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Birmingham Black Barons (BIR) 5 New York Cubans (NY6) 3

Game played on Wednesday, June 15, 1949 (N) at Rickwood Field , Birmingham AL
Regular-Season game

New York Cubans                     0 0 0  0 0 0  0 3 0   -   3  9  0
Birmingham Black Barons             0 1 1  0 1 0  0 2 x   -   5 13  2

BATTING

New York Cubans                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Walter Hardy ss                       4   0   1    0     1         1   1
Howard Easterling 3b                  3   0   0    0     2         2   2
Fernando Diaz 2b                      5   1   2    0     0         3   3
Ray Noble c                           3   1   2    0     2         5   1
Lou Louden 1b                         5   0   1    1     0         4   1
Cleveland Clark cf                    4   1   1    0     0         5   0
Mario Ariosa rf                       3   0   1    2     1         1   0
Guillermo Vargas lf                   4   0   0    0     0         3   0
Pee Wee Jenkins p                     2   0   0    0     0         0   1
  Pat Scantlebury ph                  1   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Alphonse Marino p                   0   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Armando Yvanes ph                   1   0   1    0     0         0   0
Totals                               35   3   9    3     6   9    24   9

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Walter Hardy, Fernando Diaz, Lou Louden. 

BATTING -
2B:  Mario Ariosa. 
Team LOB:  11


Birmingham Black Barons              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Jose Burgos ss                        5   0   1    0     0         3   2
Joe Scott 1b                          5   0   0    0     0         7   2
Ed Steele rf                          3   2   2    0     1         1   0
Willie Mays cf                        3   0   1    0     0         4   1
Piper Davis 2b                        3   2   2    0     0         0   1
Norman Robinson lf                    3   1   2    1     0         1   0
John Britton 3b                       4   0   2    0     0         1   2
Pepper Bassett c                      4   0   3    2     0         9   1
Bill Powell p                         3   0   0    0     0         1   1
  Herman Bell ph                      1   0   0    1     0         0   0
  Alonzo Perry p                      0   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               34   5  13    4     1   4    27  10

FIELDING -
E: 2.  Jose Burgos, Norman Robinson. 

BATTING -
2B:  Jose Burgos. 
SH:  Willie Mays. 
HBP:  Piper Davis, Norman Robinson. 
GDP:  John Britton. 
Team LOB:  9

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Ed Steele, Willie Mays, Piper Davis. 
CS:  Pepper Bassett. 

PITCHING

New York Cubans                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Pee Wee Jenkins                      6       8   3    3   1   2   0  27
Alphonse Marino L                    2       5   2    2   0   2   0  11
Totals                               8      13   5    5   1   4   0  38

HBP:  Pee Wee Jenkins 2. 

Birmingham Black Barons              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Bill Powell W                        8       8   3    3   4   8   0  35
Alonzo Perry SV                      1       1   0    0   2   1   0  6
Totals                               9       9   3    3   6   9   0  41



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Umpires: HP - Charles Moore, 1B -  Austin

Time of Game: 2:15   Attendance: 2000

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Wednesday, 6/15/1949 -- New York Cubans at Birmingham
Black Barons (N)

Starting Lineups:

   New York                      Birmingham                    
1. W.Hardy             ss        J.Burgos            ss        
2. H.Easterling        3b        J.Scott             1b        
3. F.Diaz              2b        E.Steele            rf        
4. R.Noble             c         W.Mays              cf        
5. L.Louden            1b        P.Davis             2b        
6. C.Clark             cf        N.Robinson          lf        
7. M.Ariosa            rf        J.Britton           3b        
8. G.Vargas            lf        P.Bassett           c         
9. P.Jenkins           p         B.Powell            p         

CUBANS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and
box sc; W.Hardy singled; H.Easterling out on unknown play;
F.Diaz singled to center field (W.Mays to J.Britton) [W.Hardy
out at third]; R.Noble walked [F.Diaz to second]; L.Louden out
on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubans 0, Black Barons 0.

BLACK BARONS 1ST: J.Burgos doubled; J.Scott out on unknown
play; E.Steele out on unknown play; W.Mays out on unknown play;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubans 0, Black Barons 0.

