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Homestead Grays (HOM) 8 New York Cubans (NY6) 4

Game played on Sunday, July 18, 1948 (D) at Polo Grounds V, New York NY
Regular-Season game

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



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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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