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 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. 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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