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Birmingham Black Barons (BIR) 6 New York Cubans (NY6) 1

Game played on Monday, July 28, 1947 (N) at Memorial Stadium, York PA
Exhibition game

Birmingham Black Barons             3 0 0  0 0 0  0 1 2   -   6 10  1
New York Cubans                     0 0 0  0 0 0  0 1 0   -   1  8  2

BATTING

Birmingham Black Barons              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Norman Robinson ss                    5   0   2    0     0         2   2
Tommy Sampson 2b                      5   1   0    0     0         4   1
Eli Chism lf                          4   2   2    1     0         1   0
Ed Steele rf                          3   1   1    0     2         1   0
Orinthal Anderson cf                  5   2   4    2     0         2   0
Lee Moody 1b                          4   0   1    2     0         8   0
John Britton 3b                       4   0   0    0     0         0   3
Pepper Bassett c                      2   0   0    0     2         9   0
Bill Powell p                         3   0   0    0     1         0   2
Totals                               35   6  10    5     5   9    27   8

FIELDING -
E: 1.  Tommy Sampson. 

BATTING -
HR:  Orinthal Anderson. 
SH:  Lee Moody. 
HBP:  Eli Chism. 
Team LOB:  9


New York Cubans                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Pedro Pages 1b                        4   0   0    0     0         8   0
Fernando Diaz 3b                      4   0   0    0     0   1     0   2
Cleveland Clark cf                    4   0   2    0     0         3   1
Ray Noble c                           4   0   2    1     0        11   0
Mario Ariosa lf                       4   0   1    0     0   1     0   0
Rabbit Martinez ss                    4   0   0    0     0         1   2
Dave Barnhill rf                      4   0   1    0     0         2   0
Rufino Diaz 2b                        4   0   1    0     0         1   3
Martin Crue p                         3   0   1    0     0         1   2
  Lino Donoso pr                      0   1   0    0     0         0   0
  Eddie Daniels p                     1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               36   1   8    1     0   9    27  10

FIELDING -
E: 2.  Cleveland Clark 2. 
PB: 1.  Ray Noble. 

BATTING -
2B:  Rufino Diaz. 
Team LOB:  8


PITCHING

Birmingham Black Barons              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Bill Powell W                        9       8   1    0   0   9   0  36
Totals                               9       8   1    0   0   9   0  36


New York Cubans                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Martin Crue L                        8       7   4    4   4   8   1  35
Eddie Daniels                        1       3   2    2   1   1   0  7
Totals                               9      10   6    6   5   9   1  42

WP:  Martin Crue. 
HBP:  Martin Crue. 


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Umpires: HP - ?

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 0

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Monday, 7/28/1947 -- Birmingham Black Barons at New York
Cubans (N)

Starting Lineups:

   Birmingham                    New York                      
1. N.Robinson          ss        P.Pages             1b        
2. T.Sampson           2b        F.Diaz              3b        
3. E.Chism             lf        C.Clark             cf        
4. E.Steele            rf        R.Noble             c         
5. O.Anderson          cf        M.Ariosa            lf        
6. L.Moody             1b        R.Martinez          ss        
7. J.Britton           3b        D.Barnhill          rf        
8. P.Bassett           c         R.Diaz              2b        
9. B.Powell            p         M.Crue              p         

BLACK BARONS 1ST: N.Robinson out on unknown play; T.Sampson out
on unknown play; E.Chism was hit by a pitch; E.Steele singled to
center field [E.Chism scored (no RBI) (error by C.Clark),
E.Steele to second]; O.Anderson singled [E.Steele scored,
O.Anderson to second (on throw)]; L.Moody singled [O.Anderson
scored]; J.Britton out on unknown play; 3 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. 
Black Barons 3, Cubans 0.

CUBANS 1ST: P.Pages out on unknown play; F.Diaz out on unknown
play; C.Clark out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Black
Barons 3, Cubans 0.

BLACK BARONS 2ND: P.Bassett walked; B.Powell walked [P.Bassett
to second]; N.Robinson out on unknown play; T.Sampson out on
unknown play; E.Chism out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Black Barons 3, Cubans 0.

