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St. Louis Cardinals @ Brooklyn Dodgers

1944-09-25 · Day game · Ebbets Field · Att: 2207 · 2:00

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Brooklyn Dodgers 3–1. St. Louis Cardinals put up 2 in the 9th. Harry Brecheen earned the win. Augie Bergamo went 3-for-5 with 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	3	7
BRO	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	6

W: Harry Brecheen L: Rube Melton SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Larry Goetz · 1B: Beans Reardon · 2B: (none) · 3B: Ziggy Sears · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Augie Bergamo	5	0	3	2	0	2
Ray Sanders	4	0	0	0	0	0
Stan Musial	3	0	0	0	1	0
Ken O'Dea	4	0	1	0	0	0
Whitey Kurowski	4	0	1	0	0	2
Danny Litwhiler	4	1	0	0	0	0
Marty Marion	3	2	1	0	0	1
Emil Verban	2	0	1	0	1	0
Harry Brecheen	4	0	0	0	0	2
Johnny Hopp	0	0	0	0	0	0

Brooklyn Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie Miksis	4	0	0	0	0	0
Luis Olmo	4	0	0	0	0	2
Frenchy Bordagaray	4	1	3	0	0	0
Dixie Walker	3	0	1	0	1	0
Howie Schultz	4	0	0	0	0	3
Bobby Bragan	3	0	1	0	1	0
Eddie Stanky	4	0	1	1	0	1
Tommy Brown	4	0	0	0	0	0
Rube Melton	3	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Harry Brecheen	9.0	6	2	6

Brooklyn Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rube Melton	9.0	7	2	7

Play-by-play

Top 1

Augie Bergamo: K23
Ray Sanders: 6
Stan Musial: 3/L

Bot 1

Eddie Miksis: 13
Luis Olmo: 43
Frenchy Bordagaray: S
Dixie Walker: 8

Top 2

Ken O'Dea: S
Whitey Kurowski: 7
Danny Litwhiler: 7
Marty Marion: K

Bot 2

Howie Schultz: K
Bobby Bragan: E6
Eddie Stanky: S.1-2
Tommy Brown: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 3

Emil Verban: S.B-3(E7)
Harry Brecheen: 13
Augie Bergamo: K/C
Ray Sanders: 8

Bot 3

Rube Melton: 13
Eddie Miksis: 53
Luis Olmo: 4

Top 4

Stan Musial: 4
Ken O'Dea: 13
Whitey Kurowski: S
Danny Litwhiler: 8

Bot 4

Frenchy Bordagaray: S
Dixie Walker: D.1-3
Howie Schultz: 63
Bobby Bragan: IW
Eddie Stanky: 54(1)/FO.3-H;2-3
Tommy Brown: 64(1)/FO

Top 5

Marty Marion: S/BG
Emil Verban: 2/FL/BP
Harry Brecheen: K
Augie Bergamo: D8/F.1-H(E4)(UR)(NR)
Ray Sanders: 43

Bot 5

Rube Melton: 8
Eddie Miksis: 53
Luis Olmo: K

Top 6

Stan Musial: 43
Ken O'Dea: 6
Whitey Kurowski: K

Bot 6

Frenchy Bordagaray: 5/FL
Dixie Walker: W
Howie Schultz: K
Bobby Bragan: S.1-2
Eddie Stanky: K

Top 7

Danny Litwhiler: 63
Marty Marion: 7
Emil Verban: W
Harry Brecheen: 43

Bot 7

Tommy Brown: 63
Rube Melton: 63
Eddie Miksis: 53

Top 8

Augie Bergamo: S
Ray Sanders: 13/SH.1-2
Stan Musial: IW
Ken O'Dea: 9/FL
Whitey Kurowski: K

Bot 8

Luis Olmo: K
Frenchy Bordagaray: S
Dixie Walker: 7
Howie Schultz: K

Top 9

Danny Litwhiler: E5
Marty Marion: FC/SH.1-2
Johnny Hopp: 54/SH.2-3;1-2
Harry Brecheen: K
Augie Bergamo: S8/F.3-H(UR);2-H(UR)
Ray Sanders: 53

Bot 9

Bobby Bragan: 9
Eddie Stanky: 9
Tommy Brown: 53