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Brooklyn Dodgers @ Boston Braves

1944-09-16 · Day game · Braves Field · 2:01

Brooklyn Dodgers defeated Boston Braves 5–4. Brooklyn Dodgers put up 3 in the 3rd. Art Herring earned the win. Dixie Walker went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BRO	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	5	11
BSN	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	4	4

W: Art Herring L: Woody Rich SV: (none)

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

Brooklyn Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie Miksis	5	0	4	2	0	0
Mickey Owen	4	1	0	0	1	0
Morrie Aderholt	4	1	1	0	1	1
Dixie Walker	4	1	3	3	1	0
Red Durrett	3	0	1	0	2	0
Howie Schultz	5	0	0	0	0	2
Tommy Brown	4	1	2	0	0	0
Eddie Basinski	3	1	0	0	0	1
Hal Gregg	3	0	0	0	0	1
Art Herring	0	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Whitey Wietelmann	3	1	0	0	1	1
Max Macon	3	1	2	1	1	0
Tommy Holmes	4	1	1	3	0	1
Butch Nieman	3	0	1	0	1	0
Chuck Workman	3	0	0	0	1	0
Stew Hofferth	3	0	0	0	1	0
Dee Phillips	4	0	0	0	0	1
Frank Drews	3	1	0	0	1	2
Nate Andrews	0	0	0	0	1	0
Hugh Poland	1	0	0	0	0	1
Woody Rich	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ab Wright	1	0	0	0	0	1

Brooklyn Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hal Gregg	5.2	3	5	5
Art Herring	3.1	1	2	2

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Nate Andrews	6.0	9	3	3
Woody Rich	3.0	2	2	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Eddie Miksis: S
Mickey Owen: 36(1)/FO
Morrie Aderholt: 46(1)/FO
Dixie Walker: W.1-2
Red Durrett: 43

Bot 1

Whitey Wietelmann: 6
Max Macon: S
Tommy Holmes: K+CS2(24)/DP

Top 2

Howie Schultz: 53
Tommy Brown: S
Eddie Basinski: K
Hal Gregg: K

Bot 2

Butch Nieman: 6
Chuck Workman: 2/FL
Stew Hofferth: 53

Top 3

Eddie Miksis: 9
Mickey Owen: W
Morrie Aderholt: S.1-2
Dixie Walker: HR.2-H;1-H
Red Durrett: S
Howie Schultz: 7
Tommy Brown: 64(1)/FO

Bot 3

Dee Phillips: 4/L
Frank Drews: K
Nate Andrews: W
Whitey Wietelmann: K/C

Top 4

Eddie Basinski: 53
Hal Gregg: 9
Eddie Miksis: S
Mickey Owen: 3/FL

Bot 4

Max Macon: 8
Tommy Holmes: 7
Butch Nieman: D
Chuck Workman: 3/FL

Top 5

Morrie Aderholt: W
Dixie Walker: S.1-2
Red Durrett: 46(1)3/GDP.2-3
Howie Schultz: K

Bot 5

Stew Hofferth: 3/G
Dee Phillips: 8
Frank Drews: K/C

Top 6

Tommy Brown: S
Eddie Basinski: 34/SH.1-2
Hal Gregg: 31.2-3
Eddie Miksis: S.3-H
Mickey Owen: 4

Bot 6

Hugh Poland: K
Whitey Wietelmann: W
Max Macon: W.1-2
Tommy Holmes: HR.2-H;1-H
Butch Nieman: W
Chuck Workman: 3
Stew Hofferth: W.1-2
Dee Phillips: 6/L

Top 7

Morrie Aderholt: K
Dixie Walker: S
Red Durrett: W.1-2
Howie Schultz: K
Tommy Brown: 6

Bot 7

Frank Drews: W
Woody Rich: 54/SH.1-2
Whitey Wietelmann: FC/SH.2-3;B-1
Max Macon: S.3-H;1-2
Tommy Holmes: 8(B)6(2)/LDP

Top 8

Eddie Basinski: E6
Art Herring: 34/SH.1-2
Eddie Miksis: D.2-H(UR)
Mickey Owen: 9
Morrie Aderholt: 7

Bot 8

Butch Nieman: 7
Chuck Workman: W
Stew Hofferth: 4
Dee Phillips: K

Top 9

Dixie Walker: 63
Red Durrett: W
Howie Schultz: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 9

Frank Drews: 9
Ab Wright: K
Whitey Wietelmann: 4