New York Cubans 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 5 1 - 11 17 0 Baltimore Elite Giants 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 - 2 9 2 BATTING New York Cubans AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Armando Yvanes ss 5 1 1 1 0 6 2 Howard Easterling 3b 4 2 2 1 1 2 0 Fernando Diaz rf 4 1 1 3 0 0 0 Lorenzo Cabrera 1b 4 1 3 0 1 6 0 Cleveland Clark cf 5 2 2 0 0 5 0 Walter Hardy 2b 5 1 3 3 0 3 4 Lou Louden c 5 1 1 1 0 3 0 Guillermo Vargas lf 5 2 3 1 0 2 0 Riley Stewart p 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 Totals 42 11 17 10 2 1 27 8 FIELDING - DP: 1. Armando Yvanes, Lorenzo Cabrera, Walter Hardy. BATTING - 2B: Lorenzo Cabrera, Cleveland Clark, Lou Louden. 3B: Howard Easterling. SH: Armando Yvanes. HBP: Fernando Diaz. Team LOB: 8 BASERUNNING - SB: Walter Hardy. CS: Fernando Diaz. Baltimore Elite Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Jim Gilliam 2b 4 0 0 0 1 6 3 Tommy Butts ss 3 1 1 0 2 3 5 Ed Finney 3b 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 Lennie Pearson 1b 4 0 1 0 1 5 0 Leon Day cf 5 0 2 1 0 8 0 Henry Kimbro lf 3 0 1 0 1 2 0 Butch McCord rf 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 Johnny Hayes c 3 0 2 1 1 1 1 Bill Byrd p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Toots Ferrell p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 34 2 9 2 7 3 27 9 FIELDING - E: 2. Ed Finney, Butch McCord. BATTING - 2B: Leon Day, Johnny Hayes. 3B: Ed Finney. GDP: Butch McCord. Team LOB: 12 BASERUNNING - SB: Tommy Butts. PITCHING New York Cubans IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Riley Stewart W 9 9 2 2 7 3 0 41 Totals 9 9 2 2 7 3 0 41 Baltimore Elite Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Bill Byrd L 7.2 13 10 10 1 1 0 38 Toots Ferrell 1.1 4 1 1 1 0 0 8 Totals 9 17 11 11 2 1 0 46 HBP: Bill Byrd. Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Ted Lewis, 1B - H. Williams, 2B - , 3B - Fred McCreary Time of Game: 2:24 Attendance: 1534 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Tuesday, 7/26/1949 -- New York Cubans at Baltimore Elite Giants (N) Starting Lineups: New York Baltimore 1. A.Yvanes ss J.Gilliam 2b 2. H.Easterling 3b T.Butts ss 3. F.Diaz rf E.Finney 3b 4. L.Cabrera 1b L.Pearson 1b 5. C.Clark cf L.Day cf 6. W.Hardy 2b H.Kimbro lf 7. L.Louden c B.McCord rf 8. G.Vargas lf J.Hayes c 9. R.Stewart p B.Byrd p CUBANS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; 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. Cubans 0, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 1ST: J.Gilliam out on unknown play; T.Butts walked; T.Butts was picked off first (R.Stewart to L.Cabrera); E.Finney out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubans 0, Elite Giants 0. CUBANS 2ND: L.Cabrera out on unknown play; C.Clark out on unknown play; W.Hardy out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubans 0, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 2ND: L.Pearson singled; L.Day singled [L.Pearson to second]; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; B.McCord grounded into a double play (A.Yvanes to W.Hardy to L.Cabrera) [L.Day out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubans 0, Elite Giants 0. CUBANS 3RD: L.Louden out on unknown play; G.Vargas out on unknown play; R.Stewart out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubans 0, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 3RD: J.Hayes singled; B.Byrd out on unknown play; J.Gilliam out on unknown play; T.Butts out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubans 0, Elite Giants 0. CUBANS 4TH: A.Yvanes singled; H.Easterling tripled [A.Yvanes scored]; F.Diaz out on unknown play [H.Easterling scored]; L.Cabrera doubled; C.Clark out on unknown play; W.Hardy out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubans 2, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 4TH: E.Finney tripled; L.Pearson walked; L.Day out on unknown play; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; B.McCord walked [L.Pearson to second]; J.Hayes walked [E.Finney scored, L.Pearson to third, B.McCord to second]; B.Byrd out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Cubans 2, Elite Giants 1. CUBANS 5TH: L.Louden reached on an error by E.Finney [L.Louden to first]; G.Vargas out on unknown play; R.Stewart out on unknown play; A.Yvanes out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cubans 2, Elite Giants 1. ELITE GIANTS 5TH: J.Gilliam walked; T.Butts walked [J.Gilliam to second]; E.Finney out on unknown play; L.Pearson out on unknown play; L.Day out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubans 2, Elite Giants 1. CUBANS 6TH: H.Easterling out on unknown play; F.Diaz was hit by a pitch; L.Cabrera singled [F.Diaz to second]; C.Clark forced L.Cabrera (unknown fielder) [F.Diaz to third, C.Clark to first]; W.Hardy singled [F.Diaz scored, C.Clark scored]; W.Hardy stole second; L.Louden out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubans 4, Elite Giants 1. ELITE GIANTS 6TH: H.Kimbro singled; B.McCord singled [H.Kimbro to second]; J.Hayes out on unknown play; B.Byrd out on unknown play; J.Gilliam out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubans 4, Elite Giants 1. CUBANS 7TH: G.Vargas singled; R.Stewart singled to right field [G.Vargas scored (no RBI) (error by B.McCord), R.Stewart to second]; A.Yvanes out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [R.Stewart to third]; H.Easterling walked; F.Diaz out on unknown play; L.Cabrera was credited with a single when a runner was hit by the batted ball (J.Gilliam unassisted) [H.Easterling out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Cubans 5, Elite Giants 1. ELITE GIANTS 7TH: T.Butts singled; T.Butts stole second; E.Finney out on unknown play; L.Pearson out on unknown play; L.Day doubled [T.Butts scored]; H.Kimbro walked; B.McCord out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubans 5, Elite Giants 2. CUBANS 8TH: C.Clark doubled; W.Hardy singled [C.Clark to third]; L.Louden doubled [C.Clark scored, W.Hardy to third]; G.Vargas singled [W.Hardy scored, L.Louden to third]; R.Stewart out on unknown play; A.Yvanes out on unknown play [L.Louden scored]; H.Easterling singled [G.Vargas to third, H.Easterling to second (on throw)]; T.FERRELL REPLACED B.BYRD (PITCHING); F.Diaz singled [G.Vargas scored, H.Easterling scored]; F.Diaz was caught stealing second (J.Hayes to J.Gilliam); 5 R, 6 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubans 10, Elite Giants 2. ELITE GIANTS 8TH: J.Hayes doubled; T.Ferrell out on unknown play; J.Gilliam out on unknown play; T.Butts out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubans 10, Elite Giants 2. CUBANS 9TH: L.Cabrera walked; C.Clark singled [L.Cabrera to second]; W.Hardy singled [L.Cabrera scored, C.Clark to second]; L.Louden out on unknown play; G.Vargas singled [C.Clark to third, W.Hardy to second]; R.Stewart out on unknown play; A.Yvanes out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Cubans 11, Elite Giants 2. ELITE GIANTS 9TH: E.Finney out on unknown play; L.Pearson out on unknown play; L.Day out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubans 11, Elite Giants 2. Final Totals R H E LOB Cubans 11 17 0 8 Elite Giants 2 9 2 12
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