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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Cincinnati Reds

1945-09-26 · Day game · Crosley Field · 77°F, overcast, dry · 1:46

Cincinnati Reds defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 5–2. Cincinnati Reds put up 4 in the 4th. Johnny Hetki earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Johnny Hetki L: Boom-Boom Beck SV: (none)

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Al Gionfriddo	2	1	0	0	3	0
Johnny Barrett	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Russell	4	0	2	2	0	0
Bill Salkeld	3	0	0	0	1	0
Frankie Gustine	4	0	0	0	0	1
Bob Elliott	4	0	0	0	0	0
Babe Dahlgren	3	0	0	0	1	0
Pete Coscarart	4	1	2	0	0	0
Boom-Boom Beck	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lee Handley	1	0	0	0	0	1
Frank Colman	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie Lukon	4	0	0	0	0	0
Kermit Wahl	3	2	1	0	1	0
Al Libke	3	0	0	0	1	0
Frank McCormick	3	1	2	1	1	0
Hank Sauer	4	1	0	0	0	1
Eddie Miller	1	0	0	0	0	0
Al Lakeman	4	0	1	1	0	0
Steve Mesner	3	0	1	0	0	1
Johnny Hetki	3	0	0	0	0	0
Woody Williams	2	1	1	2	1	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Boom-Boom Beck	6.0	6	4	2
Ken Gables	2.0	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Hetki	9.0	4	5	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Al Gionfriddo: W
Johnny Barrett: 7
Jim Russell: 8
Bill Salkeld: 3/G

Bot 1

Eddie Lukon: 43
Kermit Wahl: 9
Al Libke: 9

Top 2

Frankie Gustine: 9
Bob Elliott: 63
Babe Dahlgren: 53

Bot 2

Frank McCormick: W
Hank Sauer: K+CS2(24)/DP
Eddie Miller: 8

Top 3

Pete Coscarart: S1
Boom-Boom Beck: 34/SH.1-2
Al Gionfriddo: W
Johnny Barrett: FC3.2-3;1-2
Jim Russell: S8.3-H;2-H;1-3;B-2(THH)
Bill Salkeld: IW
Frankie Gustine: K
Bob Elliott: 9

Bot 3

Al Lakeman: 4
Steve Mesner: S8
Johnny Hetki: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Babe Dahlgren: W
Pete Coscarart: 8
Boom-Boom Beck: 3/SH.1-2
Al Gionfriddo: W
Johnny Barrett: 9

Bot 4

Eddie Lukon: 2/FL
Kermit Wahl: S9
Al Libke: 7
Frank McCormick: S8.1-3
Hank Sauer: E8.3-H(NR)(UR);1-3;B-2
Woody Williams: S7.3-H(UR);2-H(UR)
Al Lakeman: D9.1-H(UR)
Steve Mesner: K

Top 5

Jim Russell: 7
Bill Salkeld: 43
Frankie Gustine: 8

Bot 5

Johnny Hetki: 8/L
Eddie Lukon: 43
Kermit Wahl: W
Al Libke: W.1-2
Frank McCormick: S8.2-H;1-3;B-2(E8)
Hank Sauer: 7

Top 6

Bob Elliott: 9
Babe Dahlgren: 9
Pete Coscarart: 5

Bot 6

Woody Williams: W
Al Lakeman: 9
Steve Mesner: 9
Johnny Hetki: 6

Top 7

Lee Handley: K
Al Gionfriddo: 5/FL
Johnny Barrett: 31

Bot 7

Eddie Lukon: 31
Kermit Wahl: 6
Al Libke: 63

Top 8

Jim Russell: S9
Bill Salkeld: 9
Frankie Gustine: 54(1)/FO
Bob Elliott: 9

Bot 8

Frank McCormick: 8
Hank Sauer: E7
Woody Williams: SB2
Woody Williams: 43.2-3
Al Lakeman: 5

Top 9

Babe Dahlgren: 43
Pete Coscarart: S8
Frank Colman: 9
Al Gionfriddo: 46(1)/FO

Notes & reviews

Shortstop Miller ejected by 1B umpire Dunn for arguing he had touched 2nd base for a force on Gionfriddo

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