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Baltimore Elite Giants (BLG) 2 New York Cubans (NY6) 1

Game played on Tuesday, August 31, 1948 (N) at Bugle Field, Baltimore MD
Regular-Season game

New York Cubans                     0 0 0  0 1 0  0 0 0   -   1  5  1
Baltimore Elite Giants              0 0 0  0 1 0  0 1 x   -   2  6  1

BATTING

New York Cubans                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Sammy Gee ss                          3   0   0    0     0         2   5
Lyman Bostock rf                      3   0   1    0     1         2   0
Tommy Sampson 2b                      4   0   0    0     0         5   1
Lorenzo Cabrera 1b                    4   1   3    0     0         8   1
Ray Noble c                           4   0   0    0     0         6   1
Lou Louden lf                         2   0   0    0     1         1   0
Pedro Ballester 3b                    2   0   0    0     1         0   1
George Walden cf                      3   0   1    1     0         0   0
Dave Barnhill p                       3   0   0    0     0         0   1
Totals                               28   1   5    1     3   8    24  10

FIELDING -
E: 1.  Lyman Bostock. 

BATTING -
2B:  Lorenzo Cabrera. 
SH:  Sammy Gee. 
GDP:  Tommy Sampson. 
Team LOB:  4

BASERUNNING -
CS:  Lorenzo Cabrera, Pedro Ballester, George Walden. 

Baltimore Elite Giants               AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Jim Gilliam 2b                        1   1   1    0     3         3   7
Frank Russell 3b                      4   0   1    1     0         0   0
Henry Kimbro cf                       4   0   1    0     0         0   0
Lester Lockett lf                     4   1   2    1     0         0   0
Johnny Washington 1b                  4   0   0    0     0        12   0
Butch McCord rf                       4   0   1    0     0         2   0
Tommy Butts ss                        2   0   0    0     2         2   2
Frazier Robinson c                    2   0   0    0     0         8   3
Bill Byrd p                           3   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               28   2   6    2     5   5    27  12

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Jim Gilliam, Johnny Washington, Tommy Butts. 
E: 1.  Tommy Butts. 

BATTING -
2B:  Frank Russell. 
HR:  Lester Lockett. 
SH:  Frazier Robinson. 
Team LOB:  8

BASERUNNING -
CS:  Jim Gilliam. 

PITCHING

New York Cubans                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Dave Barnhill L                      8       6   2    2   5   5   1  34
Totals                               8       6   2    2   5   5   1  34

WP:  Dave Barnhill 3. 

Baltimore Elite Giants               IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Bill Byrd W                          9       5   1    1   3   8   0  32
Totals                               9       5   1    1   3   8   0  32



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Umpires: HP - ?

Time of Game: 2:11   Attendance: 0

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Tuesday, 8/31/1948 -- New York Cubans at Baltimore Elite
Giants (N)

Starting Lineups:

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

CUBANS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and
box sc; S.Gee out on unknown play; L.Bostock singled; T.Sampson
grounded into a double play (T.Butts to J.Gilliam to
J.Washington) [L.Bostock out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Cubans 0, Elite Giants 0.

ELITE GIANTS 1ST: J.Gilliam walked; J.Gilliam was caught
stealing second (unknown fielder); F.Russell out on unknown
play; H.Kimbro singled; L.Lockett singled [H.Kimbro to second];
J.Washington out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubans
0, Elite Giants 0.

CUBANS 2ND: L.Cabrera singled; L.Cabrera was caught stealing
second (unknown fielder); R.Noble out on unknown play; L.Louden
out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubans 0, Elite
Giants 0.

ELITE GIANTS 2ND: B.McCord singled; D.Barnhill threw a wild
pitch [B.McCord to second]; T.Butts walked; F.Robinson out on a
sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [B.McCord to third, T.Butts to
second]; B.Byrd out on unknown play; J.Gilliam walked; F.Russell
out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cubans 0, Elite
Giants 0.

CUBANS 3RD: P.Ballester out on unknown play; G.Walden out on
unknown play; D.Barnhill out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubans 0, Elite Giants 0.

ELITE GIANTS 3RD: H.Kimbro out on unknown play; L.Lockett out
on unknown play; J.Washington out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cubans 0, Elite Giants 0.

CUBANS 4TH: S.Gee out on unknown play; L.Bostock out on unknown
play; T.Sampson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Cubans 0, Elite Giants 0.

ELITE GIANTS 4TH: B.McCord out on unknown play; T.Butts walked;
D.Barnhill threw a wild pitch [T.Butts to second]; F.Robinson
out on unknown play; B.Byrd out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Cubans 0, Elite Giants 0.

CUBANS 5TH: L.Cabrera doubled; R.Noble out on unknown play;
L.Louden walked; P.Ballester out on unknown play; G.Walden
singled [L.Cabrera scored, L.Louden to third]; G.Walden was
caught stealing second (unknown fielder); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Cubans 1, Elite Giants 0.

ELITE GIANTS 5TH: J.Gilliam singled to right field [J.Gilliam
to second (error by L.Bostock)]; F.Russell doubled [J.Gilliam
scored]; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; L.Lockett out on unknown
play; J.Washington out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. 
Cubans 1, Elite Giants 1.

CUBANS 6TH: D.Barnhill reached on an error by T.Butts
[D.Barnhill to first]; S.Gee out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown
fielder) [D.Barnhill to second]; L.Bostock walked; T.Sampson out
on unknown play; L.Cabrera out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Cubans 1, Elite Giants 1.

ELITE GIANTS 6TH: B.McCord out on unknown play; T.Butts out on
unknown play; F.Robinson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubans 1, Elite Giants 1.

CUBANS 7TH: R.Noble out on unknown play; L.Louden out on
unknown play; P.Ballester walked; P.Ballester was caught
stealing second (unknown fielder); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubans
1, Elite Giants 1.

ELITE GIANTS 7TH: B.Byrd out on unknown play; J.Gilliam walked;
D.Barnhill threw a wild pitch [J.Gilliam to second]; F.Russell
out on unknown play; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Cubans 1, Elite Giants 1.

CUBANS 8TH: G.Walden out on unknown play; D.Barnhill out on
unknown play; S.Gee out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Cubans 1, Elite Giants 1.

ELITE GIANTS 8TH: L.Lockett homered to left-center;
J.Washington out on unknown play; B.McCord out on unknown play;
T.Butts out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubans 1,
Elite Giants 2.

CUBANS 9TH: L.Bostock out on unknown play; T.Sampson out on
unknown play; L.Cabrera singled; R.Noble out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubans 1, Elite Giants 2.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Cubans           1   5   1   4
 Elite Giants     2   6   1   8


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