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Newark Eagles (NW2) 12 New York Cubans (NY6) 4

Game played on Sunday, May 28, 1939 (D) at Ruppert Stadium, Newark NJ
Regular-Season game

New York Cubans                     0 0 0  2 0 0  0 2 0   -   4  9  0
Newark Eagles                       0 0 0  3 2 3  4 0 x   -  12 11  0

BATTING

New York Cubans                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Cando Lopez cf                        5   0   1    0     0         0   0
Pedro Pages 1b                        4   0   0    0     1         0   0
Pedro Arango 3b                       3   1   0    0     2         0   0
Esterio Caraballo rf                  5   2   2    2     0         0   0
Jose Vargas lf                        4   1   2    1     0         0   0
Antonio Rodriguez ss                  3   0   1    0     1         0   0
Fermin Valdes 2b                      4   0   2    1     0         0   0
Mickey Casey c                        3   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Ramon Heredia ph                    1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Luis Tiant p                          2   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Rodolfo Fernandez p                 1   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Armando Torres p                    0   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Antonio Mirabal ph                  1   0   1    0     0         0   0
Totals                               36   4   9    4     4   4    24   0


BATTING -
2B:  Esterio Caraballo, Jose Vargas. 
HR:  Esterio Caraballo. 
Team LOB:  9


Newark Eagles                        AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Willie Wells ss                       4   0   0    0     1   0     0   0
Dick Seay 2b                          4   1   2    1     1   0     0   0
Fred Wilson lf                        3   0   0    1     0   0     0   0
  Charlie Biot ph, cf                 2   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Mule Suttles 1b                       4   2   2    0     0   0     0   0
  Vernon Riddick 3b                   0   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Ed Stone rf                           3   3   2    5     1   0     0   0
Monte Irvin 3b, 1b                    3   2   2    0     1   0     0   0
Lennie Pearson cf, lf                 4   1   1    3     0   0     0   0
Leon Ruffin c                         4   2   2    1     0   0     0   0
Jimmy Hill p                          4   1   0    1     0   0     0   0
Totals                               35  12  11   12     4   0    27   0


BATTING -
HR:  Ed Stone 2, Lennie Pearson. 
Team LOB:  3


PITCHING

New York Cubans                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Luis Tiant L                         4.2     6   5    5   1   0   1  21
Rodolfo Fernandez                    1.2     5   7    7   3   0   2  13
Armando Torres                       1.2     0   0    0   0   0   0  5
Totals                               8      11  12   12   4   0   3  39


Newark Eagles                        IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Jimmy Hill W                         9       9   4    4   4   4   1  40
Totals                               9       9   4    4   4   4   1  40



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Umpires: HP - ?

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 0

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 5/28/1939, game 1 -- New York Cubans at Newark
Eagles (D)

Starting Lineups:

   New York                      Newark                        
1. C.Lopez             cf        W.Wells             ss        
2. P.Pages             1b        D.Seay              2b        
3. P.Arango            3b        F.Wilson            lf        
4. E.Caraballo         rf        M.Suttles           1b        
5. J.Vargas            lf        E.Stone             rf        
6. A.Rodriguez         ss        M.Irvin             3b        
7. F.Valdes            2b        L.Pearson           cf        
8. M.Casey             c         L.Ruffin            c         
9. L.Tiant             p         J.Hill              p         

CUBANS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and
box sc; C.Lopez out on unknown play; P.Pages out on unknown
play; P.Arango walked; E.Caraballo out on unknown play; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubans 0, Eagles 0.

EAGLES 1ST: W.Wells out on unknown play; D.Seay walked;
F.Wilson out on unknown play; M.Suttles out on unknown play; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubans 0, Eagles 0.

CUBANS 2ND: J.Vargas singled; A.Rodriguez out on unknown play;
F.Valdes singled [J.Vargas to second]; M.Casey out on unknown
play; L.Tiant out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubans
0, Eagles 0.

