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St. Louis Cardinals @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1944-08-03 · Day game · Forbes Field · Att: 3001 · 2:18

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 15–2. St. Louis Cardinals put up 4 in the 3rd. Ted Wilks earned the win. Danny Litwhiler went 4-for-5 with 1 HR and 6 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	0	0	4	0	3	0	4	4	0	15	18
PIT	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	6

W: Ted Wilks L: Preacher Roe SV: (none)

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

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Coscarart	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Russell	4	1	1	1	0	1
Johnny Barrett	4	1	2	0	0	1
Bob Elliott	4	0	1	0	0	0
Babe Dahlgren	3	0	2	0	0	0
Vince DiMaggio	4	0	0	1	0	0
Hank Camelli	4	0	0	0	0	0
Frankie Zak	2	0	0	0	1	1
Preacher Roe	1	0	0	0	0	1
Cookie Cuccurullo	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tommy O'Brien	1	0	0	0	0	0
Frank Colman	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ted Wilks	9.0	6	1	4

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Preacher Roe	5.0	8	2	6
Cookie Cuccurullo	3.0	10	1	1
Xavier Rescigno	1.0	0	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Emil Verban: 5/L
Johnny Hopp: 43
Stan Musial: S7
Walker Cooper: 53

Bot 1

Pete Coscarart: 8
Jim Russell: 43
Johnny Barrett: 3/G

Top 2

Ray Sanders: S9
Whitey Kurowski: 2/FL
Danny Litwhiler: K
Marty Marion: 8

Bot 2

Bob Elliott: 7
Babe Dahlgren: 7
Vince DiMaggio: 8

Top 3

Ted Wilks: K
Emil Verban: S8
Johnny Hopp: FC4/TH2.1-3(E4);B-2
Stan Musial: IW
Walker Cooper: T8/89.3-H(UR);2-H;1-H
Ray Sanders: K
Whitey Kurowski: S7.3-H(UR)
Danny Litwhiler: S7.1-2
Marty Marion: K

Bot 3

Hank Camelli: 9
Frankie Zak: K
Preacher Roe: K

Top 4

Ted Wilks: 13
Emil Verban: 43
Johnny Hopp: K

Bot 4

Pete Coscarart: 63
Jim Russell: K
Johnny Barrett: D7
Bob Elliott: 53

Top 5

Stan Musial: 43
Walker Cooper: 1/L
Ray Sanders: S8
Whitey Kurowski: E4.1-2
Danny Litwhiler: HR/7.2-H(UR);1-H(UR);B-H(UR)
Marty Marion: W
Ted Wilks: K

Bot 5

Babe Dahlgren: S8
Vince DiMaggio: WP.1-2
Vince DiMaggio: 7
Hank Camelli: 9.2-3
Frankie Zak: W
Cookie Cuccurullo: 8

Top 6

Emil Verban: 53
Johnny Hopp: 43
Stan Musial: 8

Bot 6

Pete Coscarart: 99#
Jim Russell: HR/9
Johnny Barrett: K#
Bob Elliott: 99#

Top 7

Walker Cooper: S/6
Ray Sanders: S/1.1-2
Whitey Kurowski: 9/9D.2-3
Danny Litwhiler: S7.3-H;1-2#
Marty Marion: HR/IPHR/L89.2-H;1-H
Ted Wilks: 99#
Emil Verban: 99#

Bot 7

Babe Dahlgren: S
Vince DiMaggio: 99#
Hank Camelli: 99#
Frankie Zak: 99#

Top 8

Pepper Martin: S
Stan Musial: S.1-3
Walker Cooper: K#
Ray Sanders: S9.3-H;1-3
Debs Garms: W.1-2
Danny Litwhiler: S8.3-H;2-H;1X3(85);B-2(TH)
George Fallon: S8.2-H
Ted Wilks: S.1-2#
Emil Verban: 99#

Bot 8

Tommy O'Brien: 99#
Pete Coscarart: 99#
Jim Russell: 99#

Top 9

Pepper Martin: 99#
Stan Musial: W
Walker Cooper: 99#
Augie Bergamo: 99#

Bot 9

Johnny Barrett: S
Bob Elliott: S.1-3
Frank Colman: 99#
Vince DiMaggio: 7.3-H
Hank Camelli: 99#

Notes & reviews

2B throw to 2nd hit runner in back and rolled to LF
Kurowski fouled a ball off his left knee and was replaced

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