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New York Cubans (NY6) 5 Baltimore Elite Giants (BLG) 1

Game played on Sunday, July 16, 1939 (D) at Terrapin Park, Baltimore MD
Regular-Season game

New York Cubans                     4 0 0  0 0 0  0 1 0   -   5 10  2
Baltimore Elite Giants              1 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0   -   1  6  1

BATTING

New York Cubans                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Fermin Valdes ss                      5   0   2    0     0         3   2
Antonio Rodriguez 2b                  2   1   1    0     1         3   1
Jose Vargas lf                        3   1   1    0     1         2   0
Antonio Mirabal 1b                    4   1   0    0     0        10   0
Ramon Heredia 3b                      4   2   3    3     0         0   0
Cando Lopez cf                        3   0   2    2     1         2   1
Esterio Caraballo rf                  4   0   0    0     0         2   0
Jose Maria Fernandez c                4   0   1    0     0         4   0
Silvino Ruiz p                        4   0   0    0     0         1   0
Totals                               33   5  10    5     3   4    27   4

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Fermin Valdes, Antonio Rodriguez, Antonio Mirabal. 
E: 2.  Fermin Valdes, Ramon Heredia. 

BATTING -
HR:  Ramon Heredia. 
SH:  Antonio Rodriguez. 
GDP:  Jose Vargas, Esterio Caraballo. 
Team LOB:  5

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Antonio Rodriguez. 
CS:  Fermin Valdes, Jose Vargas. 

Baltimore Elite Giants               AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Henry Kimbro cf                       4   0   2    0     0   0     0   0
Sammy Hughes 2b                       3   0   1    0     1   0     6   2
Wild Bill Wright rf                   4   1   1    0     0   0     1   0
Bill Hoskins lf                       4   0   1    0     0   0     3   0
Red Moore 1b                          4   0   0    0     0   0     9   0
Felton Snow ss                        3   0   1    0     1   0     1   2
Charlie Rivera 3b                     3   0   0    0     0   0     2   0
  Roy Campanella ph                   1   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Oscar Boone c                         3   0   0    0     0   1     5   0
Jonas Gaines p                        0   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
  Willie Hubert p                     2   0   0    0     0   1     0   0
  Bill Byrd ph                        1   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
  Emery Adams p                       0   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Totals                               32   1   6    0     2   2    27   4

FIELDING -
DP: 2.  Sammy Hughes 2, Red Moore 2, Felton Snow 2. 
E: 1.  Sammy Hughes. 

BATTING -
GDP:  Charlie Rivera. 
Team LOB:  6


PITCHING

New York Cubans                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Silvino Ruiz W                       9       6   1    0   2   2   0  34
Totals                               9       6   1    0   2   2   0  34


Baltimore Elite Giants               IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Jonas Gaines L                       0.1     4   4    3   0   0   0  6
Willie Hubert                        7.2     6   1    1   3   3   1  28
Emery Adams                          1       0   0    0   0   1   0  3
Totals                               9      10   5    4   3   4   1  37



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Umpires: HP - Cool Turner, 1B -  Cromwell

Time of Game: 1:45   Attendance: 0

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 7/16/1939, game 1 -- New York Cubans at
Baltimore Elite Giants (D)

Starting Lineups:

   New York                      Baltimore                     
1. F.Valdes            ss        H.Kimbro            cf        
2. A.Rodriguez         2b        S.Hughes            2b        
3. J.Vargas            lf        W.Wright            rf        
4. A.Mirabal           1b        B.Hoskins           lf        
5. R.Heredia           3b        R.Moore             1b        
6. C.Lopez             cf        F.Snow              ss        
7. E.Caraballo         rf        C.Rivera            3b        
8. J.Fernandez         c         O.Boone             c         
9. S.Ruiz              p         J.Gaines            p         

CUBANS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and
box sc; F.Valdes reached on an error by S.Hughes [F.Valdes to
first]; A.Rodriguez singled [F.Valdes to second]; J.Vargas
singled [F.Valdes to third, A.Rodriguez to second]; A.Mirabal
forced F.Valdes (unknown fielder) [A.Rodriguez to third,
J.Vargas to second, A.Mirabal to first]; R.Heredia singled
[A.Rodriguez scored (unearned), J.Vargas scored, A.Mirabal to
third, R.Heredia to second (on throw)]; C.Lopez singled
[A.Mirabal scored, R.Heredia scored]; W.HUBERT REPLACED J.GAINES
(PITCHING); E.Caraballo grounded into a double play (F.Snow to
S.Hughes to R.Moore) [C.Lopez out at second]; 4 R (3 ER), 4 H, 1
E, 0 LOB.  Cubans 4, Elite Giants 0.

