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New York Cubans (NY6) 8 Washington Elite Giants (WEG) 7

Game played on Sunday, May 31, 1936 (D) at Griffith Stadium, Washington DC
Regular-Season game

New York Cubans                     0 0 3  2 0 1  2 0 0   -   8  9  2
Washington Elite Giants             0 0 0  0 1 2  3 0 1   -   7 14  3

BATTING

New York Cubans                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Lazaro Salazar cf                     2   1   1    0     0         0   0
  Anastasio Santaella ph, 2b          3   0   0    0     0         0   0
Dave Thomas 1b                        5   1   2    2     0         8   0
Clyde Spearman rf                     4   1   1    0     1         3   0
Chaney White lf                       4   0   1    0     1         2   0
Martin Dihigo 2b, cf                  3   1   1    2     2         1   1
Alex Radcliff 3b                      4   1   0    0     1         0   0
Frank Duncan c                        3   1   1    1     1        12   0
Rabbit Martinez ss                    4   1   1    1     0         1   2
Neck Stanley p                        3   1   1    1     1         0   2
  Thomas Albright p                   0   0   0    0     0         0   2
Totals                               35   8   9    7     7   5    27   7

FIELDING -
E: 2.  Dave Thomas, Rabbit Martinez. 

BATTING -
2B:  Neck Stanley. 
3B:  Martin Dihigo. 
GDP:  Martin Dihigo. 
Team LOB:  7

BASERUNNING -
CS:  Clyde Spearman. 

Washington Elite Giants              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Goose Curry cf                        5   1   2    0     0   0     0   0
Sammy Hughes 2b                       5   2   3    0     0   0     3   6
Zollie Wright lf                      5   2   2    2     0   0     2   0
Biz Mackey c, 3b                      5   0   3    3     0   0     7   3
Wild Bill Wright rf                   5   0   1    1     0   0     1   0
Felton Snow ss                        5   0   1    0     0   0     3   1
Jim West 1b                           4   0   1    0     1   0     8   0
Jimmy Binder 3b                       1   0   0    0     0   0     1   0
  Nish Williams ph, c                 2   1   0    0     1   0     2   0
Bob Griffith p                        1   0   0    0     0   0     0   2
  Lefty Holmes p                      3   1   1    1     0   0     0   2
Totals                               41   7  14    7     2   0    27  14

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Sammy Hughes, Felton Snow, Jim West. 
E: 3.  Sammy Hughes 2, Felton Snow. 

BATTING -
2B:  Sammy Hughes, Zollie Wright. 
3B:  Lefty Holmes. 
SH:  Nish Williams. 
IW:  Jim West. 
Team LOB:  10

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Wild Bill Wright, Nish Williams. 

PITCHING

New York Cubans                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Neck Stanley W                       6.2     9   6    3   1   0   0  31
Thomas Albright SV                   2.1     5   1    1   1   0   0  13
Totals                               9      14   7    4   2   0   0  44

IW:  Thomas Albright. 

Washington Elite Giants              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Bob Griffith L                       3.1     6   5    5   3   1   0  18
Lefty Holmes                         5.2     3   3    2   4   4   0  24
Totals                               9       9   8    7   7   5   0  42



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Umpires: HP - ?

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 3000

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 5/31/1936, game 2 -- New York Cubans at   (D)

Starting Lineups:

   New York                                                    
1. L.Salazar           cf        G.Curry             cf        
2. D.Thomas            1b        S.Hughes            2b        
3. C.Spearman          rf        Z.Wright            lf        
4. C.White             lf        B.Mackey            c         
5. M.Dihigo            2b        W.Bill Wright       rf        
6. A.Radcliff          3b        F.Snow              ss        
7. F.Duncan            c         J.West              1b        
8. R.Martinez          ss        J.Binder            3b        
9. N.Stanley           p         B.Griffith          p         

CUBANS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and
box sc; L.Salazar out on unknown play; D.Thomas out on unknown
play; C.Spearman walked; C.Spearman was caught stealing second
(B.Mackey to F.Snow); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubans 0,  0.

 1ST: G.Curry singled; G.Curry was picked off first, but was
safe on an error by D.Thomas [G.Curry to second]; S.Hughes out
on unknown play; Z.Wright out on unknown play; B.Mackey out on
unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cubans 0,  0.

