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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Philadelphia Phillies

1945-07-04 · Day game · Shibe Park · 2:24

Philadelphia Phillies defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 7–6. Philadelphia Phillies put up 3 in the 1st. Jack Kraus earned the win and Charley Schanz picked up the save. Vance Dinges went 4-for-4 with 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	6	12
PHI	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	1		7	13

W: Jack Kraus L: Xavier Rescigno SV: Charley Schanz

Umpires — HP: Larry Goetz · 1B: Lou Jorda · 2B: (none) · 3B: Beans Reardon · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jack Saltzgaver	4	1	3	2	0	0
Johnny Barrett	4	0	1	0	1	0
Al Gionfriddo	4	1	2	1	0	0
Frank Colman	5	0	1	1	0	0
Jim Russell	4	1	1	0	0	1
Bill Salkeld	3	1	1	1	0	0
Bob Elliott	4	1	1	0	0	0
Frankie Gustine	2	1	1	0	1	0
Rip Sewell	0	0	0	0	1	0
Cookie Cuccurullo	2	0	1	1	0	0
Spud Davis	1	0	0	0	0	0
Babe Dahlgren	1	0	0	0	0	0
Pete Coscarart	0	0	0	0	1	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bitsy Mott	5	0	0	0	0	0
John Antonelli	3	1	1	0	1	0
Rene Monteagudo	5	2	2	1	0	0
Glenn Crawford	3	1	1	0	1	0
Vince DiMaggio	2	2	0	0	2	1
Vance Dinges	4	0	4	4	0	0
Wally Flager	4	1	3	0	0	1
Andy Seminick	3	0	0	0	0	2
Jack Kraus	3	0	1	0	0	1
Jimmy Wasdell	1	0	1	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rip Sewell	2.1	7	1	1
Cookie Cuccurullo	4.2	4	3	4
Xavier Rescigno	1.0	2	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Lee	1.1	6	1	0
Jack Kraus	6.2	5	2	1
Charley Schanz	1.0	1	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jack Saltzgaver: S8
Johnny Barrett: 99/P
Al Gionfriddo: WP.1-2
Al Gionfriddo: T/78.2-H
Frank Colman: D8.3-H
Jim Russell: 6(B)4(2)/LDP

Bot 1

Bitsy Mott: 99/F
John Antonelli: E5/G.B-2(E5/TH)
Rene Monteagudo: S9.2-H(UR);B-2(TH)
Glenn Crawford: S8.2-H(E8)(UR);B-2
Vince DiMaggio: 99/G
Vance Dinges: S.2-H(UR)
Wally Flager: S9.1X3(95)

Top 2

Bill Salkeld: S
Bob Elliott: S.1-2
Frankie Gustine: 99/SH.2-3;1-2
Rip Sewell: W
Jack Saltzgaver: D9.3-H;2-H;1-3
Johnny Barrett: 99/P
Al Gionfriddo: 99/F

Bot 2

Andy Seminick: K
Jack Kraus: D
Bitsy Mott: 99/G
John Antonelli: 99/G

Top 3

Frank Colman: 99/F
Jim Russell: 99/G
Bill Salkeld: 99/G

Bot 3

Rene Monteagudo: S/BG
Glenn Crawford: 99/G.1-2
Vince DiMaggio: W
Vance Dinges: T9.2-H;1-H
Wally Flager: K
Andy Seminick: K

Top 4

Bob Elliott: 99/G
Frankie Gustine: D7
Cookie Cuccurullo: S/89.2-H
Jack Saltzgaver: 99/F
Johnny Barrett: W.1-2
Al Gionfriddo: 99/G

Bot 4

Jack Kraus: 99/G
Bitsy Mott: 99/G
John Antonelli: S
Rene Monteagudo: 99/G

Top 5

Frank Colman: 99/G
Jim Russell: T7
Bill Salkeld: 43.3-H
Bob Elliott: 99/G

Bot 5

Glenn Crawford: 99/G
Vince DiMaggio: W
Vance Dinges: SB2
Vance Dinges: S.2-H
Wally Flager: S.1-2
Andy Seminick: 99/F
Jack Kraus: CS3(25)

Top 6

Frankie Gustine: 99/G
Cookie Cuccurullo: 99/G
Jack Saltzgaver: S
Johnny Barrett: PO1(13)

Bot 6

Jack Kraus: K
Bitsy Mott: 99/G
John Antonelli: W
Rene Monteagudo: 99/G

Top 7

Johnny Barrett: S
Al Gionfriddo: 99/SH.1-2
Frank Colman: 99/F
Jim Russell: K

Bot 7

Glenn Crawford: W
Vince DiMaggio: K
Vance Dinges: S9.1X3(95)
Wally Flager: CS2(99)

Top 8

Spud Davis: 99/F
Bob Elliott: 99/F
Frankie Gustine: W
Babe Dahlgren: 99/G

Bot 8

Wally Flager: S8
Andy Seminick: 34/SH.1-2
Jimmy Wasdell: S6.2-H(E6/TH)(NR)(UR);B-2
Bitsy Mott: 99/G
John Antonelli: HP
Rene Monteagudo: 99/G

Top 9

Pete Coscarart: W
Johnny Barrett: 99/F
Al Gionfriddo: S8.1-3
Frank Colman: 46(1)3/GDP