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Homestead Grays @ Birmingham Black Barons

1948-09-29 · Night game

Homestead Grays defeated Birmingham Black Barons 5–3. Homestead Grays put up 5 in the 6th. Dave Pope went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

Homestead Grays — batting

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

Birmingham Black Barons — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Artie Wilson	5	0	1	0	0	1
John Britton	4	0	0	0	0	0
Willie Mays	4	0	1	0	0	0
Pepper Bassett	4	0	0	0	0	3
Piper Davis	4	1	1	0	0	0
Ed Steele	3	1	0	0	1	0
Jim Zapp	3	1	1	0	0	0
Joe Scott	3	0	2	2	1	0
Bill Powell	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jimmie Newberry	1	0	0	0	0	0
Herman Bell	1	0	1	1	0	0

Homestead Grays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Thurman	9.0	7	2	4

Birmingham Black Barons — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Powell	5.2	6	2	0
Jimmie Newberry	3.1	3	2	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Luis Marquez: S
Sam Bankhead: 99/SH.1-2
Luke Easter: W
Buck Leonard: 99
Wilmer Fields: 99

Bot 1

Artie Wilson: 99
John Britton: 99
Willie Mays: 99

Top 2

Eudie Napier: 99
Dave Pope: 99
Bob Thurman: 99

Bot 2

Pepper Bassett: K
Piper Davis: S
Ed Steele: W.1-2
Jim Zapp: 8
Joe Scott: D9.2-H;1-H
Bill Powell: 99

Top 3

Clarence Bruce: 99
Luis Marquez: 99
Sam Bankhead: 99

Bot 3

Artie Wilson: S#
John Britton: 3(B)3(1)/LDP#
Willie Mays: 99

Top 4

Luke Easter: D
Buck Leonard: 99
Wilmer Fields: 99
Eudie Napier: 99

Bot 4

Pepper Bassett: K#
Piper Davis: E6#
Ed Steele: 99
Jim Zapp: HP.1-2#
Joe Scott: 99

Top 5

Dave Pope: 99
Bob Thurman: 99
Clarence Bruce: 99

Bot 5

Bill Powell: 99
Artie Wilson: 99
John Britton: 99

Top 6

Luis Marquez: S
Sam Bankhead: 8
Luke Easter: D.1-3
Buck Leonard: IW
Wilmer Fields: 46(1)/FO.3-H;2-3
Eudie Napier: D.3-H;1-H
Dave Pope: HR/9.2-H
Bob Thurman: S
Clarence Bruce: 99

Bot 6

Willie Mays: S7.B-2(E7)#
Pepper Bassett: K#
Piper Davis: 99
Ed Steele: 99

Top 7

Luis Marquez: 99
Sam Bankhead: S
Luke Easter: W.1-2
Buck Leonard: 99
Wilmer Fields: 99

Bot 7

Jim Zapp: 99
Joe Scott: S#
Jimmie Newberry: 99
Artie Wilson: 99

Top 8

Eudie Napier: W
Dave Pope: 99
Bob Thurman: 99/SH.1-2#
Clarence Bruce: PO2(99)#

Bot 8

John Britton: HP#
Willie Mays: 99
Pepper Bassett: 99
Piper Davis: 99

Top 9

Clarence Bruce: S#
Luis Marquez: K+CS2(26)/DP#
Sam Bankhead: 99

Bot 9

Ed Steele: 4
Jim Zapp: S
Joe Scott: W.1-2
Herman Bell: D.2-H;1-3
Artie Wilson: K
John Britton: 43

Notes & reviews

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

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