Homestead Grays 0 1 0 4 0 0 3 0 0 - 8 12 0 New York Cubans 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 2 7 0 BATTING Homestead Grays AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Cool Papa Bell lf 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 Jerry Benjamin cf 5 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 Dave Hoskins rf 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 Buck Leonard 1b 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 Josh Gibson c 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Sam Bankhead 2b 5 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 Ray Battle 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jelly Jackson ss 4 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 R.T. Walker p 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 John Lewis p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 38 8 12 8 6 0 27 0 BATTING - 2B: Jerry Benjamin. SH: Ray Battle. HBP: Buck Leonard. IW: Josh Gibson 2. Team LOB: 11 BASERUNNING - SB: Sam Bankhead. New York Cubans AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Rabbit Martinez ss 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Martin Dihigo 1b 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dave Barnhill 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fernando Diaz lf 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 Rogelio Linares cf 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 Tom Parker rf 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Lou Louden c 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gil Garrido 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Javier Perez 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 Luis Tiant p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Patricio Scantlebury p 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 Totals 34 2 7 2 6 0 27 0 BATTING - 2B: Rogelio Linares. 3B: Rogelio Linares. Team LOB: 11 PITCHING Homestead Grays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP R.T. Walker W 6.1 5 1 1 3 0 0 27 John Lewis SV 2.2 2 1 1 3 0 0 13 Totals 9 7 2 2 6 0 0 40 New York Cubans IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Luis Tiant L 4 7 5 5 6 0 0 25 Patricio Scantlebury 5 5 3 3 0 0 0 21 Totals 9 12 8 8 6 0 0 46 HBP: Patricio Scantlebury. IW: Luis Tiant 2. Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Fred McCreary, 1B - Mo Harris, 2B - , 3B - Bert Gholston Time of Game: 2:27 Attendance: 12000 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Wednesday, 5/23/1945 -- Homestead Grays at New York Cubans (N) Starting Lineups: Homestead New York 1. C.Bell lf R.Martinez ss 2. J.Benjamin cf M.Dihigo 1b 3. D.Hoskins rf F.Diaz lf 4. B.Leonard 1b R.Linares cf 5. J.Gibson c T.Parker rf 6. S.Bankhead 2b L.Louden c 7. R.Battle 3b G.Garrido 2b 8. J.Jackson ss J.Perez 3b 9. R.Walker p L.Tiant p GRAYS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; C.Bell singled; J.Benjamin out on unknown play; D.Hoskins walked [C.Bell to second]; B.Leonard out on unknown play [C.Bell to third, D.Hoskins to second]; J.Gibson was walked intentionally; S.Bankhead out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Grays 0, Cubans 0. CUBANS 1ST: R.Martinez walked; M.Dihigo out on unknown play; F.Diaz out on unknown play; R.Linares out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 0, Cubans 0. GRAYS 2ND: R.Battle out on unknown play; J.Jackson walked; R.Walker out on unknown play; C.Bell walked [J.Jackson to second]; J.Benjamin doubled to left field [J.Jackson scored, C.Bell to third]; D.Hoskins out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Grays 1, Cubans 0. CUBANS 2ND: T.Parker out on unknown play; L.Louden out on unknown play; G.Garrido singled; J.Perez walked [G.Garrido to second]; L.Tiant out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Grays 1, Cubans 0. GRAYS 3RD: B.Leonard walked; J.Gibson out on unknown play; S.Bankhead out on unknown play; R.Battle out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 1, Cubans 0. CUBANS 3RD: R.Martinez out on unknown play; M.Dihigo out on unknown play; F.Diaz singled; R.Linares tripled to right-center [F.Diaz scored]; T.Parker out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 1, Cubans 1. GRAYS 4TH: J.Jackson out on unknown play; R.Walker singled to right field; C.Bell singled [R.Walker to second]; J.Benjamin forced C.Bell (unknown fielder) [R.Walker to third, J.Benjamin to first]; D.Hoskins singled [R.Walker scored, J.Benjamin to second]; B.Leonard singled [J.Benjamin scored, D.Hoskins to third, B.Leonard to second (on throw)]; J.Gibson was walked intentionally; S.Bankhead singled [D.Hoskins scored, B.Leonard scored, J.Gibson to second]; R.Battle out on unknown play; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Grays 5, Cubans 1. CUBANS 4TH: L.Louden out on unknown play; G.Garrido out on unknown play; J.Perez out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 5, Cubans 1. GRAYS 5TH: P.SCANTLEBURY REPLACED L.TIANT (PITCHING); D.BARNHILL REPLACED M.DIHIGO (PLAYING 1B); J.Jackson out on unknown play; R.Walker out on unknown play; C.Bell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 5, Cubans 1. CUBANS 5TH: P.Scantlebury walked; R.Martinez out on unknown play; D.Barnhill out on unknown play; F.Diaz out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 5, Cubans 1. GRAYS 6TH: J.Benjamin out on unknown play; D.Hoskins out on unknown play; B.Leonard was hit by a pitch; J.Gibson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 5, Cubans 1. CUBANS 6TH: R.Linares out on unknown play; T.Parker out on unknown play; L.Louden out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 5, Cubans 1. GRAYS 7TH: S.Bankhead singled; R.Battle out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [S.Bankhead to second]; S.Bankhead stole third; J.Jackson singled [S.Bankhead scored]; R.Walker singled [J.Jackson to second]; C.Bell out on unknown play [J.Jackson to third, R.Walker to second]; J.Benjamin singled [J.Jackson scored, R.Walker scored]; D.Hoskins out on unknown play; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 8, Cubans 1. CUBANS 7TH: G.Garrido out on unknown play; J.Perez singled; P.Scantlebury singled [J.Perez to second]; J.LEWIS REPLACED R.WALKER (PITCHING); R.Martinez out on unknown play; D.Barnhill out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Grays 8, Cubans 1. GRAYS 8TH: B.Leonard singled; J.Gibson out on unknown play; S.Bankhead out on unknown play; R.Battle out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 8, Cubans 1. CUBANS 8TH: F.Diaz out on unknown play; R.Linares doubled; T.Parker singled [R.Linares scored]; L.Louden out on unknown play; G.Garrido out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 8, Cubans 2. GRAYS 9TH: J.Jackson out on unknown play; J.Lewis out on unknown play; C.Bell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 8, Cubans 2. CUBANS 9TH: J.Perez out on unknown play; P.Scantlebury walked; R.Martinez walked [P.Scantlebury to second]; D.Barnhill out on unknown play; F.Diaz walked [P.Scantlebury to third, R.Martinez to second]; R.Linares out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Grays 8, Cubans 2. Final Totals R H E LOB Grays 8 12 0 11 Cubans 2 7 0 11
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