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Cincinnati Reds @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1944-06-07 · Night game · Forbes Field · Att: 17161 · 60°F, night, dry · 2:03

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Cincinnati Reds 4–2. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 2 in the 8th. Rip Sewell earned the win and Xavier Rescigno picked up the save.

Line score

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

W: Rip Sewell L: Tommy de la Cruz SV: Xavier Rescigno

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

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Woody Williams	4	0	0	0	0	0
Max Marshall	4	2	2	0	1	1
Gee Walker	3	0	1	0	2	0
Eric Tipton	4	0	1	1	0	0
Frank McCormick	4	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Mesner	2	0	1	0	2	1
Eddie Miller	3	0	0	0	0	0
Ray Mueller	4	0	0	0	0	2
Tommy de la Cruz	4	0	2	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Barrett	3	2	1	0	1	0
Frankie Gustine	3	0	1	1	0	0
Jim Russell	2	0	0	1	2	0
Bob Elliott	4	1	1	0	0	0
Babe Dahlgren	3	0	1	0	1	0
Vince DiMaggio	4	0	1	2	0	1
Al Lopez	4	0	1	0	0	0
Frankie Zak	3	1	1	0	0	1
Rip Sewell	3	0	1	0	0	1

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tommy de la Cruz	7.2	8	4	3
Bill Lohrman	0.1	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rip Sewell	8.0	7	5	3
Xavier Rescigno	1.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Woody Williams: 3
Max Marshall: S1
Gee Walker: S8.1-H(E5/TH1)(NR)(UR)
Eric Tipton: 2/FL
Frank McCormick: 8

Bot 1

Johnny Barrett: S8
Frankie Gustine: SB2
Frankie Gustine: 3/G.2-3
Jim Russell: 7.3-H
Bob Elliott: S8
Babe Dahlgren: 13

Top 2

Steve Mesner: K
Eddie Miller: 4
Ray Mueller: K/C

Bot 2

Vince DiMaggio: K
Al Lopez: S7
Frankie Zak: 4(1)3/GDP

Top 3

Tommy de la Cruz: S8
Woody Williams: 54(1)/FO
Max Marshall: S9.1X3(95)
Gee Walker: 7

Bot 3

Rip Sewell: K
Johnny Barrett: 143
Frankie Gustine: 13

Top 4

Eric Tipton: 6
Frank McCormick: 3
Steve Mesner: W
Eddie Miller: 63

Bot 4

Jim Russell: W
Bob Elliott: 54(1)/FO
Babe Dahlgren: S8.1-2
Vince DiMaggio: 7
Al Lopez: 5(2)/FO

Top 5

Ray Mueller: 7/FL
Tommy de la Cruz: 63
Woody Williams: 9

Bot 5

Frankie Zak: S8
Rip Sewell: S1.1-2
Johnny Barrett: 46(1)3/GDP.2-3
Frankie Gustine: S8.3-H
Jim Russell: 8

Top 6

Max Marshall: W
Gee Walker: W.1-2
Eric Tipton: S7.2-H;1-3;B-2(TH)
Frank McCormick: 9
Steve Mesner: IW
Eddie Miller: 2/FL
Ray Mueller: K

Bot 6

Bob Elliott: 7
Babe Dahlgren: 63
Vince DiMaggio: 7

Top 7

Tommy de la Cruz: D9
Woody Williams: E1/SH.2-3
Max Marshall: 4
Gee Walker: W.1-2
Eric Tipton: 2/FL
Frank McCormick: 7/L

Bot 7

Al Lopez: 13
Frankie Zak: K
Rip Sewell: 4

Top 8

Steve Mesner: S7
Eddie Miller: 54/SH.1-2
Ray Mueller: 7
Tommy de la Cruz: 8

Bot 8

Johnny Barrett: W
Frankie Gustine: 34/SH.1-2
Jim Russell: FLE2
Jim Russell: W
Bob Elliott: 54(1)/FO.2-3
Babe Dahlgren: W.1-2
Vince DiMaggio: S8.3-H(UR);2-H(UR);1-3
Al Lopez: 7/FL

Top 9

Woody Williams: 43
Max Marshall: K/C
Gee Walker: 63