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Homestead Grays @ Baltimore Elite Giants

1948-04-18 · Day game · Att: 5500 · 2:21

Homestead Grays defeated Baltimore Elite Giants 5–4. Homestead Grays put up 3 in the 5th. Bob Romby went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOM	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	5	6
BLG	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	4	10

Homestead Grays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Luis Marquez	4	1	2	0	1	0
Sam Bankhead	1	1	0	0	2	0
Bob Thurman	4	2	1	0	1	0
Buck Leonard	4	0	0	0	0	1
Luke Easter	3	1	0	1	1	0
Wilmer Fields	4	0	1	2	0	1
Victoriano Sosa	3	0	1	0	1	0
Clarence Bruce	3	0	0	0	1	0
Willie Smith	3	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Boston	1	0	1	0	0	0

Baltimore Elite Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jim Gilliam	3	1	1	0	2	0
Tommy Butts	4	0	0	0	0	0
Henry Kimbro	3	1	1	0	2	0
Lester Lockett	5	0	2	1	0	1
Johnny Washington	5	0	2	1	0	0
Ed Finney	4	0	1	0	1	1
Frank Russell	4	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Campini	1	1	1	0	1	0
Bob Romby	3	1	1	2	1	0
Frazier Robinson	2	0	1	0	0	0

Homestead Grays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Willie Smith	8.0	9	5	0
Frank Thompson	1.0	1	2	2

Baltimore Elite Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
(unknown)	0.0	0	3	0
Bob Romby	9.0	6	4	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Luis Marquez: W
Sam Bankhead: W.1-2
Bob Thurman: W.2-3;1-2
Buck Leonard: K
Luke Easter: 7/F.3-H
Wilmer Fields: K

Bot 1

Jim Gilliam: S
Tommy Butts: 99
Henry Kimbro: W.1-2
Lester Lockett: 99
Johnny Washington: 99

Top 2

Victoriano Sosa: FLE9#
Victoriano Sosa: W
Clarence Bruce: 99
Willie Smith: 99
Luis Marquez: 99

Bot 2

Ed Finney: S
Frank Russell: 99
Joe Campini: W.1-2
Bob Romby: 99
Jim Gilliam: 99

Top 3

Sam Bankhead: W
Bob Thurman: 99(1)/FO
Buck Leonard: 99
Luke Easter: W.1-2
Wilmer Fields: SB3;SB2
Wilmer Fields: OA.3-H(E2)(NR)(UR);2-3#
Wilmer Fields: 99

Bot 3

Tommy Butts: 99
Henry Kimbro: 99
Lester Lockett: S
Johnny Washington: 99

Top 4

Victoriano Sosa: 99
Clarence Bruce: W
Willie Smith: 16(1)3/GDP#

Bot 4

Ed Finney: 99
Frank Russell: 99
Joe Campini: S
Bob Romby: HR9/IPHR.1-H
Jim Gilliam: W
Tommy Butts: 99

Top 5

Luis Marquez: S
Sam Bankhead: SB2
Sam Bankhead: HP
Bob Thurman: S.2-3;1-2
Buck Leonard: 99
Luke Easter: 99(3)/FO.2-3;1-2
Wilmer Fields: S8.3-H;2-H;1-H(E8)(NR)#
Victoriano Sosa: S.1-2#
Clarence Bruce: 99

Bot 5

Henry Kimbro: 99
Lester Lockett: 99
Johnny Washington: D
Ed Finney: W
Frank Russell: 99

Top 6

Willie Smith: 99
Luis Marquez: 99
Sam Bankhead: 99

Bot 6

Frazier Robinson: 99
Bob Romby: W
Jim Gilliam: PO1(99)#
Jim Gilliam: 99

Top 7

Bob Thurman: 99
Buck Leonard: 99
Luke Easter: 99

Bot 7

Tommy Butts: 99
Henry Kimbro: D
Lester Lockett: D.2-H
Johnny Washington: 99
Ed Finney: 99

Top 8

Wilmer Fields: 99
Victoriano Sosa: 99
Clarence Bruce: 99

Bot 8

Frank Russell: 99
Frazier Robinson: S
Bob Romby: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 9

Bob Boston: S
Luis Marquez: CS2(99)#
Luis Marquez: S
Sam Bankhead: 99/SH.1-2#
Bob Thurman: 8/L8D

Bot 9

Jim Gilliam: W
Tommy Butts: 99/SH.1-2
Henry Kimbro: W
Lester Lockett: K
Johnny Washington: S.2-H;1-3
Ed Finney: SB2
Ed Finney: K

Notes & reviews

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

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