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Brooklyn Dodgers @ Boston Braves

1944-09-17 · Day game · Braves Field · Att: 8248 · 2:04

Brooklyn Dodgers defeated Boston Braves 3–2. Rube Melton earned the win and Art Herring picked up the save.

Line score

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

W: Rube Melton L: Al Javery SV: Art Herring

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	4	0	0	0	1	3
Morrie Aderholt	5	0	0	1	0	0
Red Durrett	5	0	2	0	0	1
Dixie Walker	4	1	3	0	1	0
Howie Schultz	4	0	0	0	0	0
Stan Andrews	3	1	0	0	1	2
Tommy Brown	3	0	0	0	0	1
Eddie Basinski	3	1	2	1	1	0
Rube Melton	3	0	1	1	0	1

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Whitey Wietelmann	3	1	1	0	1	0
Max Macon	4	0	1	0	0	0
Tommy Holmes	2	0	1	1	1	0
Butch Nieman	3	0	1	1	1	0
Chuck Workman	3	0	1	0	1	2
Hugh Poland	3	0	0	0	0	0
Dee Phillips	4	0	0	0	0	0
Frank Drews	4	0	0	0	0	0
Al Javery	2	0	0	0	0	1
Clyde Kluttz	0	0	0	0	1	0
Ab Wright	1	0	0	0	0	1
Buck Etchison	1	0	0	0	0	0

Brooklyn Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rube Melton	7.0	3	5	2
Art Herring	2.0	2	0	2

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Al Javery	8.0	7	4	8
Ira Hutchinson	1.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Eddie Miksis: K
Morrie Aderholt: 7
Red Durrett: 5/FL

Bot 1

Whitey Wietelmann: S
Max Macon: S.1-2
Tommy Holmes: 24/SH.2-3;1-2
Butch Nieman: IW
Chuck Workman: K
Hugh Poland: 43

Top 2

Dixie Walker: D
Howie Schultz: 3/G.2-3
Stan Andrews: K
Tommy Brown: 6/L

Bot 2

Dee Phillips: 63
Frank Drews: 63
Al Javery: K

Top 3

Eddie Basinski: 13
Rube Melton: 143
Eddie Miksis: W
Morrie Aderholt: 3/G

Bot 3

Whitey Wietelmann: 1
Max Macon: 63
Tommy Holmes: 8

Top 4

Red Durrett: D
Dixie Walker: W
Howie Schultz: 34/SH.2-3;1-2
Stan Andrews: 7
Tommy Brown: K

Bot 4

Butch Nieman: 8
Chuck Workman: W
Hugh Poland: 16(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Eddie Basinski: S
Rube Melton: 14/SH.1-2
Eddie Miksis: E6/TH.2-3
Morrie Aderholt: 7.3-H(UR)
Red Durrett: SB2
Red Durrett: K

Bot 5

Dee Phillips: 4
Frank Drews: 7
Al Javery: 13

Top 6

Dixie Walker: S/BG
Howie Schultz: E5/TH.1-3
Stan Andrews: K
Tommy Brown: 7
Eddie Basinski: W.1-2
Rube Melton: S.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2
Eddie Miksis: K

Bot 6

Whitey Wietelmann: 43
Max Macon: 7
Tommy Holmes: W
Butch Nieman: 8

Top 7

Morrie Aderholt: 3
Red Durrett: 6
Dixie Walker: S
Howie Schultz: 43

Bot 7

Chuck Workman: S
Hugh Poland: 9
Dee Phillips: 4
Frank Drews: 6

Top 8

Stan Andrews: W
Tommy Brown: 34/SH.1-2
Eddie Basinski: S.2-H
Rube Melton: K
Eddie Miksis: K

Bot 8

Clyde Kluttz: W
Whitey Wietelmann: W.1-2
Max Macon: 8
Tommy Holmes: S.2-H;1-2
Butch Nieman: S.2-H;1-2
Chuck Workman: K
Ab Wright: K

Top 9

Morrie Aderholt: 8
Red Durrett: S
Dixie Walker: 163.1-2
Howie Schultz: 13

Bot 9

Dee Phillips: 8
Frank Drews: 8
Buck Etchison: 43