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New York Cubans (NY6) 7 Baltimore Elite Giants (BLG) 5

Game played on Monday, August 30, 1948 (N) at Lloyd Field, Chester PA
Regular-Season game

New York Cubans                     0 0 3  0 0 2  2 0 0   -   7 16  5
Baltimore Elite Giants              0 0 0  0 1 0  2 2 0   -   5 11  1

BATTING

New York Cubans                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Sammy Gee ss                          3   1   2    0     2         3   3
Lyman Bostock rf                      4   1   2    0     1         2   0
Tommy Sampson 2b                      5   0   1    1     0         2   5
Lorenzo Cabrera 1b                    5   0   1    2     0         8   0
Ray Noble c                           5   1   3    0     0         6   1
Lou Louden lf                         5   1   3    0     0         5   0
George Walden cf                      3   1   1    0     2         0   0
Pedro Ballester 3b                    5   1   1    2     0         1   3
Patricio Scantlebury p                4   1   2    0     0         0   0
Totals                               39   7  16    5     5   7    27  12

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Sammy Gee, Lorenzo Cabrera. 
E: 5.  Sammy Gee, Ray Noble, Pedro Ballester 3. 

BATTING -
2B:  Lyman Bostock, Ray Noble 3, Lou Louden. 
Team LOB:  10

BASERUNNING -
CS:  George Walden, Pedro Ballester. 

Baltimore Elite Giants               AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Henry Kimbro cf                       4   0   1    1     1         1   0
Frank Russell rf, 3b                  5   0   1    0     0         0   2
Jim Gilliam 2b                        5   1   2    0     0         5   4
Lester Lockett lf                     5   1   1    2     0   1     2   0
Johnny Washington 1b                  4   0   0    0     0        10   1
Tommy Butts ss                        3   1   2    0     1         1   5
Ed Finney 3b                          1   0   0    0     0         1   0
  Butch McCord ph, rf                 3   1   1    0     0         1   0
Frazier Robinson c                    3   0   1    1     1         4   1
  Jonas Gaines pr                     0   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Bill Perkins c                      0   0   0    0     0         2   0
Bob Romby p                           0   0   0    0     0         0   2
  Ernest Burke p                      3   1   2    1     0         0   2
  Bill Byrd ph                        1   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Toots Ferrell p                     0   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               37   5  11    5     3   6    27  17

FIELDING -
E: 1.  Frazier Robinson. 

BATTING -
2B:  Jim Gilliam, Butch McCord, Ernest Burke. 
HR:  Lester Lockett. 
GDP:  Lester Lockett. 
Team LOB:  8

BASERUNNING -
CS:  Henry Kimbro. 

PITCHING

New York Cubans                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Patricio Scantlebury W               9      11   5    5   3   6   1  40
Totals                               9      11   5    5   3   6   1  40


Baltimore Elite Giants               IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Bob Romby L                          2.2     5   3    3   4   3   0  16
Ernest Burke                         5.1    10   4    4   1   2   0  25
Toots Ferrell                        1       1   0    0   0   2   0  3
Totals                               9      16   7    7   5   7   0  44

WP:  Bob Romby. 


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Umpires: HP -  Trusty, 1B - Earl Vann

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 0

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Monday, 8/30/1948 -- New York Cubans at Baltimore Elite
Giants (N)

Starting Lineups:

   New York                      Baltimore                     
1. S.Gee               ss        H.Kimbro            cf        
2. L.Bostock           rf        F.Russell           rf        
3. T.Sampson           2b        J.Gilliam           2b        
4. L.Cabrera           1b        L.Lockett           lf        
5. R.Noble             c         J.Washington        1b        
6. L.Louden            lf        T.Butts             ss        
7. G.Walden            cf        E.Finney            3b        
8. P.Ballester         3b        F.Robinson          c         
9. P.Scantlebury       p         B.Romby             p         

CUBANS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and
box sc; S.Gee walked; L.Bostock out on unknown play; T.Sampson
out on unknown play; L.Cabrera out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Cubans 0, Elite Giants 0.

ELITE GIANTS 1ST: H.Kimbro walked; H.Kimbro was caught stealing
second (unknown fielder); F.Russell out on unknown play;
J.Gilliam out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubans 0,
Elite Giants 0.

CUBANS 2ND: R.Noble doubled; L.Louden out on unknown play;
G.Walden out on unknown play; P.Ballester out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubans 0, Elite Giants 0.

ELITE GIANTS 2ND: L.Lockett out on unknown play; J.Washington
out on unknown play; T.Butts singled to shortstop [T.Butts to
second (error by S.Gee)]; E.Finney out on unknown play; 0 R, 1
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cubans 0, Elite Giants 0.

