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Cleveland Buckeyes @ Homestead Grays

1943-07-11 · Day game · Griffith Stadium · 7 innings · Att: 6000

Homestead Grays defeated Cleveland Buckeyes 4–3. Homestead Grays put up 2 in the 3rd. Buck Leonard went 2-for-4 with 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
CVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	6
HOM	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	4	11

Cleveland Buckeyes — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI
Sam Jethroe	4	0	0	0
Thad Christopher	2	1	1	0
Theolic Smith	4	2	1	0
Duke Cleveland	2	0	1	2
Marshall Riddle	2	0	0	0
Archie Ware	3	0	0	0
Billy Horne	3	0	0	0
Raymond Taylor	1	0	0	0
Willie Jefferson	3	0	2	0
George Britt	2	0	0	0
Johnny Johnson	2	0	0	0
Parnell Woods	1	0	1	1

Homestead Grays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Vic Harris	4	1	1	0	0
Jerry Benjamin	3	2	2	0	0
Buck Leonard	4	0	2	3	0
Josh Gibson	3	0	0	0	0
Howard Easterling	3	1	1	0	0
Sam Bankhead	3	0	1	0	0
Ray Brown	3	0	2	1	0
Joe Spencer	2	0	1	0	1
Johnny Wright	3	0	1	0	0

Cleveland Buckeyes — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Willie Jefferson	6.1	11	1	0

Homestead Grays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Wright	7.0	6	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Sam Jethroe: 99
Thad Christopher: S
Theolic Smith: S.1-3;B-2(TH)
Duke Cleveland: 7/F.3-H;2-H
Marshall Riddle: 99

Bot 1

Vic Harris: S
Jerry Benjamin: 99/SH.1-2
Buck Leonard: 99
Josh Gibson: 99

Top 2

Archie Ware: 8/L8D
Billy Horne: 99
Raymond Taylor: 99

Bot 2

Howard Easterling: 99
Sam Bankhead: 99
Ray Brown: 99

Top 3

Willie Jefferson: 99
Sam Jethroe: 99
Thad Christopher: 99

Bot 3

Joe Spencer: 99
Johnny Wright: S
Vic Harris: 99(1)/FO
Jerry Benjamin: S.1-2
Buck Leonard: D9.2-H;1-H
Josh Gibson: 99

Top 4

Theolic Smith: 99
Duke Cleveland: S
Marshall Riddle: FC.1-2#
Archie Ware: 99
Billy Horne: 99

Bot 4

Howard Easterling: D
Sam Bankhead: 99
Ray Brown: T9.2-H
Joe Spencer: W
Johnny Wright: 99
Vic Harris: 99

Top 5

George Britt: 99
Willie Jefferson: S
Sam Jethroe: 99
Johnny Johnson: 99

Bot 5

Jerry Benjamin: 99
Buck Leonard: 99
Josh Gibson: 99

Top 6

Theolic Smith: E5#
Duke Cleveland: 99/SH.1-2
Parnell Woods: D.2-H(UR)
Archie Ware: 99
Billy Horne: 99

Bot 6

Howard Easterling: 99
Sam Bankhead: S
Ray Brown: CS2(26)#
Ray Brown: S
Joe Spencer: S.1-2
Johnny Wright: 99

Top 7

George Britt: 99
Willie Jefferson: S
Sam Jethroe: FC.1-2#
Johnny Johnson: 99
Theolic Smith: 99

Bot 7

Vic Harris: 99
Jerry Benjamin: D8
Buck Leonard: S9.2-H

Notes & reviews

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

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