EAGLES 2ND: E.Stone out on unknown play; M.Irvin singled;
M.Irvin was out trying to advance to second (unknown fielder);
L.Pearson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubans 0,
Eagles 0.

CUBANS 3RD: C.Lopez out on unknown play; P.Pages out on unknown
play; P.Arango out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Cubans 0, Eagles 0.

EAGLES 3RD: L.Ruffin out on unknown play; J.Hill out on unknown
play; W.Wells out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubans
0, Eagles 0.

CUBANS 4TH: E.Caraballo doubled; J.Vargas doubled [E.Caraballo
scored]; A.Rodriguez walked; F.Valdes singled [J.Vargas scored,
A.Rodriguez to second]; M.Casey out on unknown play; L.Tiant out
on unknown play; C.Lopez out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Cubans 2, Eagles 0.

EAGLES 4TH: D.Seay singled; F.Wilson out on unknown play;
M.Suttles singled [D.Seay to second]; E.Stone homered [D.Seay
scored, M.Suttles scored]; M.Irvin out on unknown play;
L.Pearson out on unknown play; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubans 2,
Eagles 3.

CUBANS 5TH: P.Pages out on unknown play; P.Arango out on
unknown play; E.Caraballo out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubans 2, Eagles 3.

EAGLES 5TH: L.Ruffin singled; J.Hill reached on a fielder's
choice [L.Ruffin to second]; W.Wells out on unknown play; D.Seay
singled [L.Ruffin scored, J.Hill to third]; F.Wilson forced
D.Seay (unknown fielder) [J.Hill scored, F.Wilson to first];
R.FERNANDEZ REPLACED L.TIANT (PITCHING); M.Suttles out on
unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubans 2, Eagles 5.

CUBANS 6TH: J.Vargas out on unknown play; A.Rodriguez singled;
F.Valdes out on unknown play; M.Casey out on unknown play; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubans 2, Eagles 5.

EAGLES 6TH: E.Stone walked; M.Irvin singled [E.Stone to third];
L.Pearson out on unknown play [E.Stone scored, M.Irvin to
second]; L.Ruffin singled [M.Irvin scored, L.Ruffin to second
(on throw home)]; L.Ruffin advanced to third; J.Hill out on
unknown play [L.Ruffin scored]; W.Wells walked; D.Seay out on
unknown play; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubans 2, Eagles 8.

CUBANS 7TH: R.Fernandez out on unknown play; C.Lopez out on
unknown play; P.Pages out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Cubans 2, Eagles 8.

EAGLES 7TH: C.BIOT BATTED FOR F.WILSON; C.Biot out on unknown
play; M.Suttles singled; E.Stone homered [M.Suttles scored];
M.Irvin walked; L.Pearson homered [M.Irvin scored]; A.TORRES
REPLACED R.FERNANDEZ (PITCHING); L.Ruffin out on unknown play;
J.Hill out on unknown play; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubans 2,
Eagles 12.

CUBANS 8TH: C.BIOT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); L.PEARSON
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); V.RIDDICK REPLACED M.SUTTLES
(PLAYING 3B); M.IRVIN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); P.Arango
walked; E.Caraballo homered to deep leftfield [P.Arango scored];
Into LF stands; J.Vargas out on unknown play; A.Rodriguez out on
unknown play; F.Valdes out on unknown play; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubans 4, Eagles 12.

EAGLES 8TH: W.Wells out on unknown play; D.Seay out on unknown
play; C.Biot out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubans
4, Eagles 12.

CUBANS 9TH: R.HEREDIA BATTED FOR M.CASEY; R.Heredia out on
unknown play; A.MIRABAL BATTED FOR A.TORRES; A.Mirabal singled;
C.Lopez singled [A.Mirabal to second]; P.Pages walked [A.Mirabal
to third, C.Lopez to second]; P.Arango out on unknown play;
E.Caraballo out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cubans
4, Eagles 12.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Cubans           4   9   0   9
 Eagles          12  11   0   3


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