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St. Louis Cardinals @ Boston Braves

1944-09-21 · Day game · Braves Field · 1:56

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Boston Braves 5–4. St. Louis Cardinals put up 2 in the 6th. Harry Brecheen earned the win. Johnny Hopp went 3-for-5 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	5	12
BSN	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	4	11

W: Harry Brecheen L: Johnny Hutchings SV: (none)

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

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Hopp	5	1	3	1	0	0
Ray Sanders	5	1	2	0	0	1
Stan Musial	5	1	2	0	0	0
Walker Cooper	5	0	2	1	0	0
Whitey Kurowski	4	2	2	1	0	0
Danny Litwhiler	3	0	0	0	1	1
Marty Marion	4	0	0	1	0	0
Emil Verban	2	0	0	0	0	1
Mort Cooper	2	0	0	0	0	0
Ken O'Dea	0	0	0	0	1	0
Harry Brecheen	2	0	0	0	0	0
George Fallon	1	0	1	1	0	0

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Whitey Wietelmann	5	0	3	1	0	0
Buck Etchison	4	0	1	1	0	1
Tommy Holmes	4	0	0	0	0	1
Butch Nieman	3	1	1	0	1	1
Chuck Workman	4	1	1	0	0	0
Hugh Poland	3	0	0	0	0	0
Dee Phillips	4	0	2	1	0	0
Frank Drews	1	1	1	0	0	0
Red Barrett	1	0	0	1	0	0
Phil Masi	2	1	2	0	0	0
Ab Wright	1	0	0	0	0	0
Clyde Kluttz	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Tobin	1	0	0	0	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mort Cooper	4.0	8	0	1
Harry Brecheen	5.0	3	1	3

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Red Barrett	7.0	9	2	2
Johnny Hutchings	2.0	3	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Johnny Hopp: HR/8XD
Ray Sanders: S4
Stan Musial: 8
Walker Cooper: S8.1-2
Whitey Kurowski: 14(1)3/GDP

Bot 1

Whitey Wietelmann: S/78
Buck Etchison: 3/FL
Tommy Holmes: 9
Butch Nieman: K

Top 2

Danny Litwhiler: 63
Marty Marion: 7
Emil Verban: K

Bot 2

Chuck Workman: 2/FL
Hugh Poland: 9
Dee Phillips: D7/7D
Frank Drews: PO2(16)

Top 3

Mort Cooper: 13
Johnny Hopp: D/78
Ray Sanders: 3/FL
Stan Musial: 7

Bot 3

Frank Drews: D7/7D
Red Barrett: 13/SH.2-3
Whitey Wietelmann: 13
Buck Etchison: D9/9D.3-H
Tommy Holmes: 2/FL

Top 4

Walker Cooper: 13
Whitey Kurowski: HR/7D
Danny Litwhiler: 7
Marty Marion: 8/L

Bot 4

Butch Nieman: S7
Chuck Workman: S9/9L.1-3
Hugh Poland: 5/FL
Dee Phillips: S8.3-H;1-3
Frank Drews: HP.1-2
Red Barrett: 9/DP.3-H;2X3(9356)

Top 5

Emil Verban: 63
Mort Cooper: 43
Johnny Hopp: 8

Bot 5

Whitey Wietelmann: D8
Buck Etchison: K/C
Tommy Holmes: 8
Butch Nieman: 8

Top 6

Ray Sanders: S9
Stan Musial: S5/BG5S.1-2
Walker Cooper: D7.2-H;1-3
Whitey Kurowski: 53
Danny Litwhiler: IW
Marty Marion: 7.3-H
Ken O'Dea: W.2-3;1-2
Harry Brecheen: 3/L

Bot 6

Chuck Workman: 9
Hugh Poland: 6
Dee Phillips: 63

Top 7

Johnny Hopp: S4
Ray Sanders: K/C
Stan Musial: 9
Walker Cooper: 64(1)/FO

Bot 7

Phil Masi: S7
Ab Wright: 53.1-2
Whitey Wietelmann: D7.2-H
Buck Etchison: 3/G.2-2#
Tommy Holmes: K/C

Top 8

Whitey Kurowski: D9
Danny Litwhiler: K/C
Marty Marion: 2/FL
George Fallon: S9.2-H;B-2(TH)
Harry Brecheen: 9

Bot 8

Butch Nieman: W
Chuck Workman: 1(B)3(1)/BG/GDP
Clyde Kluttz: 9

Top 9

Johnny Hopp: 7/L
Ray Sanders: 7/L
Stan Musial: S8
Walker Cooper: 64(1)/FO

Bot 9

Dee Phillips: 7
Phil Masi: S8
Jim Tobin: K
Whitey Wietelmann: 64(1)/FO

Notes & reviews

Frank Drews struck on the left cheekbone and was carried from the field

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