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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Brooklyn Dodgers

1944-07-23 · Day game · Ebbets Field · 2:35

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Brooklyn Dodgers 7–5. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 3 in the 9th. Xavier Rescigno earned the win. Babe Dahlgren went 4-for-5 with 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	7	10
BRO	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	11

W: Xavier Rescigno L: Hal Gregg SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: George Magerkurth · 1B: Bill Stewart · 2B: (none) · 3B: Tom Dunn · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Coscarart	5	1	1	1	0	0
Jim Russell	5	1	2	0	0	1
Johnny Barrett	3	2	0	0	2	1
Bob Elliott	5	1	2	1	0	1
Babe Dahlgren	5	1	4	2	0	1
Vince DiMaggio	4	0	0	1	1	2
Spud Davis	1	0	0	0	2	1
Frankie Zak	1	0	0	0	1	1
Preacher Roe	2	0	0	0	0	1
Frank Colman	1	0	0	0	0	0
Al Rubeling	1	0	0	0	0	1
Frankie Gustine	2	0	0	1	0	0
Hank Camelli	2	1	1	0	0	0
Cookie Cuccurullo	1	0	0	0	0	0

Brooklyn Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Barney Koch	5	1	3	0	0	0
Frenchy Bordagaray	5	0	1	0	0	0
Augie Galan	4	3	2	0	1	0
Dixie Walker	4	1	4	2	0	0
Luis Olmo	4	0	0	2	0	0
Bobby Bragan	4	0	1	0	0	0
Howie Schultz	4	0	0	0	0	0
Eddie Stanky	3	0	0	0	1	0
Hal Gregg	3	0	0	0	0	2
Goody Rosen	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Preacher Roe	5.0	8	2	2
Nick Strincevich	2.0	2	0	0
Xavier Rescigno	2.0	1	0	0

Brooklyn Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hal Gregg	8.0	10	6	10
Tommy Warren	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Pete Coscarart: S
Jim Russell: 9
Johnny Barrett: K+SB2
Bob Elliott: E6.2-3
Babe Dahlgren: WP.3-H(UR);1-2
Babe Dahlgren: S.2-3
Vince DiMaggio: K

Bot 1

Barney Koch: S
Frenchy Bordagaray: 43.1-2
Augie Galan: W
Dixie Walker: S.2-H;1-3;B-2(TH)
Luis Olmo: WP.3-H;2-3
Luis Olmo: 8.3-H
Bobby Bragan: 8

Top 2

Spud Davis: K
Frankie Zak: W
Preacher Roe: K/C
Pete Coscarart: 8

Bot 2

Howie Schultz: 8
Eddie Stanky: W
Hal Gregg: K
Barney Koch: S.1-2
Frenchy Bordagaray: 4

Top 3

Jim Russell: D
Johnny Barrett: W
Bob Elliott: D.2-H;1-3
Babe Dahlgren: K
Vince DiMaggio: 7.3-H
Spud Davis: W
Frankie Zak: K

Bot 3

Augie Galan: D
Dixie Walker: S.2-H
Luis Olmo: 46(1)/FO
Bobby Bragan: 3/G.1-2
Howie Schultz: 6/L

Top 4

Preacher Roe: 8
Pete Coscarart: 63
Jim Russell: 5/FL

Bot 4

Eddie Stanky: 9
Hal Gregg: K
Barney Koch: S
Frenchy Bordagaray: 4

Top 5

Johnny Barrett: 8
Bob Elliott: 53
Babe Dahlgren: D
Vince DiMaggio: K/C

Bot 5

Augie Galan: S
Dixie Walker: S.1-3
Luis Olmo: 9(B)54(1)/DP.3-H
Bobby Bragan: 4

Top 6

Spud Davis: W
Frank Colman: 6
Al Rubeling: K
Pete Coscarart: 5/FL

Bot 6

Howie Schultz: 53
Eddie Stanky: 63
Hal Gregg: 43

Top 7

Jim Russell: S
Johnny Barrett: 46(1)/FO
Bob Elliott: K
Babe Dahlgren: S.1-2
Vince DiMaggio: W.2-3;1-2
Frankie Gustine: 13

Bot 7

Barney Koch: 13
Frenchy Bordagaray: S
Augie Galan: 9
Dixie Walker: D.1-3
Luis Olmo: 4

Top 8

Hank Camelli: D
Cookie Cuccurullo: 31.2-3
Pete Coscarart: 63.3-H
Jim Russell: K

Bot 8

Bobby Bragan: S
Howie Schultz: 64(1)3/GDP
Eddie Stanky: 5/FL

Top 9

Johnny Barrett: W
Bob Elliott: D.1-3
Babe Dahlgren: T.3-H;2-H
Vince DiMaggio: 6
Frankie Gustine: 9.3-H
Hank Camelli: 3

Bot 9

Goody Rosen: 3/FL
Barney Koch: E6
Frenchy Bordagaray: 64(1)/FO
Augie Galan: 43