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Philadelphia Phillies @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1944-07-04 · Day game · Forbes Field · 2:18

Philadelphia Blue Jays defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 3–2. Philadelphia Blue Jays put up 2 in the 8th. Al Gerheauser earned the win and Charley Schanz picked up the save. Al Gerheauser went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Al Gerheauser L: Rip Sewell SV: Charley Schanz

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

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ray Hamrick	5	0	1	0	0	1
Tony Lupien	3	0	0	0	2	0
Buster Adams	4	1	1	0	0	0
Jimmy Wasdell	3	1	1	0	1	0
Ron Northey	4	0	1	1	0	1
Charlie Letchas	3	0	1	1	1	0
Bob Finley	4	0	1	0	0	0
Glen Stewart	3	0	0	0	1	0
Al Gerheauser	4	1	1	1	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Coscarart	4	0	1	0	0	1
Jim Russell	5	1	1	0	0	0
Al Rubeling	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bob Elliott	3	0	1	1	1	0
Johnny Barrett	3	0	0	0	1	0
Babe Dahlgren	4	0	0	0	0	0
Spud Davis	4	0	1	0	0	0
Frankie Zak	2	0	1	0	1	0
Rip Sewell	3	0	0	0	0	1
Vince DiMaggio	1	0	1	0	0	0
Lloyd Waner	1	0	1	0	0	0
Frank Colman	1	0	0	1	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Al Gerheauser	8.0	8	3	2
Charley Schanz	1.0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rip Sewell	9.0	7	5	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Ray Hamrick: D
Tony Lupien: 99.2-3
Buster Adams: FC5.3XH(99)
Jimmy Wasdell: 99

Bot 1

Pete Coscarart: S
Jim Russell: 99
Al Rubeling: 99
Bob Elliott: 99

Top 2

Ron Northey: K
Charlie Letchas: S
Bob Finley: 99
Glen Stewart: 99

Bot 2

Johnny Barrett: 99
Babe Dahlgren: 99
Spud Davis: 99

Top 3

Al Gerheauser: HR/9
Ray Hamrick: K
Tony Lupien: W
Buster Adams: 14(1)/FO
Jimmy Wasdell: S.1-3
Ron Northey: 3/G

Bot 3

Frankie Zak: 99
Rip Sewell: K
Pete Coscarart: K

Top 4

Charlie Letchas: W
Bob Finley: 99
Glen Stewart: 99
Al Gerheauser: 99

Bot 4

Jim Russell: S9
Al Rubeling: S9.1-3
Bob Elliott: E6.3-H(RBI);1-2
Johnny Barrett: SB3
Johnny Barrett: 99
Babe Dahlgren: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Ray Hamrick: 99
Tony Lupien: W
Buster Adams: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Spud Davis: 99
Frankie Zak: S
Rip Sewell: 99
Pete Coscarart: 99

Top 6

Jimmy Wasdell: 2/FL
Ron Northey: 13
Charlie Letchas: 7

Bot 6

Jim Russell: 99
Al Rubeling: 99
Bob Elliott: W
Johnny Barrett: W.1-2
Babe Dahlgren: 99

Top 7

Bob Finley: S
Glen Stewart: 99
Al Gerheauser: 99
Ray Hamrick: 99

Bot 7

Spud Davis: E6
Frankie Zak: W.1-2
Rip Sewell: 99
Pete Coscarart: 99
Jim Russell: 99

Top 8

Tony Lupien: 99
Buster Adams: D7
Jimmy Wasdell: W
Ron Northey: D9.2-H;1-3
Charlie Letchas: 9.3-H
Bob Finley: 99

Bot 8

Al Rubeling: 99
Bob Elliott: S
Johnny Barrett: 99
Babe Dahlgren: 99

Top 9

Glen Stewart: W
Al Gerheauser: 99
Ray Hamrick: 99
Tony Lupien: 99

Bot 9

Spud Davis: S8
Vince DiMaggio: S5.1-2
Lloyd Waner: S5/BG.2-3;1-2
Frank Colman: 9/L.3-H
Jim Russell: 46(1)3/GDP