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St. Louis Cardinals @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1944-09-01 · Night game · Forbes Field · Att: 17030 · 2:16

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated St. Louis Cardinals 3–2. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 3 in the 6th. Fritz Ostermueller earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	11
PIT	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		3	14

W: Fritz Ostermueller L: Max Lanier SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Babe Pinelli · 1B: Lee Ballanfant · 2B: (none) · 3B: Dusty Boggess · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Hopp	5	0	2	0	0	1
Stan Musial	5	0	2	1	0	1
Walker Cooper	4	0	2	0	0	0
Ray Sanders	4	0	1	0	0	2
Whitey Kurowski	2	1	2	0	1	0
Danny Litwhiler	3	0	0	0	0	1
Marty Marion	3	0	1	1	1	1
Emil Verban	3	0	0	0	0	0
Max Lanier	3	0	0	0	0	0
Pepper Martin	1	1	1	0	0	0
Augie Bergamo	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Coscarart	3	0	2	0	0	0
Jim Russell	4	0	1	0	0	0
Johnny Barrett	4	1	1	0	0	0
Bob Elliott	4	0	2	0	0	2
Vince DiMaggio	4	1	2	0	0	1
Babe Dahlgren	4	1	1	2	0	3
Frankie Gustine	4	0	3	1	0	0
Al Lopez	3	0	2	0	1	0
Fritz Ostermueller	4	0	0	0	0	2

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Max Lanier	8.0	14	1	8

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Fritz Ostermueller	9.0	11	2	6

Play-by-play

Top 1

Johnny Hopp: K
Stan Musial: S
Walker Cooper: S.1-2
Ray Sanders: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 1

Pete Coscarart: S
Jim Russell: 2/P
Johnny Barrett: S9.1X3(95)
Bob Elliott: S.1-2
Vince DiMaggio: 8

Top 2

Whitey Kurowski: W
Danny Litwhiler: WP.1-2
Danny Litwhiler: K23
Marty Marion: 53
Emil Verban: 9

Bot 2

Babe Dahlgren: K23
Frankie Gustine: 9
Al Lopez: 13

Top 3

Max Lanier: 63
Johnny Hopp: S
Stan Musial: K
Walker Cooper: 5/P

Bot 3

Fritz Ostermueller: K
Pete Coscarart: HP
Jim Russell: 9
Johnny Barrett: 3/P

Top 4

Ray Sanders: S
Whitey Kurowski: 13/SH.1-2
Danny Litwhiler: 63.2-3
Marty Marion: W
Emil Verban: 64(1)/FO

Bot 4

Bob Elliott: S
Vince DiMaggio: S4.1X3(45)
Babe Dahlgren: K+CS2(24)/DP

Top 5

Max Lanier: 4/P
Johnny Hopp: 5/P
Stan Musial: S
Walker Cooper: S.1-2
Ray Sanders: K

Bot 5

Frankie Gustine: S
Al Lopez: CS2(263)
Al Lopez: S
Fritz Ostermueller: K
Pete Coscarart: 63

Top 6

Whitey Kurowski: D9
Danny Litwhiler: 13/SH.2-3
Marty Marion: S1/BG.3-H
Emil Verban: 4/P
Max Lanier: 43

Bot 6

Jim Russell: S1
Johnny Barrett: 54(1)/FO
Bob Elliott: K
Vince DiMaggio: S7.1-3(E7);B-2
Babe Dahlgren: D9.3-H;2-H
Frankie Gustine: S7.2-H
Al Lopez: S.1-2
Fritz Ostermueller: 7

Top 7

Johnny Hopp: E3
Stan Musial: 3/P
Walker Cooper: 4/P
Ray Sanders: K

Bot 7

Pete Coscarart: D
Jim Russell: FC6.2X3(65)
Johnny Barrett: 2/P
Bob Elliott: K

Top 8

Whitey Kurowski: S
Danny Litwhiler: 54(1)3/GDP
Marty Marion: K

Bot 8

Vince DiMaggio: K
Babe Dahlgren: K
Frankie Gustine: S
Al Lopez: W.1-2
Fritz Ostermueller: 9

Top 9

Pepper Martin: S9
Augie Bergamo: 8
Johnny Hopp: S9.1-3
Stan Musial: 8/DP.3-H;1X1(83)

Notes & reviews

DiMaggio makes running catch in right center, Martin scores, but Hopp had rounded second and could not get back to first

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