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Baltimore Elite Giants (BLG) 11 New York Cubans (NY6) 6

Game played on Sunday, July 3, 1949 (D) at Bugle Field, Baltimore MD
Regular-Season game

New York Cubans                     1 0 0  0 0 0  1 1 3   -   6  8  2
Baltimore Elite Giants              4 0 0  0 0 2  3 2 x   -  11 16  1

BATTING

New York Cubans                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Armando Yvanes ss                     4   1   1    0     0         0   2
Howard Easterling 3b                  3   1   0    0     1         1   1
Fernando Diaz cf                      3   2   3    2     1         3   0
Lorenzo Cabrera 1b                    4   1   2    1     0        13   0
Guillermo Vargas lf                   4   0   1    1     0         1   0
Lou Louden c                          4   0   0    0     0         2   0
Walter Hardy 2b                       4   1   1    0     0         0   2
Mario Ariosa rf                       4   0   0    0     0         4   0
Pat Scantlebury p                     3   0   0    1     0         0   3
Totals                               33   6   8    5     2   3    24   8

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Howard Easterling, Lorenzo Cabrera. 
E: 2.  Guillermo Vargas, Walter Hardy. 

BATTING -
2B:  Armando Yvanes, Guillermo Vargas, Walter Hardy. 
3B:  Fernando Diaz, Lorenzo Cabrera. 
HR:  Fernando Diaz. 
GDP:  Lorenzo Cabrera, Guillermo Vargas. 
Team LOB:  2


Baltimore Elite Giants               AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Henry Kimbro cf                       5   2   2    1     0         3   0
Ed Finney 3b                          4   1   1    2     0         3   2
Jim Gilliam ss                        5   3   3    1     0         0   3
Lennie Pearson 1b                     5   2   3    2     0        13   0
Butch Davis lf                        4   0   2    0     0         1   0
Leon Day 2b                           4   1   2    0     1         3   6
Butch McCord rf                       3   1   1    2     0         1   0
Frazier Robinson c                    4   1   2    2     0         3   1
Bob Romby p                           4   0   0    0     0         0   1
  Bill Byrd p                         0   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               38  11  16   10     1   1    27  13

FIELDING -
DP: 2.  Ed Finney, Lennie Pearson 2, Leon Day 2. 
E: 1.  Leon Day. 

BATTING -
3B:  Lennie Pearson, Frazier Robinson. 
HR:  Ed Finney. 
SH:  Ed Finney, Butch Davis. 
HBP:  Butch McCord. 
GDP:  Butch McCord. 
Team LOB:  7

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Butch Davis, Leon Day. 

PITCHING

New York Cubans                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Pat Scantlebury L                    8      16  11   10   1   1   1  42
Totals                               8      16  11   10   1   1   1  42

HBP:  Pat Scantlebury. 

Baltimore Elite Giants               IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Bob Romby W                          8       8   6    6   2   3   1  32
Bill Byrd SV                         1       0   0    0   0   0   0  3
Totals                               9       8   6    6   2   3   1  35

Bob Romby pitched to 4 batters in the 9th inning
WP:  Bob Romby. 


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Umpires: HP - Ted Lewis, 1B - Fred McCreary

Time of Game: 2:00   Attendance: 0

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 7/3/1949, game 1 -- New York Cubans at Baltimore
Elite Giants (D)

Starting Lineups:

   New York                      Baltimore                     
1. A.Yvanes            ss        H.Kimbro            cf        
2. H.Easterling        3b        E.Finney            3b        
3. F.Diaz              cf        J.Gilliam           ss        
4. L.Cabrera           1b        L.Pearson           1b        
5. G.Vargas            lf        B.Davis             lf        
6. L.Louden            c         L.Day               2b        
7. W.Hardy             2b        B.McCord            rf        
8. M.Ariosa            rf        F.Robinson          c         
9. P.Scantlebury       p         B.Romby             p         

CUBANS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and
box sc; A.Yvanes doubled; H.Easterling out on unknown play
[A.Yvanes to third]; B.Romby threw a wild pitch [A.Yvanes
scored]; F.Diaz walked; L.Cabrera grounded into a double play
(L.Day to L.Pearson) [F.Diaz out at second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubans 1, Elite Giants 0.

