Homestead Grays 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 - 6 9 1 Newark Eagles 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 - 4 4 6 BATTING Homestead Grays AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Luis Marquez cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bob Trice ph, rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sam Bankhead ss 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 Luke Easter lf 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 Buck Leonard 1b 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 Bob Thurman rf, cf 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 Wilmer Fields 3b 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 Eudie Napier c 5 0 3 1 0 1 0 Clarence Bruce 2b 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 Tom Parker p 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 35 6 9 6 4 4 27 0 FIELDING - E: 1. Luke Easter. BATTING - 2B: Luke Easter, Buck Leonard, Eudie Napier. HR: Bob Thurman. SH: Bob Trice, Buck Leonard, Bob Thurman, Tom Parker. Team LOB: 10 Newark Eagles AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Jimmy Wilkes cf 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 Curley Williams ss 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 Lennie Pearson 1b 4 1 1 3 0 0 0 Monte Irvin lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bob Harvey rf 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 Bob Wilson 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 Bo Wallace c 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jack McLaurin ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Leroy Williams 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rufus Lewis p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cotton Williams ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Max Manning p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 30 4 4 3 4 4 27 0 FIELDING - E: 6. Curley Williams 4, Lennie Pearson, Bo Wallace. BATTING - HR: Lennie Pearson. SH: Curley Williams, Bo Wallace. Team LOB: 5 PITCHING Homestead Grays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Tom Parker W 9 4 4 3 4 4 1 36 Totals 9 4 4 3 4 4 1 36 Newark Eagles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Rufus Lewis L 7 8 6 4 4 4 1 36 Max Manning 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 Totals 9 9 6 4 4 4 1 43 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Charles Moore, 1B - Mule Suttles Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 2000 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Wednesday, 9/8/1948 -- Homestead Grays at Newark Eagles (N) Starting Lineups: Homestead Newark 1. L.Marquez cf J.Wilkes cf 2. S.Bankhead ss C.Williams ss 3. L.Easter lf L.Pearson 1b 4. B.Leonard 1b M.Irvin lf 5. B.Thurman rf B.Harvey rf 6. W.Fields 3b B.Wilson 3b 7. E.Napier c B.Wallace c 8. C.Bruce 2b L.Williams 2b 9. T.Parker p R.Lewis p GRAYS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; L.Marquez out on unknown play; S.Bankhead walked; L.Easter out on unknown play; B.Leonard doubled [S.Bankhead scored]; B.Thurman out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 1, Eagles 0. EAGLES 1ST: J.Wilkes singled; C.Williams out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [J.Wilkes to second]; L.Pearson out on unknown play; M.Irvin reached on an error by L.Easter [J.Wilkes scored (unearned) (no RBI), M.Irvin to second]; B.Harvey walked; B.Wilson out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Grays 1, Eagles 1. GRAYS 2ND: B.Wallace dropped a foul fly hit by W.Fields; W.Fields walked; E.Napier singled [W.Fields to second]; C.Bruce out on unknown play; T.Parker out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [W.Fields to third, E.Napier to second]; L.Marquez out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Grays 1, Eagles 1. EAGLES 2ND: B.Wallace out on unknown play; L.Williams out on unknown play; R.Lewis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 1, Eagles 1. GRAYS 3RD: S.Bankhead out on unknown play; L.Easter walked; B.Leonard walked [L.Easter to second]; B.Thurman out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [L.Easter to third, B.Leonard to second]; W.Fields out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Grays 1, Eagles 1. EAGLES 3RD: J.Wilkes out on unknown play; C.Williams out on unknown play; L.Pearson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 1, Eagles 1. GRAYS 4TH: E.Napier reached on an error by L.Pearson [E.Napier to first]; C.Bruce reached on an error by C.Williams [E.Napier to second, C.Bruce to first]; T.Parker out on unknown play; B.TRICE BATTED FOR L.MARQUEZ; B.Trice out on unknown play; S.Bankhead out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Grays 1, Eagles 1. EAGLES 4TH: B.TRICE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); B.THURMAN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); M.Irvin out on unknown play; B.Harvey singled; B.Wilson walked [B.Harvey to second]; B.Wallace out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [B.Harvey to third, B.Wilson to second]; L.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Grays 1, Eagles 1. GRAYS 5TH: L.Easter doubled; B.Leonard out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [L.Easter to third]; B.Thurman out on unknown play; W.Fields singled [L.Easter scored]; E.Napier doubled (unknown fielder) [W.Fields scored, E.Napier out at third]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 3, Eagles 1. EAGLES 5TH: R.Lewis out on unknown play; J.Wilkes walked; C.Williams singled [J.Wilkes to third]; L.Pearson out on unknown play [J.Wilkes scored]; M.Irvin out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 3, Eagles 2. GRAYS 6TH: C.Bruce reached on an error by C.Williams [C.Bruce to first]; T.Parker singled [C.Bruce to second]; B.Trice out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [C.Bruce to third, T.Parker to second]; S.Bankhead reached on an error by C.Williams [C.Bruce scored (unearned), T.Parker to third, S.Bankhead to first]; L.Easter out on unknown play [T.Parker scored (unearned)]; B.Leonard out on unknown play; 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Grays 5, Eagles 2. EAGLES 6TH: B.Harvey out on unknown play; B.Wilson out on unknown play; B.Wallace out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 5, Eagles 2. GRAYS 7TH: B.Thurman homered; W.Fields out on unknown play; E.Napier singled to shortstop [E.Napier to second (error by C.Williams)]; C.Bruce out on unknown play; T.Parker out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Grays 6, Eagles 2. EAGLES 7TH: L.Williams out on unknown play; C.WILLIAMS BATTED FOR R.LEWIS; C.Williams out on unknown play; J.Wilkes out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 6, Eagles 2. GRAYS 8TH: M.MANNING REPLACED C.WILLIAMS (PITCHING); B.Trice out on unknown play; S.Bankhead singled; L.Easter out on unknown play; B.Leonard out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 6, Eagles 2. EAGLES 8TH: C.Williams walked; L.Pearson homered to leftfield [C.Williams scored]; M.Irvin out on unknown play; B.Harvey out on unknown play; B.Wilson out on unknown play; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 6, Eagles 4. GRAYS 9TH: B.Thurman out on unknown play; W.Fields out on unknown play; E.Napier out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 6, Eagles 4. EAGLES 9TH: J.MCLAURIN BATTED FOR B.WALLACE; J.McLaurin struck out; L.Williams out on unknown play; M.Manning out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 6, Eagles 4. Final Totals R H E LOB Grays 6 9 1 10 Eagles 4 4 6 5
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