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New York Cubans (NY6) 7 Newark Eagles (NW2) 1

Game played on Tuesday, August 5, 1947 (N) at Ruppert Stadium, Newark NJ
Regular-Season game

New York Cubans                     2 0 0  0 3 0  2 0 0   -   7  9  0
Newark Eagles                       0 1 0  0 0 0  0 0 0   -   1  5  3

BATTING

New York Cubans                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Minnie Minoso 3b                      4   1   0    0     1   0     0   0
Pedro Pages cf                        3   2   3    0     2   0     0   0
Lorenzo Cabrera 1b                    4   2   1    0     1   0     0   0
Silvio Garcia ss                      3   2   2    0     2   0     0   0
Claro Duany rf                        5   0   1    2     0   0     0   0
Fernando Diaz 2b                      5   0   1    1     0   0     0   0
Cleveland Clark lf                    2   0   0    0     3   0     0   0
Lou Louden c                          5   0   0    0     0   0     1   0
Lino Donoso p                         3   0   1    0     0   0     0   0
  Luis Tiant p                        1   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Totals                               35   7   9    3     9   0    27   0


BATTING -
2B:  Pedro Pages, Claro Duany, Lino Donoso. 
Team LOB:  10

BASERUNNING -
CS:  Pedro Pages, Cleveland Clark. 

Newark Eagles                        AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Jimmy Wilkes cf                       3   0   1    1     1   0     0   0
Pat Patterson 2b                      4   0   1    0     0   0     0   0
Bob Wilson 3b                         4   0   2    0     0   0     0   0
Monte Irvin rf                        4   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Lennie Pearson 1b                     4   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Johnny Davis lf                       3   1   1    0     1   0     0   0
Charlie Parks c                       3   0   0    0     1   0     0   0
Leroy Williams ss                     2   0   0    0     2   0     0   0
Nap Gulley p                          2   0   0    0     1   0     0   0
  Max Manning p                       0   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
   Hogan ph                           1   0   0    0     0   1     0   0
Totals                               30   1   5    1     6   1    27   0

FIELDING -
E: 3.  Bob Wilson, Lennie Pearson, Leroy Williams. 

BATTING -
2B:  Pat Patterson. 
Team LOB:  8


PITCHING

New York Cubans                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Lino Donoso W                        6.2     4   1    1   5   0   0  29
Luis Tiant SV                        2.1     1   0    0   1   1   0  7
Totals                               9       5   1    1   6   1   0  36


Newark Eagles                        IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Nap Gulley L                         7       8   7    3   8   0   0  35
Max Manning                          2       1   0    0   1   0   0  9
Totals                               9       9   7    3   9   0   0  44



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Umpires: HP - Fred McCreary, 1B -  Ford, 2B -  , 3B - Pete Strauch

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 2211

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Tuesday, 8/5/1947 -- New York Cubans at Newark Eagles (N)

Starting Lineups:

   New York                      Newark                        
1. M.Minoso            3b        J.Wilkes            cf        
2. P.Pages             cf        P.Patterson         2b        
3. L.Cabrera           1b        B.Wilson            3b        
4. S.Garcia            ss        M.Irvin             rf        
5. C.Duany             rf        L.Pearson           1b        
6. F.Diaz              2b        J.Davis             lf        
7. C.Clark             lf        C.Parks             c         
8. L.Louden            c         L.Williams          ss        
9. L.Donoso            p         N.Gulley            p         

CUBANS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and
box sc; M.Minoso walked; P.Pages walked [M.Minoso to second];
L.Cabrera out on unknown play; S.Garcia walked [M.Minoso to
third, P.Pages to second]; C.Duany doubled to deep rightfield
[M.Minoso scored, P.Pages scored, S.Garcia out at third]; F.Diaz
out on unknown play; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubans 2, Eagles 0.

EAGLES 1ST: J.Wilkes walked; P.Patterson out on unknown play;
B.Wilson singled [J.Wilkes to second]; M.Irvin out on unknown
play; L.Pearson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Cubans 2, Eagles 0.

