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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Boston Braves

1944-05-26 · Day game · Braves Field · Att: 1518 · 2:12

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Boston Braves 7–5. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 3 in the 7th. Xavier Rescigno earned the win and Rip Sewell picked up the save. Frank Colman went 1-for-1 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	7	7
BSN	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	5	12

W: Xavier Rescigno L: Ira Hutchinson SV: Rip Sewell

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Barrett	5	0	1	0	0	1
Pete Coscarart	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Russell	1	0	0	0	1	0
Bob Elliott	2	3	1	1	2	0
Frankie Gustine	3	1	1	1	0	1
Babe Dahlgren	3	0	0	0	1	0
Vince DiMaggio	4	1	1	1	0	2
Al Lopez	4	0	1	0	0	0
Preacher Roe	2	0	0	0	0	0
Tommy O'Brien	1	1	0	0	1	0
Al Rubeling	1	0	1	1	0	0
Frank Colman	1	1	1	3	0	0
Rip Sewell	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Connie Ryan	5	1	2	2	0	0
Tommy Holmes	4	0	2	1	1	0
Max Macon	5	1	0	0	0	1
Chet Ross	3	0	0	0	0	0
Chuck Workman	5	0	2	1	0	1
Clyde Kluttz	4	0	2	0	0	0
Dee Phillips	3	1	1	0	1	0
Whitey Wietelmann	3	1	2	0	0	0
Nate Andrews	3	0	1	1	0	0
Butch Nieman	2	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Sandlock	0	0	0	0	0	0
Buck Etchison	1	1	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Preacher Roe	6.0	9	2	1
Xavier Rescigno	1.2	3	0	0
Rip Sewell	1.1	0	0	1

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Nate Andrews	6.2	6	3	4
Ira Hutchinson	1.1	1	2	0
Stan Klopp	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Johnny Barrett: S
Pete Coscarart: 9
Jim Russell: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 1

Connie Ryan: 8
Tommy Holmes: 7
Max Macon: 7

Top 2

Bob Elliott: HR
Frankie Gustine: K
Babe Dahlgren: 4
Vince DiMaggio: K

Bot 2

Chet Ross: 7
Chuck Workman: S
Clyde Kluttz: 7
Dee Phillips: S.1-2
Whitey Wietelmann: 8

Top 3

Al Lopez: S
Preacher Roe: 2/FL
Johnny Barrett: 36(1)3/GDP

Bot 3

Nate Andrews: 13
Connie Ryan: 13
Tommy Holmes: W
Max Macon: K

Top 4

Pete Coscarart: 63
Jim Russell: W
Bob Elliott: 8
Frankie Gustine: 46(1)/FO

Bot 4

Chet Ross: 13
Chuck Workman: 43
Clyde Kluttz: S
Dee Phillips: 63

Top 5

Babe Dahlgren: W
Vince DiMaggio: K
Al Lopez: 8
Preacher Roe: 53

Bot 5

Whitey Wietelmann: D
Nate Andrews: 43.2-3
Connie Ryan: S.3-H
Tommy Holmes: D.1-H
Max Macon: 8
Chet Ross: FC5.2X3(54);B-1

Top 6

Johnny Barrett: K
Pete Coscarart: 3
Tommy O'Brien: 63

Bot 6

Chuck Workman: 3/FL
Clyde Kluttz: S
Dee Phillips: PO1(13)
Dee Phillips: W
Whitey Wietelmann: S.1-2
Nate Andrews: S.1-2;2-H
Connie Ryan: 2/FL

Top 7

Bob Elliott: W
Frankie Gustine: D.1-H
Babe Dahlgren: 6/L
Vince DiMaggio: S.2-H
Al Lopez: 13.1-2
Al Rubeling: D.2-H
Johnny Barrett: 9

Bot 7

Tommy Holmes: S
Max Macon: 14(1)/FO
Butch Nieman: 9
Chuck Workman: D.1-H
Clyde Kluttz: 53

Top 8

Pete Coscarart: 43
Tommy O'Brien: W
Bob Elliott: W.1-2
Frank Colman: HR.2-H;1-H
Babe Dahlgren: 3/L
Vince DiMaggio: 13

Bot 8

Dee Phillips: 6
Mike Sandlock: HP
Buck Etchison: 46(1)/FO
Connie Ryan: D.1-H
Tommy Holmes: 9

Top 9

Al Lopez: 8
Rip Sewell: 4
Johnny Barrett: 4

Bot 9

Max Macon: 4
Butch Nieman: 31
Chuck Workman: K