CUBANS 2ND: C.White walked; M.Dihigo walked [C.White to
second]; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; F.Duncan out on unknown
play; R.Martinez out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Cubans 0,  0.

 2ND: W.Bill Wright out on unknown play; F.Snow out on unknown
play; J.West out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubans
0,  0.

CUBANS 3RD: N.Stanley out on unknown play; L.Salazar singled to
second base [L.Salazar to second (error by S.Hughes)]; D.Thomas
singled [L.Salazar scored]; C.Spearman singled [D.Thomas to
second]; C.White out on unknown play; M.Dihigo tripled [D.Thomas
scored, C.Spearman scored]; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; 3 R,
4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cubans 3,  0.

 3RD: J.Binder out on unknown play; B.Griffith out on unknown
play; G.Curry out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubans
3,  0.

CUBANS 4TH: F.Duncan out on unknown play; R.Martinez singled to
second base [R.Martinez to second (error by S.Hughes)];
N.Stanley doubled [R.Martinez scored]; L.HOLMES REPLACED
B.GRIFFITH (PITCHING); A.SANTAELLA BATTED FOR L.SALAZAR;
A.Santaella out on unknown play; D.Thomas singled [N.Stanley
scored]; C.Spearman out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. 
Cubans 5,  0.

 4TH: A.SANTAELLA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); M.DIHIGO CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); S.Hughes singled; Z.Wright out on
unknown play; B.Mackey out on unknown play; W.Bill Wright out on
unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubans 5,  0.

CUBANS 5TH: C.White out on unknown play; M.Dihigo out on
unknown play; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubans 5,  0.

 5TH: F.Snow out on unknown play; J.West out on unknown play;
N.WILLIAMS BATTED FOR J.BINDER; N.Williams walked; N.Williams
stole second; L.Holmes tripled [N.Williams scored]; G.Curry out
on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubans 5,  1.

CUBANS 6TH: N.WILLIAMS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C); B.MACKEY
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); F.Duncan walked; R.Martinez out
on unknown play; N.Stanley walked [F.Duncan to second];
A.Santaella reached on an error by F.Snow [F.Duncan scored
(unearned) (no RBI), N.Stanley to second, A.Santaella to first];
D.Thomas out on unknown play; C.Spearman out on unknown play; 1
R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Cubans 6,  1.

 6TH: S.Hughes doubled; Z.Wright doubled [S.Hughes scored];
B.Mackey singled [Z.Wright scored]; W.Bill Wright out on unknown
play; F.Snow out on unknown play; J.West out on unknown play; 2
R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubans 6,  3.

CUBANS 7TH: C.White out on unknown play; M.Dihigo walked;
A.Radcliff walked [M.Dihigo to second]; F.Duncan singled
[M.Dihigo scored, A.Radcliff to third]; R.Martinez out on
unknown play [A.Radcliff scored]; N.Stanley out on unknown play;
2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubans 8,  3.

 7TH: N.Williams out on unknown play; L.Holmes reached on an
error by R.Martinez [L.Holmes to first]; G.Curry singled
[L.Holmes to second]; S.Hughes out on unknown play; Z.Wright
singled [L.Holmes scored (unearned), G.Curry to third, Z.Wright
to second (on throw)]; B.Mackey singled [G.Curry scored
(unearned), Z.Wright scored (unearned)]; T.ALBRIGHT REPLACED
N.STANLEY (PITCHING); W.Bill Wright out on unknown play; 3 R (0
ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cubans 8,  6.

CUBANS 8TH: A.Santaella out on unknown play; D.Thomas out on
unknown play; C.Spearman out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubans 8,  6.

 8TH: F.Snow singled; J.West singled [F.Snow to second];
N.Williams out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [F.Snow to
third, J.West to second]; L.Holmes out on unknown play; G.Curry
out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubans 8,  6.

CUBANS 9TH: C.White singled; M.Dihigo grounded into a double
play (S.Hughes to F.Snow to J.West) [C.White out at second];
A.Radcliff out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubans 8,
 6.

 9TH: S.Hughes singled; Z.Wright out on unknown play; B.Mackey
singled [S.Hughes to second]; W.Bill Wright singled [S.Hughes
scored, B.Mackey to third]; W.Bill Wright stole second; F.Snow
out on unknown play; J.West was walked intentionally; N.Williams
popped to R.Martinez; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cubans 8,  7.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Cubans           8   9   2   7
                  7  14   3  10


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