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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Cincinnati Reds

1945-09-02 · Day game · Crosley Field · 78°F, sunny, dry · 2:03

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Cincinnati Reds 4–2. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 2 in the 9th. Boom-Boom Beck earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	10
CIN	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	7

W: Boom-Boom Beck L: Joe Bowman 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
Al Gionfriddo	5	0	1	0	0	0
Johnny Barrett	5	1	2	1	0	1
Jim Russell	3	1	1	1	2	0
Bill Salkeld	4	1	2	0	1	0
Bob Elliott	5	0	2	2	0	0
Frankie Gustine	3	0	1	0	1	0
Babe Dahlgren	4	0	0	0	0	0
Pete Coscarart	3	1	1	0	1	0
Boom-Boom Beck	3	0	0	0	0	1

Cincinnati Reds — batting

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Boom-Boom Beck	9.0	7	2	4

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Joe Bowman	9.0	10	5	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Al Gionfriddo: 43
Johnny Barrett: K/C
Jim Russell: W
Bill Salkeld: S7.1-2
Bob Elliott: SB3;SB2
Bob Elliott: S6.3-H;2-3
Frankie Gustine: 43

Bot 1

Dain Clay: K
Eric Tipton: 3/FL
Al Libke: 63

Top 2

Babe Dahlgren: 53
Pete Coscarart: 53
Boom-Boom Beck: 2/FL

Bot 2

Hank Sauer: 2/FL
Steve Mesner: S8
Eddie Miller: K
Al Unser: 13

Top 3

Al Gionfriddo: 63
Johnny Barrett: 31
Jim Russell: W
Bill Salkeld: SB2
Bill Salkeld: 13

Bot 3

Kermit Wahl: 7
Joe Bowman: 3/FL
Dain Clay: S6
Eric Tipton: 6

Top 4

Bob Elliott: 63
Frankie Gustine: W
Babe Dahlgren: 543.1-2
Pete Coscarart: FC5.2X3(546)

Bot 4

Al Libke: S9
Hank Sauer: K+SB2
Steve Mesner: S8.2-H
Eddie Miller: 543.1-2
Al Unser: 7

Top 5

Boom-Boom Beck: K
Al Gionfriddo: 8
Johnny Barrett: S9
Jim Russell: CS2(26)

Bot 5

Kermit Wahl: S8
Joe Bowman: 56(1)3/GDP
Dain Clay: W
Eric Tipton: SB2.1-3(E2/TH2)
Eric Tipton: S8.3-H
Al Libke: POCS2(143)

Top 6

Jim Russell: 7
Bill Salkeld: D7
Bob Elliott: S7.2-H
Frankie Gustine: S9.1-2
Babe Dahlgren: 13.2-3;1-2
Pete Coscarart: IW
Boom-Boom Beck: 7

Bot 6

Al Libke: K
Hank Sauer: 5/FL
Steve Mesner: 9

Top 7

Al Gionfriddo: S5/BG
Johnny Barrett: SB2
Johnny Barrett: 9/FL
Jim Russell: 2/FL.2-3
Bill Salkeld: 1/G

Bot 7

Eddie Miller: S5
Al Unser: 14/SH.1-2
Kermit Wahl: 4
Joe Bowman: 2/FL

Top 8

Bob Elliott: 63
Frankie Gustine: 53
Babe Dahlgren: 53

Bot 8

Dain Clay: W
Eric Tipton: SB2
Eric Tipton: 3/FL/BP
Al Libke: 7
Hank Sauer: 8

Top 9

Pete Coscarart: S7
Boom-Boom Beck: 34/SH.1-2
Al Gionfriddo: 43.2-3
Johnny Barrett: S4/BG.3-H
Jim Russell: SB2
Jim Russell: D9.2-H
Bill Salkeld: SB3
Bill Salkeld: W
Bob Elliott: 8

Bot 9

Steve Mesner: 63
Eddie Miller: 8
Dick Sipek: 9