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Indianapolis Clowns @ Homestead Grays

1948-07-07 · Night game · Forbes Field · Att: 5000

Homestead Grays defeated Indianapolis Clowns 2–1. Homestead Grays put up 2 in the 2nd.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
IN9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
HOM	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	3

Indianapolis Clowns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Andrés Mesa	4	0	1	1	0
Reinaldo Drake	4	0	0	0	0
Ray Neil	4	0	1	0	0
Sam Hairston	3	0	0	0	1
Goose Tatum	2	0	0	0	2
Leonard Pigg	3	0	0	0	0
Henry Merchant	3	1	0	0	0
Benny Felder	3	0	0	0	0
Jim Cohen	3	0	0	0	0

Homestead Grays — batting

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

Indianapolis Clowns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jim Cohen	8.0	3	4	1

Homestead Grays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Wilmer Fields	9.0	2	3	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Andrés Mesa: 99
Reinaldo Drake: 99
Ray Neil: S
Sam Hairston: W.1-2
Goose Tatum: W.2-3;1-2
Leonard Pigg: 99

Bot 1

Luis Marquez: 99
Sam Bankhead: W
Bob Thurman: K+CS2(24)/DP#

Top 2

Henry Merchant: E4#
Benny Felder: 99.1-2
Jim Cohen: 99
Andrés Mesa: S.2-H(UR)
Reinaldo Drake: OA.1X2(99)

Bot 2

Buck Leonard: 99
Luke Easter: S
Eudie Napier: T.1-H
Clarence Bruce: 99.3-H
Ervin Fowlkes: 99

Top 3

Reinaldo Drake: 99
Ray Neil: 99
Sam Hairston: 99

Bot 3

Wilmer Fields: 99
Luis Marquez: 99
Sam Bankhead: W
Bob Thurman: W.1-2
Buck Leonard: 99

Top 4

Goose Tatum: 99
Leonard Pigg: 99
Henry Merchant: 99

Bot 4

Luke Easter: 99
Eudie Napier: S
Clarence Bruce: 99
Ervin Fowlkes: 99

Top 5

Benny Felder: 99
Jim Cohen: 99
Andrés Mesa: 99

Bot 5

Wilmer Fields: 99
Luis Marquez: 99
Sam Bankhead: 99

Top 6

Reinaldo Drake: 99
Ray Neil: 99
Sam Hairston: 99

Bot 6

Bob Thurman: W
Buck Leonard: 99
Luke Easter: 99
Eudie Napier: 99

Top 7

Goose Tatum: W
Leonard Pigg: 99
Henry Merchant: 99
Benny Felder: 99

Bot 7

Clarence Bruce: E6#
Ervin Fowlkes: 99
Wilmer Fields: 99
Luis Marquez: 99

Top 8

Jim Cohen: 99
Andrés Mesa: 99
Reinaldo Drake: 99

Bot 8

Sam Bankhead: 99
Bob Thurman: 99
Buck Leonard: 99

Top 9

Ray Neil: 99
Sam Hairston: 99
Goose Tatum: 99

Notes & reviews

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

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