New York Cubans 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 - 5 8 2 Newark Eagles 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 - 4 6 4 BATTING New York Cubans AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Minnie Minoso 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Pedro Pages cf 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 Mario Ariosa cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lorenzo Cabrera 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Claro Duany rf 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Lou Louden c 3 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 Fernando Diaz 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cleveland Clark lf 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 Rabbit Martinez ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Barney Morris p 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Dave Barnhill p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 28 5 8 5 0 0 21 0 FIELDING - E: 2. Fernando Diaz 2. BATTING - 2B: Cleveland Clark. HR: Lou Louden. SH: Fernando Diaz. Team LOB: 3 BASERUNNING - CS: Cleveland Clark. Newark Eagles AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Jimmy Wilkes cf 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 Bob Wilson 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bob Harvey rf 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 Monte Irvin 2b 4 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 Lennie Pearson 1b 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Johnny Davis lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Charlie Parks c 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Nap Gulley ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Leroy Williams ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Max Manning ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rufus Lewis p 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 28 4 6 4 3 0 21 0 FIELDING - E: 4. Bob Wilson, Monte Irvin, Lennie Pearson, Leroy Williams. BATTING - 2B: Monte Irvin. Team LOB: 6 PITCHING New York Cubans IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Barney Morris W 5.1 4 3 3 2 0 0 22 Dave Barnhill SV 1.2 2 1 1 1 0 0 9 Totals 7 6 4 4 3 0 0 31 Newark Eagles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Rufus Lewis L 7 8 5 5 0 0 1 29 Totals 7 8 5 5 0 0 1 29 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Fred McCreary, 1B - Pete Strauch, 2B - , 3B - Charles Moore Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 0 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Friday, 9/12/1947, game 1 -- New York Cubans at Newark Eagles (N) Starting Lineups: New York Newark 1. M.Minoso 3b J.Wilkes cf 2. P.Pages cf B.Wilson 3b 3. L.Cabrera 1b B.Harvey rf 4. C.Duany rf M.Irvin 2b 5. L.Louden c L.Pearson 1b 6. F.Diaz 2b J.Davis lf 7. C.Clark lf C.Parks c 8. R.Martinez ss L.Williams ss 9. B.Morris p R.Lewis p CUBANS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; M.Minoso out on unknown play; P.Pages singled; L.Cabrera out on unknown play; C.Duany singled [P.Pages to second]; L.Louden homered [P.Pages scored, C.Duany scored]; F.Diaz out on unknown play; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubans 3, Eagles 0. EAGLES 1ST: J.Wilkes out on unknown play; B.Wilson out on unknown play; B.Harvey out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubans 3, Eagles 0. CUBANS 2ND: C.Clark doubled; R.Martinez out on unknown play [C.Clark to third]; B.Morris out on unknown play [C.Clark scored]; M.Minoso out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubans 4, Eagles 0. EAGLES 2ND: M.Irvin singled to second base [M.Irvin to second (error by F.Diaz)]; L.Pearson out on unknown play; J.Davis out on unknown play; C.Parks out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cubans 4, Eagles 0. CUBANS 3RD: P.Pages singled to shortstop [P.Pages to second (error by L.Williams)]; L.Cabrera out on unknown play; C.Duany out on unknown play; L.Louden out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cubans 4, Eagles 0. EAGLES 3RD: L.Williams out on unknown play; R.Lewis out on unknown play; J.Wilkes out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubans 4, Eagles 0. CUBANS 4TH: F.Diaz reached on an error by B.Wilson [F.Diaz to first]; C.Clark out on unknown play; R.Martinez out on unknown play; B.Morris out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cubans 4, Eagles 0. EAGLES 4TH: B.Wilson out on unknown play; B.Harvey out on unknown play; M.Irvin singled; L.Pearson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubans 4, Eagles 0. CUBANS 5TH: M.Minoso singled to second base [M.Minoso to second (error by M.Irvin)]; P.Pages out on unknown play; L.Cabrera out on unknown play; C.Duany out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cubans 4, Eagles 0. EAGLES 5TH: J.Davis out on unknown play; C.Parks singled; L.Williams out on unknown play; R.Lewis out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubans 4, Eagles 0. CUBANS 6TH: L.Louden singled; F.Diaz out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [L.Louden to second]; C.Clark singled [L.Louden scored]; C.Clark was caught stealing second (unknown fielder); R.Martinez out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubans 5, Eagles 0. EAGLES 6TH: M.ARIOSA REPLACED P.PAGES (PLAYING CF); J.Wilkes walked; B.Wilson out on unknown play; B.Harvey walked [J.Wilkes to second]; M.Irvin doubled [J.Wilkes scored, B.Harvey scored, M.Irvin to third (on throw)]; D.BARNHILL REPLACED B.MORRIS (PITCHING); L.Pearson out on unknown play [M.Irvin scored]; J.Davis out on unknown play; 3 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubans 5, Eagles 3. CUBANS 7TH: D.Barnhill out on unknown play; L.Pearson dropped a foul fly hit by M.Minoso; M.Minoso out on unknown play; M.Ariosa out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Cubans 5, Eagles 3. EAGLES 7TH: N.GULLEY BATTED FOR C.PARKS; N.Gulley singled; M.MANNING BATTED FOR L.WILLIAMS; M.Manning out on unknown play; R.Lewis forced N.Gulley (unknown fielder) [R.Lewis to first]; J.Wilkes walked [R.Lewis to second]; B.Wilson reached on an error by F.Diaz [R.Lewis to third, J.Wilkes to second, B.Wilson to first]; B.Harvey singled [R.Lewis scored, J.Wilkes to third, B.Wilson to second]; M.Irvin out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Cubans 5, Eagles 4. Final Totals R H E LOB Cubans 5 8 2 3 Eagles 4 6 4 6
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