Birmingham Black Barons 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 3 17 3 New York Cubans 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 - 4 8 1 BATTING Birmingham Black Barons AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Felix McLaurin cf 5 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 John Britton 3b 5 2 3 2 0 0 0 2 Artie Wilson ss 5 0 3 0 0 0 3 4 Ed Steele rf 5 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 Piper Davis 1b 5 0 2 0 0 0 12 1 Tommy Sampson 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 Lester Lockett lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 Ted Radcliffe c 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 John Huber p 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 Leandy Young ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Alvin Gipson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 41 3 17 3 0 0 24 15 FIELDING - DP: 1. Artie Wilson, Piper Davis, Tommy Sampson. E: 3. Artie Wilson 2, Tommy Sampson. BATTING - 2B: John Huber. HR: John Britton. Team LOB: 11 BASERUNNING - CS: Artie Wilson, Piper Davis. New York Cubans AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Hector Rodriguez 3b 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 Dave Thomas 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 Pancho Coimbre lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Jose Vargas cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Claro Duany rf 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 Rabbit Martinez ss 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 6 Rogelio Linares cf, lf 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 Gil Garrido 2b 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 Lou Louden c 3 0 1 0 1 0 10 4 Johnny Taylor p 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 Patricio Scantlebury p 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 33 4 8 3 3 0 27 18 FIELDING - E: 1. Rabbit Martinez. BATTING - 2B: Claro Duany, Rabbit Martinez. HBP: Gil Garrido. GDP: Gil Garrido. Team LOB: 9 BASERUNNING - SB: Rabbit Martinez. CS: Johnny Taylor. PITCHING Birmingham Black Barons IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP John Huber 8 5 3 2 2 0 0 33 Alvin Gipson L 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 4 Totals 8 8 4 3 3 0 0 37 Alvin Gipson pitched to 4 batters in the 9th inning HBP: John Huber. New York Cubans IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Johnny Taylor 6.1 9 1 1 0 0 0 27 Patricio Scantlebury W 2.2 8 2 2 0 0 1 14 Totals 9 17 3 3 0 0 1 41 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Bert Gholston, 1B - Mark Challower Time of Game: 2:30 Attendance: 32000 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 8/27/1944, game 1 -- Birmingham Black Barons at New York Cubans (D) Starting Lineups: Birmingham New York 1. F.McLaurin cf H.Rodriguez 3b 2. J.Britton 3b D.Thomas 1b 3. A.Wilson ss P.Coimbre lf 4. E.Steele rf C.Duany rf 5. P.Davis 1b R.Martinez ss 6. T.Sampson 2b R.Linares cf 7. L.Lockett lf G.Garrido 2b 8. T.Radcliffe c L.Louden c 9. J.Huber p J.Taylor p BLACK BARONS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; F.McLaurin out on unknown play; J.Britton singled to left field; A.Wilson singled [J.Britton to second]; E.Steele singled to left field [J.Britton scored, A.Wilson to second]; P.Davis out on unknown play; T.Sampson out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 1, Cubans 0. CUBANS 1ST: H.Rodriguez out on unknown play; D.Thomas out on unknown play; P.Coimbre singled; C.Duany out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 1, Cubans 0. BLACK BARONS 2ND: L.Lockett singled; T.Radcliffe out on unknown play; J.Huber out on unknown play; F.McLaurin singled [L.Lockett to second]; J.Britton out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 1, Cubans 0. CUBANS 2ND: R.Martinez out on unknown play; R.Linares out on unknown play; G.Garrido was hit by a pitch; L.Louden out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 1, Cubans 0. BLACK BARONS 3RD: A.Wilson singled; E.Steele out on unknown play; P.Davis out on unknown play; T.Sampson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 1, Cubans 0. CUBANS 3RD: J.Taylor out on unknown play; H.Rodriguez reached on an error by T.Sampson [H.Rodriguez to first]; D.Thomas out on unknown play; P.Coimbre out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 1, Cubans 0. BLACK BARONS 4TH: L.Lockett out on unknown play; T.Radcliffe out on unknown play; J.Huber out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 1, Cubans 0. CUBANS 4TH: C.Duany singled to left field; R.Martinez doubled to right field [C.Duany scored]; R.Linares walked; G.Garrido out on unknown play; L.Louden out on unknown play; R.Martinez stole third; J.Taylor reached on an error by A.Wilson [R.Martinez scored (unearned) (no RBI), R.Linares to third, J.Taylor to first]; J.Taylor was caught stealing second (T.Radcliffe to A.Wilson); 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 1, Cubans 2. BLACK BARONS 5TH: F.McLaurin out on unknown play; J.Britton out on unknown play; A.Wilson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 1, Cubans 2. CUBANS 5TH: H.Rodriguez out on unknown play; D.Thomas out on unknown play; P.Coimbre out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 1, Cubans 2. BLACK BARONS 6TH: E.Steele out on unknown play; P.Davis singled; P.Davis was caught stealing second (L.Louden to G.Garrido); T.Sampson singled; L.Lockett out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 1, Cubans 2. CUBANS 6TH: C.Duany doubled; R.Martinez out on unknown play [C.Duany to third]; R.Linares reached on an error by A.Wilson [C.Duany scored, R.Linares to first]; G.Garrido grounded into a double play (T.Sampson to A.Wilson to P.Davis) [R.Linares out at second]; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 1, Cubans 3. BLACK BARONS 7TH: T.Radcliffe out on unknown play; J.Huber doubled; P.SCANTLEBURY REPLACED J.TAYLOR (PITCHING); F.McLaurin singled to center field (R.Linares to L.Louden) [J.Huber out at home]; J.Britton singled [F.McLaurin to second]; A.Wilson out on unknown play; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 1, Cubans 3. CUBANS 7TH: L.Louden walked; P.Scantlebury out on unknown play; H.Rodriguez singled [L.Louden to second]; D.Thomas out on unknown play; P.Coimbre out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 1, Cubans 3. BLACK BARONS 8TH: J.VARGAS REPLACED P.COIMBRE (PLAYING CF); R.LINARES CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); E.Steele singled; P.Davis singled [E.Steele to third]; T.Sampson reached on a fielder's choice (H.Rodriguez to L.Louden) [E.Steele out at home, P.Davis to second]; L.Lockett out on unknown play; T.Radcliffe out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 1, Cubans 3. CUBANS 8TH: C.Duany out on unknown play; R.Martinez out on unknown play; R.Linares out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 1, Cubans 3. BLACK BARONS 9TH: L.YOUNG BATTED FOR J.HUBER; L.Young singled; F.McLaurin forced L.Young (unknown fielder) [F.McLaurin to first]; J.Britton homered [F.McLaurin scored]; A.Wilson singled; A.Wilson was caught stealing second (L.Louden to G.Garrido); E.Steele singled to shortstop [E.Steele to second (error by R.Martinez)]; P.Davis out on unknown play; 2 R, 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 3, Cubans 3. CUBANS 9TH: A.GIPSON REPLACED L.YOUNG (PITCHING); G.Garrido singled; L.Louden singled [G.Garrido to second]; P.Scantlebury singled [G.Garrido to third, L.Louden to second]; H.Rodriguez walked [G.Garrido scored, L.Louden to third, P.Scantlebury to second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Black Barons 3, Cubans 4. Final Totals R H E LOB Black Barons 3 17 3 11 Cubans 4 8 1 9
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