New York Cubans 1 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 - 6 12 1 Baltimore Elite Giants 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 - 4 8 2 BATTING New York Cubans AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Fernando Diaz rf 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 Dave Thomas 1b 5 2 2 1 0 12 1 Harry Williams 3b 5 1 1 2 0 1 5 Silvio Garcia ss 5 0 2 1 0 5 5 Cleveland Clark cf 5 1 1 1 0 6 1 Rogelio Linares lf 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 Rabbit Martinez 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 Ray Noble c 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 Patricio Scantlebury p 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 Totals 40 6 12 6 1 5 27 17 FIELDING - E: 1. Harry Williams. BATTING - 2B: Dave Thomas, Silvio Garcia, Rogelio Linares. Team LOB: 8 BASERUNNING - SB: Fernando Diaz, Cleveland Clark, Patricio Scantlebury. Baltimore Elite Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Henry Kimbro cf 3 2 2 0 2 4 1 Tommy Butts ss 4 1 2 2 1 3 6 Johnny Washington 1b 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 George Scales ph, 1b 2 0 0 1 0 6 0 Willie Wells lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 Felton Snow 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 Norman Robinson rf 4 0 1 1 0 2 0 Jim Gilliam 2b 4 0 1 0 0 2 2 Bob Clarke c 3 0 0 0 0 5 0 Sammy Hughes ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Joe Black p 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 Bill Hoskins ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bob Romby pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 35 4 8 4 3 4 27 12 FIELDING - DP: 1. Henry Kimbro, Tommy Butts. E: 2. George Scales, Jim Gilliam. BATTING - 2B: Tommy Butts, Felton Snow. 3B: Henry Kimbro, Tommy Butts, Jim Gilliam. Team LOB: 7 PITCHING New York Cubans IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Patricio Scantlebury W 9 8 4 4 3 4 0 38 Totals 9 8 4 4 3 4 0 38 Baltimore Elite Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Joe Black L 9 12 6 4 1 5 0 41 Totals 9 12 6 4 1 5 0 41 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Phil Cockrell, 1B - Fred McCreary, 2B - , 3B - Oscar Charleston Time of Game: 2:25 Attendance: 7183 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Tuesday, 9/3/1946, game 1 -- New York Cubans at Baltimore Elite Giants (D) Starting Lineups: New York Baltimore 1. F.Diaz rf H.Kimbro cf 2. D.Thomas 1b T.Butts ss 3. H.Williams 3b J.Washington 1b 4. S.Garcia ss W.Wells lf 5. C.Clark cf F.Snow 3b 6. R.Linares lf N.Robinson rf 7. R.Martinez 2b J.Gilliam 2b 8. R.Noble c B.Clarke c 9. P.Scantlebury p J.Black p CUBANS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; F.Diaz singled; F.Diaz stole second; D.Thomas out on unknown play [F.Diaz to third]; H.Williams out on unknown play [F.Diaz scored]; S.Garcia doubled; C.Clark out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubans 1, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 1ST: H.Kimbro walked; T.Butts out on unknown play; J.Washington out on unknown play; W.Wells out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubans 1, Elite Giants 0. CUBANS 2ND: R.Linares singled; R.Martinez out on unknown play; R.Noble out on unknown play; P.Scantlebury singled [R.Linares to second]; F.Diaz out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubans 1, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 2ND: F.Snow out on unknown play; N.Robinson out on unknown play; J.Gilliam tripled; B.Clarke out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubans 1, Elite Giants 0. CUBANS 3RD: D.Thomas out on unknown play; H.Williams out on unknown play; S.Garcia out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubans 1, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 3RD: J.Black out on unknown play; H.Kimbro tripled; T.Butts doubled [H.Kimbro scored]; J.Washington out on unknown play; W.Wells out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubans 1, Elite Giants 1. CUBANS 4TH: C.Clark singled; R.Linares singled [C.Clark to second]; R.Martinez out on unknown play; R.Noble out on unknown play; P.Scantlebury out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubans 1, Elite Giants 1. ELITE GIANTS 4TH: F.Snow doubled; N.Robinson singled [F.Snow scored]; J.Gilliam out on unknown play; B.Clarke out on unknown play; J.Black out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubans 1, Elite Giants 2. CUBANS 5TH: F.Diaz walked; D.Thomas doubled [F.Diaz scored]; H.Williams singled [D.Thomas scored]; S.Garcia singled [H.Williams to third]; C.Clark out on unknown play [H.Williams scored]; R.Linares out on unknown play; R.Martinez out on unknown play; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubans 4, Elite Giants 2. ELITE GIANTS 5TH: H.Kimbro reached on an error by H.Williams [H.Kimbro to first]; T.Butts walked [H.Kimbro to second]; G.SCALES BATTED FOR J.WASHINGTON; G.Scales out on unknown play; W.Wells out on unknown play; F.Snow out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Cubans 4, Elite Giants 2. CUBANS 6TH: G.SCALES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); R.Noble out on unknown play; P.Scantlebury out on unknown play; F.Diaz out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubans 4, Elite Giants 2. ELITE GIANTS 6TH: N.Robinson out on unknown play; J.Gilliam out on unknown play; B.Clarke out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubans 4, Elite Giants 2. CUBANS 7TH: D.Thomas singled; H.Williams reached on an error by J.Gilliam [D.Thomas to third, H.Williams to first]; S.Garcia forced H.Williams (unknown fielder) [D.Thomas scored (unearned), S.Garcia to first]; C.Clark forced S.Garcia (unknown fielder) [C.Clark to first]; C.Clark stole second; R.Linares doubled [C.Clark scored (unearned)]; R.Martinez out on unknown play; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cubans 6, Elite Giants 2. ELITE GIANTS 7TH: J.Black out on unknown play; H.Kimbro walked; T.Butts tripled [H.Kimbro scored]; G.Scales out on unknown play [T.Butts scored]; W.Wells out on unknown play; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubans 6, Elite Giants 4. CUBANS 8TH: R.Noble out on unknown play; P.Scantlebury singled; P.Scantlebury stole second; F.Diaz flied into a double play (H.Kimbro to T.Butts) [P.Scantlebury out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubans 6, Elite Giants 4. ELITE GIANTS 8TH: F.Snow out on unknown play; N.Robinson out on unknown play; J.Gilliam out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubans 6, Elite Giants 4. CUBANS 9TH: D.Thomas reached on an error by G.Scales [D.Thomas to first]; H.Williams out on unknown play; S.Garcia out on unknown play; C.Clark out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cubans 6, Elite Giants 4. ELITE GIANTS 9TH: S.HUGHES BATTED FOR B.CLARKE; S.Hughes singled; B.HOSKINS BATTED FOR J.BLACK; B.Hoskins forced S.Hughes (unknown fielder) [B.Hoskins to first]; B.ROMBY RAN FOR B.HOSKINS; H.Kimbro singled to center field (C.Clark to H.Williams) [B.Romby out at third]; T.Butts out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubans 6, Elite Giants 4. Final Totals R H E LOB Cubans 6 12 1 8 Elite Giants 4 8 2 7
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