New York Cubans 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 0 1 - 9 11 1 Homestead Grays 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 4 5 BATTING New York Cubans AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Minnie Minoso 3b 5 2 3 0 0 0 3 Pedro Pages cf 5 0 1 3 0 3 0 Lorenzo Cabrera 1b 5 0 0 0 0 18 0 Silvio Garcia ss 5 0 2 1 0 1 5 Fernando Diaz 2b 5 0 1 0 0 0 5 Cleveland Clark lf 5 2 1 0 0 2 0 Mario Ariosa rf 4 2 2 2 0 0 0 Lou Louden c 3 2 1 0 0 3 0 Patricio Scantlebury p 4 1 0 1 0 0 3 Totals 41 9 11 7 0 6 27 16 FIELDING - E: 1. Silvio Garcia. BATTING - 2B: Silvio Garcia, Cleveland Clark, Lou Louden. 3B: Pedro Pages, Mario Ariosa 2. HBP: Lou Louden. Team LOB: 6 BASERUNNING - CS: Minnie Minoso. Homestead Grays AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Wilbert King 2b 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 Jerry Benjamin cf 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 Sam Bankhead ss 4 0 2 0 0 3 6 Luke Easter lf 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 Luis Marquez 3b 4 0 0 0 0 3 2 Ed Young 1b 3 0 0 0 0 13 0 Robert Gaston c 3 0 0 0 0 5 1 Gabe Patterson rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 Eugene Smith p 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 Cecil Kaiser p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wilmer Fields ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Frank Thompson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 30 1 4 1 1 4 27 14 FIELDING - E: 5. Wilbert King, Luis Marquez 2, Ed Young 2. BATTING - 2B: Luke Easter. SH: Jerry Benjamin. Team LOB: 4 PITCHING New York Cubans IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Patricio Scantlebury W 9 4 1 1 1 4 0 32 Totals 9 4 1 1 1 4 0 32 Homestead Grays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Eugene Smith L 6 6 6 5 0 4 0 26 Cecil Kaiser 2 3 2 1 0 0 0 10 Frank Thompson 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 6 Totals 9 11 9 7 0 6 0 42 Eugene Smith pitched to 3 batters in the 7th inning HBP: Eugene Smith. Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Fred McCreary, 1B - Eggie Greenfield, 2B - , 3B - Kent Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 8000 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 5/4/1947, game 1 -- New York Cubans at Homestead Grays (D) Starting Lineups: New York Homestead 1. M.Minoso 3b W.King 2b 2. P.Pages cf J.Benjamin cf 3. L.Cabrera 1b S.Bankhead ss 4. S.Garcia ss L.Easter lf 5. F.Diaz 2b L.Marquez 3b 6. C.Clark lf E.Young 1b 7. M.Ariosa rf R.Gaston c 8. L.Louden c G.Patterson rf 9. P.Scantlebury p E.Smith p CUBANS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; M.Minoso out on unknown play; P.Pages out on unknown play; L.Cabrera out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubans 0, Grays 0. GRAYS 1ST: W.King singled; J.Benjamin out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [W.King to second]; S.Bankhead out on unknown play; L.Easter doubled [W.King scored]; L.Marquez out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubans 0, Grays 1. CUBANS 2ND: S.Garcia singled; F.Diaz out on unknown play; C.Clark out on unknown play; M.Ariosa out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubans 0, Grays 1. GRAYS 2ND: E.Young out on unknown play; R.Gaston out on unknown play; G.Patterson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubans 0, Grays 1. CUBANS 3RD: L.Louden out on unknown play; P.Scantlebury out on unknown play; M.Minoso out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubans 0, Grays 1. GRAYS 3RD: E.Smith out on unknown play; W.King out on unknown play; J.Benjamin out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubans 0, Grays 1. CUBANS 4TH: P.Pages reached on an error by E.Young [P.Pages to first]; L.Cabrera out on unknown play; S.Garcia out on unknown play; F.Diaz out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cubans 0, Grays 1. GRAYS 4TH: S.Bankhead singled to shortstop [S.Bankhead to second (error by S.Garcia)]; L.Easter out on unknown play; L.Marquez out on unknown play; E.Young out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cubans 0, Grays 1. CUBANS 5TH: C.Clark doubled; M.Ariosa tripled [C.Clark scored, M.Ariosa scored (error by L.Marquez)]; L.Louden doubled; P.Scantlebury out on unknown play; M.Minoso singled [L.Louden to third]; M.Minoso was caught stealing second (R.Gaston to S.Bankhead) [L.Louden scored]; P.Pages out on unknown play; 2 R, 4 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Cubans 3, Grays 1. GRAYS 5TH: R.Gaston out on unknown play; G.Patterson out on unknown play; E.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubans 3, Grays 1. CUBANS 6TH: L.Cabrera out on unknown play; S.Garcia out on unknown play; F.Diaz out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubans 3, Grays 1. GRAYS 6TH: W.King out on unknown play; J.Benjamin out on unknown play; S.Bankhead singled; L.Easter out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubans 3, Grays 1. CUBANS 7TH: C.Clark reached on an error by L.Marquez [C.Clark to first]; M.Ariosa tripled [C.Clark scored (unearned)]; L.Louden was hit by a pitch; C.KAISER REPLACED E.SMITH (PITCHING); P.Scantlebury reached on an error by W.King [M.Ariosa scored, L.Louden to second, P.Scantlebury to first]; M.Minoso singled [L.Louden to third, P.Scantlebury to second]; P.Pages tripled [L.Louden scored, P.Scantlebury scored (unearned), M.Minoso scored]; L.Cabrera reached on a fielder's choice (unknown fielder) [P.Pages out at home]; S.Garcia out on unknown play; F.Diaz singled [L.Cabrera to second]; C.Clark out on unknown play; 5 R (3 ER), 4 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Cubans 8, Grays 1. GRAYS 7TH: L.Marquez out on unknown play; E.Young out on unknown play; R.Gaston out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubans 8, Grays 1. CUBANS 8TH: M.Ariosa out on unknown play; L.Louden out on unknown play; P.Scantlebury out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubans 8, Grays 1. GRAYS 8TH: G.Patterson out on unknown play; W.FIELDS BATTED FOR C.KAISER; W.Fields flied to unknown fielder; W.King walked; J.Benjamin out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubans 8, Grays 1. CUBANS 9TH: F.THOMPSON REPLACED W.FIELDS (PITCHING); M.Minoso singled; P.Pages out on unknown play; L.Cabrera out on unknown play; S.Garcia doubled [M.Minoso scored]; F.Diaz reached on an error by E.Young [S.Garcia to third, F.Diaz to first]; C.Clark out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Cubans 9, Grays 1. GRAYS 9TH: S.Bankhead out on unknown play; L.Easter out on unknown play; L.Marquez out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubans 9, Grays 1. Final Totals R H E LOB Cubans 9 11 1 6 Grays 1 4 5 4
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