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Homestead Grays (HOM) 3 New York Cubans (NY6) 2

Game played on Thursday, August 12, 1948 (N) at Griffith Stadium, Washington DC
Regular-Season game

New York Cubans                     0 0 0  0 2 0  0 0 0  0 0  -   2 10  2
Homestead Grays                     2 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  0 1  -   3  8  1

BATTING

New York Cubans                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Minnie Minoso 3b                      6   0   2    1     0   1     2   4
Cleveland Clark cf                    5   0   2    1     0         2   0
Tommy Sampson 2b                      5   0   0    0     0         0   2
Lyman Bostock 1b                      4   0   2    0     1        16   0
Ray Noble c                           5   0   1    0     0         4   4
Lou Louden lf                         5   0   0    0     0         3   0
Patricio Scantlebury rf               5   0   1    0     0         3   1
Pedro Ballester ss                    3   1   1    0     1         2   4
Raul Lopez p                          5   1   1    0     0         0   4
Totals                               43   2  10    2     2   4    32  19

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Ray Noble, Patricio Scantlebury. 
E: 2.  Tommy Sampson, Pedro Ballester. 

BATTING -
SH:  Pedro Ballester. 
Team LOB:  11

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Lou Louden. 

Homestead Grays                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Luis Marquez cf                       5   1   3    0     1         5   0
Sam Bankhead ss                       5   0   1    0     1         1   5
Luke Easter lf                        4   1   1    1     2         3   0
Buck Leonard 1b                       3   0   0    0     2        15   1
Wilmer Fields 3b                      4   0   1    2     1         2   3
Bob Thurman rf                        4   0   0    0     1         1   0
Clarence Bruce 2b                     5   0   1    0     0         2   3
Luther Clifford c                     4   0   0    0     0         2   1
  Eudie Napier c                      0   0   0    0     1         1   0
Tom Parker p                          4   0   1    0     0         1   2
  Larry Kimbrough pr                  0   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Clarence Evans p                    1   1   0    0     0         0   1
Totals                               39   3   8    3     9   2    33  16

FIELDING -
E: 1.  Wilmer Fields. 
PB: 1.  Luther Clifford. 

BATTING -
2B:  Luis Marquez. 
3B:  Luis Marquez. 
Team LOB:  13

BASERUNNING -
CS:  Luis Marquez, Sam Bankhead. 

PITCHING

New York Cubans                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Raul Lopez L                         10.2    8   3    3   9   2   0  48
Totals                               10.2    8   3    3   9   2   0  48


Homestead Grays                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Tom Parker                           9       7   2    2   2   3   0  36
Clarence Evans W                     2       3   0    0   0   1   0  10
Totals                               11     10   2    2   2   4   0  46



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Umpires: HP -  Owens, 1B -  Kemp

Time of Game: 2:10   Attendance: 0

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Thursday, 8/12/1948 -- New York Cubans at Homestead
Grays (N)

Starting Lineups:

   New York                      Homestead                     
1. M.Minoso            3b        L.Marquez           cf        
2. C.Clark             cf        S.Bankhead          ss        
3. T.Sampson           2b        L.Easter            lf        
4. L.Bostock           1b        B.Leonard           1b        
5. R.Noble             c         W.Fields            3b        
6. L.Louden            lf        B.Thurman           rf        
7. P.Scantlebury       rf        C.Bruce             2b        
8. P.Ballester         ss        L.Clifford          c         
9. R.Lopez             p         T.Parker            p         

CUBANS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and
box sc; M.Minoso out on unknown play; C.Clark out on unknown
play; T.Sampson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Cubans 0, Grays 0.

GRAYS 1ST: L.Marquez doubled; S.Bankhead out on unknown play;
L.Easter walked; B.Leonard out on unknown play [L.Marquez to
third, L.Easter to second]; W.Fields singled [L.Marquez scored,
L.Easter scored]; B.Thurman out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Cubans 0, Grays 2.

CUBANS 2ND: L.Bostock singled; L.Clifford allowed a passed ball
[L.Bostock to second]; R.Noble out on unknown play; L.Louden out
on unknown play; P.Scantlebury out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Cubans 0, Grays 2.

GRAYS 2ND: C.Bruce singled; L.Clifford out on unknown play;
T.Parker out on unknown play; L.Marquez out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubans 0, Grays 2.

