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. Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. 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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