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Homestead Grays (HOM) 7 Baltimore Elite Giants (BLG) 3

Game played on Friday, September 5, 1947 at Bugle Field, Baltimore MD
Regular-Season game

Homestead Grays                     2 0 0  0 0 3  1 1 0   -   7 14  1
Baltimore Elite Giants              0 0 0  0 0 2  0 1 0   -   3  7  1

BATTING

Homestead Grays                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Jerry Benjamin cf                     5   0   1    1     0         3   0
Sam Bankhead ss                       5   2   2    0     0         2   2
Bob Thurman rf                        5   1   3    0     0         3   0
Buck Leonard 1b                       4   1   2    2     1         8   1
Luke Easter lf                        4   1   1    0     1         2   0
Eudie Napier c                        5   0   2    2     0         6   0
Luis Marquez 2b                       5   1   0    0     0         3   0
Clarence Isreal 3b                    4   1   2    0     0         0   0
Willie Pope p                         3   0   1    0     0         0   1
  Frank Thompson p                    0   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               40   7  14    5     2   4    27   4

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Sam Bankhead, Buck Leonard. 
E: 1.  Luis Marquez. 

BATTING -
2B:  Sam Bankhead, Bob Thurman, Buck Leonard, Luke Easter, Willie Pope. 
SH:  Willie Pope. 
Team LOB:  9


Baltimore Elite Giants               AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Tommy Butts ss                        4   0   0    0     0         4   3
Jim Gilliam 2b                        3   1   1    0     1         3   4
Henry Kimbro cf                       4   1   2    0     0         1   0
Butch Davis lf                        4   1   2    1     0         3   0
Johnny Washington 1b                  4   0   1    1     0        10   0
Lester Lockett rf                     4   0   1    0     0         2   0
Ed Finney 3b                          2   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Joe Wiley 3b                        2   0   0    0     0         0   0
Bill Perkins c                        3   0   0    0     0         4   1
  Felix Guilbe                        1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Bill Byrd p                           1   0   0    0     1         0   1
  Ernest Burke p                      1   0   0    0     0         0   1
  Frazier Robinson                    1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               34   3   7    2     2   8    27  10

FIELDING -
E: 1.  Jim Gilliam. 

BATTING -
2B:  Henry Kimbro. 
3B:  Butch Davis. 
GDP: ?. 
Team LOB:  6

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Jim Gilliam. 

PITCHING

Homestead Grays                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Willie Pope W                        7.1     7   2        2   7   0  30
Frank Thompson                       1.2     0   1        0   1   0  6
Totals                               9       7   3        2   8   0  36


Baltimore Elite Giants               IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Bill Byrd L                          6       8   5        1   4   0  27
Ernest Burke                         3       6   2        1   0   0  16
Totals                               9      14   7        2   4   0  43



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Umpires: HP - Ted Lewis, 1B - Poindexter Williams

Time of Game: 2:15   Attendance: 1000


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