Philadelphia Stars 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 3 0 - 8 15 3 New York Cubans 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 - 6 11 0 BATTING Philadelphia Stars AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Frank Austin ss 5 1 1 0 0 5 6 Bill Cash c 4 1 0 0 1 3 0 Ed Stone rf 4 1 3 1 1 0 0 Jim West 1b 5 0 3 2 0 7 0 Gene Benson cf 5 1 1 1 0 5 0 Goose Curry lf 3 2 2 0 2 1 0 Marvin Williams 2b 5 0 3 2 0 4 1 Henry Spearman 3b 5 1 1 1 0 2 1 Barney Brown p 3 1 1 1 1 0 3 Totals 39 8 15 8 5 4 27 11 FIELDING - DP: 1. Jim West, Marvin Williams, Henry Spearman. E: 3. Frank Austin, Marvin Williams, Henry Spearman. PB: 1. Bill Cash. BATTING - 2B: Frank Austin, Gene Benson. GDP: Gene Benson, Marvin Williams. Team LOB: 9 BASERUNNING - SB: Goose Curry. New York Cubans AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Hector Rodriguez 3b 4 4 3 0 1 3 3 Dave Thomas 1b 5 1 3 2 0 8 1 Lou Louden c 5 0 3 2 0 5 1 Pancho Coimbre rf 5 0 1 1 0 2 1 Jose Vargas cf 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 Rogelio Linares lf 4 0 1 0 0 4 0 Javier Perez 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 Rabbit Martinez ss 4 0 0 1 0 2 2 Barney Morris p 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 Bill Anderson p 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Gil Garrido ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Luis Tiant p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jose Maria Fernandez ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rodolfo Fernandez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 38 6 11 6 2 2 27 15 FIELDING - DP: 2. Dave Thomas 2, Rabbit Martinez 2, Bill Anderson. BATTING - 2B: Pancho Coimbre. HR: Dave Thomas. HBP: Jose Vargas. GDP: Pancho Coimbre. Team LOB: 8 PITCHING Philadelphia Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Barney Brown W 9 11 6 6 2 2 1 41 Totals 9 11 6 6 2 2 1 41 WP: Barney Brown. HBP: Barney Brown. New York Cubans IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Barney Morris 3.1 8 3 3 0 2 0 18 Bill Anderson 3.2 4 2 2 2 1 0 16 Luis Tiant L 1 2 3 3 3 0 0 7 Rodolfo Fernandez 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 Totals 9 15 8 8 5 4 0 44 WP: Barney Morris 2. Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Bert Gholston, 1B - Fuller Time of Game: 2:22 Attendance: 14000 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 7/2/1944, game 1 -- Philadelphia Stars at New York Cubans (D) Starting Lineups: Philadelphia New York 1. F.Austin ss H.Rodriguez 3b 2. B.Cash c D.Thomas 1b 3. E.Stone rf L.Louden c 4. J.West 1b P.Coimbre rf 5. G.Benson cf J.Vargas cf 6. G.Curry lf R.Linares lf 7. M.Williams 2b J.Perez 2b 8. H.Spearman 3b R.Martinez ss 9. B.Brown p B.Morris p STARS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; F.Austin out on unknown play; B.Cash out on unknown play; E.Stone singled; J.West out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Stars 0, Cubans 0. CUBANS 1ST: H.Rodriguez singled to second base [H.Rodriguez to second (error by M.Williams)]; D.Thomas homered [H.Rodriguez scored]; L.Louden out on unknown play; P.Coimbre out on unknown play; J.Vargas out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Stars 0, Cubans 2. STARS 2ND: G.Benson out on unknown play; G.Curry singled; G.Curry stole second; M.Williams singled [G.Curry scored]; H.Spearman out on unknown play; B.Brown out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Stars 1, Cubans 2. CUBANS 2ND: R.Linares out on unknown play; J.Perez out on unknown play; R.Martinez out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Stars 1, Cubans 2. STARS 3RD: F.Austin out on unknown play; B.Cash out on unknown play; E.Stone singled; J.West singled [E.Stone to second]; G.Benson out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Stars 1, Cubans 