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New York Cubans (NY6) 10 Chicago American Giants (CAG) 4

Game played on Saturday, July 16, 1949 (N) at Wilmington Park, Wilmington DE
Regular-Season game

Chicago American Giants             3 0 0  1 0 0  0 0 0   -   4  7  0
New York Cubans                     0 0 0  0 0 3  2 5 x   -  10  9  1

BATTING

Chicago American Giants              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Jesse Douglas 3b                      4   0   1    0     1   0     1   5
Lloyd Davenport cf                    5   0   0    0     0   0     1   0
Felix McLaurin lf                     4   1   0    0     1   0     0   0
Lonnie Summers c                      3   1   1    0     2   0     7   1
Art Pennington rf                     5   1   2    2     0   0     1   0
Lyman Bostock 1b                      4   0   1    1     0   0     8   0
Tommy Sampson 2b                      3   0   0    0     1   0     4   4
Clyde McNeal ss                       4   1   1    0     0   0     2   1
Gentry Jessup p                       3   0   1    1     1   0     0   1
  Harry Rhodes p                      0   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Totals                               35   4   7    4     6   0    24  12


BATTING -
2B:  Gentry Jessup. 
3B:  Art Pennington. 
Team LOB:  10


New York Cubans                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Armando Yvanes ss                     4   1   1    2     1   0     0   2
Howard Easterling 3b                  5   1   2    1     0   0     0   2
Fernando Diaz rf                      4   1   1    1     1   0     1   0
Lorenzo Cabrera 1b                    4   3   1    0     1   0    11   0
Cleveland Clark cf                    3   2   2    3     2   0     5   0
Walter Hardy 2b                       4   1   2    3     1   0     1   3
Guillermo Vargas lf                   2   0   0    0     3   0     1   0
Lou Louden c                          5   0   0    0     0   0     8   0
Raul Lopez p                          2   0   0    0     0   0     0   3
  Pat Scantlebury ph                  0   0   0    0     1   0     0   0
  Pee Wee Jenkins p                   0   1   0    0     1   0     0   0
Totals                               33  10   9   10    11   0    27  10

FIELDING -
E: 1.  Howard Easterling. 

BATTING -
HR:  Cleveland Clark. 
Team LOB:  10


PITCHING

Chicago American Giants              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Gentry Jessup L                      7       8   9    9  10   0   0  39
Harry Rhodes                         1       1   1    1   1   0   1  5
Totals                               8       9  10   10  11   0   1  44

Gentry Jessup pitched to 4 batters in the 8th inning

New York Cubans                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Raul Lopez                           6       6   4    4   5   0   0  30
Pee Wee Jenkins W                    3       1   0    0   1   0   0  11
Totals                               9       7   4    4   6   0   0  41



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Umpires: HP - ?

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 1500

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Saturday, 7/16/1949 -- Chicago American Giants at New
York Cubans (N)

Starting Lineups:

   Chicago                       New York                      
1. J.Douglas           3b        A.Yvanes            ss        
2. L.Davenport         cf        H.Easterling        3b        
3. F.McLaurin          lf        F.Diaz              rf        
4. L.Summers           c         L.Cabrera           1b        
5. A.Pennington        rf        C.Clark             cf        
6. L.Bostock           1b        W.Hardy             2b        
7. T.Sampson           2b        G.Vargas            lf        
8. C.McNeal            ss        L.Louden            c         
9. G.Jessup            p         R.Lopez             p         

AMERICAN GIANTS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game
stories and box sc; J.Douglas out on unknown play; L.Davenport
out on unknown play; F.McLaurin walked; L.Summers singled
[F.McLaurin to second]; A.Pennington tripled [F.McLaurin scored,
L.Summers scored]; L.Bostock singled to left field [A.Pennington
scored]; T.Sampson out on unknown play; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
American Giants 3, Cubans 0.

CUBANS 1ST: A.Yvanes out on unknown play; H.Easterling singled;
F.Diaz out on unknown play; L.Cabrera out on unknown play; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  American Giants 3, Cubans 0.

