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St. Louis Cardinals @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1945-08-05 · Day game · Forbes Field · Att: 22105 · 2:01

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated St. Louis Cardinals 12–5. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 7 in the 4th. Fritz Ostermueller earned the win and Ken Gables picked up the save. Johnny Barrett went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	5	7
PIT	0	0	0	7	0	2	2	1		12	11

W: Fritz Ostermueller L: Ken Burkhart SV: Ken Gables

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

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Augie Bergamo	5	0	1	0	0	0
Emil Verban	4	2	1	0	0	0
Art Rebel	4	0	1	0	0	0
Buster Adams	4	1	1	1	0	0
Ray Sanders	4	1	1	1	0	1
Del Rice	4	1	1	1	0	0
Marty Marion	4	0	1	1	0	0
Pep Young	2	0	0	0	0	1
Ken Burkhart	1	0	0	0	0	0
Glenn Gardner	0	0	0	0	1	0
Debs Garms	2	0	0	1	0	0
Red Schoendienst	0	0	0	0	1	0
Ken O'Dea	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Barrett	5	2	2	4	0	2
Al Gionfriddo	4	1	1	1	1	0
Jim Russell	5	1	1	0	0	0
Bob Elliott	4	1	1	0	1	0
Babe Dahlgren	3	1	0	0	1	2
Frankie Gustine	3	1	1	1	1	0
Vic Barnhart	4	1	3	2	0	0
Al Lopez	3	2	1	1	1	0
Fritz Ostermueller	2	1	1	0	0	0
Ken Gables	2	1	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ken Burkhart	3.2	6	3	3
Glenn Gardner	1.1	1	0	1
Bud Byerly	3.0	4	2	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Fritz Ostermueller	5.1	7	1	2
Ken Gables	3.2	0	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Augie Bergamo: S4
Emil Verban: 16(1)/FO/BG
Art Rebel: S9.1-3
Buster Adams: 9.3-H
Ray Sanders: K

Bot 1

Johnny Barrett: K
Al Gionfriddo: 99
Jim Russell: 99

Top 2

Del Rice: 99
Marty Marion: 99
Pep Young: K

Bot 2

Bob Elliott: S
Babe Dahlgren: K
Frankie Gustine: W.1-2
Vic Barnhart: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 3

Ken Burkhart: 99
Augie Bergamo: 99
Emil Verban: 99

Bot 3

Al Lopez: 99
Fritz Ostermueller: 99
Johnny Barrett: K

Top 4

Art Rebel: 99
Buster Adams: E4
Ray Sanders: 99
Del Rice: 8/L

Bot 4

Al Gionfriddo: W
Jim Russell: S.1-3;B-2(TH)
Bob Elliott: IW
Babe Dahlgren: 99/P
Frankie Gustine: 7.3-H
Vic Barnhart: D9.2-H;1-H
Al Lopez: S8.2-H
Fritz Ostermueller: S6.1-2
Johnny Barrett: T9.2-H;1-H
Al Gionfriddo: D.3-H
Jim Russell: 99

Top 5

Marty Marion: 99
Pep Young: 99
Glenn Gardner: W
Augie Bergamo: 99

Bot 5

Bob Elliott: 99
Babe Dahlgren: K
Frankie Gustine: 99

Top 6

Emil Verban: S8
Art Rebel: 7/L
Buster Adams: S8.1-3
Ray Sanders: S9.3-H;1-3
Del Rice: D9.3-H;1-3
Marty Marion: S8.3-H;2-3;B-2
Debs Garms: 8.3-H
Red Schoendienst: W
Augie Bergamo: 99/G

Bot 6

Vic Barnhart: S8
Al Lopez: E6.1-2
Ken Gables: 99(2)/FO/BG.1-2
Johnny Barrett: WP.2-H(UR);1-3
Johnny Barrett: 9.3-H(UR)
Al Gionfriddo: 99

Top 7

Emil Verban: 99
Art Rebel: 99
Buster Adams: 99

Bot 7

Jim Russell: 99
Bob Elliott: 99
Babe Dahlgren: W
Frankie Gustine: D.1-3
Vic Barnhart: PB.3-H;2-H
Vic Barnhart: D
Al Lopez: W
Ken Gables: 99

Top 8

Ray Sanders: 99
Del Rice: 99
Marty Marion: 99

Bot 8

Johnny Barrett: HR/9
Al Gionfriddo: 99
Jim Russell: 99
Bob Elliott: 99

Top 9

Debs Garms: 99
Ken O'Dea: 99
Augie Bergamo: 99