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 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. 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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