New York Cubans 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 1 Newark Eagles 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 x - 3 8 1 BATTING New York Cubans AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Fernando Diaz lf 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Dave Thomas 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Rogelio Linares cf 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Tom Parker rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Javier Perez 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rabbit Martinez ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 Gil Garrido 2b 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 Ray Noble c 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 Carrenza Howard p 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 34 0 6 0 3 0 24 3 FIELDING - DP: 1. Dave Thomas, Rabbit Martinez, Gil Garrido. E: 1. Fernando Diaz. BATTING - Team LOB: 10 Newark Eagles AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Fran Matthews cf 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 Murray Watkins 3b 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 Willie Wells ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Lennie Pearson 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Bob Harvey rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Johnny Davis lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Biz Mackey c 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Norman Banks 2b 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Terris McDuffie p 3 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 Totals 30 3 8 3 2 0 27 0 FIELDING - E: 1. Murray Watkins. BATTING - 2B: Murray Watkins, Biz Mackey. HR: Fran Matthews, Terris McDuffie 2. GDP: Fran Matthews. Team LOB: 5 BASERUNNING - CS: Murray Watkins. PITCHING New York Cubans IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Carrenza Howard L 8 8 3 3 2 0 3 32 Totals 8 8 3 3 2 0 3 32 Newark Eagles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Terris McDuffie W 9 6 0 0 3 0 0 37 Totals 9 6 0 0 3 0 0 37 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - ? Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 8500 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 5/6/1945 -- New York Cubans at Newark Eagles (D) Starting Lineups: New York Newark 1. F.Diaz lf F.Matthews cf 2. D.Thomas 1b M.Watkins 3b 3. R.Linares cf W.Wells ss 4. T.Parker rf L.Pearson 1b 5. J.Perez 3b B.Harvey rf 6. R.Martinez ss J.Davis lf 7. G.Garrido 2b B.Mackey c 8. R.Noble c N.Banks 2b 9. C.Howard p T.McDuffie p CUBANS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; F.Diaz singled; D.Thomas out on unknown play; R.Linares out on unknown play; T.Parker out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubans 0, Eagles 0. EAGLES 1ST: F.Matthews out on unknown play; M.Watkins singled; M.Watkins was caught stealing second (R.Noble to R.Martinez); W.Wells out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubans 0, Eagles 0. CUBANS 2ND: J.Perez out on unknown play; R.Martinez out on unknown play; G.Garrido out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubans 0, Eagles 0. EAGLES 2ND: L.Pearson out on unknown play; B.Harvey out on unknown play; J.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubans 0, Eagles 0. CUBANS 3RD: R.Noble out on unknown play; C.Howard out on unknown play; F.Diaz singled; D.Thomas out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubans 0, Eagles 0. EAGLES 3RD: B.Mackey doubled; N.Banks walked; T.McDuffie out on unknown play; F.Matthews grounded into a double play (R.Martinez to G.Garrido to D.Thomas) [N.Banks out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubans 0, Eagles 0. CUBANS 4TH: R.Linares out on unknown play; T.Parker singled; J.Perez out on unknown play; R.Martinez out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubans 0, Eagles 0. EAGLES 4TH: M.Watkins singled to left field [M.Watkins to second (error by F.Diaz)]; W.Wells out on unknown play; L.Pearson out on unknown play; B.Harvey out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cubans 0, Eagles 0. CUBANS 5TH: G.Garrido walked; R.Noble out on unknown play; C.Howard out on unknown play; F.Diaz out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubans 0, Eagles 0. EAGLES 5TH: J.Davis out on unknown play; B.Mackey out on unknown play; N.Banks out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubans 0, Eagles 0. CUBANS 6TH: D.Thomas out on unknown play; R.Linares singled; T.Parker out on unknown play; J.Perez out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubans 0, Eagles 0. EAGLES 6TH: T.McDuffie homered to leftfield; F.Matthews out on unknown play; M.Watkins doubled; W.Wells out on unknown play; L.Pearson walked; B.Harvey out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubans 0, Eagles 1. CUBANS 7TH: R.Martinez out on unknown play; G.Garrido singled to right field; R.Noble walked [G.Garrido to second]; C.Howard out on unknown play; F.Diaz out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubans 0, Eagles 1. EAGLES 7TH: J.Davis out on unknown play; B.Mackey out on unknown play; N.Banks out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubans 0, Eagles 1. CUBANS 8TH: D.Thomas out on unknown play; R.Linares singled; T.Parker reached on an error by M.Watkins [R.Linares to second, T.Parker to first]; J.Perez out on unknown play; R.Martinez walked [R.Linares to third, T.Parker to second]; G.Garrido out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Cubans 0, Eagles 1. EAGLES 8TH: T.McDuffie homered to leftfield; F.Matthews homered to rightfield; M.Watkins out on unknown play; W.Wells singled; L.Pearson out on unknown play; B.Harvey out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubans 0, Eagles 3. CUBANS 9TH: R.Noble out on unknown play; C.Howard out on unknown play; F.Diaz out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubans 0, Eagles 3. Final Totals R H E LOB Cubans 0 6 1 10 Eagles 3 8 1 5
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