HOM @ BLG

September 17, 1948

Final Score: HOM 4 - BLG 4

Game Information

Ballpark
Bugle Field
Game Duration
165 minutes
Day/Night
Night

Umpires

Home Plate
Ted Lewis
First Base
Ed Kemp
Second Base
Fred McCreary
Third Base
Mo Harris

Line Score

HOM @ BLG — Line Score
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
HOM 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 4 7 2
BLG 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 4 9 2

HOM Batting

HOM @ BLG — HOM Batting
Player AB R H RBI BB SO 2B 3B HR SB AVG
Ted Alexander 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Sam Bankhead 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .333
Clarence Bruce 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .333
Luther Clifford 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
Luke Easter 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
Wilmer Fields 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Buck Leonard 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Luis Márquez 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Eudie Napier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Tom Parker 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Bob Thurman 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Bob Trice 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Team Totals 30 4 7 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 .233

BLG Batting

HOM @ BLG — BLG Batting
Player AB R H RBI BB SO 2B 3B HR SB AVG
Tommy Butts 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Ed Finney 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Jim Gilliam 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 .250
Henry Kimbro 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .750
Lester Lockett 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Bob Romby 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333
Frank Russell 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Johnny Washington 4 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .750
Team Totals 27 3 8 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 .296

HOM Pitching

HOM @ BLG — HOM Pitching
Pitcher Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Ted Alexander - 5.0 6 3 2 1 3 0 3.60
Bob Thurman - 3.0 3 1 1 2 2 0 3.00
Team Totals 8.0 9 4 3 3 5 0 3.38

BLG Pitching

HOM @ BLG — BLG Pitching
Pitcher Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Bob Romby - 8.0 7 4 2 3 8 0 2.25
Team Totals 8.0 7 4 2 3 8 0 2.25

Homestead Grays at Baltimore Elite Giants, September 17, 1948

The Homestead Grays and the Baltimore Elite Giants finished level at 4-4 at Bugle Field on September 17, 1948 in the League Championship Series. Retrosheet records a game time of 165 minutes and a night start for this game. The Homestead Grays' runs came one at a time, in the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh. The Baltimore Elite Giants' runs came in the second, fifth, and sixth innings, 2 of them in the fifth. Hits were 7 for the Homestead Grays and 9 for the Baltimore Elite Giants, with 2 and 2 errors. No pitcher struck out more than Bob Romby, who had 8. The Homestead Grays' top hitter was Luke Easter, 2 for 4. The Baltimore Elite Giants' top hitter was Henry Kimbro, 3 for 4. The home-plate umpire was Ted Lewis.

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