ELITE GIANTS 1ST: H.Kimbro singled; E.Finney homered [H.Kimbro
scored]; J.Gilliam singled to left field [J.Gilliam to second
(error by G.Vargas)]; L.Pearson singled [J.Gilliam scored];
B.Davis out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [L.Pearson to
second]; L.Day singled [L.Pearson to third]; B.McCord out on
unknown play; F.Robinson singled [L.Pearson scored, L.Day to
second]; B.Romby out on unknown play; 4 R, 6 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. 
Cubans 1, Elite Giants 4.

CUBANS 2ND: G.Vargas out on unknown play; L.Louden out on
unknown play; W.Hardy out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Cubans 1, Elite Giants 4.

ELITE GIANTS 2ND: H.Kimbro out on unknown play; E.Finney out on
unknown play; J.Gilliam out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubans 1, Elite Giants 4.

CUBANS 3RD: M.Ariosa out on unknown play; P.Scantlebury out on
unknown play; A.Yvanes out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubans 1, Elite Giants 4.

ELITE GIANTS 3RD: L.Pearson out on unknown play; B.Davis
singled; L.Day singled [B.Davis to second]; B.McCord grounded
into a double play (H.Easterling to L.Cabrera) [B.Davis out at
third]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubans 1, Elite Giants 4.

CUBANS 4TH: H.Easterling out on unknown play; F.Diaz singled to
second base [F.Diaz to second (error by L.Day)]; L.Cabrera out
on unknown play; G.Vargas out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Cubans 1, Elite Giants 4.

ELITE GIANTS 4TH: F.Robinson out on unknown play; B.Romby out
on unknown play; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubans 1, Elite Giants 4.

CUBANS 5TH: L.Louden out on unknown play; W.Hardy out on
unknown play; M.Ariosa out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubans 1, Elite Giants 4.

ELITE GIANTS 5TH: E.Finney out on unknown play; J.Gilliam out
on unknown play; L.Pearson singled; B.Davis singled [L.Pearson
to third]; B.Davis stole second; L.Day out on unknown play; 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubans 1, Elite Giants 4.

CUBANS 6TH: P.Scantlebury out on unknown play; A.Yvanes out on
unknown play; H.Easterling out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubans 1, Elite Giants 4.

ELITE GIANTS 6TH: B.McCord was hit by a pitch; F.Robinson
tripled [B.McCord scored]; B.Romby out on unknown play; H.Kimbro
out on unknown play [F.Robinson scored]; E.Finney out on unknown
play; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubans 1, Elite Giants 6.

CUBANS 7TH: F.Diaz tripled; L.Cabrera singled [F.Diaz scored];
G.Vargas grounded into a double play (E.Finney to L.Day to
L.Pearson) [L.Cabrera out at second]; L.Louden out on unknown
play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubans 2, Elite Giants 6.

ELITE GIANTS 7TH: J.Gilliam singled; L.Pearson tripled
[J.Gilliam scored]; B.Davis out on unknown play; L.Day walked;
L.Day stole second; B.McCord singled [L.Pearson scored, L.Day
scored]; F.Robinson out on unknown play; B.Romby out on unknown
play; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubans 2, Elite Giants 9.

CUBANS 8TH: W.Hardy doubled; M.Ariosa out on unknown play
[W.Hardy to third]; P.Scantlebury out on unknown play [W.Hardy
scored]; A.Yvanes out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Cubans 3, Elite Giants 9.

ELITE GIANTS 8TH: H.Kimbro singled; E.Finney out on a sacrifice
bunt (unknown fielder) [H.Kimbro to second]; J.Gilliam singled
[H.Kimbro scored]; L.Pearson out on unknown play [J.Gilliam to
second]; B.Davis reached on an error by W.Hardy [J.Gilliam
scored (unearned) (no RBI), B.Davis to first]; L.Day out on
unknown play; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cubans 3, Elite
Giants 11.

CUBANS 9TH: H.Easterling walked; F.Diaz homered [H.Easterling
scored]; L.Cabrera tripled; G.Vargas doubled [L.Cabrera scored];
B.BYRD REPLACED B.ROMBY (PITCHING); L.Louden out on unknown
play; W.Hardy out on unknown play; M.Ariosa out on unknown play;
3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubans 6, Elite Giants 11.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Cubans           6   8   2   2
 Elite Giants    11  16   1   7


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