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Boston Braves @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1942-08-25 · Night game · Forbes Field · Att: 8194 · 1:41

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Boston Braves 6–0. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 3 in the 5th. Rip Sewell earned the win. Jimmy Wasdell went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BSN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
PIT	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0		6	11

W: Rip Sewell L: Tom Earley SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Babe Pinelli · 1B: Lee Ballanfant · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	H	SO
Tommy Holmes	4	3	0
Sibby Sisti	4	0	2
Nanny Fernandez	3	0	0
Buddy Gremp	3	0	0
Max West	3	0	0
Ernie Lombardi	3	0	0
Eddie Miller	3	0	0
Skippy Roberge	3	0	0
Lou Tost	1	0	0
Paul Waner	1	0	0
Chet Ross	1	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Coscarart	5	1	1	0	0	1
Jimmy Wasdell	4	2	3	1	1	1
Johnny Barrett	4	2	2	1	0	0
Bob Elliott	4	0	2	2	0	0
Elbie Fletcher	3	0	1	1	1	0
Vince DiMaggio	3	0	0	0	1	1
Frankie Gustine	4	0	2	0	0	0
Al Lopez	4	0	0	0	0	0
Rip Sewell	3	1	0	0	1	2

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tom Earley	1.0	3	0	1
Lou Tost	3.1	5	2	1
Johnny Sain	0.2	1	1	0
Hank LaManna	0.2	2	1	0
Bill Donovan	2.1	0	0	3

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rip Sewell	9.0	3	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Tommy Holmes: S
Sibby Sisti: 9
Nanny Fernandez: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 1

Pete Coscarart: K
Jimmy Wasdell: HR/9D
Johnny Barrett: S/9.B-2(E9)
Bob Elliott: 43.2-3
Elbie Fletcher: S/9.3-H
Vince DiMaggio: 7

Top 2

Buddy Gremp: 13
Max West: 53
Ernie Lombardi: 4/P

Bot 2

Frankie Gustine: S
Al Lopez: CS2(26)
Al Lopez: 63
Rip Sewell: K

Top 3

Eddie Miller: 8
Skippy Roberge: 13
Lou Tost: 63

Bot 3

Pete Coscarart: 53
Jimmy Wasdell: W
Johnny Barrett: 7
Bob Elliott: 53

Top 4

Tommy Holmes: D
Sibby Sisti: 13
Nanny Fernandez: 9
Buddy Gremp: 4/L

Bot 4

Elbie Fletcher: W
Vince DiMaggio: 5(B)3(1)/LDP
Frankie Gustine: S
Al Lopez: 6/L

Top 5

Max West: 8
Ernie Lombardi: 53
Eddie Miller: 13

Bot 5

Rip Sewell: 13
Pete Coscarart: S4
Jimmy Wasdell: S2/BG.1-2
Johnny Barrett: S/89.2-H;1-2
Bob Elliott: S/8.2-H;1-H(NR)(E8/TH3)(UR);B-3
Elbie Fletcher: FC1/BG.3-3;B-1
Vince DiMaggio: W.1-2
Frankie Gustine: 4/P
Al Lopez: 7/L

Top 6

Skippy Roberge: 53
Paul Waner: 13
Tommy Holmes: S
Sibby Sisti: K

Bot 6

Rip Sewell: W
Pete Coscarart: 7
Jimmy Wasdell: S.1-2#
Johnny Barrett: 8
Bob Elliott: S.2-H;1-2#
Elbie Fletcher: 43

Top 7

Nanny Fernandez: 31
Buddy Gremp: 43
Max West: 5/P

Bot 7

Vince DiMaggio: K
Frankie Gustine: 13
Al Lopez: 13

Top 8

Ernie Lombardi: 4/P
Eddie Miller: 2/FL
Skippy Roberge: 8

Bot 8

Rip Sewell: K/C
Pete Coscarart: 9
Jimmy Wasdell: K

Top 9

Chet Ross: 63
Tommy Holmes: 43
Sibby Sisti: K