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Homestead Grays @ Newark Eagles

1948-09-08 · Night game · Att: 2000

Homestead Grays defeated Newark Eagles 6–4. Homestead Grays put up 2 in the 5th. Lennie Pearson went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

Homestead Grays — batting

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

Newark Eagles — batting

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

Homestead Grays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tom Parker	9.0	4	4	1

Newark Eagles — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rufus Lewis	7.0	8	4	0
Max Manning	2.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Luis Marquez: 99
Sam Bankhead: W
Luke Easter: 99
Buck Leonard: D.1-H
Bob Thurman: 99

Bot 1

Jimmy Wilkes: S
Curley Williams: 99/SH.1-2#
Lennie Pearson: 99
Monte Irvin: E7.2-H(NR)(UR);B-2#
Bob Harvey: W
Bob Wilson: 99

Top 2

Wilmer Fields: FLE2#
Wilmer Fields: W
Eudie Napier: S.1-2
Clarence Bruce: 99
Tom Parker: 99/SH.2-3;1-2#
Luis Marquez: 99

Bot 2

Bo Wallace: 99
Leroy Williams: 99
Rufus Lewis: 99

Top 3

Sam Bankhead: 99
Luke Easter: W
Buck Leonard: W.1-2
Bob Thurman: 99/SH.2-3;1-2#
Wilmer Fields: 99

Bot 3

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

Top 4

Eudie Napier: E3#
Clarence Bruce: E6.1-2#
Tom Parker: 99
Bob Trice: 99
Sam Bankhead: 99

Bot 4

Monte Irvin: 99
Bob Harvey: S
Bob Wilson: W.1-2
Bo Wallace: 99/SH.2-3;1-2#
Leroy Williams: 99

Top 5

Luke Easter: D
Buck Leonard: 99/SH.2-3#
Bob Thurman: 99
Wilmer Fields: S.3-H
Eudie Napier: D.1-H;BX3(99)#

Bot 5

Rufus Lewis: 99
Jimmy Wilkes: W
Curley Williams: S.1-3
Lennie Pearson: 99.3-H
Monte Irvin: 99

Top 6

Clarence Bruce: E6#
Tom Parker: S.1-2
Bob Trice: 99/SH.2-3;1-2#
Sam Bankhead: E6.3-H(UR);2-3#
Luke Easter: 99.3-H(UR)
Buck Leonard: 99

Bot 6

Bob Harvey: 99
Bob Wilson: 99
Bo Wallace: 99

Top 7

Bob Thurman: HR
Wilmer Fields: 99
Eudie Napier: S6.B-2(E6/TH)#
Clarence Bruce: 99
Tom Parker: 99

Bot 7

Leroy Williams: 99
Cotton Williams: 99/G
Jimmy Wilkes: 99

Top 8

Bob Trice: 99
Sam Bankhead: S
Luke Easter: 99
Buck Leonard: 99

Bot 8

Curley Williams: W
Lennie Pearson: HR/7.1-H
Monte Irvin: 99
Bob Harvey: 99
Bob Wilson: 99

Top 9

Bob Thurman: 99
Wilmer Fields: 99
Eudie Napier: 99

Bot 9

Jack McLaurin: K
Leroy Williams: 99
Max Manning: 99

Notes & reviews

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

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