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Philadelphia Stars (PH5) 9 New York Cubans (NY6) 3

Game played on Sunday, May 28, 1944 (D) at Yankee Stadium I, New York NY
Regular-Season game

Philadelphia Stars                  3 0 0  0 0 0  0 5 1   -   9 16  2
New York Cubans                     0 0 0  0 0 1  0 1 1   -   3 10  2

BATTING

Philadelphia Stars                   AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Gene Benson cf                        5   3   4    0     0         4   0
Frank Austin ss                       5   2   2    2     0         2   2
Goose Curry rf                        4   2   4    2     1         2   0
Jim West 1b                           5   0   2    1     0         8   1
Marvin Williams 2b                    5   1   1    2     0         2   4
Ed Stone lf                           4   1   2    1     0         2   0
Stanley Glenn c                       3   0   1    1     1         5   1
Mahlon Duckett 3b                     4   0   0    0     0         0   2
Barney Brown p                        4   0   0    0     0         2   6
Totals                               39   9  16    9     2   3    27  16

FIELDING -
E: 2.  Jim West 2. 

BATTING -
2B:  Frank Austin 2, Ed Stone. 
3B:  Gene Benson. 
HR:  Marvin Williams. 
Team LOB:  5

BASERUNNING -
CS:  Gene Benson. 

New York Cubans                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Hector Rodriguez 3b                   5   0   0    0     0         0   5
Dave Thomas 1b                        5   0   1    0     0        10   0
Jose Vargas cf                        4   0   1    0     0         3   0
Pancho Coimbre rf                     3   2   2    0     1         1   0
Rogelio Linares lf                    2   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Javier Perez ph, lf, 2b             2   0   2    2     0         0   0
Rabbit Martinez ss                    3   0   0    0     0         5   1
Gil Garrido 2b                        3   0   2    0     0         2   1
  Jose Maria Fernandez ph             1   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Ameal Brooks lf                     0   0   0    0     0         1   0
Lou Louden c                          4   1   2    0     0         5   1
Carrenza Howard p                     3   0   0    0     0         0   6
  Bill Anderson p                     0   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Roosevelt Cox ph                    1   0   0    1     0         0   0
Totals                               36   3  10    3     1   4    27  14

FIELDING -
E: 2.  Rabbit Martinez, Ameal Brooks. 

BATTING -
2B:  Pancho Coimbre, Gil Garrido. 
3B:  Javier Perez, Lou Louden. 
SH:  Rabbit Martinez. 
Team LOB:  8


PITCHING

Philadelphia Stars                   IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Barney Brown W                       9      10   3    3   1   4   0  38
Totals                               9      10   3    3   1   4   0  38


New York Cubans                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Carrenza Howard L                    7.1    12   7    7   1   3   1  32
Bill Anderson                        1.2     4   2    2   1   0   0  9
Totals                               9      16   9    9   2   3   1  41



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Umpires: HP - ?

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 8500

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 5/28/1944, game 1 -- Philadelphia Stars at New
York Cubans (D)

Starting Lineups:

   Philadelphia                  New York                      
1. G.Benson            cf        H.Rodriguez         3b        
2. F.Austin            ss        D.Thomas            1b        
3. G.Curry             rf        J.Vargas            cf        
4. J.West              1b        P.Coimbre           rf        
5. M.Williams          2b        R.Linares           lf        
6. E.Stone             lf        R.Martinez          ss        
7. S.Glenn             c         G.Garrido           2b        
8. M.Duckett           3b        L.Louden            c         
9. B.Brown             p         C.Howard            p         

STARS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and
box sc; G.Benson tripled to left-center; F.Austin doubled
[G.Benson scored]; G.Curry singled to center field [F.Austin
scored]; J.West out on unknown play [G.Curry to second];
M.Williams out on unknown play; E.Stone singled [G.Curry
scored]; S.Glenn out on unknown play; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Stars 3, Cubans 0.

CUBANS 1ST: H.Rodriguez out on unknown play; D.Thomas out on
unknown play; J.Vargas singled; J.Vargas was picked off first,
but was safe on an error by J.West [J.Vargas to second];
P.Coimbre walked; R.Linares out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E,
2 LOB.  Stars 3, Cubans 0.