CUBANS 2ND: R.Noble singled; M.Ariosa singled [R.Noble to
second]; R.Martinez out on unknown play; D.Barnhill out on
unknown play; R.Diaz out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Black Barons 3, Cubans 0.

BLACK BARONS 3RD: E.Steele walked; O.Anderson singled [E.Steele
to second]; L.Moody out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder)
[E.Steele to third, O.Anderson to second]; J.Britton out on
unknown play; P.Bassett out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Black Barons 3, Cubans 0.

CUBANS 3RD: M.Crue out on unknown play; P.Pages out on unknown
play; F.Diaz out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Black
Barons 3, Cubans 0.

BLACK BARONS 4TH: B.Powell out on unknown play; N.Robinson
singled; M.Crue threw a wild pitch [N.Robinson to second];
T.Sampson out on unknown play; E.Chism out on unknown play; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black Barons 3, Cubans 0.

CUBANS 4TH: C.Clark singled; R.Noble out on unknown play;
M.Ariosa out on unknown play; R.Martinez out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black Barons 3, Cubans 0.

BLACK BARONS 5TH: E.Steele out on unknown play; O.Anderson out
on unknown play; L.Moody out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Black Barons 3, Cubans 0.

CUBANS 5TH: D.Barnhill out on unknown play; R.Diaz doubled;
M.Crue reached on a fielder's choice [R.Diaz to third]; P.Pages
out on unknown play; F.Diaz out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Black Barons 3, Cubans 0.

BLACK BARONS 6TH: J.Britton out on unknown play; P.Bassett
walked; B.Powell out on unknown play; N.Robinson out on unknown
play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black Barons 3, Cubans 0.

CUBANS 6TH: C.Clark singled; C.Clark was picked off first
(B.Powell to L.Moody); R.Noble out on unknown play; M.Ariosa out
on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Black Barons 3, Cubans 0.

BLACK BARONS 7TH: T.Sampson out on unknown play; E.Chism
singled to center field (C.Clark to P.Pages) [E.Chism out at
second]; E.Steele out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Black Barons 3, Cubans 0.

CUBANS 7TH: R.Martinez out on unknown play; D.Barnhill out on
unknown play; R.Diaz out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Black Barons 3, Cubans 0.

BLACK BARONS 8TH: O.Anderson hit an inside the park homer to
center field; L.Moody out on unknown play; J.Britton reached on
an error by C.Clark [J.Britton to first]; J.Britton was picked
off first (M.Crue to P.Pages); P.Bassett out on unknown play; 1
R, 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Black Barons 4, Cubans 0.

CUBANS 8TH: M.Crue singled; L.DONOSO RAN FOR M.CRUE; P.Pages
reached on an error by T.Sampson [L.Donoso to second, P.Pages to
first]; F.Diaz struck out; C.Clark forced P.Pages (N.Robinson to
T.Sampson) [L.Donoso to third, C.Clark to first]; R.Noble
singled [L.Donoso scored (unearned), C.Clark to second];
M.Ariosa struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Black Barons
4, Cubans 1.

BLACK BARONS 9TH: E.DANIELS REPLACED L.DONOSO (PITCHING);
B.Powell out on unknown play; N.Robinson singled; T.Sampson
forced N.Robinson (R.Martinez to R.Diaz) [T.Sampson to first];
R.Noble allowed a passed ball [T.Sampson to second]; E.Chism
singled [T.Sampson scored]; E.Steele walked [E.Chism to second];
O.Anderson singled [E.Chism to third, E.Steele to second];
L.Moody reached on a fielder's choice (P.Pages unassisted)
[E.Chism scored, E.Steele to third, O.Anderson to second,
L.Moody out at second]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Black Barons 6,
Cubans 1.

CUBANS 9TH: Moody fell rounding 1st base.; R.Martinez out on
unknown play; D.Barnhill singled; R.Diaz out on unknown play;
E.Daniels out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black
Barons 6, Cubans 1.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Black Barons     6  10   1   9
 Cubans           1   8   2   8


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