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St. Louis Browns @ Washington Senators

1945-07-16 · Night game · Griffith Stadium · Att: 26120 · 2:11

St. Louis Browns defeated Washington Senators 5–1. St. Louis Browns put up 3 in the 8th. Tex Shirley earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLA	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	5	11
WS1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6

W: Tex Shirley L: Roger Wolff SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Jim Boyer · 1B: Bill Summers · 2B: (none) · 3B: Joe Rue · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Don Gutteridge	5	0	1	0	0	1
Pete Gray	4	0	0	0	0	0
George McQuinn	5	1	3	0	0	1
Vern Stephens	5	1	1	1	0	0
Milt Byrnes	4	1	1	0	0	1
Mark Christman	3	1	2	1	1	0
Babe Martin	4	0	0	1	0	1
Red Hayworth	3	0	1	0	0	0
Tex Shirley	3	0	1	0	0	1
Frank Mancuso	1	0	1	2	0	0
Mike Kreevich	0	1	0	0	1	0

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
George Case	3	1	2	0	1	1
George Myatt	4	0	2	1	0	0
Fred Vaughn	3	0	1	0	1	1
Harlond Clift	3	0	0	0	1	2
George Binks	2	0	0	0	2	1
Gil Torres	4	0	0	0	0	1
Mike Guerra	4	0	1	0	0	1
Jose Zardon	3	0	0	0	0	0
Roger Wolff	3	0	0	0	0	1
Joe Kuhel	1	0	0	0	0	1

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tex Shirley	9.0	6	5	9

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Roger Wolff	9.0	11	2	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Don Gutteridge: E4.B-2(E9/TH)
Pete Gray: 43.2-3
George McQuinn: 63
Vern Stephens: 9

Bot 1

George Case: D7
George Myatt: S8.2-H
Fred Vaughn: SB2
Fred Vaughn: K
Harlond Clift: W
George Binks: K
Gil Torres: 13

Top 2

Milt Byrnes: E6
Mark Christman: S9.1-3
Babe Martin: K
Red Hayworth: 6
Tex Shirley: K

Bot 2

Mike Guerra: 7
Jose Zardon: 5E3
Roger Wolff: 13.1-2
George Case: CS3(25)

Top 3

Don Gutteridge: 4
Pete Gray: 13
George McQuinn: K

Bot 3

George Case: W
George Myatt: 54(1)/FO
Fred Vaughn: 9
Harlond Clift: CS2(24)

Top 4

Vern Stephens: 3/FL
Milt Byrnes: K
Mark Christman: 8

Bot 4

Harlond Clift: K
George Binks: 1
Gil Torres: 53

Top 5

Babe Martin: 7/L
Red Hayworth: 5/L
Tex Shirley: S7
Don Gutteridge: S7.1-2
Pete Gray: 9

Bot 5

Mike Guerra: S7
Jose Zardon: 5(B)3(1)/BP/DP
Roger Wolff: K/C

Top 6

George McQuinn: S9
Vern Stephens: 7
Milt Byrnes: D9.1XH(932);B-3(TH)
Mark Christman: S8.3-H
Babe Martin: 8

Bot 6

George Case: S7
George Myatt: S5/BG.1X2(53246)
Fred Vaughn: S7.1-2
Harlond Clift: 9/F.2-3
George Binks: W.1-2
Gil Torres: 8

Top 7

Red Hayworth: S8
Tex Shirley: 54/SH.1-2
Don Gutteridge: 6
Pete Gray: 3/FL

Bot 7

Mike Guerra: 63
Jose Zardon: 8
Roger Wolff: 13

Top 8

George McQuinn: S9
Vern Stephens: S5/BG.1-2
Milt Byrnes: 34/SH.2-3;1-2
Mark Christman: IW
Babe Martin: 8/F.3-H;2-3;1-2
Frank Mancuso: S7.3-H;2-H
Tex Shirley: 53/BG

Bot 8

George Case: K
George Myatt: 6
Fred Vaughn: W
Harlond Clift: K

Top 9

Don Gutteridge: K/C
Mike Kreevich: W
George McQuinn: SB2
George McQuinn: S9.2-3
Vern Stephens: 9/F.3-H
Milt Byrnes: 4/L

Bot 9

George Binks: W
Gil Torres: K/C
Mike Guerra: K
Joe Kuhel: K