New York Cubans 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 - 5 7 1 Baltimore Elite Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 6 3 BATTING New York Cubans AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Minnie Minoso 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 Dave Thomas 1b 4 0 1 1 0 7 0 Fernando Diaz rf 3 1 1 0 1 4 0 Silvio Garcia ss 4 0 1 0 0 2 4 Lou Louden c 4 1 1 0 0 4 1 Cleveland Clark cf 4 1 1 1 0 3 0 Rogelio Linares lf 4 0 1 1 0 4 0 Rabbit Martinez 2b 3 2 1 1 1 2 1 Luis Tiant p 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 Totals 34 5 7 4 2 8 27 8 FIELDING - E: 1. Silvio Garcia. BATTING - 2B: Dave Thomas, Fernando Diaz. 3B: Cleveland Clark. Team LOB: 4 BASERUNNING - CS: Rogelio Linares. Baltimore Elite Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Henry Kimbro cf 4 0 1 1 1 1 0 Jim Gilliam 2b 5 0 2 0 0 1 3 Johnny Washington 1b 4 0 0 0 0 11 0 Bill Hoskins lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 Willie Wells 3b 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 Tommy Butts ss 4 0 1 0 0 2 7 Jimmie Armstead rf 2 1 2 0 2 1 0 Bob Clarke c 2 0 0 0 0 7 1 George Scales ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rufus Hatten c 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 Bill Byrd p 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 Sammy Hughes ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 33 1 6 1 5 4 27 16 FIELDING - E: 3. Henry Kimbro 2, Tommy Butts. BATTING - 2B: Henry Kimbro. Team LOB: 10 BASERUNNING - SB: Jimmie Armstead. PITCHING New York Cubans IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Luis Tiant W 9 6 1 1 5 4 0 38 Totals 9 6 1 1 5 4 0 38 Baltimore Elite Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Bill Byrd L 9 7 5 4 2 8 0 36 Totals 9 7 5 4 2 8 0 36 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Fred McCreary, 1B - Holloway Time of Game: 2:16 Attendance: 2000 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Tuesday, 8/27/1946 -- New York Cubans at Baltimore Elite Giants (N) Starting Lineups: New York Baltimore 1. M.Minoso 3b H.Kimbro cf 2. D.Thomas 1b J.Gilliam 2b 3. F.Diaz rf J.Washington 1b 4. S.Garcia ss B.Hoskins lf 5. L.Louden c W.Wells 3b 6. C.Clark cf T.Butts ss 7. R.Linares lf J.Armstead rf 8. R.Martinez 2b B.Clarke c 9. L.Tiant p B.Byrd p CUBANS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; M.Minoso out on unknown play; D.Thomas out on unknown play; F.Diaz out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubans 0, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 1ST: H.Kimbro walked; J.Gilliam out on unknown play; J.Washington out on unknown play; B.Hoskins out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubans 0, Elite Giants 0. CUBANS 2ND: S.Garcia singled to center field [S.Garcia to second (error by H.Kimbro)]; L.Louden out on unknown play; C.Clark out on unknown play; R.Linares out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cubans 0, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 2ND: W.Wells out on unknown play; T.Butts out on unknown play; J.Armstead singled; J.Armstead stole second; B.Clarke out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubans 0, Elite Giants 0. CUBANS 3RD: R.Martinez out on unknown play; L.Tiant out on unknown play; M.Minoso out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubans 0, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 3RD: B.Byrd out on unknown play; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; J.Gilliam singled; J.Washington out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubans 0, Elite Giants 0. CUBANS 4TH: D.Thomas out on unknown play; F.Diaz out on unknown play; S.Garcia out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubans 0, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 4TH: B.Hoskins out on unknown play; W.Wells walked; T.Butts out on unknown play; J.Armstead walked [W.Wells to second]; B.Clarke out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubans 0, Elite Giants 0. CUBANS 5TH: L.Louden out on unknown play; C.Clark out on unknown play; R.Linares out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubans 0, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 5TH: B.Byrd out on unknown play; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; J.Gilliam singled to shortstop [J.Gilliam to second (error by S.Garcia)]; J.Washington out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cubans 0, Elite Giants 0. CUBANS 6TH: R.Martinez singled to center field [R.Martinez scored (unearned) (error by H.Kimbro)]; L.Tiant out on unknown play; M.Minoso out on unknown play; D.Thomas out on unknown play; 0 R (-1 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Cubans 1, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 6TH: B.Hoskins out on unknown play; W.Wells out on unknown play; T.Butts singled; J.Armstead walked [T.Butts to second]; G.SCALES BATTED FOR B.CLARKE; G.Scales out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubans 1, Elite Giants 0. CUBANS 7TH: R.HATTEN REPLACED G.SCALES (PLAYING C); F.Diaz doubled; S.Garcia out on unknown play; L.Louden singled [F.Diaz to third]; C.Clark out on unknown play [F.Diaz scored, L.Louden to second]; R.Linares singled [L.Louden scored]; R.Linares was caught stealing second (R.Hatten to T.Butts); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubans 3, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 7TH: B.Byrd out on unknown play; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; J.Gilliam out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubans 3, Elite Giants 0. CUBANS 8TH: R.Martinez walked; L.Tiant out on unknown play; M.Minoso out on unknown play; D.Thomas doubled [R.Martinez scored]; F.Diaz walked; S.Garcia reached on an error by T.Butts [D.Thomas to third, F.Diaz to second, S.Garcia to first]; L.Louden out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Cubans 4, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 8TH: J.Washington out on unknown play; B.Hoskins out on unknown play; W.Wells walked; T.Butts out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubans 4, Elite Giants 0. CUBANS 9TH: C.Clark tripled; R.Linares out on unknown play; R.Martinez out on unknown play [C.Clark scored]; L.Tiant out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubans 5, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 9TH: J.Armstead singled; R.Hatten out on unknown play; S.HUGHES BATTED FOR B.BYRD; S.Hughes out on unknown play; H.Kimbro doubled [J.Armstead scored]; J.Gilliam out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubans 5, Elite Giants 1. Final Totals R H E LOB Cubans 5 7 1 4 Elite Giants 1 6 3 10
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