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Homestead Grays @ Newark Eagles

1948-05-09 · Day game · Att: 12214

Homestead Grays defeated Newark Eagles 5–4. Homestead Grays put up 2 in the 4th. Buck Leonard went 2-for-3 with 2 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

Homestead Grays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Luis Marquez	4	0	1	0	0
Sam Bankhead	5	0	0	0	0
Bob Thurman	5	1	2	0	0
Buck Leonard	3	2	2	2	2
Luke Easter	3	1	1	1	2
Eudie Napier	4	0	1	0	0
Charles Gary	4	0	0	0	0
Clarence Bruce	4	0	0	1	0
Tom Parker	3	1	1	0	1
Wilmer Fields	1	0	0	0	0

Newark Eagles — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Jimmy Wilkes	3	1	1	0	1
Curley Williams	4	0	0	0	0
Lennie Pearson	4	0	1	0	0
Bob Harvey	2	2	1	0	2
Johnny Davis	3	0	1	1	1
Bob Wilson	4	1	2	3	0
Earl Ashby	4	0	0	0	0
Leroy Williams	1	0	0	0	1
Cotton Williams	3	0	0	0	0
Oscar Givens	1	0	0	0	1
Max Manning	1	0	0	0	0

Homestead Grays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tom Parker	7.0	4	4	0
Willie Smith	2.0	2	2	0

Newark Eagles — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB
Cotton Williams	7.2	7	4
Leniel Hooker	0.2	1	1
Clyde Golden	0.2	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Luis Marquez: 99
Sam Bankhead: 99
Bob Thurman: 99

Bot 1

Jimmy Wilkes: S5/BG
Curley Williams: 8
Lennie Pearson: 8
Bob Harvey: W.1-2
Johnny Davis: S7.2-H;1-2
Bob Wilson: PB.2-3;1-2
Bob Wilson: S8.3-H;2XH(862)

Top 2

Buck Leonard: HR/9
Luke Easter: W
Eudie Napier: 99
Charles Gary: 99
Clarence Bruce: 99

Bot 2

Earl Ashby: 99
Leroy Williams: 99
Cotton Williams: 99

Top 3

Tom Parker: W
Luis Marquez: 99
Sam Bankhead: 99
Bob Thurman: 99

Bot 3

Jimmy Wilkes: 99
Curley Williams: 99
Lennie Pearson: 99

Top 4

Buck Leonard: HR
Luke Easter: T
Eudie Napier: 99/G.3-3
Charles Gary: HP
Clarence Bruce: 99/G.3-H;1-2
Tom Parker: 99

Bot 4

Bob Harvey: 99
Johnny Davis: 99
Bob Wilson: 99

Top 5

Luis Marquez: S
Sam Bankhead: SB2
Sam Bankhead: 99
Bob Thurman: 99
Buck Leonard: 99

Bot 5

Earl Ashby: 99
Leroy Williams: W
Cotton Williams: SB2
Cotton Williams: OA.2X3(25)
Cotton Williams: 99

Top 6

Luke Easter: 99
Eudie Napier: S
Charles Gary: 99
Clarence Bruce: 99

Bot 6

Jimmy Wilkes: 99
Curley Williams: 99
Lennie Pearson: S
Bob Harvey: W.1-2
Johnny Davis: W.2-3;1-2
Bob Wilson: 4/L

Top 7

Tom Parker: S
Luis Marquez: 99
Sam Bankhead: 99
Bob Thurman: S.1-2
Buck Leonard: W.2-3;1-2
Luke Easter: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Eudie Napier: 99

Bot 7

Earl Ashby: 99
Oscar Givens: 99
Cotton Williams: 99

Top 8

Charles Gary: 99
Clarence Bruce: 99
Tom Parker: E3
Luis Marquez: HP.1-2
Sam Bankhead: 99

Bot 8

Jimmy Wilkes: W
Curley Williams: 14(1)3/GDP
Lennie Pearson: 99

Top 9

Bob Thurman: D
Buck Leonard: W
Luke Easter: 99(1)/FO.2-3
Eudie Napier: SBH;SB2
Wilmer Fields: 99
Charles Gary: 99

Bot 9

Bob Harvey: S
Johnny Davis: 8
Bob Wilson: HR/7.1-H
Earl Ashby: 99
Oscar Givens: W
Max Manning: 99(1)/FO

Notes & reviews

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

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