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Birmingham Black Barons @ Homestead Grays

1948-09-26 · Day game · Municipal Stadium · Att: 5370 · 2:05

Homestead Grays defeated Birmingham Black Barons 3–2. Homestead Grays put up 3 in the 2nd.

Line score

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

Birmingham Black Barons — batting

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

Homestead Grays — batting

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

Birmingham Black Barons — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jimmie Newberry	8.0	6	1	2

Homestead Grays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ted Alexander	9.0	8	4	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Artie Wilson: S
John Britton: 99
Willie Mays: 99
Pepper Bassett: S.1-2#
Piper Davis: 99

Bot 1

Luis Marquez: 99
Sam Bankhead: 99
Luke Easter: D
Buck Leonard: 99

Top 2

Ed Steele: W
Jim Zapp: S.1-3
Joe Scott: 8.3-H
Jimmie Newberry: 6(1)3/GDP#

Bot 2

Bob Thurman: S
Eudie Napier: W.1-2
Dave Pope: T/89.2-H;1-H
Clarence Bruce: K
Ted Alexander: K
Luis Marquez: D8.3-H
Sam Bankhead: 99

Top 3

Artie Wilson: S
John Britton: CS2(99)#
John Britton: 99
Willie Mays: 99

Bot 3

Luke Easter: 99
Buck Leonard: 99
Bob Thurman: S#
Eudie Napier: 99

Top 4

Pepper Bassett: 99
Piper Davis: 99
Ed Steele: 99

Bot 4

Dave Pope: E5#
Clarence Bruce: 99
Ted Alexander: 99
Luis Marquez: 99

Top 5

Jim Zapp: 99
Joe Scott: W
Jimmie Newberry: S.1-2#
Artie Wilson: 99
John Britton: 99

Bot 5

Sam Bankhead: 99
Luke Easter: 99
Buck Leonard: 99

Top 6

Willie Mays: W
Pepper Bassett: S4.1-3(E4/TH);B-2#
Piper Davis: 99
Ed Steele: 99
Jim Zapp: 8/L

Bot 6

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

Top 7

Joe Scott: 99
Jimmie Newberry: 99
Artie Wilson: 99

Bot 7

Clarence Bruce: S#
Ted Alexander: 99/SH.1-2#
Luis Marquez: 99
Sam Bankhead: 99

Top 8

John Britton: W
Willie Mays: 99(1)/FO
Pepper Bassett: S9.1-2#
Piper Davis: D9.2-H;1XH(942)
Ed Steele: 99

Bot 8

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

Top 9

Alonzo Perry: 99/P
Joe Scott: 99
Bill Powell: 99/P

Notes & reviews

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

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