Homestead Grays 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 - 8 13 2 New York Cubans 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 4 9 3 BATTING Homestead Grays AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Luis Marquez cf, 2b 3 0 1 0 1 4 0 Sam Bankhead 2b, 3b 5 1 3 1 0 2 1 Tom Parker rf 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 Buck Leonard 1b 4 2 3 3 1 12 1 Luke Easter lf 5 1 2 3 0 0 0 Luther Clifford c 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 Eudie Napier c 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 Ervin Fowlkes ss 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 Charles Gary 3b 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 Bob Thurman ph, cf 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 Wilmer Fields p 4 1 2 0 0 2 4 Totals 38 8 13 8 4 4 27 7 FIELDING - E: 2. Ervin Fowlkes 2. BATTING - 2B: Luis Marquez, Buck Leonard. HR: Buck Leonard, Luke Easter. SH: Luis Marquez. GDP: Tom Parker. Team LOB: 8 New York Cubans AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Minnie Minoso 3b 5 2 2 3 0 0 1 Cleveland Clark cf 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 Tommy Sampson 2b 5 0 1 0 0 4 3 Lorenzo Cabrera 1b 4 0 1 1 0 10 1 Lyman Bostock rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 Ray Noble c 4 0 2 0 0 5 0 Lou Louden lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 Pedro Ballester ss 4 1 2 0 0 3 1 Raul Lopez p 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 Pee Wee Jenkins p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Patricio Scantlebury p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 35 4 9 4 2 3 27 9 FIELDING - DP: 2. Tommy Sampson 2, Lorenzo Cabrera, Pedro Ballester. E: 3. Tommy Sampson, Lorenzo Cabrera, Lou Louden. BATTING - 3B: Lorenzo Cabrera. HR: Minnie Minoso. SH: Cleveland Clark, Lou Louden. Team LOB: 8 PITCHING Homestead Grays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Wilmer Fields W 9 9 4 1 2 3 1 39 Totals 9 9 4 1 2 3 1 39 New York Cubans IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Raul Lopez L 8.2 11 5 5 3 4 1 38 Pee Wee Jenkins 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 Patricio Scantlebury 0.1 2 2 2 0 0 1 4 Totals 9 13 8 8 4 4 2 43 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Jim Drumgoole, 1B - Huntzinger Time of Game: 2:35 Attendance: 4500 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 7/18/1948, game 1 -- Homestead Grays at New York Cubans (D) Starting Lineups: Homestead New York 1. L.Marquez cf M.Minoso 3b 2. S.Bankhead 2b C.Clark cf 3. T.Parker rf T.Sampson 2b 4. B.Leonard 1b L.Cabrera 1b 5. L.Easter lf L.Bostock rf 6. L.Clifford c R.Noble c 7. E.Fowlkes ss L.Louden lf 8. C.Gary 3b P.Ballester ss 9. W.Fields p R.Lopez p GRAYS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; L.Marquez walked; S.Bankhead singled [L.Marquez to second]; T.Parker grounded into a double play (T.Sampson to L.Cabrera) [L.Marquez to third, S.Bankhead out at second]; B.Leonard out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 0, Cubans 0. CUBANS 1ST: M.Minoso out on unknown play; C.Clark walked; T.Sampson singled [C.Clark to second]; L.Cabrera out on unknown play; L.Bostock out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Grays 0, Cubans 0. GRAYS 2ND: L.Cabrera dropped a foul fly hit by L.Easter; L.Easter out on unknown play; L.Clifford out on unknown play; E.Fowlkes out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Grays 0, Cubans 0. CUBANS 2ND: R.Noble out on unknown play; L.Louden out on unknown play; P.Ballester reached on an error by E.Fowlkes [P.Ballester to first]; R.Lopez reached on an error by E.Fowlkes [P.Ballester to second, R.Lopez to first]; M.Minoso hit an inside the park homer to right field (unearned) [P.Ballester scored (unearned), R.Lopez scored (unearned)]; C.Clark singled; T.Sampson out on unknown play; 3 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Grays 0, Cubans 3. GRAYS 3RD: C.Gary out on unknown play; W.Fields out on unknown play; L.Marquez out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 0, Cubans 3. CUBANS 3RD: L.Cabrera out on unknown play; L.Bostock out on unknown play; R.Noble singled; R.Noble was picked off first (unknown fielder); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 0, Cubans 3. GRAYS 4TH: S.Bankhead singled; T.Parker out on unknown play; B.Leonard singled [S.Bankhead to second]; L.Easter lined into a double play (T.Sampson to P.Ballester) [S.Bankhead out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 0, Cubans 3. CUBANS 4TH: L.Louden out on unknown play; P.Ballester singled; R.Lopez walked [P.Ballester to second]; M.Minoso out on unknown play; C.Clark out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Grays 0, Cubans 3. GRAYS 5TH: L.Clifford out on unknown play; E.Fowlkes out on unknown play; C.Gary out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 0, Cubans 3. CUBANS 5TH: T.Sampson out on unknown play; L.Cabrera out on unknown play; L.Bostock out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 0, Cubans 3. GRAYS 6TH: W.Fields singled; L.Marquez out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [W.Fields to second]; S.Bankhead out on unknown play; T.Parker out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 0, Cubans 3. CUBANS 6TH: E.NAPIER REPLACED L.CLIFFORD (PLAYING C); R.Noble out on unknown play; L.Louden out on unknown play; P.Ballester singled; R.Lopez out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 0, Cubans 3. GRAYS 7TH: B.Leonard homered; L.Easter singled; E.Napier out on unknown play; E.Fowlkes out on unknown play; C.Gary singled [L.Easter to second]; W.Fields out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Grays 1, Cubans 3. CUBANS 7TH: M.Minoso singled; C.Clark out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [M.Minoso to second]; T.Sampson out on unknown play; L.Cabrera tripled [M.Minoso scored]; L.Bostock out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 1, Cubans 4. GRAYS 8TH: L.Marquez doubled; S.Bankhead out on unknown play; T.Parker out on unknown play; B.Leonard walked; L.Easter out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Grays 1, Cubans 4. CUBANS 8TH: R.Noble singled; L.Louden out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [R.Noble to second]; P.Ballester out on unknown play; R.Lopez out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 1, Cubans 4. GRAYS 9TH: E.Napier walked; E.Fowlkes out on unknown play [E.Napier to second]; B.THURMAN BATTED FOR C.GARY; B.Thurman singled [E.Napier scored]; W.Fields singled to left field [B.Thurman to third (error by L.Louden), W.Fields to second]; L.Marquez out on unknown play; S.Bankhead singled [B.Thurman scored, W.Fields to third]; P.JENKINS REPLACED R.LOPEZ (PITCHING); T.Parker walked [S.Bankhead to second]; P.SCANTLEBURY REPLACED P.JENKINS (PITCHING); B.Leonard doubled [W.Fields scored, S.Bankhead scored, T.Parker to third]; L.Easter homered to leftfield [T.Parker scored, B.Leonard scored]; E.Napier reached on an error by T.Sampson [E.Napier to first]; E.Fowlkes out on unknown play; 7 R, 5 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Grays 8, Cubans 4. CUBANS 9TH: B.THURMAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); L.MARQUEZ CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); S.BANKHEAD CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); M.Minoso out on unknown play; C.Clark out on unknown play; T.Sampson popped to W.Fields in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 8, Cubans 4. Final Totals R H E LOB Grays 8 13 2 8 Cubans 4 9 3 8
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