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Homestead Grays @ Memphis Red Sox

1939-05-04 · Night game

Memphis Red Sox defeated Homestead Grays 8–7. Memphis Red Sox put up 3 in the 5th. Buck Leonard went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOM	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	4	7	11
MEM	0	1	1	0	3	0	3	0		8	9

Homestead Grays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jerry Benjamin	4	2	1	1	1	0
Vic Harris	5	2	2	1	0	0
Sam Bankhead	5	0	2	1	0	0
Josh Gibson	4	0	1	3	0	0
Buck Leonard	4	1	2	1	1	0
Jim Williams	5	0	0	0	0	1
Henry Spearman	3	0	1	0	0	0
Jelly Jackson	3	0	0	0	0	0
Edsall Walker	3	0	0	0	0	0
David Whatley	2	0	0	0	0	2
Roy Partlow	1	1	1	0	0	0
Tommie Dukes	1	1	1	0	0	0

Memphis Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Cowan Hyde	4	2	1	0	1
Jelly Taylor	5	0	0	0	0
Marlin Carter	5	2	1	0	0
Lloyd Davenport	3	1	1	1	1
Neil Robinson	4	2	3	3	0
Larry Brown	3	1	1	0	1
Fred Bankhead	4	0	1	2	0
T. J. Brown	4	0	1	0	0
Ted Radcliffe	4	0	0	0	0

Homestead Grays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Edsall Walker	8.0	9	3	0

Memphis Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ted Radcliffe	9.0	11	2	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jerry Benjamin: 99
Vic Harris: D
Sam Bankhead: FC.2X3(99);B-1#
Josh Gibson: SB2
Josh Gibson: 99

Bot 1

Cowan Hyde: 99
Jelly Taylor: 99
Marlin Carter: 99

Top 2

Buck Leonard: S
Jim Williams: 99
Henry Spearman: 99
Jelly Jackson: 99

Bot 2

Lloyd Davenport: 99
Neil Robinson: S
Larry Brown: W.1-2
Fred Bankhead: 53.2-3;1-2
T. J. Brown: E4.3-H(NR)(UR);2-3
Ted Radcliffe: 99

Top 3

Edsall Walker: E4
Jerry Benjamin: 99(1)/FO
Vic Harris: SB2
Vic Harris: FC4.2-3#
Sam Bankhead: D.3-H(UR);1-3
Josh Gibson: 99/SF.3-H(UR)
Buck Leonard: 99

Bot 3

Cowan Hyde: W
Jelly Taylor: SB2
Jelly Taylor: 99
Marlin Carter: 99
Lloyd Davenport: S8.2-H
Neil Robinson: SB2
Neil Robinson: 99

Top 4

Jim Williams: 99
Henry Spearman: S
Jelly Jackson: FC.1-2#
Edsall Walker: 99
Jerry Benjamin: 99

Bot 4

Larry Brown: S
Fred Bankhead: 99
T. J. Brown: S.1-3
Ted Radcliffe: OA.1X2(99)#
Ted Radcliffe: 99

Top 5

Vic Harris: 99
Sam Bankhead: 99
Josh Gibson: 99

Bot 5

Cowan Hyde: S9
Jelly Taylor: SB2
Jelly Taylor: 99
Marlin Carter: E5.2-3;B-1
Lloyd Davenport: W.1-2
Neil Robinson: S.3-H(UR);2-H(UR);1-2
Larry Brown: 99
Fred Bankhead: E5.2-H(NR)(UR);1-2
T. J. Brown: 99

Top 6

Buck Leonard: HR/F9D
Jim Williams: 99
Henry Spearman: 99
Jelly Jackson: 99

Bot 6

Ted Radcliffe: 99
Cowan Hyde: 99
Jelly Taylor: 99

Top 7

Edsall Walker: 99
Jerry Benjamin: W
Vic Harris: SB2
Vic Harris: 99
Sam Bankhead: 99

Bot 7

Marlin Carter: T
Lloyd Davenport: 99
Neil Robinson: D.3-H
Larry Brown: E5/G5S.2-3;B-1
Fred Bankhead: D.3-H;1-H(UR)
T. J. Brown: 99
Ted Radcliffe: 99

Top 8

Josh Gibson: 99
Buck Leonard: 99
Jim Williams: 99

Bot 8

Cowan Hyde: 99
Jelly Taylor: 99
Marlin Carter: 99

Top 9

David Whatley: K
Roy Partlow: S
Tommie Dukes: S.1-2
Jerry Benjamin: S.2-H;1-2
Vic Harris: S.2-H;1-2
Sam Bankhead: S.2-3;1-2
Josh Gibson: S.3-H;2-H;1-3;B-2(THH)
Buck Leonard: IW
Jim Williams: K/C
David Whatley: K

Notes & reviews

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

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