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New York Cubans (NY6) 6 Birmingham Black Barons (BIR) 2

Game played on Monday, April 17, 1944 (N) at Cramton Bowl, Montgomery AL
Exhibition game

New York Cubans                     0 0 2  1 0 0  0 3 0   -   6  9  0
Birmingham Black Barons             0 0 0  2 0 0  0 0 0   -   2  5  0

BATTING

New York Cubans                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Hector Rodriguez 3b                   4   2   1    0     1         2   1
Rogelio Linares 1b                    4   0   1    2     0        14   0
Javier Perez 2b                       4   1   2    1     0         2   5
Ameal Brooks lf                       3   2   2    1     1         0   0
Jose Vargas cf                        4   0   1    1     0   1     0   0
Pancho Coimbre rf                     2   0   0    0     1         1   0
  Claro Duany ph, rf                  1   0   0    0     0         1   0
Gil Garrido ss                        4   1   2    1     0         0   6
Lou Louden c                          4   0   0    0     0         7   0
Victor Greenidge p                    2   0   0    0     1   1     0   0
  Luis Tiant p                        1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               33   6   9    6     4   4    27  12

FIELDING -
PB: 1.  Lou Louden. 

BATTING -
2B:  Ameal Brooks 2, Jose Vargas. 
3B:  Hector Rodriguez. 
GDP:  Hector Rodriguez. 
Team LOB:  4

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Javier Perez. 
CS:  Javier Perez. 

Birmingham Black Barons              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Leroy Morney cf                       4   0   1    0     0         2   0
John Britton 3b                       4   1   1    0     0         4   1
Tommy Sampson 2b                      3   1   1    0     1         4   1
Ed Steele rf                          3   0   0    0     1         1   0
Piper Davis ss                        4   0   1    2     0         0   3
Ted Radcliffe p, c                    4   0   1    0     0         1   1
 Harrington lf                        1   0   0    0     0         2   1
  Harry Williams ph                   1   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Gready McKinnis p                   1   0   0    0     0         0   1
John Huber c, lf                      3   0   0    0     0         6   0
Alfred Saylor 1b                      3   0   0    0     0         7   1
Totals                               31   2   5    2     2   5    27   9

FIELDING -
DP: 2.  John Britton, Tommy Sampson, Piper Davis, Ted Radcliffe, Alfred Saylor. 

BATTING -
3B:  John Britton. 
SH:  Gready McKinnis. 
Team LOB:  5


PITCHING

New York Cubans                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Victor Greenidge W                   7       4   2    2   2   3   0  27
Luis Tiant SV                        2       1   0    0   0   2   0  7
Totals                               9       5   2    2   2   5   0  34


Birmingham Black Barons              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Ted Radcliffe L                      4       4   3    3   2       0  17
Gready McKinnis                      5       5   3    3   2   1   0  20
Totals                               9       9   6    6   4   4   0  37



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Umpires: HP -  Cunningham

Time of Game: 2:02   Attendance: 2000

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Monday, 4/17/1944 -- New York Cubans at Birmingham Black
Barons (N)

Starting Lineups:

   New York                      Birmingham                    
1. H.Rodriguez         3b        L.Morney            cf        
2. R.Linares           1b        J.Britton           3b        
3. J.Perez             2b        T.Sampson           2b        
4. A.Brooks            lf        E.Steele            rf        
5. J.Vargas            cf        P.Davis             ss        
6. P.Coimbre           rf        T.Radcliffe         p         
7. G.Garrido           ss                            lf        
8. L.Louden            c         J.Huber             c         
9. V.Greenidge         p         A.Saylor            1b        

CUBANS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and
box sc Game started two hours late due to BIR bus trouble;
H.Rodriguez out on unknown play; R.Linares out on unknown play;
J.Perez out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubans 0,
Black Barons 0.

BLACK BARONS 1ST: L.Morney singled; L.Louden allowed a passed
ball [L.Morney to second]; J.Britton out on unknown play;
T.Sampson out on unknown play; E.Steele out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubans 0, Black Barons 0.

