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Philadelphia Stars (PH5) 10 New York Cubans (NY6) 8

Game played on Sunday, September 12, 1948 (D) at Polo Grounds V, New York NY
Regular-Season game

Philadelphia Stars                  1 0 0  0 0 1  4 0 4   -  10 19  1
New York Cubans                     0 0 2  1 0 3  0 0 2   -   8 11  4

BATTING

Philadelphia Stars                   AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Frank Austin ss                       6   1   5    2     0         2   4
Murray Watkins 3b                     6   1   3    0     0   1     1   3
Archie Brathwaite cf                  5   1   2    0     1   1     0   0
Bill Cash lf, c                       4   1   1    0     1         3   0
Mahlon Duckett 2b                     4   2   1    1     0         3   0
Gene Benson rf                        5   2   1    1     0         2   0
Doc Dennis 1b                         5   1   3    0     0         8   0
Stanley Glenn c                       4   0   0    0     0         8   1
  Roy Partlow ph                      1   0   0    1     0         0   0
  Barney Brown lf                     0   0   0    0     0         0   0
Henry Miller p                        2   0   1    0     0         0   3
  Bill Ricks p                        1   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Henry McHenry ph, p                 2   1   2    2     0         0   0
Totals                               45  10  19    7     2   9    27  11

FIELDING -
E: 1.  Gene Benson. 

BATTING -
2B:  Doc Dennis 2, Henry McHenry. 
3B:  Bill Cash. 
HR:  Frank Austin. 
SH:  Mahlon Duckett. 
GDP:  Mahlon Duckett. 
Team LOB:  11

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Frank Austin, Murray Watkins. 
CS:  Frank Austin. 

New York Cubans                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Sammy Gee ss                          4   1   1    0     1         1   4
Cleveland Clark cf                    4   1   2    2     1         0   0
Tommy Sampson 2b                      4   1   1    1     0         3   2
Lyman Bostock rf                      3   1   0    0     2         2   0
Lorenzo Cabrera 1b                    5   1   2    0     0         7   0
Ray Noble c                           5   0   2    3     0        11   1
George Walden lf                      5   0   0    0     0   1     1   1
Pedro Ballester 3b                    3   1   1    0     1         2   1
Dave Barnhill p                       3   2   2    1     0         0   2
  Raul Lopez p                        1   0   0    0     0         0   2
  Alex Newkirk p                      0   0   0    0     0         0   1
  Pee Wee Jenkins p                   0   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               37   8  11    7     5   9    27  14

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Sammy Gee, Tommy Sampson, Lorenzo Cabrera. 
E: 4.  Tommy Sampson, Ray Noble, Pedro Ballester, Alex Newkirk. 

BATTING -
2B:  Cleveland Clark, Dave Barnhill. 
3B:  Ray Noble, Dave Barnhill. 
SH:  Tommy Sampson. 
Team LOB:  8

BASERUNNING -
CS:  Lorenzo Cabrera. 

PITCHING

Philadelphia Stars                   IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Henry Miller                         4       5   3    3   4   3   0  21
Bill Ricks                           2       4   3    3   1   2   0  10
Henry McHenry W                      3       2   2    1   0   4   0  12
Totals                               9      11   8    7   5   9   0  43


New York Cubans                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Dave Barnhill                        6.2    13   6    3   1   7   1  35
Raul Lopez                           1.1     2   0    0   0   1   0  4
Alex Newkirk L                       0.2     4   4    1   1   0   0  8
Pee Wee Jenkins                      0.1     0   0    0   0   1   0  1
Totals                               9      19  10    4   2   9   1  48

WP:  Dave Barnhill. 


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Umpires: HP - Jim Drumgoole, 1B -  LaRosa

Time of Game: 2:45   Attendance: 3200

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 9/12/1948 -- Philadelphia Stars at New York
Cubans (D)

Starting Lineups:

   Philadelphia                  New York                      
1. F.Austin            ss        S.Gee               ss        
2. M.Watkins           3b        C.Clark             cf        
3. A.Brathwaite        cf        T.Sampson           2b        
4. B.Cash              lf        L.Bostock           rf        
5. M.Duckett           2b        L.Cabrera           1b        
6. G.Benson            rf        R.Noble             c         
7. D.Dennis            1b        G.Walden            lf        
8. S.Glenn             c         P.Ballester         3b        
9. H.Miller            p         D.Barnhill          p         

STARS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and
box sc Miami Hoboes and Madison Colonels played game 2 of
doublehea; F.Austin homered; M.Watkins out on unknown play;
A.Brathwaite out on unknown play; B.Cash tripled; M.Duckett out
on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Stars 1, Cubans 0.

CUBANS 1ST: S.Gee singled; C.Clark out on unknown play;
T.Sampson out on unknown play; L.Bostock walked [S.Gee to
second]; L.Cabrera out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Stars 1, Cubans 0.

STARS 2ND: G.Benson out on unknown play; D.Dennis doubled;
S.Glenn out on unknown play; H.Miller out on unknown play; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Stars 1, Cubans 0.

CUBANS 2ND: R.Noble out on unknown play; G.Walden out on
unknown play; P.Ballester walked; D.Barnhill out on unknown
play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Stars 1, Cubans 0.

