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New York Cubans (NY6) 10 Philadelphia Stars (PH5) 7

Game played on Sunday, April 21, 1946 (D) at Polo Grounds V, New York NY
Exhibition game

Philadelphia Stars                  5 0 0  0 0 0  2 0 0   -   7 11  6
New York Cubans                     3 0 3  0 1 0  3 0 x   -  10 13  4

BATTING

Philadelphia Stars                   AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Frank Austin ss                       3   1   1    0     2         2   6
Harry Simpson 2b                      1   1   0    0     1         2   0
  Mahlon Duckett 2b                   3   0   1    0     0         1   1
Barney Brown lf                       5   2   3    0     0         1   1
Gene Benson cf                        5   0   1    0     0         2   0
Bus Clarkson 3b                       4   2   2    0     1         1   1
Ed Stone rf                           4   1   1    1     1         1   0
Doc Dennis 1b                         4   0   1    1     0         8   0
  Goose Curry ph                      1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Bill Cash c                           3   0   0    0     1         6   1
Joe Fillmore p                        1   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Roy Partlow p                       1   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Leroy Dawson ph                     1   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Wilmer Harris p                     1   0   1    1     0         0   0
Totals                               37   7  11    3     6   4    24  10

FIELDING -
E: 6.  Frank Austin, Barney Brown, Bus Clarkson, Doc Dennis 2, Wilmer Harris. 
PB: 2.  Bill Cash 2. 

BATTING -
2B:  Doc Dennis. 
Team LOB:  9


New York Cubans                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Minnie Minoso 3b                      3   2   1    1     2         1   2
Dave Thomas 1b                        5   1   1    1     0        11   1
Alejandro Crespo cf                   5   1   3    2     0         1   0
Silvio Garcia ss                      5   1   1    1     0         1   1
Lou Louden c                          5   2   3    0     0         5   0
Fernando Diaz rf                      3   0   1    2     2         3   1
Cleveland Clark lf                    4   2   1    1     1         2   0
Rabbit Martinez 2b                    4   0   1    1     0         1   6
Pee Wee Jenkins p                     0   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Luis Tiant p                        1   0   0    0     2         0   2
  Patricio Scantlebury ph             1   1   1    0     0         0   0
  Bill Anderson p                     0   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               36  10  13    9     7   6    27  13

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Silvio Garcia, Fernando Diaz. 
E: 4.  Dave Thomas, Lou Louden, Rabbit Martinez 2. 

BATTING -
2B:  Alejandro Crespo 2. 
HR:  Minnie Minoso. 
Team LOB:  9


PITCHING

Philadelphia Stars                   IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Joe Fillmore                         2.1     5   5    5   1   3   1  12
Roy Partlow                          2.2     3   2    0   5   0   0  16
Wilmer Harris L                      3       5   3    3   1   3   0  15
Totals                               8      13  10    8   7   6   1  43


New York Cubans                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Pee Wee Jenkins                      0.1     2   5    3   3   2   0  7
Luis Tiant W                         6.2     9   2    1   2   1   0  30
Bill Anderson SV                     2       0   0    0   1   1   0  6
Totals                               9      11   7    4   6   4   0  43



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Umpires: HP -  Fuller, 1B - Mark Challower

Time of Game: 2:45   Attendance: 12000

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 4/21/1946, game 1 --   at New York Cubans (D)

Starting Lineups:

                                 New York                      
1. F.Austin            ss        M.Minoso            3b        
2. H.Simpson           2b        D.Thomas            1b        
3. B.Brown             lf        A.Crespo            cf        
4. G.Benson            cf        S.Garcia            ss        
5. B.Clarkson          3b        L.Louden            c         
6. E.Stone             rf        F.Diaz              rf        
7. D.Dennis            1b        C.Clark             lf        
8. B.Cash              c         R.Martinez          2b        
9. J.Fillmore          p         P.Jenkins           p         

 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box
sc; F.Austin walked; H.Simpson walked [F.Austin to second];
B.Brown singled to second base [F.Austin scored (no RBI) (error
by R.Martinez), H.Simpson to third, B.Brown to second]; G.Benson
out on unknown play; B.Clarkson reached on an error by
R.Martinez [H.Simpson scored (no RBI), B.Brown scored (no RBI),
B.Clarkson to first]; E.Stone walked [B.Clarkson to second];
D.Dennis doubled [B.Clarkson scored (unearned) (error by
L.Louden), E.Stone scored (unearned) (no RBI) (error by
L.Louden)]; L.TIANT REPLACED P.JENKINS (PITCHING); B.Cash out on
unknown play; J.Fillmore out on unknown play; 5 R (3 ER), 2 H, 3
E, 1 LOB.   5, Cubans 0.

