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St. Louis Cardinals @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1945-06-15 · Night game · Forbes Field · Att: 24315 · 1:54

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated St. Louis Cardinals 5–2. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 2 in the 2nd. Nick Strincevich earned the win. Bob Elliott went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Nick Strincevich L: Red Barrett SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Lee Ballanfant · 1B: George Magerkurth · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bill Stewart · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Red Schoendienst	4	0	1	0	0
Johnny Hopp	4	1	2	0	0
Buster Adams	4	0	0	0	0
Whitey Kurowski	4	1	2	1	0
Ray Sanders	4	0	1	1	0
Ken O'Dea	4	0	0	0	0
Emil Verban	4	0	0	0	1
Marty Marion	4	0	1	0	0
Red Barrett	2	0	0	0	2
Augie Bergamo	1	0	1	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lee Handley	4	0	0	0	0	0
Al Gionfriddo	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Russell	2	0	1	0	0	0
Bob Elliott	4	2	3	1	0	1
Bill Salkeld	4	1	1	0	0	0
Babe Dahlgren	4	1	1	1	0	0
Pete Coscarart	4	0	2	1	0	0
Vic Barnhart	3	0	1	0	1	0
Nick Strincevich	4	1	2	1	0	0
Johnny Barrett	2	0	1	1	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Red Barrett	6.0	7	0	1
George Dockins	1.0	4	0	0
Al Jurisich	1.0	1	1	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Nick Strincevich	9.0	8	0	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Red Schoendienst: 6/P
Johnny Hopp: D8
Buster Adams: 8
Whitey Kurowski: T8.2-H
Ray Sanders: S7.3-H
Ken O'Dea: 8

Bot 1

Lee Handley: 63
Al Gionfriddo: 9
Jim Russell: 8

Top 2

Emil Verban: K
Marty Marion: D7
Red Barrett: K
Red Schoendienst: 63

Bot 2

Bob Elliott: S4
Bill Salkeld: D9.1-3
Babe Dahlgren: 9.3-H
Pete Coscarart: S7.2-H
Vic Barnhart: 8
Nick Strincevich: S7.1-3
Lee Handley: 4/P

Top 3

Johnny Hopp: S4
Buster Adams: 7
Whitey Kurowski: 4/P
Ray Sanders: 54(1)/FO

Bot 3

Al Gionfriddo: 7
Jim Russell: S
Bob Elliott: K
Bill Salkeld: 63

Top 4

Ken O'Dea: 8
Emil Verban: 23
Marty Marion: 7

Bot 4

Babe Dahlgren: 53
Pete Coscarart: 53
Vic Barnhart: S8
Nick Strincevich: 9

Top 5

Red Barrett: K
Red Schoendienst: S8
Johnny Hopp: 3/G.1-2
Buster Adams: 5/FL

Bot 5

Lee Handley: 7
Al Gionfriddo: 4/P
Johnny Barrett: 8

Top 6

Whitey Kurowski: 7
Ray Sanders: 63
Ken O'Dea: 8

Bot 6

Bob Elliott: HR/7
Bill Salkeld: E4
Babe Dahlgren: 3/P
Pete Coscarart: 8
Vic Barnhart: 9

Top 7

Emil Verban: 63
Marty Marion: 43
Augie Bergamo: S
Red Schoendienst: 43

Bot 7

Nick Strincevich: S9
Lee Handley: 14/SH.1-2
Al Gionfriddo: 13/SH.2-3
Johnny Barrett: S9.3-H
Bob Elliott: S8.1-3
Bill Salkeld: 3/G

Top 8

Johnny Hopp: 9
Buster Adams: 8
Whitey Kurowski: S
Ray Sanders: 8

Bot 8

Babe Dahlgren: S8
Pete Coscarart: S7.1-2
Vic Barnhart: W.2-3;1-2
Nick Strincevich: 8/DP.3-H;2X3(835)
Lee Handley: 9

Top 9

Ken O'Dea: 3/G
Emil Verban: 43
Marty Marion: 53

Notes & reviews

Russell 'went lame' as he beat out an infield hit, left game next inning

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