CUBANS 3RD: P.Scantlebury singled; S.Gee walked [P.Scantlebury
to second]; L.Bostock walked [P.Scantlebury to third, S.Gee to
second]; B.Romby threw a wild pitch [P.Scantlebury scored, S.Gee
to third, L.Bostock to second]; T.Sampson out on unknown play;
L.Cabrera singled [S.Gee scored, L.Bostock scored]; R.Noble
doubled to right field (F.Russell to F.Robinson) [L.Cabrera out
at home]; L.Louden singled [R.Noble to third]; G.Walden walked
[L.Louden to second]; E.BURKE REPLACED B.ROMBY (PITCHING);
P.Ballester out on unknown play; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cubans
3, Elite Giants 0.

ELITE GIANTS 3RD: R.Noble dropped a foul fly hit by F.Robinson;
F.Robinson out on unknown play; E.Burke out on unknown play;
H.Kimbro out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Cubans 3,
Elite Giants 0.

CUBANS 4TH: P.Scantlebury out on unknown play; S.Gee out on
unknown play; L.Bostock singled; L.Bostock was picked off first
(unknown fielder); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubans 3, Elite Giants
0.

ELITE GIANTS 4TH: F.Russell reached on an error by P.Ballester
[F.Russell to second (error by P.Ballester)]; J.Gilliam out on
unknown play; L.Lockett out on unknown play; J.Washington out on
unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Cubans 3, Elite Giants 0.

CUBANS 5TH: T.Sampson out on unknown play; L.Cabrera out on
unknown play; R.Noble out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Cubans 3, Elite Giants 0.

ELITE GIANTS 5TH: T.Butts singled to third base [T.Butts to
second (error by P.Ballester)]; B.MCCORD BATTED FOR E.FINNEY;
B.McCord out on unknown play; F.Robinson singled [T.Butts
scored]; E.Burke singled [F.Robinson to second]; H.Kimbro out on
unknown play; F.Russell out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Cubans 3, Elite Giants 1.

CUBANS 6TH: B.MCCORD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); F.RUSSELL
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); L.Louden doubled; G.Walden
walked; P.Ballester forced L.Louden (unknown fielder) [G.Walden
to second, P.Ballester to first]; P.Scantlebury singled
[G.Walden scored (no RBI) (error by F.Robinson), P.Ballester to
second]; S.Gee singled [P.Ballester to third, P.Scantlebury to
second]; L.Bostock out on unknown play; T.Sampson singled
[P.Ballester scored, P.Scantlebury to third, S.Gee to second];
L.Cabrera out on unknown play; 2 R, 4 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Cubans 5,
Elite Giants 1.

ELITE GIANTS 6TH: J.Gilliam singled; L.Lockett grounded into a
double play (S.Gee to L.Cabrera) [J.Gilliam out at second];
J.Washington out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubans
5, Elite Giants 1.

CUBANS 7TH: R.Noble doubled; L.Louden singled [R.Noble to
third]; G.Walden out on unknown play [L.Louden to second];
P.Ballester singled [R.Noble scored, L.Louden scored];
P.Scantlebury out on unknown play; S.Gee singled [P.Ballester to
third]; P.Ballester was caught stealing home (unknown fielder);
2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubans 7, Elite Giants 1.

ELITE GIANTS 7TH: T.Butts out on unknown play; B.McCord
doubled; F.Robinson out on unknown play; E.Burke doubled
[B.McCord scored]; H.Kimbro singled [E.Burke scored]; F.Russell
out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubans 7, Elite
Giants 3.

CUBANS 8TH: L.Bostock doubled; T.Sampson out on unknown play;
L.Cabrera out on unknown play; R.Noble out on unknown play; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubans 7, Elite Giants 3.

ELITE GIANTS 8TH: J.Gilliam doubled; L.Lockett homered to
leftfield [J.Gilliam scored]; J.Washington out on unknown play;
T.Butts walked; B.McCord out on unknown play; F.Robinson walked
[T.Butts to second]; J.GAINES RAN FOR F.ROBINSON; B.BYRD BATTED
FOR E.BURKE; B.Byrd out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Cubans 7, Elite Giants 5.

CUBANS 9TH: B.PERKINS REPLACED J.GAINES (PLAYING C); T.FERRELL
REPLACED B.BYRD (PITCHING); L.Louden out on unknown play;
G.Walden singled; G.Walden was caught stealing second (unknown
fielder); P.Ballester out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Cubans 7, Elite Giants 5.

ELITE GIANTS 9TH: H.Kimbro out on unknown play; F.Russell
singled; J.Gilliam out on unknown play; L.Lockett struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubans 7, Elite Giants 5.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Cubans           7  16   5  10
 Elite Giants     5  11   1   8


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