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St. Louis Cardinals @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1945-06-17 · Day game · Forbes Field · Att: 32396 · 1:57

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 6–2. St. Louis Cardinals put up 3 in the 3rd. Ted Wilks earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Ted Wilks L: Al Gerheauser 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	BB	SO
Red Schoendienst	5	1	1	1	0	0
Johnny Hopp	5	0	0	0	0	1
Buster Adams	5	0	1	1	0	1
Whitey Kurowski	5	1	1	0	0	0
Ray Sanders	3	2	1	0	1	0
Del Rice	4	0	2	2	0	0
Emil Verban	4	1	2	1	0	0
Marty Marion	4	1	2	0	0	0
Ted Wilks	4	0	2	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

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

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ted Wilks	9.0	5	4	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Al Gerheauser	9.0	12	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Red Schoendienst: FLE2#
Red Schoendienst: 99
Johnny Hopp: K
Buster Adams: K

Bot 1

Lee Handley: W
Al Gionfriddo: D9.1-3
Johnny Barrett: 9/FL.3-H;2-3
Bob Elliott: FC6/TH3.3-3;B-1
Bill Salkeld: S4.3-H;1-2
Babe Dahlgren: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Whitey Kurowski: 99
Ray Sanders: S
Del Rice: D9.1-H;BX3(945)
Emil Verban: S8.B-2(E8)
Marty Marion: E6.2-H(NR)(UR)
Ted Wilks: 99

Bot 2

Pete Coscarart: 99
Vic Barnhart: 99
Al Gerheauser: 99

Top 3

Red Schoendienst: D
Johnny Hopp: 8.2-3
Buster Adams: 8.3-H
Whitey Kurowski: S
Ray Sanders: SB2
Ray Sanders: W
Del Rice: S.2-H;1-2
Emil Verban: S.2-H;1-2
Marty Marion: 99

Bot 3

Lee Handley: K
Al Gionfriddo: 99
Johnny Barrett: 99

Top 4

Ted Wilks: S
Red Schoendienst: 99
Johnny Hopp: 99
Buster Adams: 99

Bot 4

Bob Elliott: W
Bill Salkeld: 99
Babe Dahlgren: S.1-2
Pete Coscarart: 99
Vic Barnhart: 99

Top 5

Whitey Kurowski: 99
Ray Sanders: 99
Del Rice: 99

Bot 5

Al Gerheauser: 99
Lee Handley: 99
Al Gionfriddo: 99

Top 6

Emil Verban: 99
Marty Marion: S
Ted Wilks: 99
Red Schoendienst: 99

Bot 6

Johnny Barrett: 99
Bob Elliott: W
Bill Salkeld: 99
Babe Dahlgren: 99

Top 7

Johnny Hopp: 99
Buster Adams: 99
Whitey Kurowski: 99

Bot 7

Pete Coscarart: 99
Vic Barnhart: 99
Al Gerheauser: 99

Top 8

Ray Sanders: 99
Del Rice: 99
Emil Verban: 99

Bot 8

Lee Handley: 99
Al Gionfriddo: W
Johnny Barrett: 99
Bob Elliott: 99

Top 9

Marty Marion: S8.B-2(E8)
Ted Wilks: S.2-3
Red Schoendienst: 64(1)/FO.3-H
Johnny Hopp: 99
Buster Adams: S.1-2
Whitey Kurowski: 99

Bot 9

Bill Salkeld: S
Babe Dahlgren: 64(1)3/GDP
Pete Coscarart: S
Vic Barnhart: 99