The Barons struck first in the top of the 1st inning when Felix McLaurin hit a double past Grays' 1st baseman Buck Leonard.
Clyde "Little Splo" Spearman hit a double, advanced on a Piper Davis single, and then scored after Grays' catcher Josh Gibson bobbled a low pitch after he slipped in the mud.
In the bottom of the 1st, Cool Papa Bell hit a triple for the Grays and then scored on a Buck Leonard sacrifice fly.
The next score would come in the top of the 7th, when both Hoss "Horse" Walker and Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe singled to reach base.
[6] Five combined pitchers were used for a game that went twelve innings before being called due to midnight curfew, matching Gentry Jessup for Birmingham against Spoon Carter of Homestead.
Gentry Jessup had a 5-4 lead in the ninth for the Barons, but he allowed a single to Howard Easterling to leadoff the inning.
The only serious threat in the extra innings was in the tenth, when the Grays got runners on second and first on a hit by Cool Papa Bell and an bunt-error by Jerry Benjamin.
As for the Grays, starter Spoon Carter had lasted just six innings while allowing four runs to score on seven hits while striking out five.
When fielder Felix McLaurin went to field it, he would commit an error that helped to score both Bankhead and Harris after the ball went over third base.
Lester Lockett then hit a single to right field that made the score 3-1 and resulted in Partlow being pulled from the game.
Ray Brown would step in and get the final two outs, but an error on a ball hit by Leonard Lindsay by shortstop Sam Bankhead scored Spearman and Lockett.
Cool Papa Bell would go to bat and then hit a ball to right field for a walk-off single to win it for Homestead.
A walk to Josh Gibson led to the first run in the second inning, as Howard Easterling hit a double to left to score him from first.
The Grays set the fire for six runs in the sixth, beginning with a groundball by Jud Wilson that got him to first when the first baseman made an error.
An intentional walk was later issued to Buck Leonard before Gibson returned the favor with a single to right to score two runs.
There were a handful of hits and baserunners on for both teams, but bad timing proved key to a shutout for ten innings.
Ed Steele, batting in the eight-hole spot, hit a single to right to give the Barons a walk-off victory and even the Series up at three.
The decisive Game 8 proved to be a tight affair decided by a late inning comeback that relied on the bullpens.
Brown was sent to pitch while the team was trailing 4-2, and he would hold the fort for the closing three innings, allowing no runs on two hits.
It started with a walk to Benjamin, who was then forced out when Buck Leonard hit a grounder to right fielder Spearman.
That set the stage for Sam Bankhead, who hit a single to right field that scored both runners and broke the tie.
Saylor had pitched eight innings for the Barons while allowing ten hits and six runs with four walks before being taken out (replaced when it came time for him to bat in the eighth).