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St. Louis Cardinals @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1944-08-02 · Night game · Forbes Field · Att: 27481 · night · 2:17

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 8–4. St. Louis Cardinals put up 3 in the 3rd. Max Lanier earned the win. Bob Elliott went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Max Lanier 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
Emil Verban	5	0	1	0	0	0
Johnny Hopp	5	2	3	1	0	0
Stan Musial	4	2	1	0	1	0
Ray Sanders	4	1	2	1	1	0
Ken O'Dea	4	1	1	2	1	0
Whitey Kurowski	4	1	1	1	1	0
Danny Litwhiler	4	0	0	0	1	0
Marty Marion	5	0	2	2	0	1
Max Lanier	4	1	1	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

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

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Max Lanier	9.0	5	2	7

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rip Sewell	4.0	7	3	0
Xavier Rescigno	3.0	5	1	0
Nick Strincevich	2.0	0	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Emil Verban: FLE5#
Emil Verban: 8
Johnny Hopp: D9
Stan Musial: W
Ray Sanders: FC3.1X2(3E6);2-3;B-1
Ken O'Dea: E3/TH.3-H(UR)(RBI);2-H(NR)(UR);1-3
Whitey Kurowski: 5/P
Danny Litwhiler: 4/P

Bot 1

Pete Coscarart: D
Jim Russell: 53
Johnny Barrett: 31/SH.2-3
Bob Elliott: 53

Top 2

Marty Marion: 5/P
Max Lanier: 7
Emil Verban: S
Johnny Hopp: 7

Bot 2

Babe Dahlgren: 3/P
Vince DiMaggio: K
Al Lopez: K

Top 3

Stan Musial: 8
Ray Sanders: W
Ken O'Dea: S4.1-2
Whitey Kurowski: D7.2-H;1-3
Danny Litwhiler: IW
Marty Marion: S7.3-H;2-H;1-2
Max Lanier: 14/SH.2-3;1-2
Emil Verban: 8

Bot 3

Frankie Zak: W
Rip Sewell: K
Pete Coscarart: E4/TH2.1-2
Jim Russell: 64(1)/FO.2-3
Johnny Barrett: S8.3-H(UR);1-2
Bob Elliott: HR8/IPHR.2-H(UR);1-H(UR);B-H(UR)
Babe Dahlgren: 7

Top 4

Johnny Hopp: 43
Stan Musial: T9
Ray Sanders: S/89.3-H
Ken O'Dea: 63.1-2
Whitey Kurowski: 9

Bot 4

Vince DiMaggio: 7
Al Lopez: 3/P
Frankie Zak: S
Tommy O'Brien: K

Top 5

Danny Litwhiler: 63
Marty Marion: S
Max Lanier: 5/P
Emil Verban: 13

Bot 5

Pete Coscarart: 4/P
Jim Russell: 13
Johnny Barrett: 1/P

Top 6

Johnny Hopp: S9
Stan Musial: 8
Ray Sanders: S9.1-3
Ken O'Dea: 43.3-H;1-2
Whitey Kurowski: W
Danny Litwhiler: 53

Bot 6

Bob Elliott: 43
Babe Dahlgren: 3/P
Vince DiMaggio: 6/P

Top 7

Marty Marion: 63
Max Lanier: S9
Emil Verban: 13/SH.1-2
Johnny Hopp: T9.2-H
Stan Musial: 43

Bot 7

Al Lopez: 63
Frankie Zak: 43
Frankie Gustine: K

Top 8

Ray Sanders: 31
Ken O'Dea: W
Whitey Kurowski: 36(1)/FO
Danny Litwhiler: 8

Bot 8

Pete Coscarart: 4/P
Jim Russell: W
Johnny Barrett: 9
Bob Elliott: S.1-2
Babe Dahlgren: K

Top 9

Marty Marion: K
Max Lanier: 31
Emil Verban: 13

Bot 9

Vince DiMaggio: K
Al Lopez: 3/P
Frankie Zak: E6
Al Rubeling: 9

Notes & reviews

Hit & run, Verban's throw to second is bad
Hopp slips, falls, and ball goes by him

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