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Houston Eagles @ New York Cubans

1949-08-21 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 5000 · 2:16

Houston Eagles defeated New York Cubans 6–4. Houston Eagles put up 3 in the 1st. Johnny Davis went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOE	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	6	16
NY6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	4	8

Houston Eagles — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Jimmy Wilkes	5	0	1	0	0
Curley Williams	5	0	1	0	0
Bob Wilson	5	3	4	0	0
Johnny Davis	4	2	2	2	1
Johnny Washington	4	1	2	0	1
Raymon Lacy	5	0	2	2	0
Leon Ruffin	5	0	2	2	0
(unknown)	5	0	2	0	0
Jay Heard	3	0	0	0	0
Rufus Lewis	1	0	0	0	0

New York Cubans — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
(unknown)	5	0	2	0	0
Howard Easterling	5	0	0	0	0
Fernando Díaz	4	1	1	0	0
Lorenzo Cabrera	4	1	1	0	1
Cleveland Clark	5	1	1	1	0
Lou Louden	3	0	1	1	1
Walter Hardy	4	1	1	1	0
Mario Ariosa	4	0	1	1	0
Riley Stewart	1	0	0	0	0
Raúl López	2	0	0	0	0
Pat Scantlebury	1	0	0	0	0

Houston Eagles — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jay Heard	7.0	8	1	0
Rufus Lewis	2.0	0	1	0

New York Cubans — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Riley Stewart	4.0	9	2	0
Raúl López	5.0	7	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jimmy Wilkes: 99
Curley Williams: 99
Bob Wilson: S
Johnny Davis: W.1-2
Johnny Washington: W.2-3;1-2
Raymon Lacy: S.3-H;2-H;1-2
Leon Ruffin: D.2-H;1-3
99

Bot 1

D
Howard Easterling: 99
Fernando Díaz: 99
Lorenzo Cabrera: 99

Top 2

Jay Heard: HP
Jimmy Wilkes: 99
Curley Williams: 99
Bob Wilson: S.1-2
Johnny Davis: 99

Bot 2

Cleveland Clark: 99
Lou Louden: 99
Walter Hardy: D
Mario Ariosa: S.2-H
Riley Stewart: 99

Top 3

Johnny Washington: 99
Raymon Lacy: S
Leon Ruffin: 64(1)3/GDP#

Bot 3

99
Howard Easterling: 99
Fernando Díaz: 99

Top 4

S
Jay Heard: 99
Jimmy Wilkes: 99
Curley Williams: 99

Bot 4

Lorenzo Cabrera: 99
Cleveland Clark: 99
Lou Louden: W
Walter Hardy: 99

Top 5

Bob Wilson: S
Johnny Davis: HR.1-H
Johnny Washington: S
Raymon Lacy: 99
Leon Ruffin: 99
99

Bot 5

Mario Ariosa: E5#
Raúl López: 99
99
Howard Easterling: 99

Top 6

Jay Heard: 99
Jimmy Wilkes: S
Curley Williams: S.1-2
Bob Wilson: 99
Johnny Davis: 99

Bot 6

Fernando Díaz: S
Lorenzo Cabrera: 99.1-2
Cleveland Clark: 99
Lou Louden: S.2-H
Walter Hardy: 99

Top 7

Johnny Washington: S
Raymon Lacy: 99
Leon Ruffin: 99
99

Bot 7

Mario Ariosa: E4#
Raúl López: 99
S.1-2
Howard Easterling: 99
Fernando Díaz: 99

Top 8

Jay Heard: 99
Jimmy Wilkes: 99
Curley Williams: 99

Bot 8

Lorenzo Cabrera: T
Cleveland Clark: D.3-H
Lou Louden: 99.2-3
Walter Hardy: 99.3-H
Mario Ariosa: 99

Top 9

Bob Wilson: S
Johnny Davis: S.1-2
Johnny Washington: 99
Raymon Lacy: 99
Leon Ruffin: S.2-H;1-2
S.2-3;1-2
Rufus Lewis: 99

Bot 9

Pat Scantlebury: 99
E3#
Howard Easterling: 99
Fernando Díaz: HP.1-2
Lorenzo Cabrera: W.2-3;1-2
Cleveland Clark: 99

Notes & reviews

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

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