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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Boston Braves

1943-08-15 · Day game · Braves Field · Att: 18400 · 1:52

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Boston Braves 11–1. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 3 in the 6th. Rip Sewell earned the win. Tommy O'Brien went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	1	0	1	0	0	3	3	3	0	11	13
BSN	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4

W: Rip Sewell L: Red Barrett SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Babe Pinelli · 1B: Al Barlick · 2B: (none) · 3B: Lou Jorda · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Frankie Gustine	3	1	2	0	0	0
Tommy O'Brien	4	1	1	1	0	0
Al Rubeling	5	0	0	0	0	0
Maurice Van Robays	4	0	1	1	0	0
Bob Elliott	3	2	2	1	2	0
Elbie Fletcher	4	2	1	1	1	1
Vince DiMaggio	5	2	2	2	0	1
Bill Baker	4	0	1	0	1	0
Rip Sewell	5	1	2	1	0	0
Pete Coscarart	1	1	0	0	2	0
Jim Russell	1	1	1	2	0	0
Johnny Barrett	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Connie Ryan	4	0	0	0	0
Tommy Holmes	4	0	0	0	0
Chuck Workman	3	0	1	0	1
Butch Nieman	4	0	0	0	0
Clyde Kluttz	3	0	2	0	0
Kerby Farrell	3	1	0	0	1
Whitey Wietelmann	3	0	1	1	0
Heinie Heltzel	3	0	0	0	0
Red Barrett	2	0	0	0	0
Ray Martin	1	0	0	0	0
Hugh Poland	1	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rip Sewell	9.0	4	2	0

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Red Barrett	5.1	8	2	1
Dave Odom	1.1	1	3	0
Ray Martin	2.1	4	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Frankie Gustine: D
Tommy O'Brien: 3/FL
Al Rubeling: 43
Maurice Van Robays: S.2-H
Bob Elliott: W.1-2
Elbie Fletcher: 8

Bot 1

Connie Ryan: 13
Tommy Holmes: 8
Chuck Workman: W
Butch Nieman: SB2
Butch Nieman: 8

Top 2

Vince DiMaggio: K
Bill Baker: 7
Rip Sewell: S
Frankie Gustine: 7

Bot 2

Clyde Kluttz: S
Kerby Farrell: 16(1)3/GDP
Whitey Wietelmann: 9

Top 3

Tommy O'Brien: HR
Al Rubeling: 63
Maurice Van Robays: 31
Bob Elliott: 7

Bot 3

Heinie Heltzel: 8
Red Barrett: 63
Connie Ryan: E5
Tommy Holmes: 4

Top 4

Elbie Fletcher: 43
Vince DiMaggio: 7
Bill Baker: 7

Bot 4

Chuck Workman: 31
Butch Nieman: 9
Clyde Kluttz: S
Kerby Farrell: 9

Top 5

Rip Sewell: 13
Frankie Gustine: D
Tommy O'Brien: SB3
Tommy O'Brien: 63
Al Rubeling: 4

Bot 5

Whitey Wietelmann: 3/G
Heinie Heltzel: 63
Red Barrett: 63

Top 6

Maurice Van Robays: 4
Bob Elliott: D7
Elbie Fletcher: S9.2-H;B-2(THH)
Vince DiMaggio: D7.2-H
Bill Baker: WP.2-3
Bill Baker: W
Rip Sewell: 8.3-H
Pete Coscarart: W.1-2
Tommy O'Brien: 3/G

Bot 6

Connie Ryan: 63
Tommy Holmes: 5
Chuck Workman: D
Butch Nieman: 9

Top 7

Al Rubeling: 5
Maurice Van Robays: 63
Bob Elliott: W
Elbie Fletcher: W.1-2
Vince DiMaggio: S7.2-H;1-H(E2)(NR)(UR);B-H(NR)(UR)
Bill Baker: E6.BX2(24)

Bot 7

Clyde Kluttz: 7
Kerby Farrell: W
Whitey Wietelmann: T.1-H
Heinie Heltzel: 9
Ray Martin: 7

Top 8

Rip Sewell: S
Pete Coscarart: SB2
Pete Coscarart: W
Jim Russell: SB2;SB3
Jim Russell: S.2-H;3-H
Al Rubeling: SB2
Al Rubeling: 13.2-3
Johnny Barrett: 2
Bob Elliott: T.3-H
Elbie Fletcher: K

Bot 8

Connie Ryan: 6
Tommy Holmes: 8
Chuck Workman: 8

Top 9

Vince DiMaggio: 13
Bill Baker: S
Rip Sewell: 8
Pete Coscarart: 9

Bot 9

Butch Nieman: 9
Hugh Poland: 9
Kerby Farrell: 53

Notes & reviews

Fletcher and DiMaggio followed Elliott across the plate when catcher Kluttz threw wildly trying to nail DiMaggio at 2nd base

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