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St. Louis Cardinals @ Boston Braves

1945-05-17 · Day game · Braves Field · Att: 685 · overcast · 2:12

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Boston Braves 7–4. St. Louis Cardinals put up 4 in the 5th. Ken Burkhart earned the win. Butch Nieman went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Ken Burkhart L: Nate Andrews SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: George Magerkurth · 1B: Bill Stewart · 2B: (none) · 3B: Tom Dunn · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Debs Garms	4	1	1	0	1	0
Johnny Hopp	5	0	1	0	0	0
Buster Adams	5	2	2	1	0	0
Ray Sanders	4	2	2	2	1	1
Whitey Kurowski	4	1	2	0	1	1
Ken O'Dea	2	1	2	3	2	0
Emil Verban	3	0	0	0	0	0
Marty Marion	4	0	0	1	0	0
Ken Burkhart	4	0	1	0	0	0

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dick Culler	5	1	3	0	0	1
Tommy Holmes	1	2	0	0	3	0
Butch Nieman	4	1	1	3	0	1
Joe Mack	4	0	1	0	0	1
Carden Gillenwater	4	0	2	1	0	0
Chuck Workman	4	0	0	0	0	0
Clyde Kluttz	4	0	0	0	0	0
Eddie Joost	4	0	0	0	0	2
Nate Andrews	2	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Ramsey	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Tobin	0	0	0	0	1	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Stan Partenheimer	0.0	1	1	0
Ken Burkhart	9.0	6	3	5

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Nate Andrews	5.0	8	5	0
Johnny Hutchings	2.0	2	0	1
Hal Schacker	2.0	1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Debs Garms: S7
Johnny Hopp: 43.1-2
Buster Adams: 2/FL
Ray Sanders: HR/9D.2-H
Whitey Kurowski: D9
Ken O'Dea: IW
Emil Verban: 64(1)/FO

Bot 1

Dick Culler: S7
Tommy Holmes: W.1-2
Butch Nieman: HR/9D.2-H;1-H
Joe Mack: K
Carden Gillenwater: S7
Chuck Workman: 3/G.1-2
Clyde Kluttz: 8

Top 2

Marty Marion: 53
Ken Burkhart: S8
Debs Garms: E4.1-2
Johnny Hopp: 6(1)3(B)/GDP

Bot 2

Eddie Joost: 3
Nate Andrews: 43
Dick Culler: K

Top 3

Buster Adams: 13
Ray Sanders: 3/FL
Whitey Kurowski: D8
Ken O'Dea: IW
Emil Verban: 8

Bot 3

Tommy Holmes: W
Butch Nieman: K/C
Joe Mack: S9.1-3
Carden Gillenwater: S7.3-H;1-2
Chuck Workman: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Marty Marion: 9
Ken Burkhart: 8
Debs Garms: W
Johnny Hopp: S8.1X3(864)

Bot 4

Clyde Kluttz: 8
Eddie Joost: K
Nate Andrews: 13

Top 5

Buster Adams: D7
Ray Sanders: W
Whitey Kurowski: W.2-3;1-2
Ken O'Dea: D8/8XD.3-H;2-H;1-H
Emil Verban: 53/SH.2-3
Marty Marion: 7/F.3-H
Ken Burkhart: 6/L

Bot 5

Dick Culler: S7
Tommy Holmes: 7
Butch Nieman: 2/FL
Joe Mack: 63

Top 6

Debs Garms: 8/L
Johnny Hopp: 3
Buster Adams: 8

Bot 6

Carden Gillenwater: 63
Chuck Workman: 9
Clyde Kluttz: 63

Top 7

Ray Sanders: S9
Whitey Kurowski: K+CS2(24)/DP
Ken O'Dea: D8
Emil Verban: 4/L

Bot 7

Eddie Joost: K
Bill Ramsey: 8
Dick Culler: S7
Tommy Holmes: W.1-2
Butch Nieman: 9

Top 8

Marty Marion: 8
Ken Burkhart: 53
Debs Garms: 9

Bot 8

Joe Mack: 4/L
Carden Gillenwater: 7
Chuck Workman: 4/P

Top 9

Johnny Hopp: 7
Buster Adams: HR/7D
Ray Sanders: K
Whitey Kurowski: 8/L

Bot 9

Clyde Kluttz: 13
Eddie Joost: 2/FL
Jim Tobin: W
Dick Culler: 64(1)/FO