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New York Cubans (NY6) 14 Memphis Red Sox (MEM) 6

Game played on Wednesday, August 24, 1949 (N) at Shibe Park, Philadelphia PA
Regular-Season game

Memphis Red Sox                     0 0 0  4 0 0  0 0 2   -   6  7  3
New York Cubans                     2 0 1  0 6 5  0 0 x   -  14 14  2

BATTING

Memphis Red Sox                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Joe Burt Scott 1b                     3   0   0    0     1   0     8   0
  Willie Wells Jr. ph                 0   1   0    0     1   0     0   0
Orlando Varona ss                     4   2   1    0     1   0     3   1
Casey Jones c                         4   1   1    0     0   0     6   2
  Carlos Colas c                      1   0   0    0     0   0     1   0
Pedro Formental rf                    4   0   0    0     1   0     2   0
Neil Robinson 3b                      4   1   1    1     1   0     0   1
Verdell Mathis lf                     4   1   1    1     0   0     1   0
Jose Colas cf                         4   0   1    0     0   0     1   0
Johnnie Cowan 2b                      4   0   1    1     0   0     2   3
Willie Hutchinson p                   2   0   1    1     0   0     0   1
  Sam Woods p                         1   0   0    0     0   0     0   2
  Charles Johnson ph                  1   0   0    0     0   1     0   0
Totals                               36   6   7    4     5   1    24  10

FIELDING -
E: 3.  Pedro Formental 2, Jose Colas. 

BATTING -
Team LOB:  8


New York Cubans                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Armando Yvanes ss                     5   2   2    0     0   0     1   2
Howard Easterling 3b                  5   4   4    2     0   0     0   0
Fernando Diaz rf                      4   2   1    1     1   0     0   0
Lorenzo Cabrera 1b                    4   2   1    1     1   0    11   0
Cleveland Clark cf                    5   2   4    3     0   0     5   0
Lou Louden c                          4   2   1    4     1   0     9   0
Walter Hardy 2b                       4   0   0    1     0   0     0   7
Mario Ariosa lf                       4   0   0    0     0   0     1   0
Alex Newkirk p                        1   0   0    0     0   0     0   1
  Pat Scantlebury p                   3   0   1    2     0   0     0   1
Totals                               39  14  14   14     3   0    27  11

FIELDING -
E: 2.  Howard Easterling, Walter Hardy. 

BATTING -
HR:  Howard Easterling, Lou Louden. 
Team LOB:  4


PITCHING

Memphis Red Sox                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Willie Hutchinson L                  4      10   9    9   1   0   1  24
Sam Woods                            4       4   5    5   2   0   1  18
Totals                               8      14  14   14   3   0   2  42

Willie Hutchinson pitched to 6 batters in the 5th inning

New York Cubans                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Alex Newkirk                         3.1     4   4    4   0   0   0  15
Pat Scantlebury W                    5.2     3   2    0   5   1   0  26
Totals                               9       7   6    4   5   1   0  41



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Umpires: HP - ?

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 0

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Wednesday, 8/24/1949, game 1 -- Memphis Red Sox at New
York Cubans (N)

Starting Lineups:

   Memphis                       New York                      
1. J.Scott             1b        A.Yvanes            ss        
2. O.Varona            ss        H.Easterling        3b        
3. C.Jones             c         F.Diaz              rf        
4. P.Formental         rf        L.Cabrera           1b        
5. N.Robinson          3b        C.Clark             cf        
6. V.Mathis            lf        L.Louden            c         
7. J.Colas             cf        W.Hardy             2b        
8. J.Cowan             2b        M.Ariosa            lf        
9. W.Hutchinson        p         A.Newkirk           p         

RED SOX 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories
and box sc; J.Scott reached on an error by W.Hardy [J.Scott to
first]; O.Varona out on unknown play; C.Jones out on unknown
play; P.Formental out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. 
Red Sox 0, Cubans 0.

CUBANS 1ST: A.Yvanes singled; H.Easterling hit an inside the
park homer to right field [A.Yvanes scored]; F.Diaz out on
unknown play; L.Cabrera out on unknown play; C.Clark singled to
right field [C.Clark to second (error by P.Formental)]; L.Louden
out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Cubans 2.

RED SOX 2ND: N.Robinson out on unknown play; V.Mathis out on
unknown play; J.Colas out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Red Sox 0, Cubans 2.