AMERICAN GIANTS 2ND: C.McNeal out on unknown play; G.Jessup out
on unknown play; J.Douglas walked; L.Davenport out on unknown
play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  American Giants 3, Cubans 0.

CUBANS 2ND: C.Clark walked; W.Hardy out on unknown play;
G.Vargas walked [C.Clark to second]; L.Louden out on unknown
play; R.Lopez out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
American Giants 3, Cubans 0.

AMERICAN GIANTS 3RD: F.McLaurin out on unknown play; L.Summers
walked; A.Pennington singled [L.Summers to second]; L.Bostock
out on unknown play; T.Sampson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  American Giants 3, Cubans 0.

CUBANS 3RD: 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. 
American Giants 3, Cubans 0.

AMERICAN GIANTS 4TH: C.McNeal singled; G.Jessup doubled
[C.McNeal scored]; J.Douglas out on unknown play; L.Davenport
out on unknown play; F.McLaurin out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  American Giants 4, Cubans 0.

CUBANS 4TH: L.Cabrera out on unknown play; C.Clark singled;
W.Hardy walked [C.Clark to second]; G.Vargas walked [C.Clark to
third, W.Hardy to second]; L.Louden out on unknown play; R.Lopez
out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  American Giants 4,
Cubans 0.

AMERICAN GIANTS 5TH: L.Summers reached on an error by
H.Easterling [L.Summers to first]; A.Pennington out on unknown
play; L.Bostock out on unknown play; T.Sampson walked [L.Summers
to second]; C.McNeal out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. 
American Giants 4, Cubans 0.

CUBANS 5TH: 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. 
American Giants 4, Cubans 0.

AMERICAN GIANTS 6TH: G.Jessup walked; J.Douglas out on unknown
play; L.Davenport out on unknown play; F.McLaurin out on unknown
play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  American Giants 4, Cubans 0.

CUBANS 6TH: L.Cabrera singled; C.Clark walked [L.Cabrera to
second]; W.Hardy singled [L.Cabrera scored, C.Clark to second];
G.Vargas out on unknown play; L.Louden out on unknown play;
P.SCANTLEBURY BATTED FOR R.LOPEZ; P.Scantlebury walked [C.Clark
to third, W.Hardy to second]; A.Yvanes singled [C.Clark scored,
W.Hardy scored, P.Scantlebury to second]; H.Easterling out on
unknown play; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  American Giants 4, Cubans 3.

AMERICAN GIANTS 7TH: P.JENKINS REPLACED P.SCANTLEBURY
(PITCHING); L.Summers walked; A.Pennington out on unknown play;
L.Bostock out on unknown play; T.Sampson out on unknown play; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  American Giants 4, Cubans 3.

CUBANS 7TH: F.Diaz walked; L.Cabrera walked [F.Diaz to second];
C.Clark out on unknown play [F.Diaz to third, L.Cabrera to
second]; W.Hardy singled [F.Diaz scored, L.Cabrera scored];
G.Vargas out on unknown play; L.Louden out on unknown play; 2 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  American Giants 4, Cubans 5.

AMERICAN GIANTS 8TH: C.McNeal out on unknown play; G.Jessup out
on unknown play; J.Douglas singled; L.Davenport out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  American Giants 4, Cubans 5.

CUBANS 8TH: P.Jenkins walked; A.Yvanes walked [P.Jenkins to
second]; H.Easterling singled [P.Jenkins scored, A.Yvanes to
second]; F.Diaz singled [A.Yvanes scored, H.Easterling to
second]; H.RHODES REPLACED G.JESSUP (PITCHING); L.Cabrera forced
F.Diaz (unknown fielder) [H.Easterling to third, L.Cabrera to
first]; C.Clark homered [H.Easterling scored, L.Cabrera scored];
W.Hardy out on unknown play; G.Vargas walked; L.Louden out on
unknown play; 5 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  American Giants 4, Cubans
10.

AMERICAN GIANTS 9TH: F.McLaurin out on unknown play; L.Summers
out on unknown play; A.Pennington out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  American Giants 4, Cubans 10.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 American Giants   4   7   0  10
 Cubans          10   9   1  10


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