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Chicago Cubs @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1944-08-06 · Day game · Forbes Field · 2:18

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Chicago Cubs 13–5. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 9 in the 7th. Preacher Roe earned the win and Ray Starr picked up the save. Johnny Barrett went 2-for-2 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHN	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	5	12
PIT	0	0	3	0	1	0	9	0		13	15

W: Preacher Roe L: Paul Derringer SV: Ray Starr

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

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Stan Hack	3	0	0	0	2	0
Roy Hughes	5	1	1	0	0	0
Phil Cavarretta	5	0	3	1	0	0
Bill Nicholson	5	1	1	1	0	0
Lou Novikoff	3	1	2	1	0	0
Andy Pafko	4	1	1	1	0	0
Don Johnson	4	0	1	1	0	0
Mickey Kreitner	2	0	1	0	0	0
Hy Vandenberg	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Schuster	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dewey Williams	2	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Derringer	1	0	0	0	0	1
Dom Dallessandro	1	0	1	0	0	0
Ival Goodman	1	0	1	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Coscarart	6	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Russell	5	2	2	2	0	0
Johnny Barrett	2	4	2	2	3	0
Bob Elliott	4	2	2	1	1	0
Babe Dahlgren	2	1	1	2	2	0
Vince DiMaggio	3	0	0	0	0	2
Al Lopez	5	1	3	1	0	0
Frankie Zak	4	1	1	0	1	0
Cookie Cuccurullo	2	0	1	0	0	0
Preacher Roe	1	0	0	0	0	1
Frank Colman	1	0	1	3	0	0
Al Rubeling	1	1	1	2	1	0
Tommy O'Brien	1	1	1	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hy Vandenberg	2.1	3	4	0
Ed Hanyzewski	1.2	2	0	1
Red Lynn	1.0	1	0	1
Paul Derringer	1.1	5	2	1
Mack Stewart	1.2	4	2	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Cookie Cuccurullo	5.2	8	0	0
Preacher Roe	1.1	0	1	1
Ray Starr	2.0	4	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Stan Hack: 4
Roy Hughes: 9
Phil Cavarretta: S
Bill Nicholson: 3

Bot 1

Pete Coscarart: 63
Jim Russell: 43
Johnny Barrett: W
Bob Elliott: S.1-2
Babe Dahlgren: W.2-3;1-2
Vince DiMaggio: 5(2)/FO

Top 2

Lou Novikoff: 63
Andy Pafko: 8
Don Johnson: 2

Bot 2

Al Lopez: 6
Frankie Zak: 8
Cookie Cuccurullo: 13

Top 3

Mickey Kreitner: 2
Hy Vandenberg: 3
Stan Hack: 7

Bot 3

Pete Coscarart: 63
Jim Russell: S1/BG
Johnny Barrett: WP.1-3
Johnny Barrett: W
Bob Elliott: W.1-2
Babe Dahlgren: S7.3-H;2-H;1-2
Vince DiMaggio: K
Al Lopez: S7.2-H;1-2
Frankie Zak: 6

Top 4

Roy Hughes: D9
Phil Cavarretta: 43.2-3
Bill Nicholson: 7.3-H
Lou Novikoff: S
Andy Pafko: 7

Bot 4

Cookie Cuccurullo: S
Pete Coscarart: 2
Jim Russell: 16(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Don Johnson: 9
Mickey Kreitner: S
Bill Schuster: 54(1)/FO
Stan Hack: 7

Bot 5

Johnny Barrett: T9
Bob Elliott: 63.3-H
Babe Dahlgren: HP
Vince DiMaggio: K
Al Lopez: 9

Top 6

Roy Hughes: 7
Phil Cavarretta: 6
Bill Nicholson: D7
Lou Novikoff: S7.2-H;B-2(TH)
Andy Pafko: D7.2-H
Don Johnson: S9.2-H;B-3(E9/TH)
Dewey Williams: 8

Bot 6

Frankie Zak: 53
Preacher Roe: K
Pete Coscarart: 43

Top 7

Paul Derringer: K
Stan Hack: W
Roy Hughes: CS2(26)
Roy Hughes: 2

Bot 7

Jim Russell: 6
Johnny Barrett: W
Bob Elliott: D9.1-3
Babe Dahlgren: IW
Frank Colman: D/78.3-H;2-H;1-H
Al Lopez: S6.2-2
Frankie Zak: S7.2-3;1-2
Al Rubeling: S8.3-H;2-H;1-3;B-2(E8)
Pete Coscarart: 5
Jim Russell: S8.3-H;2-H
Johnny Barrett: HR/9.1-H
Bob Elliott: 2

Top 8

Phil Cavarretta: S
Bill Nicholson: 4
Dom Dallessandro: S.1-2
Andy Pafko: 36(1)/FO.2-3
Don Johnson: 64(1)/FO

Bot 8

Babe Dahlgren: 6
Tommy O'Brien: S
Al Lopez: CS2(24)
Al Lopez: S
Frankie Zak: W.1-2
Al Rubeling: W.2-3;1-2
Pete Coscarart: 2

Top 9

Dewey Williams: 53
Ival Goodman: S9
Stan Hack: W.1-2
Roy Hughes: 8
Phil Cavarretta: S9.2-H;1-2
Bill Nicholson: 9