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Cincinnati Reds @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1945-08-23 · Day game · Forbes Field · Att: 1567 · cloudy, dry · 1:57

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Cincinnati Reds 6–2. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 3 in the 5th. Boom-Boom Beck earned the win. Bill Salkeld went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CIN	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	9
PIT	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	0		6	10

W: Boom-Boom Beck L: Earl Harrist SV: (none)

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

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Kermit Wahl	5	0	0	0	0	0
Dain Clay	4	0	1	1	1	1
Eric Tipton	4	0	1	0	0	0
Al Libke	4	0	2	0	0	0
Frank McCormick	4	0	1	0	0	0
Eddie Miller	4	0	1	0	0	1
Al Lakeman	4	1	1	0	0	1
Steve Mesner	2	1	1	1	1	0
Earl Harrist	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Sipek	1	0	1	0	0	0
Al Unser	1	0	0	0	0	0
Gee Walker	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lee Handley	3	0	0	0	2	0
Al Gionfriddo	4	1	2	0	1	0
Frank Colman	3	1	1	1	1	1
Frankie Gustine	3	2	1	0	1	1
Bill Salkeld	4	2	2	3	0	1
Babe Dahlgren	4	0	2	1	0	0
Johnny Barrett	4	0	1	0	0	2
Pete Coscarart	3	0	1	1	1	0
Boom-Boom Beck	3	0	0	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Earl Harrist	4.1	9	4	4
Howie Fox	1.2	1	0	0
Mike Modak	2.0	0	2	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Boom-Boom Beck	9.0	9	2	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Kermit Wahl: 53
Dain Clay: K
Eric Tipton: D7
Al Libke: 8

Bot 1

Lee Handley: 8
Al Gionfriddo: S8
Frank Colman: D9.1-H
Frankie Gustine: K
Bill Salkeld: K

Top 2

Frank McCormick: 8
Eddie Miller: S7
Al Lakeman: 53.1-2
Steve Mesner: W
Earl Harrist: 3

Bot 2

Babe Dahlgren: S8
Johnny Barrett: 6
Pete Coscarart: 9
Boom-Boom Beck: 4

Top 3

Kermit Wahl: 4
Dain Clay: 13
Eric Tipton: 1/L

Bot 3

Lee Handley: 7
Al Gionfriddo: W
Frank Colman: K
Frankie Gustine: CS2(143)

Top 4

Al Libke: S8
Frank McCormick: 54(1)3/GDP
Eddie Miller: 7

Bot 4

Frankie Gustine: W
Bill Salkeld: D9.1-3
Babe Dahlgren: S7.3-H;2-3
Johnny Barrett: K/C
Pete Coscarart: S8.3-H;1-3(E8);B-2
Boom-Boom Beck: 3
Lee Handley: W
Al Gionfriddo: 6

Top 5

Al Lakeman: T8
Steve Mesner: D9.3-H
Earl Harrist: 13/SH.2-3
Kermit Wahl: 63
Dain Clay: D7.3-H
Eric Tipton: 9

Bot 5

Frank Colman: W
Frankie Gustine: S1.1-2
Bill Salkeld: HR/9.2-H;1-H
Babe Dahlgren: 63
Johnny Barrett: D9
Pete Coscarart: SB3
Pete Coscarart: 53
Boom-Boom Beck: CSH(2)

Top 6

Al Libke: S4
Frank McCormick: S9.1-2
Eddie Miller: K
Al Lakeman: K
Steve Mesner: 9

Bot 6

Boom-Boom Beck: 63
Lee Handley: 43
Al Gionfriddo: S7
Frank Colman: 5

Top 7

Dick Sipek: S7
Kermit Wahl: 2/FL
Dain Clay: W.1-2
Eric Tipton: 63.2-3;1-2
Al Libke: 5

Bot 7

Frankie Gustine: 9
Bill Salkeld: 23
Babe Dahlgren: 6/L

Top 8

Frank McCormick: 53
Eddie Miller: 2/FL
Al Lakeman: 3/FL

Bot 8

Johnny Barrett: K
Pete Coscarart: W
Boom-Boom Beck: 34/SH.1-2
Lee Handley: W
Al Gionfriddo: 9

Top 9

Al Unser: E5
Gee Walker: 8
Kermit Wahl: 2/FL
Dain Clay: 6