Homestead Grays (HOM) 3 Chicago American Giants (CAG) 0 (original) (raw)

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Game played on Sunday, August 30, 1942 (D) at Comiskey Park I, Chicago IL

Regular-Season game

Homestead Grays 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 - 3 6 0 Chicago American Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 2

BATTING

Homestead Grays AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Jerry Benjamin cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 Matt Carlisle 2b 3 0 1 3 1 1 3 0 Howard Easterling 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 Josh Gibson c 3 0 0 0 0 1 8 2 Buck Leonard 1b 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 Sam Bankhead rf 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 Chester Williams ss 2 0 1 0 1 3 1 Vic Harris lf 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 Roy Partlow p 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 Totals 27 3 6 3 3 4 21 6

FIELDING - DP: 1. Josh Gibson, Chester Williams.

BATTING - 2B: Howard Easterling, Chester Williams. 3B: Matt Carlisle. Team LOB: 6

BASERUNNING - SB: Jerry Benjamin 2. CS: Josh Gibson.

Chicago American Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Cool Papa Bell cf 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 Ralph Wyatt ss 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 Alex Radcliff 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Art Pennington 1b 1 0 0 0 1 1 13 1 Bob Smith ph, 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jabbo Andrews lf 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Henry Smith ph, lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lester Lockett 2b 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 Jimmie Crutchfield rf 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Subby Byas c 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 Charlie Shields p 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 Totals 19 0 0 0 4 8 21 7

FIELDING - DP: 1. Ralph Wyatt, Art Pennington. E: 2. Alex Radcliff 2.

BATTING - Team LOB: 2

BASERUNNING - CS: Cool Papa Bell, Jimmie Crutchfield.

PITCHING

Homestead Grays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Roy Partlow W 7 0 0 0 4 8 0 23 Totals 7 0 0 0 4 8 0 23

Chicago American Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Charlie Shields L 7 6 3 1 3 4 0 30 Totals 7 6 3 1 3 4 0 30

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

Umpires: HP - ?

Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 10000

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 8/30/1942, game 2 -- Homestead Grays at Chicago American Giants (D)

Starting Lineups:

Homestead Chicago

1. J.Benjamin cf C.Bell cf
2. M.Carlisle 2b R.Wyatt ss
3. H.Easterling 3b A.Radcliff 3b
4. J.Gibson c A.Pennington 1b
5. B.Leonard 1b J.Andrews lf
6. S.Bankhead rf L.Lockett 2b
7. C.Williams ss J.Crutchfield rf
8. V.Harris lf S.Byas c
9. R.Partlow p C.Shields p

GRAYS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; J.Benjamin out on unknown play; M.Carlisle struck out; H.Easterling doubled; J.Gibson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 0, American Giants 0.

AMERICAN GIANTS 1ST: C.Bell out on unknown play; R.Wyatt out on unknown play; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 0, American Giants 0.

GRAYS 2ND: B.Leonard out on unknown play; S.Bankhead out on unknown play; C.Williams doubled; V.Harris singled [C.Williams to third]; R.Partlow grounded out (L.Lockett to A.Pennington); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Grays 0, American Giants 0.

AMERICAN GIANTS 2ND: A.Pennington was called out on strikes; J.Andrews struck out; L.Lockett struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 0, American Giants 0.

GRAYS 3RD: J.Benjamin out on unknown play; M.Carlisle walked; H.Easterling out on unknown play [M.Carlisle to second]; J.Gibson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 0, American Giants 0.

AMERICAN GIANTS 3RD: J.Crutchfield walked; J.Crutchfield was caught stealing second (J.Gibson to C.Williams); S.Byas grounded out (H.Easterling to B.Leonard); C.Shields struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 0, American Giants 0.

GRAYS 4TH: B.Leonard grounded out (A.Pennington unassisted); S.Bankhead walked; C.Williams walked [S.Bankhead to second]; V.Harris lined into a double play (A.Pennington to R.Wyatt) [S.Bankhead out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 0, American Giants 0.

AMERICAN GIANTS 4TH: C.Bell walked; R.Wyatt struck out while C.Bell was caught stealing second (J.Gibson to C.Williams); A.Radcliff out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 0, American Giants 0.

GRAYS 5TH: R.Partlow struck out; J.Benjamin singled to third base; J.Benjamin stole second; J.Benjamin stole third; M.Carlisle flied to C.Bell [J.Benjamin scored]; H.Easterling out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 1, American Giants 0.

AMERICAN GIANTS 5TH: A.Pennington walked; On a bunt J.Andrews forced A.Pennington (R.Partlow to C.Williams) [J.Andrews to first]; L.Lockett struck out; J.Crutchfield forced J.Andrews (C.Williams to M.Carlisle) [J.Crutchfield to first]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 1, American Giants 0.

GRAYS 6TH: J.Gibson reached on an error by A.Radcliff [J.Gibson to first]; J.Gibson was caught stealing second (S.Byas to R.Wyatt); B.Leonard grounded out (A.Pennington unassisted); S.Bankhead grounded out (R.Wyatt to A.Pennington); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Grays 1, American Giants 0.

AMERICAN GIANTS 6TH: S.Byas walked; C.Shields grounded out (R.Partlow to B.Leonard) [S.Byas to second]; C.Bell struck out; R.Wyatt struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 1, American Giants 0.

GRAYS 7TH: C.Williams grounded out (C.Shields to A.Pennington); V.Harris singled to center field; R.Partlow reached on an error by A.Radcliff [V.Harris to second, R.Partlow to first]; J.Benjamin grounded out (A.Radcliff to A.Pennington) [V.Harris to third, R.Partlow to second]; M.Carlisle tripled to right-center [V.Harris scored (unearned), R.Partlow scored (unearned)]; H.Easterling grounded out (L.Lockett to A.Pennington); 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Grays 3, American Giants 0.

AMERICAN GIANTS 7TH: A.Radcliff lined to M.Carlisle; B.SMITH BATTED FOR A.PENNINGTON; B.Smith flied to S.Bankhead; H.SMITH BATTED FOR J.ANDREWS; H.Smith popped to M.Carlisle; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 3, American Giants 0.

GRAYS 8TH: B.SMITH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); H.SMITH STAYED

Final Totals R H E LOB Grays 3 6 0 6 American Giants 0 0 2 2 

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