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St. Louis Cardinals @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1945-06-17 · Day game · Forbes Field · 2:07

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 7–0. St. Louis Cardinals put up 3 in the 9th. Ken Burkhart earned the win. Whitey Kurowski went 2-for-5 with 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	7	15
PIT	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5

W: Ken Burkhart L: Rip Sewell SV: (none)

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

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Red Schoendienst	5	1	2	0	0	0
Johnny Hopp	3	3	2	0	2	0
Buster Adams	5	2	4	1	0	0
Whitey Kurowski	5	1	2	3	0	0
Ray Sanders	4	0	2	0	1	0
Ken O'Dea	4	0	0	1	1	0
Emil Verban	5	0	1	1	0	1
Marty Marion	5	0	2	0	0	0
Ken Burkhart	5	0	0	0	0	4

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Lee Handley	3	2	1	0
Al Gionfriddo	4	0	0	0
Johnny Barrett	4	2	0	1
Bob Elliott	3	0	1	0
Babe Dahlgren	4	0	0	0
Pete Coscarart	3	1	0	0
Vic Barnhart	3	0	0	0
Al Lopez	2	0	0	0
Rip Sewell	2	0	0	0
Lloyd Waner	1	0	0	0
Jack Saltzgaver	1	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ken Burkhart	9.0	5	2	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rip Sewell	8.0	12	2	4
Xavier Rescigno	1.0	3	2	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Red Schoendienst: D9
Johnny Hopp: 99/G.2-3
Buster Adams: D8.3-H
Whitey Kurowski: S7.2-H
Ray Sanders: 99
Ken O'Dea: 99

Bot 1

Lee Handley: S
Al Gionfriddo: 99
Johnny Barrett: S.1-2
Bob Elliott: 99
Babe Dahlgren: 99

Top 2

Emil Verban: K
Marty Marion: S
Ken Burkhart: K
Red Schoendienst: 99

Bot 2

Pete Coscarart: 99
Vic Barnhart: 99
Al Lopez: 99

Top 3

Johnny Hopp: S8
Buster Adams: S/89.1-3
Whitey Kurowski: 7.3-H
Ray Sanders: S.1-2
Ken O'Dea: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 3

Rip Sewell: 99
Lee Handley: W
Al Gionfriddo: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Emil Verban: 99
Marty Marion: S
Ken Burkhart: 36(1)4/BG/GDP

Bot 4

Johnny Barrett: 99
Bob Elliott: 99
Babe Dahlgren: 99

Top 5

Red Schoendienst: D
Johnny Hopp: W
Buster Adams: 99
Whitey Kurowski: 99
Ray Sanders: S.2-3;1-2
Ken O'Dea: 99

Bot 5

Pete Coscarart: S
Vic Barnhart: 99
Al Lopez: 99
Rip Sewell: 99

Top 6

Emil Verban: E4
Marty Marion: 99
Ken Burkhart: K
Red Schoendienst: 99

Bot 6

Lee Handley: S
Al Gionfriddo: 99(1)/FO
Johnny Barrett: K+CS2(2)/DP/BINT

Top 7

Johnny Hopp: S1/BG
Buster Adams: S5/BG.1-2
Whitey Kurowski: 99
Ray Sanders: W.2-3;1-2
Ken O'Dea: 8.3-H
Emil Verban: 99

Bot 7

Bob Elliott: W
Babe Dahlgren: 99
Pete Coscarart: 99
Vic Barnhart: 99

Top 8

Marty Marion: 99
Ken Burkhart: K
Red Schoendienst: 99

Bot 8

Lloyd Waner: 99/F
Jack Saltzgaver: 99/F
Lee Handley: 7

Top 9

Johnny Hopp: W
Buster Adams: S1/BG.1-2
Whitey Kurowski: S9.2-H;1-H(E9/TH);B-2
Ray Sanders: 99/F.2-3
Ken O'Dea: IW
Emil Verban: D9.3-H;1-3
Marty Marion: 3/P
Ken Burkhart: K

Bot 9

Al Gionfriddo: 99
Johnny Barrett: T9
Bob Elliott: 5/P
Babe Dahlgren: 7/L

Notes & reviews

O'Dea's throw hit Gionfriddo on the arm and it was ruled DP
Handley let ball roll, hoping it would go foul

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