Homestead Grays 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 - 6 10 0 New York Cubans 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 - 6 12 1 BATTING Homestead Grays AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Cool Papa Bell lf 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 Jerry Benjamin cf 3 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 Sam Bankhead ss 3 0 1 2 1 4 1 Buck Leonard 1b 4 1 0 0 0 4 0 Josh Gibson c 4 2 3 3 0 5 1 Walter Cannady 2b 3 0 0 0 1 6 0 Dave Hoskins rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 Ray Battle 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 Ray Brown p 4 1 3 0 0 0 3 Totals 33 6 10 5 4 3 24 7 BATTING - HR: Josh Gibson 2. SH: Jerry Benjamin. Team LOB: 8 New York Cubans AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Hector Rodriguez 3b 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 Roosevelt Cox 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Claro Duany ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dave Thomas 1b 3 2 2 0 1 7 1 Rogelio Linares rf 4 0 1 2 0 1 0 Pancho Coimbre lf 4 0 2 0 0 3 0 Jose Vargas cf 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 Rabbit Martinez ss 4 2 3 2 0 5 0 Javier Perez 2b 3 0 2 1 0 0 4 Ameal Brooks c 3 0 1 1 1 5 1 Barney Morris p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Patricio Scantlebury ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Carrenza Howard p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 33 6 12 6 2 2 24 7 FIELDING - DP: 1. Rabbit Martinez, Ameal Brooks. E: 1. Pancho Coimbre. BATTING - 2B: Rogelio Linares. 3B: Rabbit Martinez. SH: Javier Perez, Carrenza Howard. Team LOB: 7 BASERUNNING - CS: Ameal Brooks. PITCHING Homestead Grays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Ray Brown 8 12 6 6 2 2 0 37 Totals 8 12 6 6 2 2 0 37 New York Cubans IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Barney Morris 3 5 4 4 2 2 1 16 Carrenza Howard 5 5 2 1 2 1 1 22 Totals 8 10 6 5 4 3 2 38 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Bert Gholston, 1B - Fuller Time of Game: 2:07 Attendance: 15000 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 7/16/1944 -- Homestead Grays at New York Cubans (D) Starting Lineups: Homestead New York 1. C.Bell lf H.Rodriguez 3b 2. J.Benjamin cf D.Thomas 1b 3. S.Bankhead ss R.Linares rf 4. B.Leonard 1b P.Coimbre lf 5. J.Gibson c J.Vargas cf 6. W.Cannady 2b R.Martinez ss 7. D.Hoskins rf J.Perez 2b 8. R.Battle 3b A.Brooks c 9. R.Brown p B.Morris p GRAYS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; C.Bell out on unknown play; J.Benjamin walked; S.Bankhead out on unknown play; B.Leonard out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 0, Cubans 0. CUBANS 1ST: H.Rodriguez out on unknown play; D.Thomas singled; R.Linares out on unknown play; P.Coimbre singled [D.Thomas to second]; J.Vargas out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Grays 0, Cubans 0. GRAYS 2ND: J.Gibson singled; W.Cannady out on unknown play; D.Hoskins out on unknown play; R.Battle out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 0, Cubans 0. CUBANS 2ND: R.Martinez out on unknown play; J.Perez out on unknown play; A.Brooks walked; A.Brooks was caught stealing second (J.Gibson to S.Bankhead); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 0, Cubans 0. GRAYS 3RD: R.Brown singled to center field; C.Bell singled to left field [R.Brown to second]; J.Benjamin out on a sacrifice bunt (D.Thomas unassisted) [R.Brown to third, C.Bell to second]; S.Bankhead singled to left-center [R.Brown scored, C.Bell scored]; B.Leonard forced S.Bankhead (unknown fielder) [B.Leonard to first]; J.Gibson homered to rightfield [B.Leonard scored]; W.Cannady walked; D.Hoskins out on unknown play; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 4, Cubans 0. CUBANS 3RD: P.SCANTLEBURY BATTED FOR B.MORRIS; P.Scantlebury singled to left field; H.Rodriguez forced P.Scantlebury (unknown fielder) [H.Rodriguez to first]; D.Thomas singled [H.Rodriguez to second]; R.Linares doubled to left field [H.Rodriguez scored, D.Thomas scored]; P.Coimbre flied to unknown fielder; J.Vargas flied to unknown fielder; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 4, Cubans 2. GRAYS 4TH: C.HOWARD REPLACED P.SCANTLEBURY (PITCHING); R.Battle out on unknown play; R.Brown out on unknown play; C.Bell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 4, Cubans 2. CUBANS 4TH: R.Martinez singled; J.Perez singled [R.Martinez to second]; A.Brooks out on unknown play; C.Howard out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [R.Martinez to third, J.Perez to second]; H.Rodriguez out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Grays 4, Cubans 2. GRAYS 5TH: J.Benjamin singled; S.Bankhead walked [J.Benjamin to second]; B.Leonard out on unknown play [J.Benjamin to third, S.Bankhead to second]; J.Gibson reached on an error by P.Coimbre [J.Benjamin scored (unearned) (no RBI), S.Bankhead to third, J.Gibson to first]; W.Cannady out on unknown play; D.Hoskins out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Grays 5, Cubans 2. CUBANS 5TH: D.Thomas walked; R.Linares lined to W.Cannady; P.Coimbre singled [D.Thomas to second]; J.Vargas forced P.Coimbre (unknown fielder) [D.Thomas to third, J.Vargas to first]; R.Martinez tripled to left-center [D.Thomas scored, J.Vargas scored]; J.Perez singled to right field [R.Martinez scored]; A.Brooks out on unknown play; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 5, Cubans 5. GRAYS 6TH: R.Battle singled; R.Brown singled [R.Battle to second]; C.Bell out on unknown play; J.Benjamin struck out while (A.Brooks to R.Martinez); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 5, Cubans 5. CUBANS 6TH: 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. Grays 5, Cubans 5. GRAYS 7TH: R.COX REPLACED H.RODRIGUEZ (PLAYING 3B); S.Bankhead out on unknown play; B.Leonard out on unknown play; J.Gibson homered to leftfield; W.Cannady out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 6, Cubans 5. CUBANS 7TH: R.Linares out on unknown play; P.Coimbre out on unknown play; J.Vargas out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 6, Cubans 5. GRAYS 8TH: D.Hoskins out on unknown play; R.Battle walked; R.Brown singled [R.Battle to second]; C.Bell out on unknown play; J.Benjamin out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Grays 6, Cubans 5. CUBANS 8TH: R.Martinez singled; J.Perez out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [R.Martinez to second]; A.Brooks singled to center field [R.Martinez scored]; C.Howard out on unknown play; C.DUANY BATTED FOR R.COX; C.Duany out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 6, Cubans 6. GRAYS 9TH: Game called due to an electrical storm. Grays had scored three runs in top of 9th but game reverted to 6-6 tie at Final Totals R H E LOB Grays 6 10 0 8 Cubans 6 12 1 7
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