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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Brooklyn Dodgers

1945-08-20 · Day game · Ebbets Field · Att: 6322 · 2:19

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Brooklyn Dodgers 11–1. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 5 in the 9th. Preacher Roe earned the win. Babe Dahlgren went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	3	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	5	11	12
BRO	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	8

W: Preacher Roe L: Tom Seats SV: (none)

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lee Handley	6	1	1	2	0	2
Al Gionfriddo	5	1	0	1	1	0
Tommy O'Brien	4	2	2	0	0	0
Frankie Gustine	6	1	3	1	0	0
Babe Dahlgren	5	1	2	3	0	0
Johnny Barrett	4	1	1	0	1	1
Pete Coscarart	5	2	2	1	0	0
Al Lopez	2	1	0	0	3	0
Preacher Roe	3	1	0	0	0	0
Frank Colman	0	0	0	0	1	0
Jim Russell	1	0	1	0	0	0

Brooklyn Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Eddie Stanky	4	0	1	0	0
Frenchy Bordagaray	4	0	0	0	0
Luis Olmo	4	0	1	0	0
Dixie Walker	4	0	1	0	0
Goody Rosen	4	0	0	0	0
Ed Stevens	4	0	1	0	2
Tommy Brown	4	1	2	1	1
Fats Dantonio	2	0	0	0	0
Art Herring	3	0	1	0	0
Mike Sandlock	2	0	1	0	1
Eddie Basinski	1	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Preacher Roe	9.0	8	0	4

Brooklyn Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tom Seats	2.1	7	1	1
Art Herring	6.2	5	5	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lee Handley: K
Al Gionfriddo: 9
Tommy O'Brien: D
Frankie Gustine: S.2-H
Babe Dahlgren: HR/7.1-H
Johnny Barrett: D
Pete Coscarart: 63

Bot 1

Eddie Stanky: 8
Frenchy Bordagaray: 63
Luis Olmo: D
Dixie Walker: 43

Top 2

Al Lopez: W
Preacher Roe: 34/SH.1-2
Lee Handley: 53
Al Gionfriddo: FLE2#
Al Gionfriddo: 2

Bot 2

Goody Rosen: 7
Ed Stevens: S
Tommy Brown: K
Fats Dantonio: 63

Top 3

Tommy O'Brien: S
Frankie Gustine: S.1-2#
Babe Dahlgren: S.2-H;1-3;B-2(TH)
Johnny Barrett: 3
Pete Coscarart: 3
Al Lopez: IW
Preacher Roe: 8

Bot 3

Art Herring: 53
Eddie Stanky: 9
Frenchy Bordagaray: 8

Top 4

Lee Handley: K
Al Gionfriddo: W
Tommy O'Brien: SB2.1-3(E2/TH)#
Tommy O'Brien: PO3(E2).3-H
Tommy O'Brien: 3
Frankie Gustine: S
Babe Dahlgren: 9

Bot 4

Luis Olmo: 63
Dixie Walker: 9
Goody Rosen: E3.B-1
Ed Stevens: 13

Top 5

Johnny Barrett: 4
Pete Coscarart: HR
Al Lopez: 43
Preacher Roe: 53

Bot 5

Tommy Brown: 6
Fats Dantonio: 53
Art Herring: S
Eddie Stanky: S.1-2#
Frenchy Bordagaray: 46(1)/FO

Top 6

Lee Handley: 63
Al Gionfriddo: 8
Tommy O'Brien: E5.B-1
Frankie Gustine: 64(1)/FO

Bot 6

Luis Olmo: 63
Dixie Walker: 5
Goody Rosen: 43

Top 7

Babe Dahlgren: 9
Johnny Barrett: K
Pete Coscarart: 8

Bot 7

Ed Stevens: K
Tommy Brown: HR/7
Mike Sandlock: D
Art Herring: 53
Eddie Stanky: 143#

Top 8

Al Lopez: E4.B-1
Preacher Roe: 13/SH.1-2
Lee Handley: E6.2-3;B-1#
Al Gionfriddo: PB.1-2#
Al Gionfriddo: 7
Frank Colman: IW
Frankie Gustine: 3

Bot 8

Frenchy Bordagaray: 53
Luis Olmo: 13
Dixie Walker: D
Goody Rosen: 6

Top 9

Babe Dahlgren: 53
Johnny Barrett: W
Pete Coscarart: S.1-3;B-2(TH)
Al Lopez: IW
Preacher Roe: E5/TH/BG.3-H(NR);2-H(NR);1-2;B-1#
Lee Handley: T.2-H;1-H(UR)
Al Gionfriddo: 8/F.3-H(UR)
Jim Russell: T
Frankie Gustine: 2

Bot 9

Ed Stevens: K
Tommy Brown: S
Mike Sandlock: K
Eddie Basinski: 63