Homestead Grays (HOM) 5 Newark Eagles (NW2) 2 (original) (raw)

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Game played on Sunday, May 9, 1943 (D) at Ruppert Stadium, Newark NJ

Exhibition game

Homestead Grays 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 - 5 10 2 Newark Eagles 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 - 2 13 4

BATTING

Homestead Grays AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Cool Papa Bell cf 4 1 2 1
Jerry Benjamin lf 3 2 0 2
Buck Leonard 1b 5 0 3 0
Josh Gibson c 3 0 0 2
Sam Bankhead ss 5 0 0 0
Jud Wilson 3b 5 0 2 0
Howard Easterling rf 4 1 2 0
Joe Spencer 2b 3 0 0 1
Johnny Wright p 4 1 1 0
Totals 36 5 10 6 6 30

FIELDING - DP: 1. Buck Leonard, Sam Bankhead, Joe Spencer. E: 2. Jerry Benjamin, Sam Bankhead.

BATTING - 2B: Buck Leonard, Jud Wilson, Johnny Wright. Team LOB: 7

BASERUNNING - SB: Cool Papa Bell.

Newark Eagles AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Murray Watkins ss 5 0 0 1
Wilmore Williams cf 6 1 2 0
Larry Doby 2b 5 1 3 0
Lennie Pearson 1b 5 0 2 0
Johnny Davis lf 5 0 1 0
Larry St. Thomas c 3 0 0 0
Leon Ruffin c 2 0 1 0
James Brown rf 4 0 2 1
Austin Davis 3b 5 0 0 0
Leon Day p 4 0 2 0
Jimmy Hill p 1 0 0 0
Totals 45 2 13 2 3 30

FIELDING - E: 4. Murray Watkins 3, Lennie Pearson.

BATTING - 2B: Larry Doby, Lennie Pearson, Leon Ruffin, James Brown. Team LOB: 15

PITCHING

Homestead Grays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Johnny Wright W 10 13 2 2 3 0 47 Totals 10 13 2 2 3 0 47

Newark Eagles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Leon Day 8.1 7 2 5 5 0 33 Jimmy Hill L 1.2 3 3 1 1 0 9 Totals 10 10 5 6 6 0 42

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

Umpires: HP - Fred McCreary, 1B - W. Moore, 3B - John Crawford

Time of Game: ? Attendance: 6000

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