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Cincinnati Reds @ Boston Braves

1945-08-16 · Day game · Braves Field · 1:55

Cincinnati Reds defeated Boston Braves 5–3. Cincinnati Reds put up 4 in the 8th. Joe Bowman earned the win. Tommy Holmes went 2-for-4 with 2 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Joe Bowman L: Johnny Hutchings SV: (none)

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

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dain Clay	4	1	1	0	0	1
Woody Williams	3	0	1	0	0	0
Al Libke	3	0	1	1	1	0
Frank McCormick	4	0	0	0	0	0
Eric Tipton	3	1	1	0	1	0
Eddie Miller	4	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Mesner	2	0	0	0	0	0
Al Unser	3	1	2	2	1	1
Joe Bowman	3	1	1	0	1	0
Dick Sipek	1	0	1	0	0	0
Kermit Wahl	1	1	1	0	0	0

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Whitey Wietelmann	4	0	0	0	1
Vince Shupe	4	1	2	0	0
Tommy Holmes	4	2	2	3	0
Morrie Aderholt	4	0	2	0	0
Chuck Workman	4	0	2	0	0
Bill Ramsey	2	0	0	0	0
Stew Hofferth	4	0	0	0	0
Dick Culler	4	0	1	0	1
Johnny Hutchings	3	0	0	0	0
Butch Nieman	1	0	0	0	1
Carden Gillenwater	1	0	0	0	1
Phil Masi	1	0	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Joe Bowman	9.0	9	0	4

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Hutchings	7.0	5	3	2
Don Hendrickson	2.0	4	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dain Clay: K
Woody Williams: S7
Al Libke: 4(B)3(1)/LDP

Bot 1

Whitey Wietelmann: K
Vince Shupe: S8
Tommy Holmes: 8
Morrie Aderholt: S8.1-2
Chuck Workman: 4

Top 2

Frank McCormick: 5/L
Eric Tipton: 8
Eddie Miller: 7

Bot 2

Bill Ramsey: 5/FL
Stew Hofferth: 63
Dick Culler: 43

Top 3

Steve Mesner: 3
Al Unser: D7/7D
Joe Bowman: W
Dain Clay: 8
Woody Williams: 53

Bot 3

Johnny Hutchings: 7
Whitey Wietelmann: 43
Vince Shupe: S7
Tommy Holmes: HR/9D.1-H
Morrie Aderholt: 63

Top 4

Al Libke: 8
Frank McCormick: 7
Eric Tipton: 7

Bot 4

Chuck Workman: S8
Bill Ramsey: 9
Stew Hofferth: 63.1-2
Dick Culler: 5

Top 5

Eddie Miller: 53
Steve Mesner: 9
Al Unser: K

Bot 5

Johnny Hutchings: 8
Whitey Wietelmann: 13
Vince Shupe: 31

Top 6

Joe Bowman: 43
Dain Clay: 8
Woody Williams: 13

Bot 6

Tommy Holmes: 8
Morrie Aderholt: S/56
Chuck Workman: S9.1-2
Butch Nieman: K+PO2(254)/DP

Top 7

Al Libke: W
Frank McCormick: 5(B)3(1)/LDP
Eric Tipton: W
Eddie Miller: 7

Bot 7

Stew Hofferth: 6
Dick Culler: K+E2.B-1
Johnny Hutchings: 8
Whitey Wietelmann: 43

Top 8

Dick Sipek: S8
Al Unser: HR/8XD.1-H
Joe Bowman: D9/9L
Dain Clay: SB3.2-H(E6/TH)#
Dain Clay: S7
Woody Williams: 14/SH.1-2
Al Libke: S8.2-H;BX2(86)
Frank McCormick: 63

Bot 8

Vince Shupe: 63
Tommy Holmes: HR/9D
Morrie Aderholt: 8
Chuck Workman: 7

Top 9

Eric Tipton: S7
Eddie Miller: 6/FL
Kermit Wahl: S7.1-3
Al Unser: WP.3-H;1-2
Al Unser: WP.2-3
Al Unser: W
Joe Bowman: CSH(2342)
Joe Bowman: 3/FL

Bot 9

Carden Gillenwater: K
Stew Hofferth: 5/L
Dick Culler: S7
Phil Masi: 9

Notes & reviews

Hofferth may have deserved an assist on this play

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