New York Cubans 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 12 1 Homestead Grays 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 1 BATTING New York Cubans AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Minnie Minoso 3b 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 Pedro Pages cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 Lorenzo Cabrera 1b 5 0 2 0 0 9 0 Silvio Garcia ss 3 0 0 0 2 2 3 Fernando Diaz 2b 5 0 2 1 0 2 2 Cleveland Clark lf 5 1 1 0 0 3 0 Mario Ariosa rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 Lou Louden c 3 0 2 1 1 9 0 Lino Donoso p 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 Totals 38 2 12 2 3 8 27 6 FIELDING - E: 1. Pedro Pages. BATTING - 2B: Minnie Minoso, Lorenzo Cabrera. 3B: Pedro Pages. SH: Pedro Pages. Team LOB: 13 Homestead Grays AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Jerry Benjamin cf 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 Luis Marquez 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 Sam Bankhead ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 6 Luke Easter lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 Ed Young 1b 3 0 0 0 0 12 1 Gabe Patterson rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Robert Gaston c 3 0 0 0 0 7 0 Eddie Ducy 2b 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 Wilbert King 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Willie Pope p 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 Frank Thompson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Harold Hairston p 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Totals 28 0 1 0 2 8 27 13 FIELDING - DP: 1. Luis Marquez, Luke Easter, Ed Young. E: 1. Luis Marquez. BATTING - SH: Luis Marquez. Team LOB: 4 BASERUNNING - SB: Luis Marquez. PITCHING New York Cubans IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Lino Donoso W 9 1 0 0 2 8 0 31 Totals 9 1 0 0 2 8 0 31 Homestead Grays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Willie Pope L 6.2 10 1 1 1 8 0 30 Frank Thompson 1.2 2 1 1 2 0 0 10 Harold Hairston 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Totals 9 12 2 2 3 8 0 42 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Mo Harris, 1B - Bill Harris, 3B - Jasper Washington Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 0 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Saturday, 5/3/1947, game 1 -- New York Cubans at Homestead Grays (D) Starting Lineups: New York Homestead 1. M.Minoso 3b J.Benjamin cf 2. P.Pages cf L.Marquez 3b 3. L.Cabrera 1b S.Bankhead ss 4. S.Garcia ss L.Easter lf 5. F.Diaz 2b E.Young 1b 6. C.Clark lf G.Patterson rf 7. M.Ariosa rf R.Gaston c 8. L.Louden c E.Ducy 2b 9. L.Donoso p W.Pope p CUBANS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; M.Minoso singled; P.Pages out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [M.Minoso to second]; L.Cabrera out on unknown play; S.Garcia out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubans 0, Grays 0. GRAYS 1ST: J.Benjamin out on unknown play; L.Marquez reached on an error by P.Pages [L.Marquez to first]; L.Marquez stole second; S.Bankhead out on unknown play; L.Easter out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cubans 0, Grays 0. CUBANS 2ND: F.Diaz singled; C.Clark out on unknown play; M.Ariosa out on unknown play; L.Louden singled [F.Diaz to second]; L.Donoso out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubans 0, Grays 0. GRAYS 2ND: E.Young out on unknown play; G.Patterson out on unknown play; R.Gaston out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubans 0, Grays 0. CUBANS 3RD: M.Minoso doubled; P.Pages out on unknown play; L.Cabrera out on unknown play; S.Garcia out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubans 0, Grays 0. GRAYS 3RD: E.Ducy out on unknown play; W.Pope out on unknown play; J.Benjamin walked; L.Marquez out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubans 0, Grays 0. CUBANS 4TH: F.Diaz out on unknown play; C.Clark singled; M.Ariosa singled [C.Clark to second]; L.Louden singled [C.Clark scored, M.Ariosa to second]; L.Donoso out on unknown play; M.Minoso out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubans 1, Grays 0. GRAYS 4TH: S.Bankhead out on unknown play; L.Easter out on unknown play; E.Young out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubans 1, Grays 0. CUBANS 5TH: P.Pages out on unknown play; L.Cabrera doubled; S.Garcia walked; F.Diaz hit into a double play (L.Easter to E.Young to L.Marquez) [L.Cabrera out at third]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubans 1, Grays 0. GRAYS 5TH: G.Patterson out on unknown play; R.Gaston out on unknown play; E.Ducy out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubans 1, Grays 0. CUBANS 6TH: C.Clark out on unknown play; M.Ariosa out on unknown play; L.Louden out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubans 1, Grays 0. GRAYS 6TH: W.Pope out on unknown play; J.Benjamin out on unknown play; L.Marquez out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubans 1, Grays 0. CUBANS 7TH: L.Donoso out on unknown play; M.Minoso singled; P.Pages out on unknown play; L.Cabrera singled [M.Minoso to second]; F.THOMPSON REPLACED W.POPE (PITCHING); S.Garcia out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubans 1, Grays 0. GRAYS 7TH: S.Bankhead out on unknown play; L.Easter out on unknown play; E.Young out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubans 1, Grays 0. CUBANS 8TH: F.Diaz singled; C.Clark reached on an error by L.Marquez [F.Diaz to second, C.Clark to first]; M.Ariosa out on unknown play; L.Louden walked [F.Diaz to third, C.Clark to second]; L.Donoso out on unknown play; M.Minoso out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Cubans 1, Grays 0. GRAYS 8TH: G.Patterson out on unknown play; R.Gaston out on unknown play; E.Ducy out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubans 1, Grays 0. CUBANS 9TH: W.KING REPLACED E.DUCY (PLAYING 2B); P.Pages tripled; L.Cabrera out on unknown play; S.Garcia walked; H.HAIRSTON REPLACED F.THOMPSON (PITCHING); F.Diaz out on unknown play [P.Pages scored]; C.Clark out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubans 2, Grays 0. GRAYS 9TH: H.Hairston walked; J.Benjamin singled [H.Hairston to second]; L.Marquez out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [H.Hairston to third, J.Benjamin to second]; S.Bankhead out on unknown play; L.Easter out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubans 2, Grays 0. Final Totals R H E LOB Cubans 2 12 1 13 Grays 0 1 1 4
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