CUBANS 2ND: C.Clark out on unknown play; M.Ariosa out on
unknown play; G.Vargas out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubans 0, Black Barons 0.

BLACK BARONS 2ND: P.Davis was hit by a pitch; P.Davis stole
second; N.Robinson was hit by a pitch; J.Britton singled
[P.Davis to third, N.Robinson to second]; P.Bassett singled
[P.Davis scored, N.Robinson to third, J.Britton to second];
B.Powell out on unknown play; J.Burgos out on unknown play;
J.Scott out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cubans 0,
Black Barons 1.

CUBANS 3RD: P.Jenkins out on unknown play; W.Hardy out on
unknown play; H.Easterling walked; F.Diaz out on unknown play; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubans 0, Black Barons 1.

BLACK BARONS 3RD: E.Steele walked; W.Mays out on a sacrifice
bunt (unknown fielder) [E.Steele to second]; P.Davis singled
[E.Steele to third]; N.Robinson singled [E.Steele scored,
P.Davis to second]; J.Britton grounded into a double play
(W.Hardy to F.Diaz to L.Louden) [N.Robinson out at second]; 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubans 0, Black Barons 2.

CUBANS 4TH: R.Noble singled to left field [R.Noble to second
(error by N.Robinson)]; L.Louden out on unknown play; C.Clark
out on unknown play; M.Ariosa walked; G.Vargas out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Cubans 0, Black Barons 2.

BLACK BARONS 4TH: P.Bassett singled; P.Bassett was caught
stealing second (unknown fielder); B.Powell out on unknown play;
J.Burgos out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubans 0,
Black Barons 2.

CUBANS 5TH: P.Jenkins out on unknown play; W.Hardy walked;
H.Easterling out on unknown play; F.Diaz out on unknown play; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubans 0, Black Barons 2.

BLACK BARONS 5TH: J.Scott out on unknown play; E.Steele
singled; W.Mays singled [E.Steele to third]; E.Steele stole home
and W.Mays stole second; P.Davis out on unknown play; N.Robinson
out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubans 0, Black
Barons 3.

CUBANS 6TH: R.Noble out on unknown play; L.Louden singled to
shortstop [L.Louden to second (error by J.Burgos)]; C.Clark out
on unknown play; M.Ariosa out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Cubans 0, Black Barons 3.

BLACK BARONS 6TH: J.Britton out on unknown play; P.Bassett out
on unknown play; B.Powell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubans 0, Black Barons 3.

CUBANS 7TH: G.Vargas out on unknown play; P.SCANTLEBURY BATTED
FOR P.JENKINS; P.Scantlebury out on unknown play; W.Hardy out on
unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubans 0, Black Barons 3.

BLACK BARONS 7TH: A.MARINO REPLACED P.SCANTLEBURY (PITCHING);
J.Burgos out on unknown play; J.Scott out on unknown play;
E.Steele singled; W.Mays out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Cubans 0, Black Barons 3.

CUBANS 8TH: H.Easterling out on unknown play; F.Diaz singled;
R.Noble singled [F.Diaz to third]; L.Louden out on unknown play
[F.Diaz scored]; C.Clark singled [R.Noble to second]; M.Ariosa
doubled [R.Noble scored, C.Clark scored]; G.Vargas out on
unknown play; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubans 3, Black Barons 3.

BLACK BARONS 8TH: P.Davis singled; N.Robinson singled [P.Davis
to second]; J.Britton singled [P.Davis to third, N.Robinson to
second]; P.Bassett singled [P.Davis scored, N.Robinson to third,
J.Britton to second]; H.BELL BATTED FOR B.POWELL; H.Bell flied
to unknown fielder [N.Robinson scored]; J.Burgos out on unknown
play; J.Scott out on unknown play; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubans
3, Black Barons 5.

CUBANS 9TH: A.PERRY REPLACED H.BELL (PITCHING); A.YVANES BATTED
FOR A.MARINO; A.Yvanes singled; W.Hardy out on unknown play;
H.Easterling walked [A.Yvanes to second]; F.Diaz out on unknown
play; R.Noble walked [A.Yvanes to third, H.Easterling to
second]; L.Louden out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. 
Cubans 3, Black Barons 5.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Cubans           3   9   0  11
 Black Barons     5  13   2   9


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