CUBANS 2ND: W.Hardy reached on an error by J.Colas [W.Hardy to
first]; M.Ariosa out on unknown play; A.Newkirk out on unknown
play; A.Yvanes out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Red
Sox 0, Cubans 2.

RED SOX 3RD: J.Cowan out on unknown play; W.Hutchinson out on
unknown play; J.Scott out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Red Sox 0, Cubans 2.

CUBANS 3RD: H.Easterling singled to right field [H.Easterling
to second (error by P.Formental)]; F.Diaz out on unknown play;
L.Cabrera out on unknown play; C.Clark singled [H.Easterling
scored]; L.Louden out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. 
Red Sox 0, Cubans 3.

RED SOX 4TH: O.Varona singled; C.Jones singled [O.Varona to
second]; P.Formental out on unknown play; N.Robinson singled
[O.Varona scored, C.Jones to second]; V.Mathis singled [C.Jones
scored, N.Robinson to second]; P.SCANTLEBURY REPLACED A.NEWKIRK
(PITCHING); J.Colas out on unknown play; J.Cowan singled
[N.Robinson scored, V.Mathis to second]; W.Hutchinson singled
[V.Mathis scored, J.Cowan to second]; J.Scott out on unknown
play; 4 R, 6 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Cubans 3.

CUBANS 4TH: 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.  Red Sox 4, Cubans 3.

RED SOX 5TH: O.Varona out on unknown play; C.Jones out on
unknown play; P.Formental out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 4, Cubans 3.

CUBANS 5TH: A.Yvanes singled; H.Easterling singled [A.Yvanes to
second]; F.Diaz singled [A.Yvanes scored, H.Easterling to
second]; L.Cabrera singled [H.Easterling scored, F.Diaz to
second]; C.Clark singled [F.Diaz scored, L.Cabrera to second];
L.Louden walked [L.Cabrera to third, C.Clark to second]; S.WOODS
REPLACED W.HUTCHINSON (PITCHING); W.Hardy out on unknown play
[L.Cabrera scored, C.Clark to third, L.Louden to second];
M.Ariosa out on unknown play; P.Scantlebury singled [C.Clark
scored, L.Louden scored]; A.Yvanes out on unknown play; 6 R, 6
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Cubans 9.

RED SOX 6TH: N.Robinson out on unknown play; V.Mathis out on
unknown play; J.Colas singled; J.Cowan out on unknown play; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Cubans 9.

CUBANS 6TH: H.Easterling singled; F.Diaz walked [H.Easterling
to second]; L.Cabrera walked [H.Easterling to third, F.Diaz to
second]; C.Clark singled [H.Easterling scored, F.Diaz to third,
L.Cabrera to second]; L.Louden homered to leftfield [F.Diaz
scored, L.Cabrera scored, C.Clark scored]; W.Hardy out on
unknown play; M.Ariosa out on unknown play; P.Scantlebury out on
unknown play; 5 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Cubans 14.

RED SOX 7TH: S.Woods out on unknown play; J.Scott walked;
O.Varona out on unknown play; C.Jones out on unknown play; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Cubans 14.

CUBANS 7TH: C.COLAS REPLACED C.JONES (PLAYING C); 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.  Red Sox 4, Cubans 14.

RED SOX 8TH: P.Formental walked; N.Robinson walked [P.Formental
to second]; V.Mathis out on unknown play; J.Colas out on unknown
play; J.Cowan out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red
Sox 4, Cubans 14.

CUBANS 8TH: L.Cabrera out on unknown play; C.Clark out on
unknown play; L.Louden out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 4, Cubans 14.

RED SOX 9TH: C.JOHNSON BATTED FOR S.WOODS; C.Johnson struck
out; W.WELLS JR. BATTED FOR J.SCOTT; W.Wells Jr. walked;
O.Varona walked [W.Wells Jr. to second]; C.Colas out on unknown
play [W.Wells Jr. to third, O.Varona to second]; P.Formental
reached on an error by H.Easterling [W.Wells Jr. scored
(unearned) (no RBI), O.Varona scored (unearned) (no RBI),
P.Formental to first]; N.Robinson out on unknown play; 2 R (0
ER), 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 6, Cubans 14.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Red Sox          6   7   3   8
 Cubans          14  14   2   4


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