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St. Louis Cardinals @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1944-06-24 · Day game · Forbes Field · Att: 4899 · 2:02

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 16–0. St. Louis Cardinals put up 5 in the 1st. Mort Cooper earned the win. Ray Sanders went 3-for-5 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	5	0	3	0	5	0	0	2	1	16	22
PIT	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3

W: Mort Cooper L: Fritz Ostermueller SV: (none)

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

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Hopp	6	2	2	1	0	0
Ray Sanders	5	2	3	3	2	1
Stan Musial	5	2	4	1	1	0
Walker Cooper	2	1	1	0	0	0
Whitey Kurowski	3	2	1	1	3	0
Danny Litwhiler	2	1	1	3	0	0
Marty Marion	4	1	1	2	0	0
Emil Verban	5	1	2	1	0	0
Mort Cooper	6	1	2	1	0	0
Augie Bergamo	3	1	3	2	1	0
Ken O'Dea	3	1	1	0	0	0
George Fallon	2	0	0	0	0	0
Pepper Martin	1	1	1	0	0	0
Debs Garms	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Pete Coscarart	3	0	0	1
Jim Russell	3	0	0	0
Johnny Barrett	2	0	0	0
Al Rubeling	2	0	1	0
Frank Colman	3	1	0	1
Babe Dahlgren	3	1	0	1
Hank Camelli	3	0	0	0
Frankie Zak	3	1	0	0
Xavier Rescigno	2	0	0	1
Lloyd Waner	1	0	1	0
Joe Vitelli	1	0	0	0
Lee Handley	1	0	0	0
Frankie Gustine	1	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mort Cooper	9.0	3	2	4

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Fritz Ostermueller	1.0	3	4	0
Xavier Rescigno	7.0	17	3	1
Joe Vitelli	1.0	2	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Johnny Hopp: 3/G
Ray Sanders: W
Stan Musial: 2/FL
Walker Cooper: S.1-2
Whitey Kurowski: W.2-3;1-2
Danny Litwhiler: D9.1-H;2-H;3-H
Marty Marion: E2.2-3
Emil Verban: E6.1-2;3-H(UR)
Mort Cooper: S.1-2;2-H(UR)
Johnny Hopp: 3/G

Bot 1

Pete Coscarart: 63
Jim Russell: 9
Johnny Barrett: 3/G

Top 2

Ray Sanders: W
Stan Musial: W.1-2
Walker Cooper: 53/SH.1-2;2-3
Whitey Kurowski: W
Danny Litwhiler: 3/P
Marty Marion: 9

Bot 2

Al Rubeling: 3
Frank Colman: S
Babe Dahlgren: K+CS2(24)/DP

Top 3

Emil Verban: S
Mort Cooper: S.1-2
Johnny Hopp: D.1-3;2-H
Ray Sanders: 9.3-H
Stan Musial: S.2-H
Walker Cooper: SB2
Walker Cooper: 13
Whitey Kurowski: 7

Bot 3

Hank Camelli: 4
Frankie Zak: 3/G
Xavier Rescigno: K

Top 4

Augie Bergamo: S9.BX2(96)
Marty Marion: 7
Emil Verban: 63

Bot 4

Pete Coscarart: K
Jim Russell: 8
Johnny Barrett: 9

Top 5

Mort Cooper: 2/FL
Johnny Hopp: 6
Ray Sanders: HR
Stan Musial: S
Ken O'Dea: S.1-2
Whitey Kurowski: S.1-2;2-H
Augie Bergamo: W.2-3;1-2
Marty Marion: S.1-2;2-H;3-H
Emil Verban: S.1-2;2-H
Mort Cooper: 43

Bot 5

Al Rubeling: W
Frank Colman: 9
Babe Dahlgren: 3
Hank Camelli: 8

Top 6

Johnny Hopp: 31
Ray Sanders: S
Stan Musial: D.1-3
Ken O'Dea: 2/FL
Whitey Kurowski: 8

Bot 6

Frankie Zak: 4
Xavier Rescigno: 9
Pete Coscarart: 63

Top 7

Augie Bergamo: S
George Fallon: 8
Emil Verban: 13/SH.1-2
Mort Cooper: 13

Bot 7

Jim Russell: 5
Lloyd Waner: W
Al Rubeling: 9
Frank Colman: K

Top 8

Johnny Hopp: S
Ray Sanders: K
Stan Musial: S.1-2
Ken O'Dea: 2
Whitey Kurowski: W.2-3;1-2
Augie Bergamo: S.1-2;2-H;3-H
George Fallon: 8

Bot 8

Babe Dahlgren: S
Hank Camelli: 64(1)3/GDP
Frankie Zak: S
Joe Vitelli: 6

Top 9

Emil Verban: 5
Mort Cooper: 5
Pepper Martin: D
Ray Sanders: D.2-H
Debs Garms: 23

Bot 9

Lee Handley: 9
Frankie Gustine: 63
Lloyd Waner: 9