Homestead Grays 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 - 6 11 1 New York Cubans 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 - 5 10 0 BATTING Homestead Grays AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Jerry Benjamin cf 4 1 2 0 1 0 0 Sam Bankhead ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 Luis Marquez rf 5 0 1 0 0 1 1 Buck Leonard 1b 4 3 3 3 0 1 0 Clarence Bruce 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 Luke Easter lf 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 Clarence Isreal 3b 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 Robert Gaston c 4 0 1 3 0 1 0 R.T. Walker p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Willie Pope p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Frank Thompson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 36 6 11 6 2 11 27 3 FIELDING - DP: 2. Sam Bankhead, Luis Marquez, Buck Leonard, Clarence Bruce, Robert Gaston. E: 1. Robert Gaston. BATTING - 2B: Robert Gaston. HR: Buck Leonard 2. SH: Sam Bankhead. Team LOB: 6 BASERUNNING - SB: Robert Gaston. CS: Jerry Benjamin. New York Cubans AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Minnie Minoso 3b 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 Pedro Pages lf 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 Lorenzo Cabrera 1b 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 Silvio Garcia ss 4 0 2 1 1 0 0 Claro Duany rf 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 Lou Louden c 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Patricio Scantlebury ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ray Noble c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cleveland Clark cf 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 Rabbit Martinez 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 Lino Donoso p 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 Totals 35 5 10 5 5 2 27 0 FIELDING - PB: 1. Lou Louden. BATTING - 2B: Minnie Minoso, Pedro Pages. HR: Lino Donoso. GDP: Cleveland Clark. Team LOB: 8 PITCHING Homestead Grays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP R.T. Walker W 5 6 4 4 4 1 1 23 Willie Pope 3 4 1 1 1 1 0 14 Frank Thompson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Totals 9 10 5 5 5 2 1 40 WP: R.T. Walker. BK: R.T. Walker. New York Cubans IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Lino Donoso L 9 11 6 6 2 11 2 39 Totals 9 11 6 6 2 11 2 39 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Eulogio Penalver, 1B - Lionel Bourne Time of Game: 2:13 Attendance: 4000 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 8/17/1947, game 1 -- Homestead Grays at New York Cubans (D) Starting Lineups: Homestead New York 1. J.Benjamin cf M.Minoso 3b 2. S.Bankhead ss P.Pages lf 3. L.Marquez rf L.Cabrera 1b 4. B.Leonard 1b S.Garcia ss 5. C.Bruce 2b C.Duany rf 6. L.Easter lf L.Louden c 7. C.Isreal 3b C.Clark cf 8. R.Gaston c R.Martinez 2b 9. R.Walker p L.Donoso p GRAYS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; J.Benjamin singled; J.Benjamin was caught stealing second (unknown fielder); S.Bankhead out on unknown play; L.Marquez out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 0, Cubans 0. CUBANS 1ST: M.Minoso out on unknown play; P.Pages doubled; R.Walker balked [P.Pages to third]; L.Cabrera hit into a double play (L.Marquez to R.Gaston) [P.Pages out at home]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 0, Cubans 0. GRAYS 2ND: B.Leonard homered; C.Bruce singled; L.Louden allowed a passed ball [C.Bruce to second]; L.Easter out on unknown play; C.Isreal out on unknown play; R.Gaston out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 1, Cubans 0. CUBANS 2ND: S.Garcia walked; C.Duany walked [S.Garcia to second]; L.Louden out on unknown play; C.Clark grounded into a double play (C.Bruce to S.Bankhead to B.Leonard) [C.Duany out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 1, Cubans 0. GRAYS 3RD: R.Walker out on unknown play; J.Benjamin out on unknown play; S.Bankhead out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 1, Cubans 0. CUBANS 3RD: R.Martinez out on unknown play; L.Donoso homered; M.Minoso out on unknown play; P.Pages out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 1, Cubans 1. GRAYS 4TH: L.Marquez out on unknown play; B.Leonard singled; C.Bruce singled [B.Leonard to second]; L.Easter forced C.Bruce (unknown fielder) [B.Leonard to third, L.Easter to first]; C.Isreal walked [L.Easter to second]; R.Gaston doubled [B.Leonard scored, L.Easter scored, C.Isreal scored]; R.Walker out on unknown play; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 4, Cubans 1. CUBANS 4TH: R.Gaston dropped a foul fly hit by L.Cabrera; L.Cabrera out on unknown play; S.Garcia out on unknown play; C.Duany walked; L.Louden out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Grays 4, Cubans 1. GRAYS 5TH: J.Benjamin walked; S.Bankhead out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [J.Benjamin to second]; L.Marquez out on unknown play; B.Leonard homered [J.Benjamin scored]; C.Bruce out on unknown play; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 6, Cubans 1. CUBANS 5TH: C.Clark out on unknown play; R.Martinez out on unknown play; On a bunt L.Donoso singled; R.Walker threw a wild pitch [L.Donoso to second]; M.Minoso doubled [L.Donoso scored]; P.Pages walked; L.Cabrera singled [M.Minoso scored, P.Pages to second]; S.Garcia singled [P.Pages scored, L.Cabrera to second]; C.Duany out on unknown play; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Grays 6, Cubans 4. GRAYS 6TH: L.Easter out on unknown play; C.Isreal singled; R.Gaston forced C.Isreal (unknown fielder) [R.Gaston to first]; R.Gaston stole second; R.Walker out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 6, Cubans 4. CUBANS 6TH: W.POPE REPLACED R.WALKER (PITCHING); L.Louden out on unknown play; C.Clark out on unknown play; R.Martinez singled; L.Donoso out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 6, Cubans 4. GRAYS 7TH: J.Benjamin singled; S.Bankhead out on unknown play; L.Marquez singled [J.Benjamin to second]; B.Leonard out on unknown play; C.Bruce out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Grays 6, Cubans 4. CUBANS 7TH: M.Minoso out on unknown play; P.Pages out on unknown play; L.Cabrera singled; S.Garcia singled [L.Cabrera to second]; C.Duany singled [L.Cabrera scored, S.Garcia to second]; P.SCANTLEBURY BATTED FOR L.LOUDEN; P.Scantlebury out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Grays 6, Cubans 5. GRAYS 8TH: R.NOBLE REPLACED P.SCANTLEBURY (PLAYING C); L.Easter out on unknown play; C.Isreal out on unknown play; R.Gaston out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 6, Cubans 5. CUBANS 8TH: C.Clark walked; R.Martinez out on unknown play; L.Donoso out on unknown play; M.Minoso out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 6, Cubans 5. GRAYS 9TH: W.Pope out on unknown play; J.Benjamin out on unknown play; S.Bankhead singled; L.Marquez out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 6, Cubans 5. CUBANS 9TH: F.THOMPSON REPLACED W.POPE (PITCHING); P.Pages out on unknown play; L.Cabrera out on unknown play; S.Garcia out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 6, Cubans 5. Final Totals R H E LOB Grays 6 11 1 6 Cubans 5 10 0 8
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