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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Boston Braves

1945-07-08 · Day game · Braves Field · 2:10

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Boston Braves 10–8. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 4 in the 5th. Ken Gables earned the win and Rip Sewell picked up the save. Babe Dahlgren went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	3	0	10	12
BSN	3	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	8	11

W: Ken Gables L: Nate Andrews SV: Rip Sewell

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Coscarart	4	2	1	0	1	0
Lee Handley	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Russell	5	2	4	2	0	0
Bob Elliott	3	2	2	0	2	0
Babe Dahlgren	4	2	1	3	1	0
Frankie Gustine	3	0	1	2	2	0
Johnny Barrett	5	1	1	1	0	2
Al Lopez	3	1	1	1	1	0
Nick Strincevich	1	0	0	0	0	1
Spud Davis	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Gables	1	0	0	0	0	1
Frank Colman	1	0	0	0	0	0
Al Gionfriddo	1	0	1	1	0	0

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Bill Ramsey	5	1	2	0	0
Dick Culler	5	2	2	0	0
Tommy Holmes	4	2	1	1	0
Chuck Workman	3	2	2	2	1
Carden Gillenwater	4	1	1	1	0
Vince Shupe	3	0	0	0	1
Stew Hofferth	4	0	2	2	0
Frank Drews	2	0	0	0	1
Bob Logan	2	0	1	0	0
Don Hendrickson	1	0	0	0	0
Phil Masi	1	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB
Nick Strincevich	2.1	9	1
Xavier Rescigno	0.2	0	1
Ken Gables	4.0	2	1
Rip Sewell	2.0	0	0

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Logan	4.1	5	4	2
Don Hendrickson	2.2	2	3	1
Nate Andrews	0.1	5	0	0
Ira Hutchinson	1.2	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Pete Coscarart: 7
Lee Handley: 53
Jim Russell: 53

Bot 1

Bill Ramsey: S7
Dick Culler: S9.1-3
Tommy Holmes: 46(1)/FO.3-H
Chuck Workman: S8.1-H(E6/TH)(NR);B-3
Carden Gillenwater: S8.3-H
Vince Shupe: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Bob Elliott: S
Babe Dahlgren: 14(1)3/GDP
Frankie Gustine: W
Johnny Barrett: K

Bot 2

Stew Hofferth: S
Frank Drews: 13/SH.1-2
Bob Logan: S/BR.2X3(6)
Bill Ramsey: 63

Top 3

Al Lopez: 4/P
Nick Strincevich: K
Pete Coscarart: 13

Bot 3

Dick Culler: S8
Tommy Holmes: S8.1-2
Chuck Workman: 8.2-3;1-2
Carden Gillenwater: FC5.3XH(52E5);2-3;B-2
Vince Shupe: W
Stew Hofferth: S7.3-H;2-H;1-3
Frank Drews: W.1-2
Bob Logan: 12(3)3/GDP

Top 4

Lee Handley: 8
Jim Russell: S8
Bob Elliott: S8.1-3
Babe Dahlgren: W.1-2
Frankie Gustine: S7.3-H;2-H;1-3
Johnny Barrett: 36(1)/FO.3-H
Al Lopez: W.1-2
Spud Davis: 8

Bot 4

Bill Ramsey: 8
Dick Culler: 63
Tommy Holmes: 53

Top 5

Pete Coscarart: W
Lee Handley: 63.1-2
Jim Russell: S7.2-H
Bob Elliott: W.1-2
Babe Dahlgren: HR/7.2-H;1-H
Frankie Gustine: W
Johnny Barrett: 46(1)/FO
Al Lopez: CS2(24)

Bot 5

Chuck Workman: W
Carden Gillenwater: 8
Vince Shupe: 6(1)3/GDP

Top 6

Al Lopez: 53
Ken Gables: K
Pete Coscarart: 63

Bot 6

Stew Hofferth: 63
Frank Drews: 13
Don Hendrickson: 43

Top 7

Lee Handley: 63
Jim Russell: D
Bob Elliott: W
Babe Dahlgren: E5.2-3;1-2
Frankie Gustine: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 7

Bill Ramsey: S5
Dick Culler: 64(1)/FO.B-2(E4/TH)
Tommy Holmes: 43.2-3
Chuck Workman: HR/9.3-H
Carden Gillenwater: 63

Top 8

Johnny Barrett: D9
Al Lopez: S8.2-H
Frank Colman: 4/L
Pete Coscarart: S7.1-2
Al Gionfriddo: S8.2-H;1-3
Jim Russell: S7.3-H;1-3
Bob Elliott: 4(1)3/GDP

Bot 8

Vince Shupe: 43
Stew Hofferth: 5/FL
Frank Drews: 6/P

Top 9

Babe Dahlgren: 2/FL
Frankie Gustine: 9
Johnny Barrett: K

Bot 9

Phil Masi: 4/P
Bill Ramsey: 53
Dick Culler: 43