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Cincinnati Reds @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1945-06-05 · Day game · Forbes Field · cloudy, dry · 1:35

Cincinnati Reds defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 4–0. Cincinnati Reds put up 2 in the 9th. Ed Heusser earned the win. Ed Heusser went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Ed Heusser L: Nick Strincevich SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Dusty Boggess · 1B: Babe Pinelli · 2B: Jocko Conlan · 3B: Butch Henline · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Woody Williams	4	0	0	0	0	1
Dain Clay	4	1	1	0	1	2
Gee Walker	4	0	0	0	0	0
Frank McCormick	4	0	1	2	0	0
Steve Mesner	4	1	3	0	1	0
Dick Sipek	4	0	2	1	0	0
Eddie Miller	3	0	0	0	1	0
Johnny Riddle	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ed Heusser	4	2	2	1	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Vic Barnhart	5	2	0	0
Lee Handley	5	1	0	0
Al Gionfriddo	4	0	0	0
Bob Elliott	2	0	2	0
Jim Russell	4	1	0	0
Babe Dahlgren	3	0	1	2
Frankie Gustine	3	1	0	0
Al Lopez	3	1	0	0
Nick Strincevich	3	0	0	0
Jack Saltzgaver	1	0	0	1
Johnny Barrett	1	0	0	0
Frank Colman	1	1	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ed Heusser	9.0	7	3	3

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Nick Strincevich	9.0	10	3	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Woody Williams: 63
Dain Clay: K
Gee Walker: 53

Bot 1

Vic Barnhart: 63
Lee Handley: D8
Al Gionfriddo: 3/G.2-3
Bob Elliott: W
Jim Russell: 1/L

Top 2

Frank McCormick: 2/FL
Steve Mesner: S8
Dick Sipek: S4.1-2
Eddie Miller: 4
Johnny Riddle: 64(1)/FO

Bot 2

Babe Dahlgren: K/C
Frankie Gustine: S9
Al Lopez: S9.1-3
Nick Strincevich: FC1.3XH(1);1-2
Vic Barnhart: 4

Top 3

Ed Heusser: K/C
Woody Williams: K/C
Dain Clay: K/C

Bot 3

Lee Handley: 7
Al Gionfriddo: 43
Bob Elliott: W
Jim Russell: S9.1-3
Babe Dahlgren: W.1-2
Frankie Gustine: 64(1)/FO

Top 4

Gee Walker: 2/FL
Frank McCormick: 7
Steve Mesner: S7
Dick Sipek: D7.1-H
Eddie Miller: IW
Johnny Riddle: 8

Bot 4

Al Lopez: 63
Nick Strincevich: E6/TH1
Vic Barnhart: S8.1-2
Lee Handley: 3
Al Gionfriddo: 63

Top 5

Ed Heusser: HR/9
Woody Williams: 9
Dain Clay: 53
Gee Walker: 53

Bot 5

Bob Elliott: 7
Jim Russell: 3/G
Babe Dahlgren: K/C

Top 6

Frank McCormick: 7
Steve Mesner: S6
Dick Sipek: 6(1)/FO
Eddie Miller: 64(1)/FO

Bot 6

Frankie Gustine: 63
Al Lopez: 6/L
Nick Strincevich: 63

Top 7

Johnny Riddle: 63
Ed Heusser: 3/G
Woody Williams: 5/L

Bot 7

Vic Barnhart: 43
Lee Handley: 43
Al Gionfriddo: 4/L

Top 8

Dain Clay: S1
Gee Walker: FC1/SH.1-2
Frank McCormick: 13/SH.2-3;1-2
Steve Mesner: IW
Dick Sipek: 52(3)/FO.2-3;1-2
Eddie Miller: 53

Bot 8

Bob Elliott: 5
Jim Russell: 43
Babe Dahlgren: 13

Top 9

Johnny Riddle: S1
Ed Heusser: S4.1-2
Woody Williams: 54/SH.2-3;1-2
Dain Clay: IW
Gee Walker: 52(3)/FO.2-3;1-2
Frank McCormick: S8.3-H;2-H;1-3;B-2(THH)
Steve Mesner: 53

Bot 9

Jack Saltzgaver: K
Johnny Barrett: 43
Frank Colman: S4
Vic Barnhart: S8.1-3
Lee Handley: 2/FL