STARS 3RD: F.Austin singled; M.Watkins singled [F.Austin to
second]; F.Austin stole third and M.Watkins stole second;
A.Brathwaite walked; B.Cash out on unknown play; M.Duckett
grounded into a double play (S.Gee to T.Sampson to L.Cabrera)
[A.Brathwaite out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Stars 1,
Cubans 0.

CUBANS 3RD: S.Gee out on unknown play; C.Clark walked;
T.Sampson out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [C.Clark to
second]; L.Bostock walked; L.Cabrera singled [C.Clark to third,
L.Bostock to second]; R.Noble singled [C.Clark scored, L.Bostock
scored, L.Cabrera to second]; G.Walden out on unknown play; 2 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Stars 1, Cubans 2.

STARS 4TH: G.Benson out on unknown play; D.Dennis out on
unknown play; S.Glenn out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Stars 1, Cubans 2.

CUBANS 4TH: P.Ballester out on unknown play; D.Barnhill
doubled; S.Gee out on unknown play; C.Clark doubled [D.Barnhill
scored]; T.Sampson out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Stars 1, Cubans 3.

STARS 5TH: H.Miller singled; F.Austin singled [H.Miller to
second]; M.Watkins out on unknown play; A.Brathwaite singled
[H.Miller to third, F.Austin to second]; B.Cash out on unknown
play; M.Duckett out on unknown play; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. 
Stars 1, Cubans 3.

CUBANS 5TH: B.RICKS REPLACED H.MILLER (PITCHING); L.Bostock out
on unknown play; L.Cabrera singled; L.Cabrera was caught
stealing second (unknown fielder); R.Noble out on unknown play;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Stars 1, Cubans 3.

STARS 6TH: G.Benson reached on an error by T.Sampson [G.Benson
to first]; D.Dennis doubled [G.Benson scored (unearned) (no RBI)
(error by R.Noble)]; S.Glenn out on unknown play; B.Ricks out on
unknown play; F.Austin out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2
E, 1 LOB.  Stars 2, Cubans 3.

CUBANS 6TH: G.Walden out on unknown play; P.Ballester singled;
D.Barnhill tripled [P.Ballester scored]; S.Gee walked; C.Clark
singled [D.Barnhill scored, S.Gee to third]; T.Sampson out on
unknown play [S.Gee scored]; L.Bostock out on unknown play; 3 R,
3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Stars 2, Cubans 6.

STARS 7TH: M.Watkins singled; A.Brathwaite singled [M.Watkins
to second]; B.Cash out on unknown play; M.Duckett singled
[M.Watkins scored, A.Brathwaite to second]; G.Benson out on
unknown play; D.Dennis singled [A.Brathwaite to third, M.Duckett
to second]; D.Barnhill threw a wild pitch [A.Brathwaite scored,
M.Duckett to third, D.Dennis to second]; S.Glenn reached on an
error by P.Ballester [M.Duckett scored (unearned) (no RBI),
D.Dennis to third, S.Glenn to first]; R.LOPEZ REPLACED
D.BARNHILL (PITCHING); H.MCHENRY BATTED FOR B.RICKS; H.McHenry
singled to left field (G.Walden to P.Ballester) [D.Dennis scored
(unearned), S.Glenn out at third]; 4 R (2 ER), 5 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. 
Stars 6, Cubans 6.

CUBANS 7TH: H.MCHENRY STAYED IN GAME (PITCHING); L.Cabrera out
on unknown play; R.Noble out on unknown play; G.Walden out on
unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Stars 6, Cubans 6.

STARS 8TH: F.Austin singled; F.Austin was caught stealing
second (unknown fielder); M.Watkins struck out; A.Brathwaite out
on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Stars 6, Cubans 6.

CUBANS 8TH: P.Ballester out on unknown play; R.Lopez out on
unknown play; S.Gee out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Stars 6, Cubans 6.

STARS 9TH: A.NEWKIRK REPLACED R.LOPEZ (PITCHING); B.Cash
walked; M.Duckett reached on an error on a sacrifice bunt by
A.Newkirk [B.Cash to second, M.Duckett to first]; G.Benson
singled [B.Cash scored, M.Duckett to second]; D.Dennis out on
unknown play [M.Duckett to third, G.Benson to second]; R.PARTLOW
BATTED FOR S.GLENN; R.Partlow out on unknown play [M.Duckett
scored (unearned), G.Benson to third]; H.McHenry doubled
[G.Benson scored (unearned)]; F.Austin singled [H.McHenry scored
(unearned)]; M.Watkins singled [F.Austin to second]; P.JENKINS
REPLACED A.NEWKIRK (PITCHING); A.Brathwaite struck out; 4 R (1
ER), 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Stars 10, Cubans 6.

CUBANS 9TH: B.BROWN REPLACED R.PARTLOW (PLAYING LF); B.CASH
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C); C.Clark out on unknown play;
T.Sampson singled; L.Bostock out on unknown play; L.Cabrera
reached on an error by G.Benson [T.Sampson scored (unearned) (no
RBI), L.Cabrera to second]; R.Noble tripled [L.Cabrera scored];
G.Walden struck out; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Stars 10,
Cubans 8.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Stars           10  19   1  11
 Cubans           8  11   4   8


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