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Birmingham Black Barons (BIR) 6 New York Cubans (NY6) 5

Game played on Saturday, July 20, 1946 (N) at Wilmington Park, Wilmington DE
Exhibition game

Birmingham Black Barons             0 2 3  0 0 0  1 0 0   -   6 12  0
New York Cubans                     0 0 0  0 0 2  0 3 0   -   5 11  1

BATTING

Birmingham Black Barons              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
John Thomas cf                        5   0   0    0     0         4   0
Artie Wilson ss                       4   1   2    0     1         2   2
Piper Davis 2b                        4   1   2    0     1         3   4
Lyman Bostock 1b                      3   1   2    0     1         7   0
Ed Steele rf                          4   2   2    2     0         4   1
Lee Moody lf                          4   0   1    2     0         2   2
  Emanuel Sampson lf                  0   0   0    0     0         1   0
  Jimmy Reynolds ph, lf               1   0   1    0     0         0   0
John Britton 3b                       4   0   1    1     0         0   1
Herman Bell c                         4   1   0    0     0         3   0
Bill Powell p                         4   0   1    1     0         1   1
Totals                               37   6  12    6     3   5    27  11

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Piper Davis, Lyman Bostock, John Britton. 

BATTING -
2B:  Piper Davis, Bill Powell. 
3B:  Ed Steele. 
SH:  Lyman Bostock, John Britton. 
HBP:  Ed Steele. 
Team LOB:  10


New York Cubans                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Minnie Minoso 3b                      5   1   2    0     0   0     1   5
Armando Vazquez 1b                    5   2   3    0     0   0    11   1
Fernando Diaz rf                      5   1   2    1     0   0     2   0
Alejandro Crespo cf                   4   1   1    0     0   0     0   0
Silvio Garcia ss                      4   0   2    3     0   0     4   2
Harry Williams 2b                     3   0   1    0     1   0     3   4
Rogelio Linares lf                    3   0   0    0     1   0     0   0
Ray Noble c                           2   0   0    1     1   0     6   0
Pee Wee Jenkins p                     0   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
  Bill Anderson p                     3   0   0    0     0   0     0   2
  Patricio Scantlebury ph             1   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
  Luis Tiant p                        0   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Totals                               35   5  11    5     3   0    27  14

FIELDING -
E: 1.  Minnie Minoso. 
PB: 1.  Ray Noble. 

BATTING -
2B:  Alejandro Crespo. 
3B:  Silvio Garcia. 
HBP:  Ray Noble. 
GDP:  Rogelio Linares. 
Team LOB:  7

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Silvio Garcia. 

PITCHING

Birmingham Black Barons              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Bill Powell W                        9      11   5    5   3   0   0  39
Totals                               9      11   5    5   3   0   0  39

HBP:  Bill Powell. 

New York Cubans                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Pee Wee Jenkins L                    2.2     8   5    5   0   1   0  16
Bill Anderson                        5.1     3   1    0   1   2   0  21
Luis Tiant                           1       1   0    0   2   2   0  6
Totals                               9      12   6    5   3   5   0  43

WP:  Pee Wee Jenkins. 
HBP:  Bill Anderson. 


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Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing.

Umpires: HP - John Craig, 1B -  Trusty

Time of Game: 2:12   Attendance: 0

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Saturday, 7/20/1946 -- Birmingham Black Barons at New
York Cubans (N)

Starting Lineups:

   Birmingham                    New York                      
1. J.Thomas            cf        M.Minoso            3b        
2. A.Wilson            ss        A.Vazquez           1b        
3. P.Davis             2b        F.Diaz              rf        
4. L.Bostock           1b        A.Crespo            cf        
5. E.Steele            rf        S.Garcia            ss        
6. L.Moody             lf        H.Williams          2b        
7. J.Britton           3b        R.Linares           lf        
8. H.Bell              c         R.Noble             c         
9. B.Powell            p         P.Jenkins           p         

BLACK BARONS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game
stories and box sc; J.Thomas out on unknown play; A.Wilson out
on unknown play; P.Davis doubled; L.Bostock out on unknown play;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black Barons 0, Cubans 0.

CUBANS 1ST: M.Minoso singled; A.Vazquez out on unknown play
[M.Minoso to second]; F.Diaz singled to right field (E.Steele to
H.Bell) [M.Minoso out at home, F.Diaz to second (on throw)];
A.Crespo out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black
Barons 0, Cubans 0.

