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Homestead Grays (HOM) 8 Baltimore Elite Giants (BLG) 8

Game played on Tuesday, September 2, 1947 (N) at Bugle Field, Baltimore MD
Regular-Season game

Homestead Grays                     2 0 0  0 0 0  0 6  -   8 13  1
Baltimore Elite Giants              3 0 1  2 0 2  0 0  -   8 10 10

BATTING

Homestead Grays                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Jerry Benjamin cf                     5   0   2    0     0         3   0
Sam Bankhead ss                       4   2   1    0     1         2   4
Luis Marquez rf, 2b                   5   2   2    1     0         0   0
Buck Leonard 1b                       5   1   4    1     0         6   0
Luke Easter lf                        4   1   2    0     1         3   0
Clarence Bruce 2b                     3   0   0    0     1         0   2
  Eudie Napier ph                     1   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Maurice Peatros pr                  0   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Wilmer Fields rf                    0   0   0    0     0         0   0
Clarence Isreal 3b                    4   1   1    0     1         2   0
Robert Gaston c                       4   0   0    0     0         7   0
Johnny Wright p                       4   1   1    0     0         1   1
Totals                               39   8  13    2     4        24   7

FIELDING -
E: 1.  Johnny Wright. 
PB: 1.  Robert Gaston. 

BATTING -
2B:  Jerry Benjamin, Luis Marquez, Clarence Isreal. 
3B:  Buck Leonard. 
Team LOB:  11


Baltimore Elite Giants               AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Tommy Butts ss                        4   2   1    0     1         6   1
Jim Gilliam 2b                        4   2   1    0     1         1   2
Henry Kimbro cf                       4   4   3    1     1         0   0
Butch Davis lf                        5   0   2    2     0         0   0
Johnny Washington 1b                  4   0   1    1     0         6   0
Lester Lockett rf                     3   0   1    1     1         0   0
Ed Finney 3b                          3   0   0    0     0         1   1
Frazier Robinson c                    3   0   1    0     1        10   1
Jonas Gaines p                        4   0   0    0     0         0   2
  Joe Black p                         0   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               34   8  10    5     5        24   7

FIELDING -
E: 10.  Tommy Butts, Jim Gilliam 2, Henry Kimbro, Frazier Robinson 3, Jonas Gaines 3. 

BATTING -
2B:  Tommy Butts, Jim Gilliam. 
3B:  Henry Kimbro. 
SH:  Ed Finney. 
Team LOB:  8

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Henry Kimbro, Butch Davis. 

PITCHING

Homestead Grays                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Johnny Wright                        8      10   8        5   6   0  40
Totals                               8      10   8        5   6   0  40

WP:  Johnny Wright. 

Baltimore Elite Giants               IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Jonas Gaines                         7.2    13   8        4   9   0  42
Joe Black                            0.1     0   0        0   1   0  1
Totals                               8      13   8        4  10   0  43



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Umpires: HP - Oscar Charleston, 1B - Poindexter Williams

Time of Game: 2:45   Attendance: 


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