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Homestead Grays @ New York Cubans

1944-07-16 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · 8 innings · Att: 15000 · 2:07

Homestead Grays and New York Cubans played to a 6–6 tie. Josh Gibson went 3-for-4 with 2 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
HOM	0	0	4	0	1	0	1	0	6	10
NY6	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	1	6	12

Homestead Grays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Cool Papa Bell	5	1	1	0	0	0
Jerry Benjamin	3	1	1	0	1	1
Sam Bankhead	3	0	1	2	1	0
Buck Leonard	4	1	0	0	0	0
Josh Gibson	4	2	3	3	0	0
Walter Cannady	3	0	0	0	1	0
Dave Hoskins	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ray Battle	3	0	1	0	1	0
Ray Brown	4	1	3	0	0	0

New York Cubans — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Hector Rodriguez	4	1	0	0	0
Dave Thomas	3	2	2	0	1
Rogelio Linares	4	0	1	2	0
Pancho Coimbre	4	0	2	0	0
José Vargas	4	1	0	0	0
Rabbit Martínez	4	2	3	2	0
Javier Pérez	3	0	2	1	0
Ameal Brooks	3	0	1	1	1
Pat Scantlebury	1	0	1	0	0
Carrenza Howard	2	0	0	0	0
Claro Duany	1	0	0	0	0

Homestead Grays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ray Brown	8.0	12	2	0

New York Cubans — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Barney Morris	3.0	5	2	0
Carrenza Howard	5.0	5	2	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Cool Papa Bell: 99
Jerry Benjamin: W
Sam Bankhead: 99
Buck Leonard: 99

Bot 1

Hector Rodriguez: 99
Dave Thomas: S
Rogelio Linares: 99
Pancho Coimbre: S.1-2
José Vargas: 99

Top 2

Josh Gibson: S
Walter Cannady: 99
Dave Hoskins: 99
Ray Battle: 99

Bot 2

Rabbit Martínez: 99
Javier Pérez: 99
Ameal Brooks: W
Barney Morris: CS2(26)#

Top 3

Ray Brown: S8/89
Cool Papa Bell: S7.1-2
Jerry Benjamin: 3/SH.2-3;1-2
Sam Bankhead: S/78.3-H;2-H
Buck Leonard: 99(1)/FO
Josh Gibson: HR/9.1-H
Walter Cannady: W
Dave Hoskins: 99

Bot 3

Pat Scantlebury: S7
Hector Rodriguez: 99(1)/FO
Dave Thomas: S.1-2
Rogelio Linares: D7.2-H;1-H
Pancho Coimbre: 99/F
José Vargas: 99/F

Top 4

Ray Battle: 99
Ray Brown: 99
Cool Papa Bell: 99

Bot 4

Rabbit Martínez: S
Javier Pérez: S.1-2
Ameal Brooks: 99
Carrenza Howard: 99/SH.2-3;1-2
Hector Rodriguez: 99

Top 5

Jerry Benjamin: S
Sam Bankhead: W.1-2
Buck Leonard: 99/G.2-3;1-2
Josh Gibson: E7/L.3-H(NR)(UR);2-3
Walter Cannady: 99
Dave Hoskins: 99

Bot 5

Dave Thomas: W
Rogelio Linares: 4/L
Pancho Coimbre: S.1-2
José Vargas: 99(1)/FO.2-3
Rabbit Martínez: T/78.3-H;1-H
Javier Pérez: S9.3-H
Ameal Brooks: 99

Top 6

Ray Battle: S
Ray Brown: S.1-2
Cool Papa Bell: 99
Jerry Benjamin: K+PO2(26)/DP

Bot 6

Carrenza Howard: 99
Hector Rodriguez: 99
Dave Thomas: 99

Top 7

Sam Bankhead: 99
Buck Leonard: 99
Josh Gibson: HR/7
Walter Cannady: 99

Bot 7

Rogelio Linares: 99
Pancho Coimbre: 99
José Vargas: 99

Top 8

Dave Hoskins: 99
Ray Battle: W
Ray Brown: S.1-2
Cool Papa Bell: 99
Jerry Benjamin: 99

Bot 8

Rabbit Martínez: S
Javier Pérez: 99/SH.1-2
Ameal Brooks: S8.2-H
Carrenza Howard: 99
Claro Duany: 99

Notes & reviews

Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box score
play,9,0,banks101,??,,NP sub,garrg103,'Gil Garrido',1,1,4 play,9,0,banks101,??,,NP sub,perej103,'Javier Perez',1,7,5 play,9,0,banks101,??,,W play,9,0,leonb101,??,,W.1-2 play,9,0,gibsj101,??,,T/78.2-H;1-H play,9,0,cannw101,??,,63/G.3-H play,9,0,hoskd101,??,,T $Game called due to an electrical storm. Grays had scored three runs in top of 9th but game reverted to 6-6 tie at end of 8th. Game two of scheduled DH called due to rain.

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