BLACK BARONS 2ND: E.Steele singled; P.Jenkins threw a wild
pitch [E.Steele to second]; L.Moody singled [E.Steele scored];
J.Britton out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [L.Moody to
second]; H.Bell reached on a fielder's choice (unknown fielder)
[L.Moody out at third]; B.Powell doubled [H.Bell scored];
J.Thomas out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black
Barons 2, Cubans 0.

CUBANS 2ND: S.Garcia out on unknown play; H.Williams walked;
R.Linares out on unknown play; R.Noble out on unknown play; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black Barons 2, Cubans 0.

BLACK BARONS 3RD: A.Wilson singled; P.Davis singled [A.Wilson
to second]; L.Bostock out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder)
[A.Wilson to third, P.Davis to second]; E.Steele tripled
[A.Wilson scored, P.Davis scored]; L.Moody out on unknown play;
J.Britton singled [E.Steele scored]; B.ANDERSON REPLACED
P.JENKINS (PITCHING); H.Bell out on unknown play; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Black Barons 5, Cubans 0.

CUBANS 3RD: B.Anderson out on unknown play; M.Minoso out on
unknown play; A.Vazquez singled to left field (L.Moody to
P.Davis) [A.Vazquez out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Black
Barons 5, Cubans 0.

BLACK BARONS 4TH: B.Powell out on unknown play; J.Thomas out on
unknown play; A.Wilson singled; P.Davis walked [A.Wilson to
second]; L.Bostock singled [A.Wilson to third, P.Davis to
second]; E.Steele out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. 
Black Barons 5, Cubans 0.

CUBANS 4TH: F.Diaz out on unknown play; A.Crespo out on unknown
play; S.Garcia out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Black
Barons 5, Cubans 0.

BLACK BARONS 5TH: L.Moody out on unknown play; J.Britton out on
unknown play; H.Bell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Black Barons 5, Cubans 0.

CUBANS 5TH: H.Williams singled; R.Linares grounded into a
double play (J.Britton to P.Davis to L.Bostock) [H.Williams out
at second]; R.Noble was hit by a pitch; B.Anderson out on
unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black Barons 5, Cubans 0.

BLACK BARONS 6TH: B.Powell out on unknown play; J.Thomas out on
unknown play; A.Wilson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Black Barons 5, Cubans 0.

CUBANS 6TH: M.Minoso out on unknown play; A.Vazquez singled;
F.Diaz singled [A.Vazquez to second]; A.Crespo out on unknown
play; S.Garcia tripled [A.Vazquez scored, F.Diaz scored];
H.Williams out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black
Barons 5, Cubans 2.

BLACK BARONS 7TH: P.Davis out on unknown play; L.Bostock
singled to third base [L.Bostock to second (error by M.Minoso)];
E.Steele was hit by a pitch; R.Noble allowed a passed ball
[L.Bostock to third, E.Steele to second]; L.Moody out on unknown
play [L.Bostock scored (unearned)]; J.Britton out on unknown
play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Black Barons 6, Cubans 2.

CUBANS 7TH: E.SAMPSON REPLACED L.MOODY (PLAYING LF); R.Linares
out on unknown play; R.Noble out on unknown play; B.Anderson out
on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Black Barons 6, Cubans 2.

BLACK BARONS 8TH: H.Bell out on unknown play; B.Powell out on
unknown play; J.Thomas out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Black Barons 6, Cubans 2.

CUBANS 8TH: M.Minoso singled; A.Vazquez singled [M.Minoso to
third]; F.Diaz out on unknown play [M.Minoso scored]; A.Crespo
doubled [A.Vazquez to third]; S.Garcia singled [A.Vazquez
scored, A.Crespo to third]; S.Garcia stole second; H.Williams
out on unknown play; R.Linares walked; R.Noble walked [A.Crespo
scored, S.Garcia to third, R.Linares to second]; P.SCANTLEBURY
BATTED FOR B.ANDERSON; P.Scantlebury out on unknown play; 3 R, 4
H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Black Barons 6, Cubans 5.

BLACK BARONS 9TH: L.TIANT REPLACED P.SCANTLEBURY (PITCHING);
A.Wilson walked; P.Davis out on unknown play; L.Bostock walked
[A.Wilson to second]; E.Steele out on unknown play; J.REYNOLDS
BATTED FOR E.SAMPSON; J.Reynolds singled [A.Wilson to third,
L.Bostock to second]; J.Britton out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 3 LOB.  Black Barons 6, Cubans 5.

CUBANS 9TH: J.REYNOLDS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); M.Minoso
out on unknown play; A.Vazquez out on unknown play; F.Diaz out
on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Black Barons 6, Cubans 5.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Black Barons     6  12   0  10
 Cubans           5  11   1   7


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