ELITE GIANTS 1ST: H.Kimbro out on unknown play; S.Hughes
walked; W.Wright forced S.Hughes (F.Valdes to A.Rodriguez)
[W.Wright to first]; B.Hoskins reached on an error by R.Heredia
[W.Wright scored (unearned) (no RBI), B.Hoskins to second];
R.Moore out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. 
Cubans 4, Elite Giants 1.

CUBANS 2ND: J.Fernandez singled; S.Ruiz out on unknown play
[J.Fernandez to second]; F.Valdes out on unknown play
[J.Fernandez to third]; A.Rodriguez walked; A.Rodriguez stole
second; J.Vargas out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Cubans 4, Elite Giants 1.

ELITE GIANTS 2ND: F.Snow singled; C.Rivera grounded into a
double play (A.Rodriguez to F.Valdes to A.Mirabal) [F.Snow out
at second]; O.Boone out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Cubans 4, Elite Giants 1.

CUBANS 3RD: A.Mirabal out on unknown play; R.Heredia out on
unknown play; C.Lopez out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Cubans 4, Elite Giants 1.

ELITE GIANTS 3RD: W.Hubert out on unknown play; H.Kimbro out on
unknown play; S.Hughes out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubans 4, Elite Giants 1.

CUBANS 4TH: E.Caraballo out on unknown play; J.Fernandez out on
unknown play; S.Ruiz out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Cubans 4, Elite Giants 1.

ELITE GIANTS 4TH: W.Wright singled; B.Hoskins out on unknown
play; R.Moore out on unknown play; F.Snow walked [W.Wright to
second]; C.Rivera out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Cubans 4, Elite Giants 1.

CUBANS 5TH: F.Valdes singled; A.Rodriguez out on unknown play;
J.Vargas grounded into a double play (F.Snow to S.Hughes to
R.Moore) [F.Valdes out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubans
4, Elite Giants 1.

ELITE GIANTS 5TH: O.Boone struck out; W.Hubert struck out;
H.Kimbro singled; S.Hughes singled [H.Kimbro to second];
H.Kimbro was picked off second (F.Valdes unassisted); 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubans 4, Elite Giants 1.

CUBANS 6TH: Kimbro was caught on hidden ball trick; A.Mirabal
out on unknown play; R.Heredia singled; C.Lopez singled
[R.Heredia to second]; E.Caraballo out on unknown play;
J.Fernandez out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubans
4, Elite Giants 1.

ELITE GIANTS 6TH: W.Wright out on unknown play; B.Hoskins out
on unknown play; R.Moore out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubans 4, Elite Giants 1.

CUBANS 7TH: S.Ruiz out on unknown play; F.Valdes singled;
A.Rodriguez out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [F.Valdes
to second]; F.Valdes was caught stealing third (unknown
fielder); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubans 4, Elite Giants 1.

ELITE GIANTS 7TH: F.Snow out on unknown play; C.Rivera out on
unknown play; O.Boone out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Cubans 4, Elite Giants 1.

CUBANS 8TH: J.Vargas walked; J.Vargas was caught stealing
second (unknown fielder); A.Mirabal out on unknown play;
R.Heredia homered to leftfield; C.Lopez walked; E.Caraballo out
on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubans 5, Elite Giants 1.

ELITE GIANTS 8TH: B.BYRD BATTED FOR W.HUBERT; B.Byrd out on
unknown play; H.Kimbro singled to center field (C.Lopez to
A.Rodriguez) [H.Kimbro out at second]; S.Hughes reached on an
error by F.Valdes [S.Hughes to first]; W.Wright out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cubans 5, Elite Giants 1.

CUBANS 9TH: E.ADAMS REPLACED B.BYRD (PITCHING); J.Fernandez out
on unknown play; S.Ruiz out on unknown play; F.Valdes out on
unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubans 5, Elite Giants 1.

ELITE GIANTS 9TH: B.Hoskins singled; R.Moore out on unknown
play; F.Snow out on unknown play; R.CAMPANELLA BATTED FOR
C.RIVERA; R.Campanella out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Cubans 5, Elite Giants 1.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Cubans           5  10   2   5
 Elite Giants     1   6   1   6


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