  11  13   11     4   5    21   6


BATTING -
2B:  Jerry Benjamin, Bob Thurman. 
Team LOB:  6

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Jerry Benjamin, Luis Marquez 2, Buck Leonard. 

PITCHING

Newark Eagles                        IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Rufus Lewis L                        6      13  11        4   5   0  35
Totals                               6      13  11        4   5   0  35


Homestead Grays                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
R.T. Walker W                        7       6   2        4   5   0  26
Totals                               7       6   2        4   5   0  26



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Umpires: HP - ?

Time of Game: 1:55   Attendance: 


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