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Homestead Grays (HOM) 3 Newark Eagles (NW2) 2

Game played on Sunday, September 14, 1947 (D) at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn NY
Regular-Season game

Homestead Grays                     3 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0   -   3  9  2
Newark Eagles                       0 0 0  1 0 0  0 1 0   -   2  9  0

BATTING

Homestead Grays                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Jerry Benjamin cf                     4   1   0    0     1         4   1
Sam Bankhead ss                       4   0   2    0     0         1   1
Luis Marquez 2b                       4   1   1    1     0         4   3
Buck Leonard 1b                       2   0   0    0     1         7   1
  Wilmer Fields pr, rf                1   0   0    0     1         0   0
Bob Thurman rf, 1b                    4   1   1    0     0         3   0
Luke Easter lf                        4   0   3    2     0         1   0
Robert Gaston c                       4   0   1    0     0         6   0
Clarence Isreal 3b                    4   0   0    0     0         1   1
R.T. Walker p                         4   0   1    0     0         0   0
Totals                               35   3   9    3     3   7    27   7

FIELDING -
E: 2.  Luis Marquez 2. 
PB: 1.  Robert Gaston. 

BATTING -
3B:  Luke Easter. 
SH:  Sam Bankhead. 
HBP:  Luis Marquez, Bob Thurman. 
Team LOB:  11

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Luis Marquez, Bob Thurman. 

Newark Eagles                        AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Jimmy Wilkes cf                       4   0   0    0     0         2   1
Bob Wilson 3b                         5   0   0    0     0         1   4
  Max Manning pr                      0   0   0    0     0         0   0
Lennie Pearson 1b                     4   2   2    0     1        11   0
Monte Irvin 2b                        4   0   0    0     0         1   3
Johnny Davis lf                       3   0   1    0     1         0   0
Bob Harvey rf                         4   0   2    0     0         0   0
Charlie Parks c                       4   0   1    1     0         7   2
Leroy Williams ss                     3   0   1    0     0         5   0
  Cotton Williams ph                  1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Nap Gulley p                          4   0   2    0     0         0   3
Totals                               36   2   9    1     2   6    27  13

FIELDING -
PB: 1.  Charlie Parks. 

BATTING -
2B:  Bob Harvey. 
SH:  Jimmy Wilkes. 
Team LOB:  10


PITCHING

Homestead Grays                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
R.T. Walker W                        9       9   2    1   2   6   0  39
Totals                               9       9   2    1   2   6   0  39


Newark Eagles                        IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Nap Gulley L                         9       9   3    3   3   7   0  41
Totals                               9       9   3    3   3   7   0  41

HBP:  Nap Gulley 2. 


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Umpires: HP - Eulogio Penalver, 1B - Charles Moore, 2B -  , 3B - Pete Strauch

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 4000

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 9/14/1947, game 1 -- Homestead Grays at Newark
Eagles (D)

Starting Lineups:

   Homestead                     Newark                        
1. J.Benjamin          cf        J.Wilkes            cf        
2. S.Bankhead          ss        B.Wilson            3b        
3. L.Marquez           2b        L.Pearson           1b        
4. B.Leonard           1b        M.Irvin             2b        
5. B.Thurman           rf        J.Davis             lf        
6. L.Easter            lf        B.Harvey            rf        
7. R.Gaston            c         C.Parks             c         
8. C.Isreal            3b        L.Williams          ss        
9. R.Walker            p         N.Gulley            p         

GRAYS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and
box sc; J.Benjamin walked; S.Bankhead out on a sacrifice bunt
(unknown fielder) [J.Benjamin to second]; L.Marquez singled
[J.Benjamin scored]; B.Leonard out on unknown play; B.Thurman
singled [L.Marquez to third]; B.Thurman stole second; L.Easter
tripled [L.Marquez scored, B.Thurman scored]; R.Gaston out on
unknown play; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Grays 3, Eagles 0.

