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Cincinnati Reds @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1945-06-06 · Night game · Forbes Field · Att: 13277 · 58°F, night, dry · 1:43

Cincinnati Reds defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 3–0. Cincinnati Reds put up 2 in the 9th. Bucky Walters earned the win. Bucky Walters went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Bucky Walters L: Preacher Roe SV: (none)

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

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Woody Williams	5	0	0	0	0	2
Dain Clay	4	0	1	0	0	1
Gee Walker	4	0	2	0	0	2
Frank McCormick	3	1	2	0	0	0
Steve Mesner	4	1	1	0	0	1
Eric Tipton	3	0	0	0	1	0
Eddie Miller	4	0	0	1	0	0
Al Unser	3	0	1	0	1	0
Bucky Walters	4	1	1	2	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	H	SO
Vic Barnhart	4	1	0
Lee Handley	4	1	0
Al Gionfriddo	4	1	1
Bob Elliott	4	1	0
Jim Russell	3	0	1
Babe Dahlgren	3	2	0
Frankie Gustine	2	0	0
Al Lopez	2	0	0
Preacher Roe	2	0	0
Frank Colman	1	0	0
Johnny Barrett	1	0	0
Bill Salkeld	1	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bucky Walters	9.0	6	0	2

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Preacher Roe	8.0	6	0	7
Ken Gables	1.0	2	2	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Woody Williams: 9
Dain Clay: 5/FL
Gee Walker: K

Bot 1

Vic Barnhart: 53
Lee Handley: S7
Al Gionfriddo: SB2
Al Gionfriddo: K
Bob Elliott: 8

Top 2

Frank McCormick: D7
Steve Mesner: 4
Eric Tipton: 7
Eddie Miller: 8

Bot 2

Jim Russell: 3/G
Babe Dahlgren: D7
Frankie Gustine: 5
Al Lopez: 63

Top 3

Al Unser: T9
Bucky Walters: K
Woody Williams: K
Dain Clay: 2/FL

Bot 3

Preacher Roe: 43
Vic Barnhart: 9
Lee Handley: 53

Top 4

Gee Walker: S1
Frank McCormick: HP.1-2
Steve Mesner: PO2(16)
Steve Mesner: 7
Eric Tipton: 5

Bot 4

Al Gionfriddo: S8
Bob Elliott: 64(1)3/GDP
Jim Russell: K

Top 5

Eddie Miller: 53
Al Unser: 7
Bucky Walters: 13

Bot 5

Babe Dahlgren: S7
Frankie Gustine: 46(1)/FO
Al Lopez: 4(B)3(1)/LDP

Top 6

Woody Williams: 4
Dain Clay: K
Gee Walker: S9
Frank McCormick: 8

Bot 6

Preacher Roe: 63
Vic Barnhart: 31
Lee Handley: 63

Top 7

Steve Mesner: K
Eric Tipton: 8
Eddie Miller: 7

Bot 7

Al Gionfriddo: 1
Bob Elliott: S7
Jim Russell: 8
Babe Dahlgren: 3/FL

Top 8

Al Unser: 3
Bucky Walters: HR/7
Woody Williams: K/C
Dain Clay: S5
Gee Walker: K

Bot 8

Frank Colman: 7
Johnny Barrett: 6
Bill Salkeld: 2/FL

Top 9

Frank McCormick: S8
Steve Mesner: D9.1-3
Eric Tipton: IW
Eddie Miller: 7.3-H;2-3;1-2
Al Unser: IW
Bucky Walters: 8.3-H
Woody Williams: 3/FL

Bot 9

Vic Barnhart: S8
Lee Handley: 13.1-2
Al Gionfriddo: 163.2-3
Bob Elliott: 43

Notes & reviews

Gee Walker argued the call at 2B
bottles were thrown at Gee Walker; the umpires announced the game would be forfeited if the bottle throwing continued

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