Birmingham Black Barons 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 - 3 13 1 New York Cubans 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 x - 5 7 2 BATTING Birmingham Black Barons AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Felix McLaurin cf 5 0 2 0 0 2 0 John Britton 3b 5 0 3 1 0 0 1 Artie Wilson ss 5 0 1 0 0 2 3 Piper Davis 1b 4 1 1 0 0 11 1 Ed Steele rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 Leandy Young lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 Tommy Sampson 2b 4 1 3 0 0 2 2 Pepper Bassett c 4 0 0 0 0 5 0 Alfred Saylor p 3 1 1 0 0 1 4 Lester Lockett ph 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Totals 39 3 13 2 0 10 24 11 FIELDING - E: 1. Pepper Bassett. PB: 1. Pepper Bassett. BATTING - 2B: Alfred Saylor. GDP: Piper Davis. Team LOB: 9 BASERUNNING - CS: Artie Wilson. New York Cubans AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Jose Vargas cf 4 0 2 2 0 2 0 Hector Rodriguez 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 Rogelio Linares 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Dave Barnhill 1b 3 0 0 0 0 6 0 Claro Duany rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ameal Brooks lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 Rabbit Martinez ss 3 1 1 0 0 4 5 Javier Perez 2b 3 2 2 0 0 3 1 Lou Louden c 3 1 1 1 0 11 2 Luis Tiant p 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 Totals 32 5 7 3 0 5 27 12 FIELDING - DP: 1. Dave Barnhill, Rabbit Martinez, Javier Perez. E: 2. Rogelio Linares, Javier Perez. BATTING - 3B: Javier Perez, Lou Louden. Team LOB: 3 PITCHING Birmingham Black Barons IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Alfred Saylor L 8 7 5 3 0 5 0 32 Totals 8 7 5 3 0 5 0 32 New York Cubans IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Luis Tiant W 9 13 3 2 0 10 0 39 Totals 9 13 3 2 0 10 0 39 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Art Fields, 1B - Ben Taylor Time of Game: 2:10 Attendance: 1400 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Tuesday, 8/29/1944 -- Birmingham Black Barons at New York Cubans (N) Starting Lineups: Birmingham New York 1. F.McLaurin cf J.Vargas cf 2. J.Britton 3b H.Rodriguez 3b 3. A.Wilson ss R.Linares 1b 4. P.Davis 1b C.Duany rf 5. E.Steele rf A.Brooks lf 6. L.Young lf R.Martinez ss 7. T.Sampson 2b J.Perez 2b 8. P.Bassett c L.Louden c 9. A.Saylor p L.Tiant p BLACK BARONS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; 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 0, Cubans 0. CUBANS 1ST: J.Vargas singled; H.Rodriguez out on unknown play; R.Linares out on unknown play; C.Duany out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Cubans 0. BLACK BARONS 2ND: P.Davis singled; E.Steele singled [P.Davis to third]; L.Young reached on a fielder's choice [P.Davis scored (unearned) (no RBI) (error by R.Linares), E.Steele to second]; T.Sampson out on unknown play; P.Bassett out on unknown play; A.Saylor out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 1, Cubans 0. CUBANS 2ND: A.Brooks out on unknown play; R.Martinez out on unknown play; J.Perez out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 1, Cubans 0. BLACK BARONS 3RD: D.BARNHILL REPLACED R.LINARES (PLAYING 1B); F.McLaurin singled; J.Britton singled [F.McLaurin to second]; A.Wilson out on unknown play; P.Davis grounded into a double play (J.Perez to R.Martinez to D.Barnhill) [J.Britton out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 1, Cubans 0. CUBANS 3RD: L.Louden out on unknown play; L.Tiant out on unknown play; J.Vargas out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 1, Cubans 0. BLACK BARONS 4TH: E.Steele out on unknown play; L.Young out on unknown play; T.Sampson singled; P.Bassett out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 1, Cubans 0. CUBANS 4TH: H.Rodriguez out on unknown play; D.Barnhill out on unknown play; C.Duany out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 1, Cubans 0. BLACK BARONS 5TH: A.Saylor doubled; F.McLaurin out on unknown play; J.Britton singled [A.Saylor scored]; A.Wilson out on unknown play; P.Davis out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 2, Cubans 0. CUBANS 5TH: A.Brooks singled; R.Martinez singled [A.Brooks to second]; J.Perez singled [A.Brooks to third, R.Martinez to second]; P.Bassett allowed a passed ball [A.Brooks scored, R.Martinez to third, J.Perez to second]; L.Louden reached on an error by P.Bassett [R.Martinez scored (unearned) (no RBI), J.Perez to third, L.Louden to first]; L.Tiant out on unknown play; On a bunt J.Vargas singled [J.Perez scored (unearned), L.Louden to second]; H.Rodriguez out on unknown play; D.Barnhill out on unknown play; 3 R (1 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 2, Cubans 3. BLACK BARONS 6TH: E.Steele out on unknown play; L.Young singled; T.Sampson singled [L.Young to second]; P.Bassett out on unknown play; A.Saylor out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 2, Cubans 3. CUBANS 6TH: C.Duany out on unknown play; A.Brooks out on unknown play; R.Martinez out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 2, Cubans 3. BLACK BARONS 7TH: F.McLaurin out on unknown play; J.Britton out on unknown play; A.Wilson singled; A.Wilson was caught stealing second (L.Louden to R.Martinez); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 2, Cubans 3. CUBANS 7TH: J.Perez tripled to left field; L.Louden tripled to left field [J.Perez scored]; L.Tiant out on unknown play; J.Vargas reached on a fielder's choice [L.Louden scored]; J.Vargas was picked off first (A.Saylor to P.Davis); H.Rodriguez out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 2, Cubans 5. BLACK BARONS 8TH: P.Davis out on unknown play; E.Steele out on unknown play; L.Young out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 2, Cubans 5. CUBANS 8TH: D.Barnhill out on unknown play; C.Duany out on unknown play; A.Brooks out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 2, Cubans 5. BLACK BARONS 9TH: T.Sampson singled to second base [T.Sampson to second (error by J.Perez)]; P.Bassett flied to J.Vargas [T.Sampson to third]; L.LOCKETT BATTED FOR A.SAYLOR; L.Lockett out on unknown play [T.Sampson scored]; F.McLaurin singled; J.Britton singled [F.McLaurin to second]; A.Wilson out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 3, Cubans 5. Final Totals R H E LOB Black Barons 3 13 1 9 Cubans 5 7 2 3
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