CUBANS 3RD: P.Ballester walked; R.Lopez out on unknown play;
M.Minoso out on unknown play; C.Clark out on unknown play; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubans 0, Grays 2.

GRAYS 3RD: S.Bankhead singled; S.Bankhead was caught stealing
second (unknown fielder); L.Easter out on unknown play;
B.Leonard walked; W.Fields out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Cubans 0, Grays 2.

CUBANS 4TH: T.Sampson out on unknown play; L.Bostock singled;
R.Noble out on unknown play; L.Louden out on unknown play; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubans 0, Grays 2.

GRAYS 4TH: B.Thurman reached on an error by T.Sampson
[B.Thurman to first]; C.Bruce out on unknown play; L.Clifford
out on unknown play; T.Parker out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Cubans 0, Grays 2.

CUBANS 5TH: P.Scantlebury out on unknown play; P.Ballester
singled; R.Lopez singled [P.Ballester to second]; M.Minoso
singled [P.Ballester scored, R.Lopez to second]; C.Clark singled
[R.Lopez scored, M.Minoso to second]; T.Sampson out on unknown
play; L.Bostock out on unknown play; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Cubans 2, Grays 2.

GRAYS 5TH: L.Marquez tripled; S.Bankhead hit into a double play
(P.Scantlebury to R.Noble) [L.Marquez out at home]; L.Easter
walked; B.Leonard out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Cubans 2, Grays 2.

CUBANS 6TH: R.Noble singled; L.Louden forced R.Noble (unknown
fielder) [L.Louden to first]; L.Louden stole second;
P.Scantlebury out on unknown play; P.Ballester out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubans 2, Grays 2.

GRAYS 6TH: W.Fields walked; B.Thurman out on unknown play;
C.Bruce out on unknown play; L.Clifford out on unknown play; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubans 2, Grays 2.

CUBANS 7TH: R.Lopez out on unknown play; M.Minoso out on
unknown play; C.Clark out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Cubans 2, Grays 2.

GRAYS 7TH: T.Parker out on unknown play; L.Marquez walked;
L.Marquez was caught stealing second (unknown fielder);
S.Bankhead walked; L.Easter out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Cubans 2, Grays 2.

CUBANS 8TH: T.Sampson out on unknown play; L.Bostock walked;
R.Noble out on unknown play; L.Louden out on unknown play; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubans 2, Grays 2.

GRAYS 8TH: B.Leonard out on unknown play; W.Fields reached on
an error by P.Ballester [W.Fields to first]; B.Thurman walked
[W.Fields to second]; C.Bruce out on unknown play; L.Clifford
out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Cubans 2, Grays 2.

CUBANS 9TH: P.Scantlebury out on unknown play; P.Ballester out
on unknown play; R.Lopez out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubans 2, Grays 2.

GRAYS 9TH: T.Parker singled; L.KIMBROUGH RAN FOR T.PARKER;
L.Marquez out on unknown play; S.Bankhead out on unknown play;
L.Easter out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubans 2,
Grays 2.

CUBANS 10TH: C.EVANS REPLACED L.KIMBROUGH (PITCHING); E.NAPIER
REPLACED L.CLIFFORD (PLAYING C); M.Minoso singled to left field;
C.Clark singled to shortstop [M.Minoso to second]; On a bunt
T.Sampson reached on an error by W.Fields [M.Minoso to third,
C.Clark to second, T.Sampson to first]; L.Bostock popped to
S.Bankhead; R.Noble popped to W.Fields; L.Louden lined to
L.Easter; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Cubans 2, Grays 2.

GRAYS 10TH: B.Leonard walked; W.Fields out on unknown play;
B.Thurman out on unknown play; C.Bruce out on unknown play; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubans 2, Grays 2.

CUBANS 11TH: P.Scantlebury singled to right field; P.Ballester
out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [P.Scantlebury to
second]; R.Lopez flied to L.Easter; M.Minoso struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubans 2, Grays 2.

GRAYS 11TH: E.Napier walked; On a bunt C.Evans forced E.Napier
(unknown fielder) [C.Evans to first]; L.Marquez singled [C.Evans
to second]; S.Bankhead flied to unknown fielder [C.Evans to
third]; L.Easter singled [C.Evans scored, L.Marquez to second];
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubans 2, Grays 3.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Cubans           2  10   2  11
 Grays            3   8   1  13


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