Newark Eagles 0 0 0 0 4 2 7 0 0 - 13 12 1 Homestead Grays 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 4 9 3 BATTING Newark Eagles AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Jimmy Wilkes cf 5 3 1 3 1 0 6 1 Curley Williams ss 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 Lennie Pearson 1b 4 1 2 2 1 0 8 1 Monte Irvin 3b 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 Bob Harvey rf 5 0 2 3 0 0 1 0 Cotton Williams lf 5 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 Leroy Williams 2b 4 2 2 0 1 0 1 4 Ziggy Marcell c 2 2 1 0 3 0 5 0 Max Manning p 5 3 2 3 0 0 1 1 Totals 38 13 12 11 9 0 27 9 FIELDING - DP: 1. Curley Williams, Lennie Pearson, Leroy Williams. E: 1. Curley Williams. BATTING - 2B: Leroy Williams. 3B: Jimmy Wilkes. Team LOB: 7 BASERUNNING - SB: Monte Irvin, Ziggy Marcell. CS: Bob Harvey, Ziggy Marcell. Homestead Grays AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Luis Marquez 2b, cf 4 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 Charles Gary 3b 4 0 2 2 1 0 4 4 Bob Thurman cf, rf 4 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 Buck Leonard 1b 4 0 1 0 1 0 10 0 Garnett Blair pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Luke Easter lf 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 Tom Parker rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Sam Bankhead 2b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Eudie Napier c 4 1 1 0 0 0 3 2 Ervin Fowlkes ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 Lonnie Blair p 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 Lefty Bell p 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Willie Smith p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 35 4 9 4 6 0 27 14 FIELDING - E: 3. Buck Leonard, Ervin Fowlkes, Willie Smith. BATTING - GDP: Luke Easter. Team LOB: 10 BASERUNNING - SB: Luis Marquez 2. PITCHING Newark Eagles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Max Manning W 9 9 4 4 6 0 0 41 Totals 9 9 4 4 6 0 0 41 Homestead Grays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Lonnie Blair L 4.1 4 4 4 5 0 0 21 Lefty Bell 2 6 7 7 3 0 0 16 Willie Smith 2.2 2 2 0 1 0 0 10 Totals 9 12 13 11 9 0 0 47 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Owens, 1B - Kemp, 3B - Eggie Greenfield Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 3500 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 7/4/1948, game 1 -- Newark Eagles at Homestead Grays (D) Starting Lineups: Newark Homestead 1. J.Wilkes cf L.Marquez 2b 2. C.Williams ss C.Gary 3b 3. L.Pearson 1b B.Thurman cf 4. M.Irvin 3b B.Leonard 1b 5. B.Harvey rf L.Easter lf 6. C.Williams lf T.Parker rf 7. L.Williams 2b E.Napier c 8. Z.Marcell c E.Fowlkes ss 9. M.Manning p L.Blair p EAGLES 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; J.Wilkes out on unknown play; C.Williams singled; C.Williams was picked off first (unknown fielder); L.Pearson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Eagles 0, Grays 0. GRAYS 1ST: L.Marquez walked; L.Marquez stole second; C.Gary singled [L.Marquez scored]; B.Thurman out on unknown play; B.Leonard out on unknown play; L.Easter out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Eagles 0, Grays 1. EAGLES 2ND: M.Irvin walked; B.Harvey out on unknown play; C.Williams out on unknown play; L.Williams singled [M.Irvin to second]; Z.Marcell out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Eagles 0, Grays 1. GRAYS 2ND: T.Parker out on unknown play; E.Napier out on unknown play; E.Fowlkes out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Eagles 0, Grays 1. EAGLES 3RD: M.Manning out on unknown play; J.Wilkes out on unknown play; C.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Eagles 0, Grays 1. GRAYS 3RD: L.Blair singled; L.Marquez singled [L.Blair to second]; C.Gary singled [L.Blair scored, L.Marquez to third]; B.Thurman out on unknown play [L.Marquez scored]; B.Leonard walked [C.Gary to second]; L.Easter walked [C.Gary to third, B.Leonard to second]; T.Parker out on unknown play; E.Napier out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Eagles 0, Grays 3. EAGLES 4TH: L.Pearson out on unknown play; M.Irvin walked; M.Irvin stole second; B.Harvey out on unknown play; C.