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St. Louis Browns @ Washington Senators

1945-09-06 · Day game · Griffith Stadium · 1:54

Washington Senators defeated St. Louis Browns 2–0. Washington Senators put up 2 in the 3rd. Johnny Niggeling earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Johnny Niggeling L: Tex Shirley SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Art Passarella · 1B: Bill McGowan · 2B: (none) · 3B: Joe Rue · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Don Gutteridge	3	0	0	2
Lou Finney	4	2	0	0
Milt Byrnes	2	0	1	0
Gene Moore	3	0	1	0
George McQuinn	4	2	0	1
Vern Stephens	4	0	0	1
Mark Christman	4	0	0	0
Frank Mancuso	3	0	0	1
Tex Shirley	3	1	0	0
Pete Gray	1	0	0	0

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
George Case	4	0	0	0	0	0
George Myatt	3	1	1	0	1	1
Buddy Lewis	2	0	2	2	2	0
Joe Kuhel	3	0	0	0	1	0
George Binks	3	0	0	0	1	0
Harlond Clift	4	0	0	0	0	1
Al Evans	3	0	0	0	0	1
Dick Kimble	3	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Niggeling	3	1	1	0	0	0

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tex Shirley	8.0	4	5	3

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Niggeling	9.0	5	2	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Don Gutteridge: 7
Lou Finney: 7
Milt Byrnes: 63

Bot 1

George Case: 53
George Myatt: 2
Buddy Lewis: W
Joe Kuhel: 46(1)/FO

Top 2

Gene Moore: 5
George McQuinn: S7
Vern Stephens: 14(1)3/GDP

Bot 2

George Binks: 7
Harlond Clift: 7
Al Evans: K

Top 3

Mark Christman: 2/FL
Frank Mancuso: K
Tex Shirley: S
Don Gutteridge: K

Bot 3

Dick Kimble: E4
Johnny Niggeling: 36(1)/FO/BG
George Case: 5/FL
George Myatt: S9.1-2
Buddy Lewis: D7.2-H(UR);1-H(UR)
Joe Kuhel: 3/FL

Top 4

Lou Finney: D7
Milt Byrnes: HP
Gene Moore: 7
George McQuinn: K
Vern Stephens: K

Bot 4

George Binks: 8
Harlond Clift: 4
Al Evans: 8

Top 5

Mark Christman: 43
Frank Mancuso: 7
Tex Shirley: 9

Bot 5

Dick Kimble: 8
Johnny Niggeling: 13
George Case: 4

Top 6

Don Gutteridge: K
Lou Finney: 13
Milt Byrnes: W
Gene Moore: PB.1-2
Gene Moore: WP.2-3
Gene Moore: W
George McQuinn: 9

Bot 6

George Myatt: W
Buddy Lewis: DGR/7.1-3
Joe Kuhel: FC4.3XH(42626);2-3;B-2
George Binks: IW
Harlond Clift: K
Al Evans: 8

Top 7

Vern Stephens: 53
Mark Christman: 5
Frank Mancuso: 63

Bot 7

Dick Kimble: 7
Johnny Niggeling: S7
George Case: 8
George Myatt: K

Top 8

Tex Shirley: 53
Pete Gray: 3/L
Lou Finney: S7
Milt Byrnes: 2

Bot 8

Buddy Lewis: W
Joe Kuhel: CS2(26)
Joe Kuhel: W
George Binks: 5
Harlond Clift: 54(1)/FO

Top 9

Gene Moore: E1
George McQuinn: S9.1-2
Vern Stephens: 2(B)236(2)/BP/DP
Mark Christman: 2/FL