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Homestead Grays @ Cleveland Buckeyes

1945-09-16 · Day game · League Park IV · Att: 15000 · 2:30

Cleveland Buckeyes defeated Homestead Grays 4–2. Cleveland Buckeyes put up 2 in the 7th. Willie Grace went 1-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	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	7
CVB	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	4	8

Homestead Grays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Cool Papa Bell	4	1	1	0	0	0
Jerry Benjamin	3	0	1	0	0	0
Dave Hoskins	3	0	1	0	1	1
Buck Leonard	4	1	2	0	0	0
Josh Gibson	4	0	1	0	0	0
Sam Bankhead	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ray Battle	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jelly Jackson	3	0	1	0	1	0
Johnny Wright	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jud Wilson	3	0	0	1	0	0

Cleveland Buckeyes — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Avelino Cañizares	4	0	2	0	0
Archie Ware	3	0	0	0	1
Sam Jethroe	4	0	1	0	0
Parnell Woods	4	0	0	0	0
Willie Grace	4	1	1	1	0
Quincy Trouppe	4	1	1	0	0
Buddy Armour	3	2	1	0	1
Johnnie Cowan	3	0	0	0	1
Eugene Bremer	4	0	2	2	0

Homestead Grays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Wright	8.0	8	3	0

Cleveland Buckeyes — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Eugene Bremer	9.0	7	2	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Cool Papa Bell: 99
Jerry Benjamin: 99
Dave Hoskins: W
Buck Leonard: S.1-2#
Josh Gibson: 99

Bot 1

Avelino Cañizares: S#
Archie Ware: 99
Sam Jethroe: 99
Parnell Woods: 99

Top 2

Sam Bankhead: 99
Ray Battle: 99
Jelly Jackson: W
Johnny Wright: 99

Bot 2

Willie Grace: 99
Quincy Trouppe: 99
Buddy Armour: 99

Top 3

Cool Papa Bell: 99
Jerry Benjamin: S#
Dave Hoskins: PO1(99)#
Dave Hoskins: 99

Bot 3

Johnnie Cowan: 99
Eugene Bremer: 99
Avelino Cañizares: 99

Top 4

Buck Leonard: S9
Josh Gibson: D7.1-3
Sam Bankhead: FC6.2X2(6)
Jud Wilson: 8.3-H
Jelly Jackson: S1.1-2
Johnny Wright: 13

Bot 4

Archie Ware: 99
Sam Jethroe: S#
Parnell Woods: 99
Willie Grace: 99

Top 5

Cool Papa Bell: S4
Jerry Benjamin: 13/SH.1-2
Dave Hoskins: K13.2-3
Buck Leonard: BK.3-H
Buck Leonard: 99

Bot 5

Quincy Trouppe: 99
Buddy Armour: 99
Johnnie Cowan: 99

Top 6

Josh Gibson: 99
Sam Bankhead: 99
Jud Wilson: 99

Bot 6

Eugene Bremer: S#
Avelino Cañizares: WP.1-2#
Avelino Cañizares: 99
Archie Ware: W#
Sam Jethroe: 99
Parnell Woods: 99

Top 7

Jelly Jackson: 99
Johnny Wright: 99
Cool Papa Bell: 99

Bot 7

Willie Grace: HR/9
Quincy Trouppe: 13
Buddy Armour: D8
Johnnie Cowan: 5
Eugene Bremer: E4/TH.2-H(NR)(UR)
Avelino Cañizares: S7.1-2#
Archie Ware: 9

Top 8

Jerry Benjamin: 99
Dave Hoskins: S8
Buck Leonard: 46(1)/FO
Josh Gibson: 64(1)/FO

Bot 8

Sam Jethroe: 99
Parnell Woods: 99
Willie Grace: 99

Top 9

Sam Bankhead: 99
Jud Wilson: 99
Jelly Jackson: 99

Bot 9

Quincy Trouppe: D8
Buddy Armour: WP.2-3
Buddy Armour: IW
Johnnie Cowan: SB2
Johnnie Cowan: IW
Eugene Bremer: D9.3-H;2-H;1-3

Notes & reviews

Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box score
Per the Chicago Defender, 'The rap was scored as a double. Trouppe and Armour both scored. Both runs counted, since Bremer's hit went for two bases.' The Cleveland Call and Post reported the final score of the game as 3-2.

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