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. Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. 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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