CUBANS 2ND: C.Clark walked; C.Clark was caught stealing second
(unknown fielder); L.Louden out on unknown play; L.Donoso out on
unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubans 2, Eagles 0.

EAGLES 2ND: J.Davis walked; C.Parks walked [J.Davis to second];
L.Williams out on unknown play; N.Gulley walked [J.Davis to
third, C.Parks to second]; J.Wilkes forced N.Gulley (unknown
fielder) [J.Davis scored, C.Parks to third, J.Wilkes to first];
P.Patterson out on unknown play; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubans
2, Eagles 1.

CUBANS 3RD: M.Minoso out on unknown play; P.Pages singled;
L.Cabrera out on unknown play; S.Garcia out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubans 2, Eagles 1.

EAGLES 3RD: B.Wilson out on unknown play; M.Irvin out on
unknown play; L.Pearson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubans 2, Eagles 1.

CUBANS 4TH: C.Duany out on unknown play; F.Diaz out on unknown
play; C.Clark walked; L.Louden out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Cubans 2, Eagles 1.

EAGLES 4TH: J.Davis out on unknown play; C.Parks out on unknown
play; L.Williams walked; N.Gulley out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubans 2, Eagles 1.

CUBANS 5TH: L.Donoso out on unknown play; M.Minoso out on
unknown play; P.Pages doubled; L.Cabrera singled to third base
[P.Pages to third]; S.Garcia walked [L.Cabrera to second];
C.Duany reached on an error by L.Pearson [P.Pages scored
(unearned) (no RBI), L.Cabrera scored (unearned) (no RBI),
S.Garcia scored (unearned) (no RBI), C.Duany to third]; F.Diaz
out on unknown play; 3 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cubans 5,
Eagles 1.

EAGLES 5TH: J.Wilkes out on unknown play; P.Patterson out on
unknown play; B.Wilson singled; M.Irvin out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubans 5, Eagles 1.

CUBANS 6TH: C.Clark out on unknown play; L.Louden out on
unknown play; L.Donoso doubled; M.Minoso out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubans 5, Eagles 1.

EAGLES 6TH: L.Pearson out on unknown play; J.Davis out on
unknown play; C.Parks out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Cubans 5, Eagles 1.

CUBANS 7TH: P.Pages singled; P.Pages was caught stealing second
(unknown fielder); L.Cabrera walked; S.Garcia singled to
shortstop [L.Cabrera scored (no RBI) (error by L.Williams),
S.Garcia to second (error by L.Williams)]; C.Duany out on
unknown play; F.Diaz singled to third base [S.Garcia scored
(unearned) (error by B.Wilson), F.Diaz to second (error by
B.Wilson)]; C.Clark walked; L.Louden out on unknown play; 2 R (1
ER), 3 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Cubans 7, Eagles 1.

EAGLES 7TH: L.Williams out on unknown play; N.Gulley out on
unknown play; J.Wilkes singled; P.Patterson doubled [J.Wilkes to
third]; L.TIANT REPLACED L.DONOSO (PITCHING); B.Wilson out on
unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubans 7, Eagles 1.

CUBANS 8TH: M.MANNING REPLACED N.GULLEY (PITCHING); L.Tiant out
on unknown play; M.Minoso out on unknown play; P.Pages walked;
L.Cabrera reached on a fielder's choice [P.Pages to second];
S.Garcia singled [P.Pages to third, L.Cabrera to second];
C.Duany out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cubans 7,
Eagles 1.

EAGLES 8TH: M.Irvin out on unknown play; L.Pearson out on
unknown play; J.Davis singled (unknown fielder) [J.Davis out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubans 7, Eagles 1.

CUBANS 9TH: F.Diaz out on unknown play; C.Clark out on unknown
play; L.Louden out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Cubans 7, Eagles 1.

EAGLES 9TH: C.Parks out on unknown play; L.Williams walked;
L.Williams was picked off first (unknown fielder);  BATTED FOR
M.MANNING;  struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubans 7, Eagles
1.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Cubans           7   9   0  10
 Eagles           1   5   3   8


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