HOM @ BLG

September 19, 1948

Final Score: HOM 3 - BLG 11

Game Information

Ballpark
Bugle Field
Game Duration
117 minutes
Day/Night
Day
Winning Pitcher
Bill Byrd
Losing Pitcher
walkr103

Umpires

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

Line Score

HOM @ BLG — Line Score
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
HOM 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 5 2
BLG 3 0 2 3 1 1 1 0 x 11 14 1

HOM Batting

HOM @ BLG — HOM Batting
Player AB R H RBI BB SO 2B 3B HR SB AVG
Ted Alexander 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Sam Bankhead 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .250
Clarence Bruce 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Luke Easter 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Wilmer Fields 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .250
Buck Leonard 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
Luis Márquez 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Eudie Napier 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Bob Thurman 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Bob Trice 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Team Totals 32 3 5 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 .156

BLG Batting

HOM @ BLG — BLG Batting
Player AB R H RBI BB SO 2B 3B HR SB AVG
Tommy Butts 4 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .750
Bill Byrd 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .500
Ed Finney 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Jim Gilliam 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .500
Henry Kimbro 3 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .667
Lester Lockett 5 0 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 .200
Frank Russell 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200
Johnny Washington 4 1 3 5 1 0 2 0 0 1 .750
Team Totals 34 10 14 10 4 0 4 1 0 1 .412

HOM Pitching

HOM @ BLG — HOM Pitching
Pitcher Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Ted Alexander - 3.1 5 2 2 0 1 0 5.40
Bob Trice - 2.2 3 4 3 2 2 0 10.12
Team Totals 6.0 8 6 5 2 3 0 7.50

BLG Pitching

HOM @ BLG — BLG Pitching
Pitcher Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Bill Byrd (W) W 9.0 5 3 3 1 4 0 3.00
Team Totals 9.0 5 3 3 1 4 0 3.00

Homestead Grays at Baltimore Elite Giants, September 19, 1948

The Baltimore Elite Giants beat the Homestead Grays 11-3 at Bugle Field on September 19, 1948, a League Championship Series game. The 11-3 final was one-sided. The game information lists a game time of 117 minutes and a day start. The Homestead Grays' runs came one at a time, in the fourth, sixth, and seventh. The line score has the Baltimore Elite Giants crossing the plate in the first, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh; the first brought 3 runs. The Homestead Grays had 5 hits and the Baltimore Elite Giants 14, with 2 and 1 errors. Bill Byrd was the winning pitcher, allowing 3 earned runs on 5 hits in 9.0 innings. The loss was charged to walkr103. For the Homestead Grays, Buck Leonard went 2 for 4 and 1 RBI. For the Baltimore Elite Giants, Johnny Washington went 3 for 4, 2 doubles, and 5 RBI. The home-plate umpire was Ed Kemp.

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