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Homestead Grays @ New York Cubans

1948-05-02 · Day game · Yankee Stadium I · Att: 10500 · 2:05

New York Cubans defeated Homestead Grays 7–1. New York Cubans put up 2 in the 2nd. Minnie Minoso went 4-for-5 with 2 RBI.

Line score

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

Homestead Grays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Luis Marquez	4	0	2	0	0
Sam Bankhead	4	1	0	0	0
Tom Parker	4	0	1	0	0
Buck Leonard	3	0	1	1	1
Wilmer Fields	4	0	1	0	0
Luke Easter	4	0	2	0	0
Clarence Bruce	2	0	0	0	0
Victoriano Sosa	3	0	0	0	0
Frank Thompson	2	0	1	0	0
Bob Thurman	2	0	0	0	0
Bob Boston	1	0	0	0	0

New York Cubans — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Pedro Ballester	5	1	1	0	0
Jerry Benjamin	4	1	0	0	1
Minnie Minoso	5	0	4	2	0
Lorenzo Cabrera	5	0	1	0	0
Lou Louden	2	1	0	1	2
Cleveland Clark	4	1	1	0	0
Mario Arencibia	1	1	0	0	3
Pedro Miró	3	0	0	1	0
Pat Scantlebury	4	2	2	1	0

Homestead Grays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Frank Thompson	7.0	6	5	0
R. T. Walker	1.0	3	1	0

New York Cubans — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Pat Scantlebury	8.2	7	1	0
Dave Barnhill	0.1	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Luis Marquez: 99
Sam Bankhead: E4
Tom Parker: S.1-2#
Buck Leonard: S.2-H(UR);1-2#
Wilmer Fields: 46(1)3/GDP#

Bot 1

Pedro Ballester: 99
Jerry Benjamin: 99
Minnie Minoso: 99

Top 2

Luke Easter: 99
Clarence Bruce: 99
Victoriano Sosa: 99

Bot 2

Lorenzo Cabrera: 99
Lou Louden: W
Cleveland Clark: S.1-2#
Mario Arencibia: W.2-3;1-2
Pedro Miró: 99/SH.3-H;2-3;1-2#
Pat Scantlebury: PB.3-H(UR);2-3
Pat Scantlebury: 99

Top 3

Frank Thompson: S#
Luis Marquez: 4(1)3/GDP#
Sam Bankhead: 99

Bot 3

Pedro Ballester: 99
Jerry Benjamin: 63
Minnie Minoso: S
Lorenzo Cabrera: 99

Top 4

Tom Parker: 99
Buck Leonard: W#
Wilmer Fields: 54(1)3/GDP#

Bot 4

Lou Louden: 99
Cleveland Clark: 99
Mario Arencibia: W
Pedro Miró: 99

Top 5

Luke Easter: 99
Clarence Bruce: 99
Victoriano Sosa: 99

Bot 5

Pat Scantlebury: S
Pedro Ballester: E1.1-2#
Jerry Benjamin: 99
Minnie Minoso: D.2-H;1-H(UR)
Lorenzo Cabrera: 99
Lou Louden: W
Cleveland Clark: 99

Top 6

Frank Thompson: 99
Luis Marquez: S4.B-2(E4/TH)#
Sam Bankhead: 99
Tom Parker: 99

Bot 6

Mario Arencibia: 99
Pedro Miró: 99
Pat Scantlebury: 99

Top 7

Buck Leonard: 99
Wilmer Fields: 99
Luke Easter: T
Bob Thurman: 99

Bot 7

Pedro Ballester: 99
Jerry Benjamin: W
Minnie Minoso: S.1-2
Lorenzo Cabrera: S.2-3;1-2
Lou Louden: 99.3-H#
Cleveland Clark: 99

Top 8

Victoriano Sosa: 99
Bob Boston: 99
Luis Marquez: S4.B-2(E4/TH)#
Sam Bankhead: 99

Bot 8

Mario Arencibia: W
Pedro Miró: 99
Pat Scantlebury: T.1-H
Pedro Ballester: PO3(E2).3-H#
Pedro Ballester: S
Jerry Benjamin: 99(1)/FO#
Minnie Minoso: SB2#
Minnie Minoso: S.2-3
Lorenzo Cabrera: 99

Top 9

Tom Parker: 99
Buck Leonard: 99
Wilmer Fields: S1/L
Luke Easter: S.1-2#
Bob Thurman: 99

Notes & reviews

Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box score
Scantlebury injured his finger stopping Fields' line drive with his bare hand.

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