Homestead Grays 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 - 4 7 2 Baltimore Elite Giants 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 - 4 9 2 BATTING Homestead Grays AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Luis Marquez cf 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 Sam Bankhead ss 3 2 1 0 1 2 0 Luke Easter lf 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 Buck Leonard 1b 4 0 1 0 0 12 0 Wilmer Fields 3b 2 0 0 1 2 2 3 Tom Parker rf 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 Clarence Bruce 2b 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 Luther Clifford c 3 1 1 0 0 5 1 Bob Trice pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Eudie Napier c 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Ted Alexander p 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 Bob Thurman p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 30 4 7 3 3 8 24 7 FIELDING - E: 2. Tom Parker, Ted Alexander. BATTING - 2B: Sam Bankhead, Clarence Bruce. GDP: Sam Bankhead. Team LOB: 5 Baltimore Elite Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Tommy Butts ss 3 0 0 1 0 2 1 Jim Gilliam 2b 4 0 1 1 0 3 4 Henry Kimbro cf 4 0 3 0 0 3 0 Lester Lockett lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 Johnny Washington 1b 4 2 3 0 0 8 1 Ed Finney 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 Frank Russell rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 Frazier Robinson c 3 1 1 1 1 6 0 Bob Romby p 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 Totals 30 4 9 3 3 5 24 12 FIELDING - DP: 2. Tommy Butts 2, Johnny Washington, Ed Finney, Frank Russell. E: 2. Jim Gilliam, Ed Finney. BATTING - 2B: Jim Gilliam, Johnny Washington. SH: Tommy Butts, Ed Finney 2. Team LOB: 8 BASERUNNING - SB: Jim Gilliam. PITCHING Homestead Grays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Ted Alexander 5 6 3 2 1 3 0 22 Bob Thurman 3 3 1 1 2 2 0 14 Totals 8 9 4 3 3 5 0 36 Baltimore Elite Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Bob Romby 8 7 4 2 3 8 0 33 Totals 8 7 4 2 3 8 0 33 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Ted Lewis, 1B - Kemp, 2B - Fred McCreary, 3B - Mo Harris Time of Game: 2:45 Attendance: 0 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Friday, 9/17/1948 -- Homestead Grays at Baltimore Elite Giants (N) Starting Lineups: Homestead Baltimore 1. L.Marquez cf T.Butts ss 2. S.Bankhead ss J.Gilliam 2b 3. L.Easter lf H.Kimbro cf 4. B.Leonard 1b L.Lockett lf 5. W.Fields 3b J.Washington 1b 6. T.Parker rf E.Finney 3b 7. C.Bruce 2b F.Russell rf 8. L.Clifford c F.Robinson c 9. T.Alexander p B.Romby p GRAYS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; L.Marquez singled; S.Bankhead grounded into a double play (E.Finney to T.Butts to J.Washington) [L.Marquez out at second]; L.Easter out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 0, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 1ST: T.Butts out on unknown play; J.Gilliam out on unknown play; H.Kimbro singled; L.Lockett out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 0, Elite Giants 0. GRAYS 2ND: B.Leonard out on unknown play; W.Fields walked; T.Parker out on unknown play; C.Bruce out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 0, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 2ND: J.Washington singled; E.Finney out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [J.Washington to second]; F.Russell out on unknown play; F.Robinson singled to right field [J.Washington scored (unearned) (no RBI) (error by T.Parker)]; B.Romby out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Grays 0, Elite Giants 1. GRAYS 3RD: L.Clifford out on unknown play; T.Alexander out on unknown play; L.Marquez out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 0, Elite Giants 1. ELITE GIANTS 3RD: T.Butts out on unknown play; J.Gilliam out on unknown play; H.Kimbro singled; H.Kimbro was picked off first, but was safe on an error by T.Alexander [H.Kimbro to second]; L.Lockett out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Grays 0, Elite Giants 1. GRAYS 4TH: S.Bankhead walked; L.Easter singled [S.Bankhead to second]; B.Leonard out on unknown play; W.Fields walked [S.Bankhead to third, L.Easter to second]; T.Parker hit into a double play (F.Russell to T.Butts) [S.Bankhead scored, L.Easter to third, W.Fields out at second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 1, Elite Giants 1. ELITE GIANTS 4TH: J.Washington out on unknown play; E.Finney out on unknown play; F.Russell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 1, Elite Giants 1. GRAYS 5TH: C.Bruce out on unknown play; L.Clifford singled to third base [L.Clifford scored (unearned) (error by E.Finney)]; T.Alexander out on unknown play; L.Marquez out on unknown play; 0 R (-1 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Grays 2, Elite Giants 1. ELITE GIANTS 5TH: F.Robinson walked; B.Romby singled [F.Robinson to third]; T.Butts out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [F.Robinson scored, B.Romby to second]; J.Gilliam doubled [B.Romby scored]; J.Gilliam stole third; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; L.Lockett out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 2, Elite Giants 3. GRAYS 6TH: S.Bankhead doubled; L.Easter out on unknown play; B.Leonard singled [S.Bankhead to third]; W.Fields out on unknown play [S.Bankhead scored]; T.Parker out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 3, Elite Giants 3. ELITE GIANTS 6TH: B.THURMAN REPLACED T.ALEXANDER (PITCHING); J.Washington doubled; E.Finney out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [J.Washington to third]; F.Russell walked; F.Robinson out on unknown play [J.Washington scored]; B.Romby walked [F.Russell to second]; T.Butts out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Grays 3, Elite Giants 4. GRAYS 7TH: C.Bruce doubled; L.Clifford reached on an error by J.Gilliam [C.Bruce to third, L.Clifford to first]; B.TRICE RAN FOR L.CLIFFORD; B.Thurman out on unknown play; L.Marquez out on unknown play [C.Bruce scored (unearned)]; S.Bankhead out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Grays 4, Elite Giants 4. ELITE GIANTS 7TH: E.NAPIER REPLACED B.TRICE (PLAYING C); J.Gilliam out on unknown play; H.Kimbro singled; L.Lockett out on unknown play; J.Washington singled [H.Kimbro to second]; E.Finney out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Grays 4, Elite Giants 4. GRAYS 8TH: L.Easter singled; B.Leonard out on unknown play; W.Fields out on unknown play; T.Parker out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 4, Elite Giants 4. ELITE GIANTS 8TH: F.Russell out on unknown play; F.Robinson out on unknown play; B.Romby out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 4, Elite Giants 4. GRAYS 9TH: Game called after 8 innings due to 11pm curfew. Homestead had scored 3 runs in top of 9th that were wiped ou Homestead scored 3 runs on 4 hits and 2 walks off Jonas Gain Homestead protested the decision to call the game an 8-innin arguing the game should have been suspended with them leadin Protest was upheld. Baltimore forfeited the game rather than the suspended game. The forfeit - which followed Game 4 (9/1 Final Totals R H E LOB Grays 4 7 2 5 Elite Giants 4 9 2 8
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