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Boston Braves @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1944-08-15 · Night game · Forbes Field · Att: 12397 · 2:01

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Boston Braves 7–5. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 3 in the 8th. Xavier Rescigno earned the win and Nick Strincevich picked up the save. Whitey Wietelmann went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BSN	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	7
PIT	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	3		7	10

W: Xavier Rescigno L: Ira Hutchinson SV: Nick Strincevich

Umpires — HP: Jocko Conlan · 1B: George Barr · 2B: (none) · 3B: Ziggy Sears · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tommy Holmes	4	0	1	2	0	0
Frank Drews	3	1	0	0	1	0
Max Macon	4	0	1	1	0	1
Ab Wright	4	0	1	0	0	0
Stew Hofferth	4	0	0	0	0	0
Dee Phillips	4	0	1	0	0	1
Buck Etchison	4	1	1	0	0	1
Whitey Wietelmann	4	2	2	1	0	0
Ben Cardoni	1	1	0	1	0	1
Ira Hutchinson	1	0	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Coscarart	4	2	2	2	1	0
Jim Russell	4	0	1	0	1	1
Johnny Barrett	3	1	1	0	0	0
Bob Elliott	4	0	1	3	0	0
Frank Colman	3	0	1	0	1	0
Babe Dahlgren	4	1	1	0	0	1
Frankie Gustine	3	1	1	0	1	0
Al Lopez	4	2	1	1	0	0
Xavier Rescigno	2	0	0	0	1	1
Al Rubeling	1	0	1	1	0	0

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ben Cardoni	3.1	3	4	1
Ira Hutchinson	4.0	6	1	2
Johnny Hutchings	0.2	1	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Cookie Cuccurullo	1.1	5	1	0
Xavier Rescigno	6.2	2	0	4
Nick Strincevich	1.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Tommy Holmes: 5/P
Frank Drews: W
Max Macon: D7.1-H
Ab Wright: S.2-3
Stew Hofferth: CS2(26)
Stew Hofferth: 4/P

Bot 1

Pete Coscarart: S6
Jim Russell: W.1-2
Johnny Barrett: 13/SH.2-3;1-2
Bob Elliott: 7.3-H
Frank Colman: W
Babe Dahlgren: 8

Top 2

Dee Phillips: S
Buck Etchison: 36(1)/FO
Whitey Wietelmann: S.1-3
Ben Cardoni: FC1/SH.3-H;1-2;B-1
Tommy Holmes: T.2-H;1-H
Frank Drews: 4/P
Max Macon: 6/P

Bot 2

Frankie Gustine: W
Al Lopez: 54(1)3/GDP
Xavier Rescigno: K

Top 3

Ab Wright: 8
Stew Hofferth: 8
Dee Phillips: 9

Bot 3

Pete Coscarart: W
Jim Russell: SB2
Jim Russell: 9
Johnny Barrett: 8
Bob Elliott: S.2-H
Frank Colman: 3/P

Top 4

Buck Etchison: K
Whitey Wietelmann: HR/9
Ben Cardoni: K
Tommy Holmes: 8

Bot 4

Babe Dahlgren: S
Frankie Gustine: 8/F8XD
Al Lopez: 64(1)/FO
Xavier Rescigno: SB2
Xavier Rescigno: W
Pete Coscarart: S.2-H;1-2
Jim Russell: K

Top 5

Frank Drews: 43
Max Macon: K
Ab Wright: 53

Bot 5

Johnny Barrett: T9
Bob Elliott: 7/L.3-H
Frank Colman: 5/P
Babe Dahlgren: K

Top 6

Stew Hofferth: 63
Dee Phillips: 3/G
Buck Etchison: S
Whitey Wietelmann: 43

Bot 6

Frankie Gustine: 7
Al Lopez: 63
Xavier Rescigno: 43

Top 7

Ira Hutchinson: K
Tommy Holmes: 43
Frank Drews: 6/P

Bot 7

Pete Coscarart: 53
Jim Russell: S
Johnny Barrett: 8
Bob Elliott: 9

Top 8

Max Macon: 13
Ab Wright: 13
Stew Hofferth: 8

Bot 8

Frank Colman: S
Babe Dahlgren: 64(1)/FO
Frankie Gustine: S.1-2
Al Lopez: S8.2-H;1-2
Al Rubeling: S8.2-H;1-2
Pete Coscarart: 54(1)/FO.2-H
Jim Russell: 6/P

Top 9

Dee Phillips: K
Buck Etchison: 9
Whitey Wietelmann: 9

Notes & reviews

When ball 3 was called with Rescigno at bat, he thought it was ball 4 and went to 1st and Lopez went to second; umpire Conlan ordered Rescigno back to the plate, but left Lopez at second with a stolen base; Rescigno then walked
Lopez scored from second as Braves tried to complete double play
Colman hit his head against concrete wall making catch of Etchison flyball and left game

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