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Brooklyn Dodgers @ Boston Braves

1944-09-04 · Day game · Braves Field · Att: 10038 · 2:13

Brooklyn Dodgers defeated Boston Braves 6–4. Brooklyn Dodgers put up 3 in the 5th. Rube Melton earned the win. Eddie Stanky went 3-for-5 with 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BRO	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	6	14
BSN	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6

W: Rube Melton L: Red Barrett SV: (none)

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

Brooklyn Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Frenchy Bordagaray	5	1	2	1	0	0
Mickey Owen	4	0	1	0	1	0
Augie Galan	4	2	2	1	1	0
Dixie Walker	3	1	2	0	2	0
Luis Olmo	5	0	1	1	0	0
Howie Schultz	5	1	2	1	0	1
Eddie Stanky	5	0	3	2	0	1
Tommy Brown	5	0	0	0	0	0
Rube Melton	4	1	1	0	0	2

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Warren Huston	4	1	1	0	1	0
Tommy Holmes	4	1	0	0	1	0
Butch Nieman	5	0	0	0	0	1
Ab Wright	5	1	2	1	0	2
Clyde Kluttz	4	1	2	0	1	0
Phil Masi	3	0	1	1	1	0
Dee Phillips	2	0	0	1	1	1
Frank Drews	3	0	0	0	1	1
Red Barrett	1	0	0	1	1	0
Max Macon	1	0	0	0	0	1
Chuck Workman	1	0	0	0	0	0

Brooklyn Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Frank Wurm	0.1	1	5	1
Rube Melton	8.2	5	2	5

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Red Barrett	4.2	8	1	0
Ira Hutchinson	0.1	0	0	0
Johnny Hutchings	3.0	4	1	3
Ben Cardoni	1.0	2	2	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Frenchy Bordagaray: 2
Mickey Owen: 43
Augie Galan: 6

Bot 1

Warren Huston: W
Tommy Holmes: W.1-2
Butch Nieman: K
Ab Wright: D.2-H;1-3
Clyde Kluttz: W
Phil Masi: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Dee Phillips: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Frank Drews: 9/L
Red Barrett: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Warren Huston: 9

Top 2

Dixie Walker: S
Luis Olmo: 9
Howie Schultz: D.1-H
Eddie Stanky: T.2-H
Tommy Brown: 3/FL
Rube Melton: 31

Bot 2

Tommy Holmes: E3
Butch Nieman: 6
Ab Wright: K
Clyde Kluttz: 43

Top 3

Frenchy Bordagaray: 8
Mickey Owen: S
Augie Galan: 8
Dixie Walker: 9

Bot 3

Phil Masi: 8
Dee Phillips: 5
Frank Drews: 9

Top 4

Luis Olmo: 8
Howie Schultz: 6
Eddie Stanky: 13

Bot 4

Red Barrett: 7
Warren Huston: D
Tommy Holmes: E6/TH.2-3
Butch Nieman: 43.1-2
Ab Wright: 63

Top 5

Tommy Brown: 53
Rube Melton: D
Frenchy Bordagaray: S.2-H;B-2(TH)
Mickey Owen: 4/F
Augie Galan: D.2-H
Dixie Walker: W
Luis Olmo: S.2-H;1-2#
Howie Schultz: 63

Bot 5

Clyde Kluttz: S
Phil Masi: S.1-2
Dee Phillips: 54/SH.2-3;1-2
Frank Drews: W
Max Macon: K
Warren Huston: 6

Top 6

Eddie Stanky: K
Tommy Brown: 7
Rube Melton: K

Bot 6

Tommy Holmes: 9/9D
Butch Nieman: 9
Ab Wright: K

Top 7

Frenchy Bordagaray: S
Mickey Owen: 36(1)3/GDP
Augie Galan: W
Dixie Walker: S.1-2#
Luis Olmo: 43

Bot 7

Clyde Kluttz: S
Phil Masi: WP.1-2
Phil Masi: 9
Dee Phillips: K
Frank Drews: K

Top 8

Howie Schultz: S
Eddie Stanky: S.1-2
Tommy Brown: 35(2)/BG/FO.1-2
Rube Melton: K
Frenchy Bordagaray: 5/FL

Bot 8

Chuck Workman: 3/G
Warren Huston: 2/FL
Tommy Holmes: 4

Top 9

Mickey Owen: W
Augie Galan: S.1-2#
Dixie Walker: W.2-3;1-2
Luis Olmo: 12(3)/FO.2-3;1-2
Howie Schultz: K
Eddie Stanky: S.3-H;2-3;1-2
Tommy Brown: 8

Bot 9

Butch Nieman: 63
Ab Wright: S
Clyde Kluttz: 64(1)3/GDP