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St. Louis Browns @ Washington Senators

1944-07-08 · Night game · Griffith Stadium · Att: 14693 · 2:14

St. Louis Browns defeated Washington Senators 5–4. St. Louis Browns put up 3 in the 2nd. Sig Jakucki earned the win. Jake Powell went 3-for-5 with 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLA	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	10
WS1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	6

W: Sig Jakucki L: Johnny Niggeling SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill McGowan · 1B: George Pipgras · 2B: (none) · 3B: Ernie Stewart · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Don Gutteridge	5	1	1	2	0	2
Milt Byrnes	5	1	3	0	0	0
George McQuinn	5	1	1	0	0	3
Vern Stephens	3	0	0	0	1	1
Gene Moore	3	0	0	0	2	0
Chet Laabs	4	1	3	0	0	0
Mark Christman	3	1	2	1	1	0
Frank Mancuso	3	0	0	0	0	1
Sig Jakucki	4	0	0	0	0	3

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
George Myatt	4	1	0	0	1	0
Joe Kuhel	5	0	0	0	0	0
Jake Powell	5	1	3	2	0	0
Stan Spence	2	0	0	0	3	0
Roberto Ortiz	5	0	1	0	0	1
Gil Torres	4	0	1	1	0	0
Rick Ferrell	3	0	1	0	1	1
John Sullivan	3	0	0	0	0	1
Johnny Niggeling	2	1	0	0	1	0
Early Wynn	1	0	0	0	0	1
Bill LeFebvre	0	0	0	0	1	0

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sig Jakucki	9.0	6	7	4

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Niggeling	9.0	10	4	10

Play-by-play

Top 1

Don Gutteridge: K
Milt Byrnes: 8
George McQuinn: T/78
Vern Stephens: W
Gene Moore: 3/G

Bot 1

George Myatt: W
Joe Kuhel: SB2
Joe Kuhel: 2/P
Jake Powell: D/89.2-H
Stan Spence: IW
Roberto Ortiz: K
Gil Torres: S8.2-H;1-2
Rick Ferrell: W.2-3;1-2
John Sullivan: 8/L

Top 2

Chet Laabs: S6
Mark Christman: S8.1-2
Frank Mancuso: 14/SH.2-3;1-2
Sig Jakucki: K
Don Gutteridge: S/78.3-H;2-H
Milt Byrnes: S8.1-3
George McQuinn: OA.3-H(E2/TH)(UR);1-2
George McQuinn: K23

Bot 2

Johnny Niggeling: W
George Myatt: E4.1-2
Joe Kuhel: 46(1)/FO.2-3
Jake Powell: PB.3-H(UR);1-2
Jake Powell: 63
Stan Spence: IW
Roberto Ortiz: 63

Top 3

Vern Stephens: K
Gene Moore: W
Chet Laabs: S7.1-3;B-2(TH)
Mark Christman: W
Frank Mancuso: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 3

Gil Torres: 63
Rick Ferrell: K
John Sullivan: 53

Top 4

Sig Jakucki: K
Don Gutteridge: 6
Milt Byrnes: S9.B-2(E9)
George McQuinn: K

Bot 4

Johnny Niggeling: 9
George Myatt: 13
Joe Kuhel: 1

Top 5

Vern Stephens: 53
Gene Moore: 2
Chet Laabs: S
Mark Christman: 43

Bot 5

Jake Powell: S
Stan Spence: 4/P
Roberto Ortiz: S.1-2
Gil Torres: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 6

Frank Mancuso: K
Sig Jakucki: 53
Don Gutteridge: E6
Milt Byrnes: CS2(26)

Bot 6

Rick Ferrell: S
John Sullivan: SB2
John Sullivan: K
Johnny Niggeling: 6
George Myatt: 13

Top 7

Milt Byrnes: T/78
George McQuinn: FC6.3-H(E6/TH)(NR)(UR);B-2
Vern Stephens: 54/SH.2-3
Gene Moore: W
Chet Laabs: 3/FL
Mark Christman: S5.3-H(UR);1-2
Frank Mancuso: 5/FL

Bot 7

Joe Kuhel: 7
Jake Powell: 63
Stan Spence: 4/P

Top 8

Sig Jakucki: K
Don Gutteridge: K
Milt Byrnes: 43

Bot 8

Roberto Ortiz: 8
Gil Torres: 53
Rick Ferrell: 8

Top 9

George McQuinn: K
Vern Stephens: 7
Gene Moore: 8

Bot 9

Early Wynn: K
Bill LeFebvre: W
George Myatt: 7
Joe Kuhel: E4.1-2
Jake Powell: S7.2-H(UR);1-3(E2);B-2
Stan Spence: IW
Roberto Ortiz: 3/P