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Baltimore Elite Giants (BLG) 11 New York Cubans (NY6) 1

Game played on Sunday, August 13, 1939 (D) at Yankee Stadium I, New York NY
Regular-Season game

Baltimore Elite Giants              3 0 2  3 1 2  0 0 0   -  11 15  2
New York Cubans                     0 0 0  0 0 0  0 1 0   -   1  6  6

BATTING

Baltimore Elite Giants               AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Henry Kimbro cf                       3   2   1    0     3         4   0
Sammy Hughes 2b                       6   2   4    1     0         5   4
Red Moore 1b                          5   1   1    2     0         7   1
Wild Bill Wright rf                   6   2   3    0     0         1   0
Bill Hoskins lf                       5   3   1    2     1         2   0
Tommy Butts ss                        5   1   3    0     0         5   3
Felton Snow 3b                        5   0   1    1     0         0   3
Roy Campanella c                      5   0   1    0     0         3   0
Willie Hubert p                       5   0   0    0     0         0   1
Totals                               45  11  15    6     4   4    27  12

FIELDING -
E: 2.  Tommy Butts, Felton Snow. 

BATTING -
2B:  Sammy Hughes. 
3B:  Sammy Hughes, Bill Hoskins. 
SF:  Red Moore. 
Team LOB:  12

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Wild Bill Wright, Tommy Butts. 

New York Cubans                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Antonio Rodriguez ss                  4   0   0    0     1         1   1
Pedro Pages 1b                        4   0   0    0     1         5   0
Jose Vargas lf                        4   1   1    0     0         4   0
Antonio Mirabal 2b                    4   0   2    0     0         2   3
Pedro Arango 3b                       4   0   0    0     0         1   1
Esterio Caraballo rf                  3   0   1    1     1         4   0
Cando Lopez cf                        4   0   1    0     0         2   0
Mickey Casey c                        4   0   0    0     0         7   1
Silvino Ruiz p                        0   0   0    0     1         0   0
  Luis Tiant p                        1   0   1    0     0         1   0
  Jose Maria Fernandez ph             1   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Connie Rector p                     0   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Isidro Fabre ph                     1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               34   1   6    1     4   3    27   6

FIELDING -
E: 6.  Antonio Mirabal 2, Mickey Casey 2, Silvino Ruiz 2. 

BATTING -
Team LOB:  10


PITCHING

Baltimore Elite Giants               IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Willie Hubert W                      9       6   1    1   4   3   0  38
Totals                               9       6   1    1   4   3   0  38


New York Cubans                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Silvino Ruiz L                       3.1     8   8    3   1   1   0  23
Luis Tiant                           3.2     7   3    3   2   1   0  20
Connie Rector                        2       0   0    0   1   2   0  7
Totals                               9      15  11    6   4   4   0  50



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Umpires: HP - Cool Turner, 1B - James Crump, 2B -  , 3B - Josh Devoe

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 15000

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 8/13/1939, game 1 -- Baltimore Elite Giants at
New York Cubans (D)

Starting Lineups:

   Baltimore                     New York                      
1. H.Kimbro            cf        A.Rodriguez         ss        
2. S.Hughes            2b        P.Pages             1b        
3. R.Moore             1b        J.Vargas            lf        
4. W.Wright            rf        A.Mirabal           2b        
5. B.Hoskins           lf        P.Arango            3b        
6. T.Butts             ss        E.Caraballo         rf        
7. F.Snow              3b        C.Lopez             cf        
8. R.Campanella        c         M.Casey             c         
9. W.Hubert            p         S.Ruiz              p         

ELITE GIANTS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game
stories and box sc; H.Kimbro singled; S.Hughes out on unknown
play; R.Moore out on unknown play; W.Wright singled [H.Kimbro to
third]; W.Wright stole second [H.Kimbro scored (unearned) (error
by M.Casey), W.Wright to third]; B.Hoskins reached on an error
by A.Mirabal [W.Wright scored (unearned) (no RBI), B.Hoskins to
first]; T.Butts singled [B.Hoskins to third]; F.Snow reached on
an error by S.Ruiz [B.Hoskins scored (unearned) (no RBI),
T.Butts to second, F.Snow to first]; R.Campanella out on unknown
play; 3 R (0 ER), 3 H, 3 E, 2 LOB.  Elite Giants 3, Cubans 0.

CUBANS 1ST: A.Rodriguez out on unknown play; P.Pages walked;
J.Vargas out on unknown play; A.Mirabal out on unknown play; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Elite Giants 3, Cubans 0.

