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Homestead Grays (HOM) 5 New York Cubans (NY6) 3

Game played on Saturday, May 16, 1936 (D) at Hinchliffe Stadium, Patterson NJ
Regular-Season game

Homestead Grays                     2 1 0  2 0 0  0 0 0   -   5  9  1
New York Cubans                     0 0 0  0 0 0  3 0 0   -   3  8  3

BATTING

Homestead Grays                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Jerry Benjamin cf                     4   2   1    0     1   1     4   0
Vic Harris lf                         3   0   0    0     1         1   0
Buck Leonard 1b                       4   1   1    1     1         9   1
Ray Brown rf                          4   1   1    1     1         2   0
Pepper Bassett c                      5   0   2    1     0         4   1
Walter Burch 3b                       5   0   1    1     0         3   3
Matt Carlisle 2b                      5   1   1    0     0   1     2   5
Jelly Jackson ss                      3   0   1    0     1         2   3
Arnold Waites p                       3   0   0    0     0         0   1
  Willie Gisentaner p                 1   0   1    0     0         0   0
Totals                               37   5   9    4     5   9    27  14

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Buck Leonard, Matt Carlisle, Jelly Jackson. 
E: 1.  Jelly Jackson. 

BATTING -
2B:  Jerry Benjamin. 
3B:  Buck Leonard. 
SH:  Vic Harris, Jelly Jackson. 
Team LOB:  12


New York Cubans                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Dave Thomas 1b                        4   1   1    0     1         9   1
Francisco Correa 2b                   5   1   2    0     0         3   7
Clyde Spearman rf                     5   1   1    1     0         0   0
Martin Dihigo cf                      4   0   1    2     1         1   0
Lazaro Salazar lf, p                  3   0   0    0     1         0   0
Anastasio Santaella 3b                3   0   0    0     1         1   0
Frank Duncan c                        4   0   1    0     0        10   0
Rabbit Martinez ss                    4   0   1    0     0         3   2
Luis Tiant p                          0   0   0    0     1         0   3
  Silvio Garcia ph, lf                2   0   1    0     0         0   1
Totals                               34   3   8    3     5   3    27  14

FIELDING -
E: 3.  Dave Thomas, Frank Duncan 2. 

BATTING -
2B:  Clyde Spearman, Martin Dihigo. 
HBP:  Luis Tiant. 
GDP:  Rabbit Martinez. 
Team LOB:  10


PITCHING

Homestead Grays                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Arnold Waites W                      6.1     8   3    3   4   2   0  32
Willie Gisentaner SV                 2.2     0   0    0   1   1   0  8
Totals                               9       8   3    3   5   3   0  40

HBP:  Arnold Waites. 

New York Cubans                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Luis Tiant L                         7       8   5    2   4   7   0  35
Lazaro Salazar                       2       1   0    0   1       0  9
Totals                               9       9   5    2   5   9   0  44



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Umpires: HP - Mo Harris, 1B -  Taggert

Time of Game: 2:30   Attendance: 1700

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Saturday, 5/16/1936 -- Homestead Grays at New York
Cubans (D)

Starting Lineups:

   Homestead                     New York                      
1. J.Benjamin          cf        D.Thomas            1b        
2. V.Harris            lf        F.Correa            2b        
3. B.Leonard           1b        C.Spearman          rf        
4. R.Brown             rf        M.Dihigo            cf        
5. P.Bassett           c         L.Salazar           lf        
6. W.Burch             3b        A.Santaella         3b        
7. M.Carlisle          2b        F.Duncan            c         
8. J.Jackson           ss        R.Martinez          ss        
9. A.Waites            p         L.Tiant             p         

GRAYS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and
box sc; J.Benjamin hit a ground rule double; V.Harris out on
unknown play; B.Leonard tripled [J.Benjamin scored]; R.Brown
singled [B.Leonard scored]; P.Bassett out on unknown play;
W.Burch out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Grays 2,
Cubans 0.

CUBANS 1ST: D.Thomas out on unknown play; F.Correa singled;
C.Spearman out on unknown play; M.Dihigo walked [F.Correa to
second]; L.Salazar out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Grays 2, Cubans 0.