CUBANS 2ND: A.Brooks out on unknown play; J.Vargas out on
unknown play; P.Coimbre out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubans 0, Black Barons 0.

BLACK BARONS 2ND: P.Davis out on unknown play; T.Radcliffe out
on unknown play;  out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Cubans 0, Black Barons 0.

CUBANS 3RD: G.Garrido singled to center field; L.Louden out on
unknown play; V.Greenidge struck out; H.Rodriguez walked
[G.Garrido to second]; R.Linares singled to left field ( to
T.Sampson) [G.Garrido scored, H.Rodriguez scored, R.Linares out
at second]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubans 2, Black Barons 0.

BLACK BARONS 3RD: J.Huber out on unknown play; A.Saylor out on
unknown play; L.Morney out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubans 2, Black Barons 0.

CUBANS 4TH: J.Perez flied to ; A.Brooks doubled; J.Vargas
grounded out (J.Britton to A.Saylor); P.Coimbre walked;
G.Garrido singled to center field [A.Brooks scored, P.Coimbre to
second]; L.Louden forced G.Garrido (unknown fielder) [L.Louden
to first]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubans 3, Black Barons 0.

BLACK BARONS 4TH: J.Britton tripled; T.Sampson walked; E.Steele
walked [T.Sampson to second]; P.Davis singled [J.Britton scored,
T.Sampson scored, E.Steele to second]; T.Radcliffe out on
unknown play; H.WILLIAMS BATTED FOR ; H.Williams out on unknown
play; J.Huber out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubans
3, Black Barons 2.

CUBANS 5TH: T.RADCLIFFE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C); J.HUBER
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); G.MCKINNIS REPLACED H.WILLIAMS
(PITCHING); V.Greenidge walked; H.Rodriguez grounded into a
double play (P.Davis to T.Sampson to A.Saylor) [V.Greenidge out
at second]; R.Linares out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Cubans 3, Black Barons 2.

BLACK BARONS 5TH: A.Saylor out on unknown play; L.Morney out on
unknown play; J.Britton out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubans 3, Black Barons 2.

CUBANS 6TH: J.Perez singled; J.Perez stole second; A.Brooks
walked; J.Vargas struck out while J.Perez was caught stealing
third (T.Radcliffe to J.Britton); P.Coimbre out on unknown play;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubans 3, Black Barons 2.

BLACK BARONS 6TH: T.Sampson out on unknown play; E.Steele out
on unknown play; P.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubans 3, Black Barons 2.

CUBANS 7TH: G.Garrido out on unknown play; L.Louden out on
unknown play; V.Greenidge out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubans 3, Black Barons 2.

BLACK BARONS 7TH: T.Radcliffe singled; G.McKinnis out on a
sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [T.Radcliffe to second];
J.Huber out on unknown play; A.Saylor out on unknown play; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubans 3, Black Barons 2.

CUBANS 8TH: H.Rodriguez tripled to center field; R.Linares
popped to J.Britton; J.Perez singled [H.Rodriguez scored];
A.Brooks doubled [J.Perez scored]; J.Vargas doubled [A.Brooks
scored]; C.DUANY BATTED FOR P.COIMBRE; C.Duany flied to unknown
fielder; G.Garrido flied to unknown fielder; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Cubans 6, Black Barons 2.

BLACK BARONS 8TH: C.DUANY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); L.TIANT
REPLACED V.GREENIDGE (PITCHING); L.Morney out on unknown play;
J.Britton out on unknown play; T.Sampson singled; E.Steele out
on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubans 6, Black Barons 2.

CUBANS 9TH: L.Louden out on unknown play; L.Tiant out on
unknown play; H.Rodriguez out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubans 6, Black Barons 2.

BLACK BARONS 9TH: P.Davis out on unknown play; T.Radcliffe out
on unknown play; G.McKinnis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Cubans 6, Black Barons 2.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Cubans           6   9   0   4
 Black Barons     2   5   0   5


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