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Homestead Grays @ Newark Eagles

1948-08-11 · Night game · Att: 900 · 1:57

Newark Eagles defeated Homestead Grays 5–0. Newark Eagles put up 3 in the 7th.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOM	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
NW2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2		5	10

Homestead Grays — batting

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

Newark Eagles — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Jimmy Wilkes	4	0	2	2	0
Curley Williams	2	0	0	0	1
Lennie Pearson	4	1	1	0	0
Monte Irvin	4	0	0	0	0
Bob Harvey	3	1	2	0	1
Bob Wilson	4	0	3	1	0
Leroy Williams	4	1	0	0	0
Jack McLaurin	4	1	1	0	0
Rufus Lewis	4	1	1	0	0

Homestead Grays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Thurman	8.0	10	2	0

Newark Eagles — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rufus Lewis	9.0	2	6	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Luis Marquez: HP
Sam Bankhead: 64(1)3/GDP#
Luke Easter: W
Buck Leonard: 99

Bot 1

Jimmy Wilkes: S
Curley Williams: 99/SH.1-2
Lennie Pearson: 99
Monte Irvin: 99

Top 2

Wilmer Fields: 99
Eudie Napier: 99
Clarence Bruce: S
Charles Gary: 99

Bot 2

Bob Harvey: S
Bob Wilson: 99
Leroy Williams: 99
Jack McLaurin: 99

Top 3

Bob Thurman: S
Luis Marquez: 99
Sam Bankhead: 99
Luke Easter: 99

Bot 3

Rufus Lewis: 99
Jimmy Wilkes: 99
Curley Williams: W
Lennie Pearson: 99

Top 4

Buck Leonard: W
Wilmer Fields: 99
Eudie Napier: W.1-2
Clarence Bruce: 99/G.2-3;1-2
Charles Gary: 99

Bot 4

Monte Irvin: 99
Bob Harvey: W
Bob Wilson: S.1-2
Leroy Williams: 99
Jack McLaurin: 99

Top 5

Bob Thurman: 99
Luis Marquez: 99
Sam Bankhead: W
Luke Easter: 99

Bot 5

Rufus Lewis: 99
Jimmy Wilkes: 99
Curley Williams: 99

Top 6

Buck Leonard: 99
Wilmer Fields: 99
Eudie Napier: 99

Bot 6

Lennie Pearson: 99
Monte Irvin: 99
Bob Harvey: 99

Top 7

Clarence Bruce: 99
Charles Gary: W
Bob Thurman: 99
Luis Marquez: 99

Bot 7

Bob Wilson: S
Leroy Williams: 99(1)/FO
Jack McLaurin: SB2.1-H(E2/TH)#
Jack McLaurin: S
Rufus Lewis: S.1-2
Jimmy Wilkes: T.2-H;1-H
Curley Williams: 8/F/DP.3XH(82)

Top 8

Sam Bankhead: 99
Luke Easter: 99
Buck Leonard: 99

Bot 8

Lennie Pearson: S
Monte Irvin: 99
Bob Harvey: S.1-2
Bob Wilson: S.2-H;1-2
Leroy Williams: E4.2-H(NR)(UR);1-2
Jack McLaurin: 99
Rufus Lewis: 99

Top 9

Wilmer Fields: 99
Eudie Napier: W
Clarence Bruce: 99
Charles Gary: 99

Notes & reviews

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

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