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New York Cubans (NY6) 5 Philadelphia Stars (PH5) 1

Game played on Wednesday, May 31, 1944 (N) at Island Park, Harrisburg PA
Regular-Season game

Philadelphia Stars                  0 0 0  0 0 0  0 1 0   -   1  4  3
New York Cubans                     0 0 0  1 1 3  0 0 x   -   5  8  2

BATTING

Philadelphia Stars                   AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Garrell Hartman 2b                    4   0   0    0     0         0   3
Barney Brown cf                       4   0   1    0     0         2   0
Goose Curry 3b                        2   0   1    0     2         0   0
Jim West 1b                           3   1   1    1     1        11   1
Marvin Williams ss                    4   0   0    0     0         2   2
Clarence Palm c                       4   0   1    0     0         6   1
Stanley Glenn rf                      3   0   0    0     0         2   0
   Simmons ph                         1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Larry Kimbrough lf                    2   0   0    0     1         0   1
  Bill Ricks ph                       1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Ule Mahoney p                         3   0   0    0     0         1   3
Totals                               31   1   4    1     4  14    24  11

FIELDING -
E: 3.  Garrell Hartman, Jim West, Clarence Palm. 

BATTING -
HR:  Jim West. 
Team LOB:  7


New York Cubans                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Hector Rodriguez 3b                   4   1   3    1     1         0   2
Rogelio Linares 1b                    5   0   0    0     0         6   0
Jose Vargas cf                        4   0   0    1     0         2   1
Pancho Coimbre lf                     3   0   0    0     1         1   0
Claro Duany rf                        4   0   1    0     0         0   0
Javier Perez 2b                       4   1   1    0     0         0   0
Rabbit Martinez ss                    4   2   3    1     0         4   1
Ameal Brooks c                        3   1   0    0     0        14   1
Luis Tiant p                          3   0   0    0     0         0   3
Totals                               34   5   8    3     2   6    27   8

FIELDING -
E: 2.  Hector Rodriguez, Rogelio Linares. 

BATTING -
2B:  Claro Duany. 
3B:  Rabbit Martinez 2. 
SH:  Luis Tiant. 
HBP:  Ameal Brooks. 
Team LOB:  9

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Hector Rodriguez. 

PITCHING

Philadelphia Stars                   IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Ule Mahoney L                        8       8   5    4   2   6   0  38
Totals                               8       8   5    4   2   6   0  38

WP:  Ule Mahoney. 
HBP:  Ule Mahoney. 

New York Cubans                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Luis Tiant W                         9       4   1    1   4  14   1  35
Totals                               9       4   1    1   4  14   1  35



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Umpires: HP - Art Fields, 1B - Ben Taylor, 2B -  , 3B -  Arp

Time of Game: 2:20   Attendance: 1529

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Wednesday, 5/31/1944 -- Philadelphia Stars at New York
Cubans (N)

Starting Lineups:

   Philadelphia                  New York                      
1. G.Hartman           2b        H.Rodriguez         3b        
2. B.Brown             cf        R.Linares           1b        
3. G.Curry             3b        J.Vargas            cf        
4. J.West              1b        P.Coimbre           lf        
5. M.Williams          ss        C.Duany             rf        
6. C.Palm              c         J.Perez             2b        
7. S.Glenn             rf        R.Martinez          ss        
8. L.Kimbrough         lf        A.Brooks            c         
9. U.Mahoney           p         L.Tiant             p         

STARS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and
box sc; G.Hartman out on unknown play; B.Brown singled to third
base [B.Brown to second (error by H.Rodriguez)]; G.Curry walked;
J.West out on unknown play; M.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R,
1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Stars 0, Cubans 0.

CUBANS 1ST: H.Rodriguez singled; R.Linares out on unknown play;
J.Vargas out on unknown play; P.Coimbre out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Stars 0, Cubans 0.

STARS 2ND: C.Palm singled; S.Glenn out on unknown play;
L.Kimbrough out on unknown play; U.Mahoney out on unknown play;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Stars 0, Cubans 0.

CUBANS 2ND: C.Duany doubled; J.Perez out on unknown play;
R.Martinez out on unknown play; A.Brooks out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Stars 0, Cubans 0.

STARS 3RD: G.Hartman out on unknown play; B.Brown out on
unknown play; G.Curry walked; J.West out on unknown play; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Stars 0, Cubans 0.

CUBANS 3RD: L.Tiant out on unknown play; H.Rodriguez out on
unknown play; R.Linares reached on an error by G.Hartman
[R.Linares to first]; J.Vargas reached on an error by J.West
[R.Linares to second, J.Vargas to first]; P.Coimbre out on
unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Stars 0, Cubans 0.

STARS 4TH: M.Williams out on unknown play; C.Palm out on
unknown play; S.Glenn out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Stars 0, Cubans 0.

CUBANS 4TH: C.Duany out on unknown play; J.Perez out on unknown
play; R.Martinez tripled to right field; U.Mahoney threw a wild
pitch [R.Martinez scored]; A.Brooks was hit by a pitch; L.Tiant
out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Stars 0, Cubans 1.

STARS 5TH: L.Kimbrough walked; U.Mahoney out on unknown play;
G.Hartman out on unknown play; B.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Stars 0, Cubans 1.

CUBANS 5TH: H.Rodriguez singled; H.Rodriguez stole second;
R.Linares out on unknown play [H.Rodriguez to third]; J.Vargas
out on unknown play [H.Rodriguez scored]; P.Coimbre out on
unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Stars 0, Cubans 2.

STARS 6TH: G.Curry out on unknown play; J.West walked;
M.Williams out on unknown play; C.Palm out on unknown play; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Stars 0, Cubans 2.

CUBANS 6TH: C.Duany out on unknown play; J.Perez singled to
third base; R.Martinez tripled to right field [J.Perez scored];
A.Brooks reached on a fielder's choice [R.Martinez scored (no
RBI) (error by C.Palm)]; L.Tiant out on a sacrifice bunt
(unknown fielder) [A.Brooks to second]; H.Rodriguez singled to
left field [A.Brooks scored (unearned)]; R.Linares out on
unknown play; 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Stars 0, Cubans 5.

STARS 7TH: S.Glenn reached on an error by R.Linares [S.Glenn to
first]; L.Kimbrough out on unknown play; U.Mahoney out on
unknown play; G.Hartman out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Stars 0, Cubans 5.

CUBANS 7TH: J.Vargas out on unknown play; P.Coimbre walked;
C.Duany out on unknown play; J.Perez out on unknown play; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Stars 0, Cubans 5.

STARS 8TH: B.Brown out on unknown play; G.Curry singled to
center field (J.Vargas to R.Martinez) [G.Curry out at second];
J.West homered to rightfield; M.Williams out on unknown play; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Stars 1, Cubans 5.

CUBANS 8TH: R.Martinez singled; A.Brooks out on unknown play;
L.Tiant out on unknown play; H.Rodriguez walked [R.Martinez to
second]; R.Linares out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Stars 1, Cubans 5.

STARS 9TH: C.Palm out on unknown play;  BATTED FOR S.GLENN; 
out on unknown play; B.RICKS BATTED FOR L.KIMBROUGH; B.Ricks out
on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Stars 1, Cubans 5.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Stars            1   4   3   7
 Cubans           5   8   2   9


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