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Homestead Grays @ Newark Eagles

1938-06-05 · Day game · 7 innings · Att: 6000

Homestead Grays defeated Newark Eagles 4–1. Homestead Grays put up 3 in the 1st. Vic Harris went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
HOM	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	5
NW2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	4

Homestead Grays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Jerry Benjamin	4	1	0	0	0
Matt Carlisle	3	1	1	0	1
Vic Harris	4	1	1	2	0
Josh Gibson	3	0	2	1	0
Buck Leonard	2	1	1	1	1
Jim Williams	3	0	0	0	0
Jack Johnson	2	0	0	0	0
Jelly Jackson	3	0	0	0	0
Ray Brown	2	0	0	0	1

Newark Eagles — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI
Jimmie Crutchfield	3	0	0	0
Dick Seay	3	1	2	1
Ed Stone	3	0	0	0
Mule Suttles	3	0	0	0
Ray Dandridge	3	0	0	0
Lennie Pearson	3	0	1	0
Johnny Hayes	3	0	1	0
Willie Smith	2	0	0	0
Johnny Wright	1	0	0	0

Homestead Grays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ray Brown	7.0	4	0	0

Newark Eagles — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Leon Day	0.1	2	0	0
Johnny Wright	6.2	3	3	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jerry Benjamin: 99
Matt Carlisle: S1
Vic Harris: HR/9.1-H
Josh Gibson: 99
Buck Leonard: HR/9
Jim Williams: 99

Bot 1

Jimmie Crutchfield: 99
Dick Seay: S
Ed Stone: 99
Mule Suttles: 99

Top 2

Jack Johnson: 99
Jelly Jackson: 99
Ray Brown: 99

Bot 2

Ray Dandridge: 99
Lennie Pearson: 99
Johnny Hayes: 99

Top 3

Jerry Benjamin: 99
Matt Carlisle: 99
Vic Harris: 99

Bot 3

Willie Smith: 99
Johnny Wright: 99
Jimmie Crutchfield: 99

Top 4

Josh Gibson: S5.B-2(E5/TH)#
Buck Leonard: 99
Jim Williams: 99
Jack Johnson: HP
Jelly Jackson: 99

Bot 4

Dick Seay: HR/7
Ed Stone: 99
Mule Suttles: 99
Ray Dandridge: 99

Top 5

Ray Brown: W
Jerry Benjamin: 99(1)/FO
Matt Carlisle: PO1(E3).1-2#
Matt Carlisle: W
Vic Harris: 99
Josh Gibson: S.2-H;1-2
Buck Leonard: W.2-3;1-2
Jim Williams: 99

Bot 5

Lennie Pearson: S
Johnny Hayes: S.1-2
Willie Smith: 99
Johnny Wright: 99/SH.2-3;1-2
Jimmie Crutchfield: 99

Top 6

Jack Johnson: 99
Jelly Jackson: 99
Ray Brown: 99

Bot 6

Dick Seay: 99
Ed Stone: 99
Mule Suttles: 99

Top 7

Jerry Benjamin: 99
Matt Carlisle: 99
Vic Harris: 99

Bot 7

Ray Dandridge: 99
Lennie Pearson: 99
Johnny Hayes: 99

Notes & reviews

Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box score
Johnson was hit in the head and knocked unconscious. He recovered after a few minutes and remained in the game.

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