2. CUBANS 3RD: B.Morris out on unknown play; H.Rodriguez singled; D.Thomas singled [H.Rodriguez to second]; L.Louden singled [H.Rodriguez scored, D.Thomas to second]; P.Coimbre out on unknown play; B.Cash allowed a passed ball [D.Thomas to third, L.Louden to second]; J.Vargas walked; R.Linares out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Stars 1, Cubans 3. STARS 4TH: G.Curry singled; M.Williams out on unknown play; B.Morris threw a wild pitch [G.Curry to second]; H.Spearman singled [G.Curry scored]; B.Morris threw a wild pitch [H.Spearman to second]; B.Brown singled [H.Spearman scored]; B.ANDERSON REPLACED B.MORRIS (PITCHING); F.Austin out on unknown play; B.Cash out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Stars 3, Cubans 3. CUBANS 4TH: H.Spearman dropped a foul fly hit by J.Perez; J.Perez out on unknown play; R.Martinez out on unknown play; B.Anderson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Stars 3, Cubans 3. STARS 5TH: E.Stone out on unknown play; J.West singled; G.Benson forced J.West (unknown fielder) [G.Benson to first]; G.Curry walked [G.Benson to second]; M.Williams singled [G.Benson scored, G.Curry to second]; H.Spearman out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Stars 4, Cubans 3. CUBANS 5TH: H.Rodriguez singled; B.Brown threw a wild pitch [H.Rodriguez to second]; D.Thomas out on unknown play; L.Louden out on unknown play; P.Coimbre doubled [H.Rodriguez scored]; J.Vargas out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Stars 4, Cubans 4. STARS 6TH: B.Brown out on unknown play; F.Austin out on unknown play; B.Cash out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Stars 4, Cubans 4. CUBANS 6TH: R.Linares out on unknown play; J.Perez out on unknown play; R.Martinez out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Stars 4, Cubans 4. STARS 7TH: E.Stone singled; J.West out on unknown play; G.Benson doubled [E.Stone scored]; G.Curry walked; M.Williams grounded into a double play (B.Anderson to R.Martinez to D.Thomas) [G.Curry out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Stars 5, Cubans 4. CUBANS 7TH: G.GARRIDO BATTED FOR B.ANDERSON; G.Garrido out on unknown play; H.Rodriguez walked; D.Thomas singled [H.Rodriguez to second]; L.Louden singled [H.Rodriguez scored, D.Thomas to second]; P.Coimbre grounded into a double play (H.Spearman to M.Williams to J.West) [L.Louden out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Stars 5, Cubans 5. STARS 8TH: L.TIANT REPLACED G.GARRIDO (PITCHING); H.Spearman out on unknown play; B.Brown walked; F.Austin doubled [B.Brown to third]; B.Cash walked; E.Stone walked [B.Brown scored, F.Austin to third, B.Cash to second]; J.West singled to center field [F.Austin scored, B.Cash scored, E.Stone to second]; G.Benson grounded into a double play (R.Martinez to D.Thomas) [J.West out at second]; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Stars 8, Cubans 5. CUBANS 8TH: J.Vargas was hit by a pitch; R.Linares singled [J.Vargas to third]; J.Perez out on unknown play; R.Martinez out on unknown play [J.Vargas scored]; J.FERNANDEZ BATTED FOR L.TIANT; J.Fernandez out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Stars 8, Cubans 6. STARS 9TH: R.FERNANDEZ REPLACED J.FERNANDEZ (PITCHING); G.Curry out on unknown play; M.Williams singled to right field (P.Coimbre to J.Perez) [M.Williams out at second]; H.Spearman out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Stars 8, Cubans 6. CUBANS 9TH: H.Rodriguez out on unknown play; D.Thomas out on unknown play; L.Louden singled; P.Coimbre reached on an error by F.Austin [L.Louden to second, P.Coimbre to first]; J.Vargas out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Stars 8, Cubans 6. Final Totals R H E LOB Stars 8 15 3 9 Cubans 6 11 0 8
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