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Homestead Grays @ New York Cubans

1947-08-17 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 4000 · 2:13

Homestead Grays defeated New York Cubans 6–5. Homestead Grays put up 3 in the 4th. Buck Leonard went 3-for-4 with 2 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOM	0	1	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	6	11
NY6	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	5	10

Homestead Grays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Jerry Benjamin	4	1	2	0	1
Sam Bankhead	4	0	1	0	0
Luis Marquez	5	0	1	0	0
Buck Leonard	4	3	3	3	0
Clarence Bruce	4	0	2	0	0
Luke Easter	4	1	0	0	0
Clarence Isreal	3	1	1	0	1
Robert Gaston	4	0	1	3	0
R. T. Walker	3	0	0	0	0
Willie Pope	1	0	0	0	0

New York Cubans — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Minnie Minoso	5	1	1	1	0
(unknown)	4	1	1	0	1
Lorenzo Cabrera	5	1	2	1	0
Silvio García	4	0	2	1	1
Claro Duany	2	0	1	1	2
Lou Louden	3	0	0	0	0
Cleveland Clark	3	0	0	0	1
Rabbit Martínez	4	0	1	0	0
Lino Donoso	4	2	2	1	0
Pat Scantlebury	1	0	0	0	0

Homestead Grays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB
R. T. Walker	5.0	6	4
Willie Pope	3.0	4	1
Frank Thompson	1.0	0	0

New York Cubans — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lino Donoso	9.0	11	2	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jerry Benjamin: S
Sam Bankhead: CS2(99)#
Sam Bankhead: 99
Luis Marquez: 99

Bot 1

Minnie Minoso: 99
D
Lorenzo Cabrera: BK.2-3#
Lorenzo Cabrera: 9/F/DP.3XH(92)#

Top 2

Buck Leonard: HR
Clarence Bruce: S
Luke Easter: PB.1-2#
Luke Easter: 99
Clarence Isreal: 99
Robert Gaston: 99

Bot 2

Silvio García: W
Claro Duany: W.1-2
Lou Louden: 99
Cleveland Clark: 46(1)3/GDP#

Top 3

R. T. Walker: 99
Jerry Benjamin: 99
Sam Bankhead: 99

Bot 3

Rabbit Martínez: 99
Lino Donoso: HR
Minnie Minoso: 99
99

Top 4

Luis Marquez: 99
Buck Leonard: S
Clarence Bruce: S.1-2
Luke Easter: 99(1)/FO.2-3
Clarence Isreal: W.1-2
Robert Gaston: D.3-H;2-H;1-H
R. T. Walker: 99

Bot 4

Lorenzo Cabrera: FLE2#
Lorenzo Cabrera: 99
Silvio García: 99
Claro Duany: W
Lou Louden: 99

Top 5

Jerry Benjamin: W
Sam Bankhead: 99/SH.1-2
Luis Marquez: 99
Buck Leonard: HR.2-H
Clarence Bruce: 99

Bot 5

Cleveland Clark: 99
Rabbit Martínez: 99
Lino Donoso: S/BG
Minnie Minoso: WP.1-2
Minnie Minoso: D.2-H
W
Lorenzo Cabrera: S.2-H;1-2
Silvio García: S.2-H;1-2
Claro Duany: 99

Top 6

Luke Easter: 99
Clarence Isreal: S
Robert Gaston: 99(1)/FO
R. T. Walker: SB2
R. T. Walker: 99

Bot 6

Lou Louden: 99
Cleveland Clark: 99
Rabbit Martínez: S
Lino Donoso: 99

Top 7

Jerry Benjamin: S
Sam Bankhead: 99
Luis Marquez: S.1-2
Buck Leonard: 99
Clarence Bruce: 99

Bot 7

Minnie Minoso: 99
99
Lorenzo Cabrera: S
Silvio García: S.1-2
Claro Duany: S.2-H;1-2
Pat Scantlebury: 99

Top 8

Luke Easter: 99
Clarence Isreal: 99
Robert Gaston: 99

Bot 8

Cleveland Clark: W
Rabbit Martínez: 99
Lino Donoso: 99
Minnie Minoso: 99

Top 9

Willie Pope: 99
Jerry Benjamin: 99
Sam Bankhead: S
Luis Marquez: 99

Bot 9

99
Lorenzo Cabrera: 99
Silvio García: 99

Notes & reviews

Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box score

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