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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Boston Braves

1944-07-29 · Day game · Braves Field · Att: 2065 · 1:33

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Boston Braves 3–0. Rip Sewell earned the win.

Line score

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

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

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Coscarart	4	2	2	0	0	0
Jim Russell	4	0	2	1	0	0
Johnny Barrett	3	1	0	0	1	1
Bob Elliott	2	0	0	0	1	1
Babe Dahlgren	3	0	0	0	0	0
Vince DiMaggio	4	0	0	0	0	3
Spud Davis	3	0	1	0	1	0
Frankie Zak	4	0	0	0	0	0
Rip Sewell	3	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	H	SO
Whitey Wietelmann	4	0	0
Tommy Holmes	4	2	0
Buck Etchison	4	0	0
Ab Wright	4	2	1
Butch Nieman	4	0	0
Phil Masi	3	1	0
Dee Phillips	3	0	0
Warren Huston	2	0	1
Jim Tobin	2	0	0
Max Macon	1	0	1
Chuck Workman	1	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rip Sewell	9.0	5	0	3

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jim Tobin	8.0	4	3	4
Stan Klopp	1.0	1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Pete Coscarart: 53
Jim Russell: S
Johnny Barrett: 7/L
Bob Elliott: 43

Bot 1

Whitey Wietelmann: 43
Tommy Holmes: S7
Buck Etchison: 8.1-2(E8/TH1)
Ab Wright: K/C

Top 2

Babe Dahlgren: 9
Vince DiMaggio: 53
Spud Davis: 53

Bot 2

Butch Nieman: 43
Phil Masi: S6
Dee Phillips: 4
Warren Huston: 64(1)/FO

Top 3

Frankie Zak: 3/G
Rip Sewell: 3
Pete Coscarart: S7
Jim Russell: SB2
Jim Russell: D9/9L.2-H
Johnny Barrett: 31

Bot 3

Jim Tobin: 9
Whitey Wietelmann: 3/G
Tommy Holmes: S
Buck Etchison: 7

Top 4

Bob Elliott: W
Babe Dahlgren: 24/SH.1-2
Vince DiMaggio: K
Spud Davis: IW
Frankie Zak: 8

Bot 4

Ab Wright: 3
Butch Nieman: 9/L
Phil Masi: 9

Top 5

Rip Sewell: 4
Pete Coscarart: 2/FL
Jim Russell: 13

Bot 5

Dee Phillips: 53
Warren Huston: K
Jim Tobin: 9

Top 6

Johnny Barrett: W
Bob Elliott: 14/SH.1-2
Babe Dahlgren: SB3
Babe Dahlgren: 2/FL
Vince DiMaggio: SBH
Vince DiMaggio: K

Bot 6

Whitey Wietelmann: 8
Tommy Holmes: 63
Buck Etchison: 53

Top 7

Spud Davis: 63
Frankie Zak: 53
Rip Sewell: 8

Bot 7

Ab Wright: S/P78
Butch Nieman: 8
Phil Masi: 8
Dee Phillips: 3

Top 8

Pete Coscarart: D
Jim Russell: 43.2-3
Johnny Barrett: WP.3-H
Johnny Barrett: K
Bob Elliott: K/C

Bot 8

Max Macon: K
Chuck Workman: 8
Whitey Wietelmann: 43

Top 9

Babe Dahlgren: 9
Vince DiMaggio: K
Spud Davis: S
Frankie Zak: 64(1)/FO

Bot 9

Tommy Holmes: 7
Buck Etchison: 41
Ab Wright: S7
Butch Nieman: 3/G

Notes & reviews

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