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St. Louis Cardinals @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1944-06-25 · Day game · Forbes Field · 1:49

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 2–1. St. Louis Cardinals put up 2 in the 3rd. Red Munger earned the win. Babe Dahlgren went 3-for-4 with 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Red Munger L: Rip Sewell SV: (none)

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

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Hopp	3	1	1	0	1	0
Ray Sanders	4	0	0	0	0	0
Stan Musial	3	0	2	1	1	0
Walker Cooper	2	0	1	0	1	0
Whitey Kurowski	3	0	0	1	1	0
Danny Litwhiler	4	0	0	0	0	0
Marty Marion	4	0	1	0	0	1
Emil Verban	4	0	0	0	0	0
Red Munger	4	1	1	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Coscarart	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jim Russell	3	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Barrett	3	0	0	0	1	0
Bob Elliott	4	1	2	0	0	0
Frank Colman	3	0	0	0	1	2
Babe Dahlgren	4	0	3	1	0	0
Spud Davis	4	0	0	0	0	0
Frankie Zak	2	0	0	0	0	0
Rip Sewell	3	0	0	0	0	1
Al Rubeling	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Red Munger	9.0	5	2	4

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rip Sewell	9.0	6	4	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Johnny Hopp: 5
Ray Sanders: 9
Stan Musial: D
Walker Cooper: 13

Bot 1

Pete Coscarart: 7
Jim Russell: 4
Johnny Barrett: W
Bob Elliott: 8

Top 2

Whitey Kurowski: 53
Danny Litwhiler: 63
Marty Marion: K

Bot 2

Frank Colman: K
Babe Dahlgren: D
Spud Davis: 53
Frankie Zak: 8

Top 3

Emil Verban: 53
Red Munger: S
Johnny Hopp: W.1-2
Ray Sanders: 8
Stan Musial: S.1-2;2-H
Walker Cooper: W.2-3;1-2
Whitey Kurowski: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Danny Litwhiler: 2

Bot 3

Rip Sewell: 8
Pete Coscarart: K
Jim Russell: 7

Top 4

Marty Marion: D
Emil Verban: 53
Red Munger: 13(B)6(2)/DP

Bot 4

Johnny Barrett: 6
Bob Elliott: S
Frank Colman: SB2.1-3(E2/TH)
Frank Colman: W
Babe Dahlgren: 9.3-H(UR)
Spud Davis: 3

Top 5

Johnny Hopp: 43
Ray Sanders: 41
Stan Musial: 7

Bot 5

Frankie Zak: 63
Rip Sewell: K
Pete Coscarart: 53

Top 6

Walker Cooper: S
Whitey Kurowski: 43.1-2
Danny Litwhiler: 8
Marty Marion: 43

Bot 6

Jim Russell: 53
Johnny Barrett: 9
Bob Elliott: S
Frank Colman: K

Top 7

Emil Verban: 6
Red Munger: K
Johnny Hopp: S
Ray Sanders: 43

Bot 7

Babe Dahlgren: S
Spud Davis: SB2
Spud Davis: 53.2-3
Al Rubeling: 8
Rip Sewell: 9

Top 8

Stan Musial: W
Walker Cooper: 13/SH.1-2
Whitey Kurowski: 13.2-3
Danny Litwhiler: 9

Bot 8

Pete Coscarart: 7
Jim Russell: HP
Johnny Barrett: 5
Bob Elliott: 9

Top 9

Marty Marion: 53
Emil Verban: 63
Red Munger: 53

Bot 9

Frank Colman: 31
Babe Dahlgren: S
Spud Davis: 3(B)3(1)/LDP