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St. Louis Cardinals @ Brooklyn Dodgers

1945-08-14 · Day game · Ebbets Field · Att: 11873 · 2:40

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Brooklyn Dodgers 2–1. Harry Brecheen earned the win. Whitey Kurowski went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

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	3
BRO	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5

W: Harry Brecheen L: Ralph Branca SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Butch Henline · 1B: Bill Stewart · 2B: Lee Ballanfant · 3B: George Magerkurth · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Augie Bergamo	3	0	0	0	2	0
Red Schoendienst	5	0	0	0	0	0
Buster Adams	4	0	0	0	1	1
Whitey Kurowski	4	1	1	1	1	0
Ray Sanders	4	1	1	0	1	0
Ken O'Dea	2	0	1	0	2	0
Emil Verban	1	0	0	0	1	0
Pep Young	3	0	0	0	0	0
Harry Brecheen	4	0	0	0	0	2

Brooklyn Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie Stanky	5	0	0	0	0	1
Goody Rosen	3	1	0	0	1	1
Augie Galan	2	0	1	0	2	0
Dixie Walker	4	0	2	1	0	0
Luis Olmo	3	0	0	0	1	0
Ed Stevens	4	0	1	0	0	0
Tommy Brown	3	0	1	0	1	0
Mike Sandlock	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ralph Branca	3	0	0	0	0	1
Babe Herman	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Harry Brecheen	9.0	5	5	4

Brooklyn Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ralph Branca	9.0	3	8	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Augie Bergamo: W
Red Schoendienst: 4
Buster Adams: 8
Whitey Kurowski: 4(1)/FO

Bot 1

Eddie Stanky: 143
Goody Rosen: W
Augie Galan: PB.1-2
Augie Galan: 63.2-3
Dixie Walker: S8/G4M.3-H
Luis Olmo: 64(1)/FO

Top 2

Ray Sanders: W
Ken O'Dea: W.1-2
Emil Verban: 14/SH.2-3;1-2
Pep Young: 9
Harry Brecheen: K

Bot 2

Ed Stevens: 6
Tommy Brown: 7
Mike Sandlock: K

Top 3

Augie Bergamo: W
Red Schoendienst: 46(1)/FO
Buster Adams: W.1-2
Whitey Kurowski: 7
Ray Sanders: 31

Bot 3

Ralph Branca: K
Eddie Stanky: K
Goody Rosen: K

Top 4

Ken O'Dea: W
Emil Verban: 53/SH.1-2
Pep Young: 53
Harry Brecheen: K

Bot 4

Augie Galan: W
Dixie Walker: 3/G.1-2
Luis Olmo: IW
Ed Stevens: 3/P
Tommy Brown: W.2-3;1-2
Mike Sandlock: 2(3)/FO

Top 5

Augie Bergamo: E3.B-1
Red Schoendienst: 36(1)/FO
Buster Adams: 4
Whitey Kurowski: 5

Bot 5

Ralph Branca: 43
Eddie Stanky: 53
Goody Rosen: 6

Top 6

Ray Sanders: D9/F9DW
Ken O'Dea: 7
Emil Verban: E4/G.2-H(NR)(UR);B-1#
Pep Young: 2
Harry Brecheen: E6.1-2;B-1
Augie Bergamo: WP.2-3;1-2#
Augie Bergamo: 8

Bot 6

Augie Galan: W
Dixie Walker: 5
Luis Olmo: 6/L6M
Ed Stevens: S.1-2
Tommy Brown: 5(2)/FO

Top 7

Red Schoendienst: 63
Buster Adams: K
Whitey Kurowski: W
Ray Sanders: 9/F9DW

Bot 7

Mike Sandlock: 4
Ralph Branca: 63
Eddie Stanky: 53

Top 8

Ken O'Dea: D
Emil Verban: W
Pep Young: 13/SH.2-3;1-2
Harry Brecheen: 13
Augie Bergamo: 7

Bot 8

Goody Rosen: 13
Augie Galan: S
Dixie Walker: S.1-2#
Luis Olmo: 6
Ed Stevens: 9

Top 9

Red Schoendienst: 5
Buster Adams: 63
Whitey Kurowski: HR
Ray Sanders: 43

Bot 9

Tommy Brown: S
Mike Sandlock: 5
Babe Herman: 46(1)/FO
Eddie Stanky: 4