GRAYS 2ND: M.Carlisle singled; J.Jackson out on a sacrifice
bunt (unknown fielder) [M.Carlisle to second]; A.Waites out on
unknown play; J.Benjamin walked; V.Harris walked [M.Carlisle to
third, J.Benjamin to second]; B.Leonard reached on an error by
D.Thomas [M.Carlisle scored (unearned) (no RBI), J.Benjamin to
third, V.Harris to second, B.Leonard to first]; R.Brown out on
unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Grays 3, Cubans 0.

CUBANS 2ND: A.Santaella out on unknown play; F.Duncan out on
unknown play; R.Martinez singled; L.Tiant was hit by a pitch
[R.Martinez to second]; D.Thomas out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Grays 3, Cubans 0.

GRAYS 3RD: P.Bassett singled; W.Burch out on unknown play;
M.Carlisle out on unknown play; J.Jackson walked [P.Bassett to
second]; A.Waites out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Grays 3, Cubans 0.

CUBANS 3RD: F.Correa out on unknown play; C.Spearman out on
unknown play; M.Dihigo out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Grays 3, Cubans 0.

GRAYS 4TH: J.Benjamin struck out [J.Benjamin to first (error by
F.Duncan)]; V.Harris out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder)
[J.Benjamin to second]; B.Leonard out on unknown play; R.Brown
walked; P.Bassett singled [J.Benjamin scored (unearned), R.Brown
to second]; W.Burch singled [R.Brown scored (unearned),
P.Bassett to second]; M.Carlisle out on unknown play; 2 R (0
ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Grays 5, Cubans 0.

CUBANS 4TH: L.Salazar out on unknown play; A.Santaella walked;
F.Duncan out on unknown play; R.Martinez out on unknown play; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Grays 5, Cubans 0.

GRAYS 5TH: J.Jackson singled; A.Waites out on unknown play;
J.Benjamin out on unknown play; V.Harris out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Grays 5, Cubans 0.

CUBANS 5TH: L.Tiant walked; D.Thomas singled [L.Tiant to
second]; F.Correa out on unknown play; C.Spearman out on unknown
play; M.Dihigo out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Grays
5, Cubans 0.

GRAYS 6TH: B.Leonard out on unknown play; R.Brown out on
unknown play; P.Bassett out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Grays 5, Cubans 0.

CUBANS 6TH: L.Salazar reached on an error by J.Jackson
[L.Salazar to first]; A.Santaella out on unknown play; F.Duncan
singled [L.Salazar to second]; R.Martinez grounded into a double
play (J.Jackson to M.Carlisle to B.Leonard) [F.Duncan out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Grays 5, Cubans 0.

GRAYS 7TH: W.Burch out on unknown play; M.Carlisle out on
unknown play; J.Jackson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Grays 5, Cubans 0.

CUBANS 7TH: S.GARCIA BATTED FOR L.TIANT; S.Garcia singled;
D.Thomas forced S.Garcia (B.Leonard to J.Jackson) [D.Thomas to
first]; F.Correa singled [D.Thomas to second]; C.Spearman
doubled [D.Thomas scored, F.Correa to third]; M.Dihigo doubled
[F.Correa scored, C.Spearman scored]; L.Salazar walked;
W.GISENTANER REPLACED A.WAITES (PITCHING); M.Dihigo was picked
off second (P.Bassett to J.Jackson); A.Santaella popped to
unknown fielder; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Grays 5, Cubans 3.

GRAYS 8TH: S.GARCIA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); L.SALAZAR
CHANGED POSITIONS (PITCHING); W.Gisentaner singled; J.Benjamin
out on unknown play; V.Harris out on unknown play; B.Leonard
walked [W.Gisentaner to second]; R.Brown out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Grays 5, Cubans 3.

CUBANS 8TH: F.Duncan out on unknown play; R.Martinez out on
unknown play; S.Garcia out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Grays 5, Cubans 3.

GRAYS 9TH: P.Bassett out on unknown play; W.Burch out on
unknown play; M.Carlisle struck out [M.Carlisle to first (error
by F.Duncan)]; J.Jackson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Grays 5, Cubans 3.

CUBANS 9TH: D.Thomas walked; F.Correa out on unknown play;
C.Spearman out on unknown play; M.Dihigo out on unknown play; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Grays 5, Cubans 3.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Grays            5   9   1  12
 Cubans           3   8   3  10


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