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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Boston Braves

1944-05-24 · Day game · Braves Field · Att: 1706 · 1:41

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Boston Braves 8–1. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 5 in the 1st. Rip Sewell earned the win. Butch Nieman went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Rip Sewell L: Jim Tobin SV: (none)

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Barrett	4	1	0	0	1	0
Pete Coscarart	4	1	1	0	1	0
Jim Russell	5	0	0	1	0	0
Bob Elliott	3	1	0	0	2	0
Frankie Gustine	5	2	1	0	0	0
Babe Dahlgren	4	1	1	0	0	1
Vince DiMaggio	4	1	1	1	0	1
Al Lopez	3	1	1	1	1	0
Rip Sewell	4	0	3	3	0	0

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tommy Holmes	4	0	0	0	0	0
Max Macon	4	0	2	0	0	0
Roland Gladu	1	0	0	0	0	0
Chuck Workman	4	0	1	0	0	0
Phil Masi	2	0	0	0	2	0
Connie Ryan	4	0	1	0	0	0
Dee Phillips	3	0	0	0	1	1
Whitey Wietelmann	2	0	0	0	0	2
Jim Tobin	3	0	1	0	0	1
Butch Nieman	3	1	1	1	0	0
Buck Etchison	1	0	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rip Sewell	9.0	6	3	5

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jim Tobin	9.0	8	5	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Johnny Barrett: W
Pete Coscarart: E4/TH.1-3;B-2
Jim Russell: 3/G.3-H(UR);2-3
Bob Elliott: W
Frankie Gustine: E1.3-H(NR)(UR);1-2
Babe Dahlgren: K
Vince DiMaggio: S8.2-H(UR);1X3(8E5);B-2(TH)
Al Lopez: IW
Rip Sewell: D7.3-H(UR);2-H(UR);1-3
Johnny Barrett: 3/G

Bot 1

Tommy Holmes: 7
Max Macon: S
Roland Gladu: CS2(2343)
Roland Gladu: 9

Top 2

Pete Coscarart: 53
Jim Russell: 13
Bob Elliott: 6/P

Bot 2

Chuck Workman: 3/FL
Phil Masi: W
Connie Ryan: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 3

Frankie Gustine: 31
Babe Dahlgren: 43
Vince DiMaggio: 8

Bot 3

Dee Phillips: 63
Whitey Wietelmann: K
Jim Tobin: S
Tommy Holmes: 9

Top 4

Al Lopez: 3/P
Rip Sewell: 63
Johnny Barrett: 5/FL

Bot 4

Max Macon: 8
Butch Nieman: 63
Chuck Workman: S/BG
Phil Masi: W.1-2
Connie Ryan: 5(2)/FO

Top 5

Pete Coscarart: 9
Jim Russell: 8
Bob Elliott: W
Frankie Gustine: WP.1-2
Frankie Gustine: 9

Bot 5

Dee Phillips: 7
Whitey Wietelmann: K
Jim Tobin: 5/FL

Top 6

Babe Dahlgren: 8
Vince DiMaggio: K
Al Lopez: 53

Bot 6

Tommy Holmes: 53
Max Macon: S
Butch Nieman: 3/G.1-2
Chuck Workman: 4/P

Top 7

Rip Sewell: S
Johnny Barrett: 46(1)/FO
Pete Coscarart: SB2
Pete Coscarart: SB3
Pete Coscarart: W
Jim Russell: 9/FL/DP.3XH(92)

Bot 7

Phil Masi: 43
Connie Ryan: S
Dee Phillips: W.1-2
Buck Etchison: K
Jim Tobin: K

Top 8

Bob Elliott: 53
Frankie Gustine: S5
Babe Dahlgren: S7.1-3
Vince DiMaggio: SB2;SBH.1-3(E4)
Vince DiMaggio: 3/FL
Al Lopez: S.3-H
Rip Sewell: D7.1-H
Johnny Barrett: 8

Bot 8

Tommy Holmes: 7
Max Macon: 9
Butch Nieman: HR/9
Chuck Workman: 7

Top 9

Pete Coscarart: S
Jim Russell: 16(1)/FO
Bob Elliott: SB2
Bob Elliott: 63
Frankie Gustine: 43

Bot 9

Phil Masi: 8
Connie Ryan: 63
Dee Phillips: K

Notes & reviews

Gustine is called out but Phillips drops throw from Holmes
Gladu misplays catchable ball, is removed in next inning
Dahlgren steals second and nobody covers to take Masi's throw Ryan is given an error and Gustine credited with stealing home

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