EAGLES 1ST: J.Wilkes out on unknown play; B.Wilson out on
unknown play; L.Pearson singled; M.Irvin out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Grays 3, Eagles 0.

GRAYS 2ND: C.Isreal out on unknown play; R.Walker singled;
J.Benjamin out on unknown play; S.Bankhead out on unknown play;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Grays 3, Eagles 0.

EAGLES 2ND: J.Davis out on unknown play; B.Harvey doubled;
C.Parks out on unknown play; L.Williams out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Grays 3, Eagles 0.

GRAYS 3RD: L.Marquez out on unknown play; B.Leonard out on
unknown play; B.Thurman out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Grays 3, Eagles 0.

EAGLES 3RD: N.Gulley out on unknown play; J.Wilkes out on
unknown play; B.Wilson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Grays 3, Eagles 0.

GRAYS 4TH: L.Easter singled; R.Gaston out on unknown play;
C.Isreal out on unknown play; R.Walker out on unknown play; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Grays 3, Eagles 0.

EAGLES 4TH: L.Pearson walked; M.Irvin out on unknown play;
J.Davis out on unknown play; B.Harvey singled [L.Pearson to
second]; C.Parks singled [L.Pearson scored, B.Harvey to second];
L.Williams out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Grays 3,
Eagles 1.

GRAYS 5TH: J.Benjamin out on unknown play; S.Bankhead singled;
L.Marquez out on unknown play; B.Leonard walked [S.Bankhead to
second]; W.FIELDS RAN FOR B.LEONARD; B.Thurman out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Grays 3, Eagles 1.

EAGLES 5TH: W.FIELDS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); B.THURMAN
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); N.Gulley singled; J.Wilkes out
on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [N.Gulley to second];
B.Wilson out on unknown play; L.Pearson out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Grays 3, Eagles 1.

GRAYS 6TH: L.Easter singled; R.Gaston singled [L.Easter to
second]; C.Isreal out on unknown play; R.Walker out on unknown
play; J.Benjamin out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Grays 3, Eagles 1.

EAGLES 6TH: M.Irvin out on unknown play; J.Davis walked;
B.Harvey out on unknown play; C.Parks out on unknown play; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Grays 3, Eagles 1.

GRAYS 7TH: S.Bankhead out on unknown play; L.Marquez was hit by
a pitch; L.Marquez stole second; W.Fields out on unknown play;
B.Thurman was hit by a pitch; L.Easter out on unknown play; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Grays 3, Eagles 1.

EAGLES 7TH: L.Williams singled; N.Gulley out on unknown play;
J.Wilkes out on unknown play; B.Wilson out on unknown play; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Grays 3, Eagles 1.

GRAYS 8TH: R.Gaston out on unknown play; C.Isreal out on
unknown play; R.Walker out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Grays 3, Eagles 1.

EAGLES 8TH: L.Pearson singled; R.Gaston allowed a passed ball
[L.Pearson to second]; M.Irvin out on unknown play; J.Davis
singled to second base [L.Pearson scored (unearned) (no RBI)
(error by L.Marquez), J.Davis to second]; B.Harvey out on
unknown play; C.Parks out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Grays 3, Eagles 2.

GRAYS 9TH: J.Benjamin out on unknown play; S.Bankhead singled;
L.Marquez out on unknown play; C.Parks allowed a passed ball
[S.Bankhead to second]; W.Fields walked; B.Thurman out on
unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Grays 3, Eagles 2.

EAGLES 9TH: C.WILLIAMS BATTED FOR L.WILLIAMS; C.Williams out on
unknown play; N.Gulley singled; J.Wilkes out on unknown play;
B.Wilson reached on an error by L.Marquez [N.Gulley to second,
B.Wilson to first]; M.MANNING RAN FOR B.WILSON; L.Pearson out on
unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Grays 3, Eagles 2.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Grays            3   9   2  11
 Eagles           2   9   0  10


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