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Baltimore Elite Giants (BLG) 3 New York Cubans (NY6) 2

Game played on Tuesday, July 5, 1949 (N) at Dunn Field, Trenton NJ
Regular-Season game

Baltimore Elite Giants              1 0 0  0 0 0  2 0 0   -   3 13  1
New York Cubans                     0 0 0  0 0 1  0 1 0   -   2  5  2

BATTING

Baltimore Elite Giants               AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Henry Kimbro cf                       4   1   2    0     1         2   0
Ed Finney 3b                          5   1   2    0     0         2   4
Jim Gilliam ss                        5   1   2    2     0         1   3
Lennie Pearson 1b                     4   0   2    0     1        13   0
Butch Davis lf                        5   0   2    1     0         3   0
Leon Day 2b                           5   0   1    0     0         1   6
Butch McCord rf                       4   0   0    0     0         3   0
Johnny Hayes c                        4   0   2    0     0         2   0
Silvester Rodgers p                   4   0   0    0     0         0   1
  Joe Black p                         0   0   0    0     0         0   1
Totals                               40   3  13    3     2   4    27  15

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Jim Gilliam, Lennie Pearson, Leon Day. 
E: 1.  Lennie Pearson. 

BATTING -
2B:  Henry Kimbro, Ed Finney, Jim Gilliam, Johnny Hayes. 
3B:  Ed Finney. 
Team LOB:  12

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Butch McCord. 

New York Cubans                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Armando Yvanes ss                     4   1   1    0     0         3   7
Howard Easterling 3b                  3   0   0    0     1         2   1
Fernando Diaz cf                      4   1   1    0     0         2   0
Lorenzo Cabrera 1b                    3   0   2    1     1        11   1
Guillermo Vargas lf                   2   0   0    1     2         1   0
Lou Louden c                          4   0   0    0     0         5   0
Walter Hardy 2b                       2   0   0    0     1         3   4
  Riley Stewart ph                    1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Mario Ariosa rf                       4   0   0    0     0         0   1
  Amancico Ferro pr                   0   0   0    0     0         0   0
Pat Scantlebury p                     4   0   1    0     0         0   2
Totals                               31   2   5    2     5   1    27  16

FIELDING -
E: 2.  Armando Yvanes, Walter Hardy. 

BATTING -
2B:  Fernando Diaz, Lorenzo Cabrera 2. 
GDP:  Pat Scantlebury. 
Team LOB:  7

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Armando Yvanes. 

PITCHING

Baltimore Elite Giants               IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Silvester Rodgers W                  8       5   2    2   5   1   0  33
Joe Black SV                         1       0   0    0   0   0   0  3
Totals                               9       5   2    2   5   1   0  36


New York Cubans                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Pat Scantlebury L                    9      13   3    3   2   4   0  42
Totals                               9      13   3    3   2   4   0  42



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Umpires: HP -  Crossland, 1B -  Smeltzer

Time of Game: 1:59   Attendance: 753

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Tuesday, 7/5/1949 -- Baltimore Elite Giants at New York
Cubans (N)

Starting Lineups:

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

ELITE GIANTS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game
stories and box sc; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; E.Finney
tripled; J.Gilliam doubled [E.Finney scored]; L.Pearson singled
[J.Gilliam to third]; B.Davis out on unknown play; L.Day out on
unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Elite Giants 1, Cubans 0.

CUBANS 1ST: A.Yvanes out on unknown play; H.Easterling out on
unknown play; F.Diaz out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Elite Giants 1, Cubans 0.

ELITE GIANTS 2ND: B.McCord out on unknown play; J.Hayes
singled; S.Rodgers out on unknown play; H.Kimbro singled
[J.Hayes to second]; E.Finney out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Elite Giants 1, Cubans 0.

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

ELITE GIANTS 3RD: J.Gilliam out on unknown play; L.Pearson out
on unknown play; B.Davis singled to shortstop [B.Davis to second
(error by A.Yvanes)]; L.Day out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Elite Giants 1, Cubans 0.

CUBANS 3RD: 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.  Elite Giants 1, Cubans 0.

ELITE GIANTS 4TH: B.McCord out on unknown play; J.Hayes out on
unknown play; S.Rodgers out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Elite Giants 1, Cubans 0.

CUBANS 4TH: F.Diaz out on unknown play; L.Cabrera out on
unknown play; G.Vargas out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Elite Giants 1, Cubans 0.

ELITE GIANTS 5TH: H.Kimbro out on unknown play; E.Finney
doubled; J.Gilliam out on unknown play; L.Pearson walked;
B.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Elite Giants
1, Cubans 0.

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.  Elite Giants 1, Cubans 0.

ELITE GIANTS 6TH: L.Day singled; B.McCord forced L.Day (unknown
fielder) [B.McCord to first]; B.McCord stole second [B.McCord to
third (error by W.Hardy)]; J.Hayes out on unknown play;
S.Rodgers out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Elite
Giants 1, Cubans 0.

CUBANS 6TH: P.Scantlebury singled; P.Scantlebury was picked off
first (S.Rodgers to L.Pearson); A.Yvanes singled; A.Yvanes stole
second; H.Easterling walked; F.Diaz out on unknown play;
L.Cabrera walked [A.Yvanes to third, H.Easterling to second];
G.Vargas walked [A.Yvanes scored, H.Easterling to third,
L.Cabrera to second]; L.Louden out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 3 LOB.  Elite Giants 1, Cubans 1.

ELITE GIANTS 7TH: H.Kimbro doubled; E.Finney out on unknown
play; J.Gilliam singled [H.Kimbro scored]; L.Pearson singled
[J.Gilliam to second]; B.Davis singled [J.Gilliam scored,
L.Pearson to second]; L.Day out on unknown play; B.McCord out on
unknown play; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Elite Giants 3, Cubans 1.

CUBANS 7TH: W.Hardy out on unknown play; M.Ariosa out on
unknown play; P.Scantlebury out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Elite Giants 3, Cubans 1.

ELITE GIANTS 8TH: J.Hayes doubled; S.Rodgers out on unknown
play; H.Kimbro walked; E.Finney out on unknown play; J.Gilliam
out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Elite Giants 3,
Cubans 1.

CUBANS 8TH: A.Yvanes out on unknown play; H.Easterling out on
unknown play; F.Diaz doubled; L.Cabrera doubled [F.Diaz scored];
G.Vargas walked; L.Louden out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Elite Giants 3, Cubans 2.

ELITE GIANTS 9TH: L.Pearson out on unknown play; B.Davis out on
unknown play; L.Day out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Elite Giants 3, Cubans 2.

CUBANS 9TH: J.BLACK REPLACED S.RODGERS (PITCHING); R.STEWART
BATTED FOR W.HARDY; R.Stewart flied to unknown fielder; M.Ariosa
reached on an error by L.Pearson [M.Ariosa to first]; A.FERRO
RAN FOR M.ARIOSA; P.Scantlebury grounded into a double play
(L.Day to J.Gilliam to L.Pearson) [A.Ferro out at second]; 0 R,
0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Elite Giants 3, Cubans 2.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Elite Giants     3  13   1  12
 Cubans           2   5   2   7


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