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Eagles 0, Grays 3. GRAYS 4TH: E.Fowlkes out on unknown play; L.Blair walked; L.Marquez out on unknown play; C.Gary walked [L.Blair to second]; B.Thurman out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Eagles 0, Grays 3. EAGLES 5TH: L.Williams walked; Z.Marcell singled [L.Williams to third]; Z.Marcell stole second; M.Manning singled [L.Williams scored, Z.Marcell scored]; J.Wilkes walked [M.Manning to second]; C.Williams out on unknown play; L.Pearson walked [M.Manning to third, J.Wilkes to second]; L.BELL REPLACED L.BLAIR (PITCHING); M.Irvin out on unknown play; B.Harvey singled [M.Manning scored, J.Wilkes scored, L.Pearson to second]; C.Williams out on unknown play; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Eagles 4, Grays 3. GRAYS 5TH: B.Leonard reached on an error by C.Williams [B.Leonard to first]; L.Easter grounded into a double play (C.Williams to L.Williams to L.Pearson) [B.Leonard out at second]; T.Parker out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Eagles 4, Grays 3. EAGLES 6TH: S.BANKHEAD REPLACED T.PARKER (PLAYING 2B); L.MARQUEZ CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); B.THURMAN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); L.Williams out on unknown play; Z.Marcell walked; M.Manning forced Z.Marcell (unknown fielder) [M.Manning to first]; J.Wilkes reached on a fielder's choice [M.Manning to second]; C.Williams walked [M.Manning to third, J.Wilkes to second]; L.Pearson singled [M.Manning scored, J.Wilkes scored, C.Williams to second]; M.Irvin out on unknown play; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Eagles 6, Grays 3. GRAYS 6TH: E.Napier singled; E.Fowlkes out on unknown play; L.Bell singled [E.Napier to second]; L.Marquez singled (J.Wilkes to M.Irvin) [E.Napier scored, L.Bell out at third]; L.Marquez stole second; C.Gary out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Eagles 6, Grays 4. EAGLES 7TH: B.Harvey out on unknown play; C.Williams singled; L.Williams doubled [C.Williams to third]; Z.Marcell walked; M.Manning singled [C.Williams scored, L.Williams to third, Z.Marcell to second]; J.Wilkes tripled [L.Williams scored, Z.Marcell scored, M.Manning scored]; W.SMITH REPLACED L.BELL (PITCHING); C.Williams reached on an error by B.Leonard [J.Wilkes scored (no RBI), C.Williams to first]; L.Pearson singled to shortstop [C.Williams to third (error by E.Fowlkes), L.Pearson to second]; L.Pearson was picked off second, but was safe on an error by W.Smith [C.Williams scored (unearned), L.Pearson to third]; M.Irvin out on unknown play; B.Harvey singled [L.Pearson scored (unearned)]; B.Harvey was caught stealing second (unknown fielder); 7 R (5 ER), 6 H, 3 E, 0 LOB. Eagles 13, Grays 4. GRAYS 7TH: B.Thurman walked; B.Leonard out on unknown play; L.Easter out on unknown play; S.Bankhead singled [B.Thurman to second]; E.Napier out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Eagles 13, Grays 4. EAGLES 8TH: C.Williams out on unknown play; L.Williams out on unknown play; Z.Marcell walked; Z.Marcell was caught stealing second (unknown fielder); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Eagles 13, Grays 4. GRAYS 8TH: E.Fowlkes out on unknown play; W.Smith out on unknown play; L.Marquez out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Eagles 13, Grays 4. EAGLES 9TH: M.Manning out on unknown play; J.Wilkes out on unknown play; C.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Eagles 13, Grays 4. GRAYS 9TH: C.Gary out on unknown play; B.Thurman out on unknown play; B.Leonard singled; G.BLAIR RAN FOR B.LEONARD; L.Easter out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Eagles 13, Grays 4. Final Totals R H E LOB Eagles 13 12 1 7 Grays 4 9 3 10
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