STARS 2ND: M.Duckett out on unknown play; B.Brown out on
unknown play; G.Benson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Stars 3, Cubans 0.

CUBANS 2ND: R.Martinez out on unknown play; G.Garrido singled;
L.Louden singled [G.Garrido to second]; C.Howard out on unknown
play; H.Rodriguez out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Stars 3, Cubans 0.

STARS 3RD: F.Austin out on unknown play; G.Curry singled to
shortstop [G.Curry to second (error by R.Martinez)]; J.West out
on unknown play; M.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Stars 3, Cubans 0.

CUBANS 3RD: D.Thomas out on unknown play; J.Vargas out on
unknown play; P.Coimbre out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Stars 3, Cubans 0.

STARS 4TH: E.Stone out on unknown play; S.Glenn walked; S.Glenn
was picked off first (C.Howard to D.Thomas); M.Duckett out on
unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Stars 3, Cubans 0.

CUBANS 4TH: R.Linares out on unknown play; R.Martinez out on
unknown play; G.Garrido doubled; L.Louden out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Stars 3, Cubans 0.

STARS 5TH: B.Brown out on unknown play; G.Benson singled;
G.Benson was caught stealing second (L.Louden to R.Martinez);
F.Austin out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Stars 3,
Cubans 0.

CUBANS 5TH: C.Howard out on unknown play; H.Rodriguez out on
unknown play; D.Thomas singled to first base [D.Thomas to second
(error by J.West)]; J.Vargas out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Stars 3, Cubans 0.

STARS 6TH: G.Curry singled; G.Curry was picked off first
(C.Howard to D.Thomas); J.West singled; M.Williams out on
unknown play; E.Stone out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Stars 3, Cubans 0.

CUBANS 6TH: P.Coimbre doubled to left field; J.PEREZ BATTED FOR
R.LINARES; J.Perez singled to center field [P.Coimbre scored];
R.Martinez out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [J.Perez to
second]; G.Garrido out on unknown play; L.Louden out on unknown
play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Stars 3, Cubans 1.

STARS 7TH: J.PEREZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); S.Glenn out on
unknown play; M.Duckett out on unknown play; B.Brown out on
unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Stars 3, Cubans 1.

CUBANS 7TH: C.Howard out on unknown play; H.Rodriguez out on
unknown play; D.Thomas out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Stars 3, Cubans 1.

STARS 8TH: G.Benson singled to right field; F.Austin doubled
[G.Benson scored]; G.Curry singled to left field [F.Austin
scored]; J.West out on unknown play; M.Williams hit an inside
the park homer to center field [G.Curry scored]; B.ANDERSON
REPLACED C.HOWARD (PITCHING); E.Stone doubled; S.Glenn singled
[E.Stone scored]; M.Duckett out on unknown play; B.Brown out on
unknown play; 5 R, 6 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Stars 8, Cubans 1.

CUBANS 8TH: J.Vargas out on unknown play; P.Coimbre singled;
J.Perez tripled to left field [P.Coimbre scored]; R.Martinez out
on unknown play; J.FERNANDEZ BATTED FOR G.GARRIDO; J.Fernandez
out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Stars 8, Cubans 2.

STARS 9TH: A.BROOKS REPLACED J.FERNANDEZ (PLAYING LF); J.PEREZ
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); G.Benson singled to left field
[G.Benson to second (error by A.Brooks)]; F.Austin out on
unknown play; G.Curry walked; J.West singled to center field
(unknown fielder) [G.Benson scored, G.Curry out at third];
M.Williams out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Stars 9,
Cubans 2.

CUBANS 9TH: L.Louden tripled; R.COX BATTED FOR B.ANDERSON;
R.Cox grounded out (M.Williams to J.West) [L.Louden scored];
H.Rodriguez out on unknown play; D.Thomas out on unknown play; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Stars 9, Cubans 3.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Stars            9  16   2   5
 Cubans           3  10   2   8


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