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Boston Braves @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1945-07-21 · Day game · Forbes Field · 2:10

Boston Braves defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 5–1. Boston Braves put up 3 in the 6th. Bill Lee earned the win. Tommy Holmes went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Bill Lee L: Al Gerheauser SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Butch Henline · 1B: Lou Jorda · 2B: Beans Reardon · 3B: Larry Goetz · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Whitey Wietelmann	5	0	2	1	0	0
Vince Shupe	4	0	0	0	0	0
Tommy Holmes	5	1	2	1	0	0
Joe Medwick	4	1	2	0	1	0
Chuck Workman	4	0	1	0	0	0
Carden Gillenwater	4	2	3	1	0	0
Phil Masi	3	1	1	1	1	1
Frank Drews	3	0	1	0	1	0
Bill Lee	3	0	0	1	1	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Pete Coscarart	4	0	1	0	1
Frankie Gustine	4	0	0	0	0
Jim Russell	4	0	2	0	0
Bob Elliott	4	0	2	0	0
Johnny Barrett	4	0	0	0	0
Babe Dahlgren	3	0	1	0	1
Lee Handley	4	0	1	0	0
Bill Salkeld	2	1	1	0	2
Al Gerheauser	2	0	1	1	1
Al Gionfriddo	1	0	0	0	0
Frank Colman	1	0	0	0	0

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Lee	9.0	9	5	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Al Gerheauser	7.0	12	2	1
Xavier Rescigno	0.0	0	2	0
Cookie Cuccurullo	2.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Whitey Wietelmann: 4/F
Vince Shupe: 7
Tommy Holmes: S
Joe Medwick: S.1-2#
Chuck Workman: 3/G

Bot 1

Pete Coscarart: 5
Frankie Gustine: 63
Jim Russell: D
Bob Elliott: 5/L

Top 2

Carden Gillenwater: 53
Phil Masi: K/C
Frank Drews: S
Bill Lee: 13

Bot 2

Johnny Barrett: 4
Babe Dahlgren: 8
Lee Handley: S
Bill Salkeld: 6

Top 3

Whitey Wietelmann: 13
Vince Shupe: 43
Tommy Holmes: 43

Bot 3

Al Gerheauser: W
Pete Coscarart: 6
Frankie Gustine: 64(1)/FO
Jim Russell: CS2(26)

Top 4

Joe Medwick: 53
Chuck Workman: S
Carden Gillenwater: S.1-2
Phil Masi: 43.2-3;1-2
Frank Drews: 53

Bot 4

Jim Russell: S/BG
Bob Elliott: E4.1-2
Johnny Barrett: 8
Babe Dahlgren: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Bill Lee: 63
Whitey Wietelmann: S
Vince Shupe: 9
Tommy Holmes: CS2(26)

Bot 5

Lee Handley: 8
Bill Salkeld: D8
Al Gerheauser: S9.2-H
Pete Coscarart: S.1-2
Frankie Gustine: 4(B)3(1)/LDP

Top 6

Tommy Holmes: HR/9D
Joe Medwick: D7
Chuck Workman: 43/SH.2-3
Carden Gillenwater: S8.3-H
Phil Masi: SB2
Phil Masi: S8.2-H
Frank Drews: 43.1-2
Bill Lee: 63

Bot 6

Jim Russell: 7
Bob Elliott: S
Johnny Barrett: 8
Babe Dahlgren: S.1-2#
Lee Handley: 7/L

Top 7

Whitey Wietelmann: S
Vince Shupe: 23/SH.1-2
Tommy Holmes: 8
Joe Medwick: W
Chuck Workman: 2/FL

Bot 7

Bill Salkeld: W
Al Gerheauser: 46(1)/FO
Pete Coscarart: 7/L
Frankie Gustine: 54(1)/FO

Top 8

Carden Gillenwater: S
Phil Masi: W.1-2
Frank Drews: W.2-3;1-2
Bill Lee: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Whitey Wietelmann: 9/F.3-H
Vince Shupe: 16(1)3/GDP

Bot 8

Jim Russell: 8
Bob Elliott: S
Johnny Barrett: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 9

Tommy Holmes: 4/L
Joe Medwick: 63
Chuck Workman: 7

Bot 9

Babe Dahlgren: W
Lee Handley: 8/L
Bill Salkeld: W.1-2
Al Gionfriddo: 2/FL
Pete Coscarart: W.2-3;1-2
Frank Colman: 8