CUBANS 1ST: M.Minoso walked; B.Cash allowed a passed ball
[M.Minoso to second]; D.Thomas out on unknown play; A.Crespo out
on unknown play; S.Garcia singled [M.Minoso scored]; L.Louden
singled [S.Garcia to third, L.Louden to second (on throw)];
F.Diaz singled to left field (B.Brown to H.Simpson) [S.Garcia
scored, L.Louden scored, F.Diaz out at second]; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.   5, Cubans 3.

 2ND: F.Austin walked; H.Simpson out on unknown play; B.Brown
out on unknown play; G.Benson singled [F.Austin to second];
B.Clarkson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.   5,
Cubans 3.

CUBANS 2ND: C.Clark out on unknown play; R.Martinez out on
unknown play; L.Tiant out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
  5, Cubans 3.

 3RD: E.Stone singled; E.Stone was picked off first (L.Tiant to
D.Thomas); D.Dennis out on unknown play; B.Cash out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   5, Cubans 3.

CUBANS 3RD: M.DUCKETT REPLACED H.SIMPSON (PLAYING 2B); M.Minoso
homered to rightfield; D.Thomas out on unknown play; A.Crespo
doubled; R.PARTLOW REPLACED J.FILLMORE (PITCHING); S.Garcia out
on unknown play; L.Louden singled to third base [A.Crespo scored
(no RBI) (error by B.Clarkson), L.Louden to second]; F.Diaz
walked; C.Clark singled [L.Louden scored (unearned), F.Diaz to
second]; R.Martinez out on unknown play; 3 R (2 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.   5, Cubans 6.

 4TH: R.Partlow out on unknown play; F.Austin out on unknown
play; M.Duckett singled; B.Brown singled [M.Duckett to second];
G.Benson out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.   5, Cubans
6.

CUBANS 4TH: L.Tiant walked; B.Cash allowed a passed ball
[L.Tiant to second]; M.Minoso walked; D.Thomas out on unknown
play; A.Crespo out on unknown play; S.Garcia out on unknown
play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.   5, Cubans 6.

 5TH: B.Clarkson singled; B.Clarkson was picked off first
(L.Tiant to D.Thomas); E.Stone out on unknown play; D.Dennis out
on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   5, Cubans 6.

CUBANS 5TH: L.Louden out on unknown play; F.Diaz walked;
C.Clark forced F.Diaz (unknown fielder) [C.Clark to second
(error by F.Austin)]; R.Martinez singled [C.Clark scored
(unearned)]; R.Martinez was picked off first, but was safe on an
error by D.Dennis [R.Martinez to second]; L.Tiant walked;
M.Minoso out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.   5,
Cubans 7.

 6TH: B.Cash out on unknown play; L.DAWSON BATTED FOR
R.PARTLOW; L.Dawson out on unknown play; F.Austin singled;
M.Duckett out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.   5, Cubans
7.

CUBANS 6TH: W.HARRIS REPLACED L.DAWSON (PITCHING); D.Thomas out
on unknown play; A.Crespo singled; S.Garcia out on unknown play;
L.Louden singled to left field [A.Crespo to third (error by
B.Brown), L.Louden to second]; F.Diaz out on unknown play; 0 R,
2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.   5, Cubans 7.

 7TH: B.Brown singled; G.Benson out on unknown play; B.Clarkson
singled [B.Brown to third]; E.Stone flied to unknown fielder
[B.Brown scored]; D.Dennis reached on an error by D.Thomas
[B.Clarkson to second, D.Dennis to first]; B.Cash walked
[B.Clarkson to third, D.Dennis to second]; W.Harris singled
[B.Clarkson scored (unearned), D.Dennis to third, B.Cash to
second]; F.Austin out on unknown play; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 3
LOB.   7, Cubans 7.

CUBANS 7TH: C.Clark walked; C.Clark was picked off first, but
was safe on an error by W.Harris [C.Clark to second]; R.Martinez
out on unknown play; P.SCANTLEBURY BATTED FOR L.TIANT;
P.Scantlebury singled [C.Clark to third]; M.Minoso out on
unknown play; D.Thomas singled [C.Clark scored, P.Scantlebury to
second]; A.Crespo doubled [P.Scantlebury scored, D.Thomas
scored]; S.Garcia out on unknown play; 3 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  
7, Cubans 10.

 8TH: B.ANDERSON REPLACED P.SCANTLEBURY (PITCHING); M.Duckett
out on unknown play; B.Brown out on unknown play; G.Benson out
on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   7, Cubans 10.

CUBANS 8TH: D.Dennis dropped a foul fly hit by L.Louden;
L.Louden out on unknown play; F.Diaz out on unknown play;
C.Clark out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.   7, Cubans
10.

 9TH: B.Clarkson walked; E.Stone out on unknown play
[B.Clarkson to second]; G.CURRY BATTED FOR D.DENNIS; G.Curry hit
into a double play (F.Diaz to S.Garcia) [B.Clarkson out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   7, Cubans 10.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
                  7  11   6   9
 Cubans          10  13   4   9


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