ELITE GIANTS 2ND: W.Hubert out on unknown play; H.Kimbro
walked; S.Hughes singled [H.Kimbro to second]; R.Moore out on
unknown play; W.Wright out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Elite Giants 3, Cubans 0.

CUBANS 2ND: P.Arango out on unknown play; E.Caraballo walked;
C.Lopez out on unknown play; M.Casey out on unknown play; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Elite Giants 3, Cubans 0.

ELITE GIANTS 3RD: B.Hoskins reached on an error by S.Ruiz
[B.Hoskins to first]; T.Butts singled [B.Hoskins to third];
T.Butts stole second [B.Hoskins scored (unearned) (error by
M.Casey), T.Butts to third]; F.Snow out on unknown play;
R.Campanella reached on an error by A.Mirabal [T.Butts scored
(unearned) (no RBI), R.Campanella to first]; W.Hubert out on
unknown play; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 3
E, 1 LOB.  Elite Giants 5, Cubans 0.

CUBANS 3RD: S.Ruiz walked; A.Rodriguez out on unknown play;
P.Pages out on unknown play; J.Vargas out on unknown play; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Elite Giants 5, Cubans 0.

ELITE GIANTS 4TH: S.Hughes singled; R.Moore forced S.Hughes
(unknown fielder) [R.Moore to first]; W.Wright singled [R.Moore
to second]; B.Hoskins tripled to center field [R.Moore scored,
W.Wright scored]; L.TIANT REPLACED S.RUIZ (PITCHING); T.Butts
out on unknown play; F.Snow singled [B.Hoskins scored];
R.Campanella singled [F.Snow to second]; W.Hubert out on unknown
play; 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Elite Giants 8, Cubans 0.

CUBANS 4TH: A.Mirabal singled; P.Arango out on unknown play;
E.Caraballo out on unknown play; C.Lopez singled [A.Mirabal to
second]; M.Casey out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Elite Giants 8, Cubans 0.

ELITE GIANTS 5TH: H.Kimbro out on unknown play; S.Hughes
tripled; R.Moore out on a sacrifice fly to unknown fielder
[S.Hughes scored]; W.Wright singled; B.Hoskins walked [W.Wright
to second]; T.Butts singled [W.Wright to third, B.Hoskins to
second]; F.Snow out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. 
Elite Giants 9, Cubans 0.

CUBANS 5TH: L.Tiant singled; A.Rodriguez out on unknown play;
P.Pages out on unknown play; J.Vargas out on unknown play; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Elite Giants 9, Cubans 0.

ELITE GIANTS 6TH: R.Campanella out on unknown play; W.Hubert
out on unknown play; H.Kimbro walked; S.Hughes doubled [H.Kimbro
scored]; R.Moore singled [S.Hughes scored]; W.Wright out on
unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Elite Giants 11, Cubans 0.

CUBANS 6TH: A.Mirabal singled to third base [A.Mirabal to
second (error by F.Snow)]; P.Arango out on unknown play;
E.Caraballo out on unknown play; C.Lopez out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Elite Giants 11, Cubans 0.

ELITE GIANTS 7TH: B.Hoskins out on unknown play; T.Butts out on
unknown play; F.Snow out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Elite Giants 11, Cubans 0.

CUBANS 7TH: M.Casey out on unknown play; J.FERNANDEZ BATTED FOR
L.TIANT; J.Fernandez out on unknown play; A.Rodriguez walked;
P.Pages out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Elite Giants
11, Cubans 0.

ELITE GIANTS 8TH: C.RECTOR REPLACED J.FERNANDEZ (PITCHING);
R.Campanella out on unknown play; W.Hubert out on unknown play;
H.Kimbro walked; S.Hughes out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Elite Giants 11, Cubans 0.

CUBANS 8TH: J.Vargas singled; A.Mirabal reached on an error by
T.Butts [J.Vargas to second, A.Mirabal to first]; P.Arango out
on unknown play; E.Caraballo singled [J.Vargas scored, A.Mirabal
to second]; C.Lopez out on unknown play; M.Casey out on unknown
play; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Elite Giants 11, Cubans 1.

ELITE GIANTS 9TH: R.Moore out on unknown play; W.Wright out on
unknown play; B.Hoskins out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Elite Giants 11, Cubans 1.

CUBANS 9TH: I.FABRE BATTED FOR C.RECTOR; I.Fabre out on unknown
play; A.Rodriguez out on unknown play; P.Pages out on unknown
play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Elite Giants 11, Cubans 1.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Elite Giants    11  15   2  12
 Cubans           1   6   6  10


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