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Homestead Grays @ Newark Eagles

1947-09-14 · Day game · Ebbets Field · Att: 4000

Homestead Grays defeated Newark Eagles 3–2. Homestead Grays put up 3 in the 1st. Luke Easter went 3-for-4 with 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOM	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	9
NW2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	9

Homestead Grays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Jerry Benjamin	4	1	0	0	1
Sam Bankhead	4	0	2	0	0
Luis Marquez	4	1	1	1	0
Buck Leonard	2	0	0	0	1
Bob Thurman	4	1	1	0	0
Luke Easter	4	0	3	2	0
Robert Gaston	4	0	1	0	0
Clarence Isreal	4	0	0	0	0
R. T. Walker	4	0	1	0	0
Wilmer Fields	1	0	0	0	1

Newark Eagles — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Jimmy Wilkes	4	0	0	0	0
Bob Wilson	5	0	0	0	0
Lennie Pearson	4	2	2	0	1
Monte Irvin	4	0	0	0	0
Johnny Davis	3	0	1	0	1
Bob Harvey	4	0	2	0	0
Charlie Parks	4	0	1	1	0
Leroy Williams	3	0	1	0	0
Nap Gulley	4	0	2	0	0
Cotton Williams	1	0	0	0	0

Homestead Grays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
R. T. Walker	9.0	9	2	0

Newark Eagles — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Nap Gulley	9.0	9	3	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jerry Benjamin: W
Sam Bankhead: 99/SH.1-2
Luis Marquez: S.2-H
Buck Leonard: 99
Bob Thurman: S.1-3
Luke Easter: SB2
Luke Easter: T.3-H;2-H
Robert Gaston: 99

Bot 1

Jimmy Wilkes: 99
Bob Wilson: 99
Lennie Pearson: S
Monte Irvin: 99

Top 2

Clarence Isreal: 99
R. T. Walker: S
Jerry Benjamin: 99
Sam Bankhead: 99

Bot 2

Johnny Davis: 99
Bob Harvey: D
Charlie Parks: 99
Leroy Williams: 99

Top 3

Luis Marquez: 99
Buck Leonard: 99
Bob Thurman: 99

Bot 3

Nap Gulley: 99
Jimmy Wilkes: 99
Bob Wilson: 99

Top 4

Luke Easter: S
Robert Gaston: 99
Clarence Isreal: 99
R. T. Walker: 99

Bot 4

Lennie Pearson: W
Monte Irvin: 99
Johnny Davis: 99
Bob Harvey: S.1-2
Charlie Parks: S.2-H;1-2
Leroy Williams: 99

Top 5

Jerry Benjamin: 99
Sam Bankhead: S
Luis Marquez: 99
Buck Leonard: W.1-2
Bob Thurman: 99

Bot 5

Nap Gulley: S
Jimmy Wilkes: 99/SH.1-2
Bob Wilson: 99
Lennie Pearson: 99

Top 6

Luke Easter: S
Robert Gaston: S.1-2
Clarence Isreal: 99
R. T. Walker: 99
Jerry Benjamin: 99

Bot 6

Monte Irvin: 99
Johnny Davis: W
Bob Harvey: 99
Charlie Parks: 99

Top 7

Sam Bankhead: 99
Luis Marquez: HP
Wilmer Fields: SB2
Wilmer Fields: 99
Bob Thurman: HP
Luke Easter: 99

Bot 7

Leroy Williams: S
Nap Gulley: 99
Jimmy Wilkes: 99
Bob Wilson: 99

Top 8

Robert Gaston: 99
Clarence Isreal: 99
R. T. Walker: 99

Bot 8

Lennie Pearson: S
Monte Irvin: PB.1-2
Monte Irvin: 99
Johnny Davis: S4.2-H(E4/TH)(NR)(UR);B-2#
Bob Harvey: 99
Charlie Parks: 99

Top 9

Jerry Benjamin: 99
Sam Bankhead: S
Luis Marquez: 99
Wilmer Fields: PB.1-2#
Wilmer Fields: W
Bob Thurman: 99

Bot 9

Cotton Williams: 99
Nap Gulley: S
Jimmy Wilkes: 99
Bob Wilson: E4.1-2#
Lennie Pearson: 99

Notes & reviews

Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box score

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