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Cincinnati Reds @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1945-08-26 · Day game · Forbes Field · Att: 14193 · sunny, dry · 1:49

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Cincinnati Reds 2–1. Ken Gables earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Ken Gables L: Joe Bowman SV: (none)

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

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dain Clay	5	0	1	0	0	1
Eric Tipton	3	1	1	0	1	0
Al Libke	4	0	0	0	0	1
Frank McCormick	3	0	2	1	1	0
Steve Mesner	4	0	1	0	0	0
Eddie Miller	3	0	0	0	1	0
Kermit Wahl	4	0	0	0	0	2
Johnny Riddle	3	0	1	0	0	0
Joe Bowman	3	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Sipek	1	0	0	0	0	1
Gee Walker	1	0	1	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Al Gionfriddo	4	1	2	0	0	0
Lee Handley	3	0	1	0	0	0
Jim Russell	4	0	1	1	0	0
Johnny Barrett	3	0	2	0	1	0
Frankie Gustine	4	0	0	0	0	0
Babe Dahlgren	2	1	0	0	1	0
Pete Coscarart	3	0	0	1	0	1
Al Lopez	3	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Gables	3	0	0	0	0	1

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Joe Bowman	8.0	6	2	2

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ken Gables	9.0	7	3	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dain Clay: K
Eric Tipton: W
Al Libke: K
Frank McCormick: D7.1-H
Steve Mesner: 9

Bot 1

Al Gionfriddo: 63
Lee Handley: S6
Jim Russell: SB2
Jim Russell: 8
Johnny Barrett: W
Frankie Gustine: 43

Top 2

Eddie Miller: 7
Kermit Wahl: K/C
Johnny Riddle: 8

Bot 2

Babe Dahlgren: W
Pete Coscarart: SB2.1-3(E4)
Pete Coscarart: 9.3-H(UR)
Al Lopez: 9
Ken Gables: 43

Top 3

Joe Bowman: 3/G
Dain Clay: S7
Eric Tipton: WP.1-3
Eric Tipton: 4
Al Libke: 3/G

Bot 3

Al Gionfriddo: 8
Lee Handley: 9
Jim Russell: 43

Top 4

Frank McCormick: 63
Steve Mesner: S6
Eddie Miller: 7
Kermit Wahl: K

Bot 4

Johnny Barrett: S9
Frankie Gustine: SB2
Frankie Gustine: 63.2-3
Babe Dahlgren: 4
Pete Coscarart: 63

Top 5

Johnny Riddle: 8
Joe Bowman: 9
Dain Clay: 53

Bot 5

Al Lopez: 9
Ken Gables: 1
Al Gionfriddo: S8
Lee Handley: SB2
Lee Handley: 3

Top 6

Eric Tipton: D7
Al Libke: 4
Frank McCormick: W
Steve Mesner: 63.2-3;1-2
Eddie Miller: IW
Kermit Wahl: 8

Bot 6

Jim Russell: 3/G
Johnny Barrett: S4
Frankie Gustine: 63.1-2
Babe Dahlgren: 8

Top 7

Johnny Riddle: S7
Joe Bowman: 56(1)/FO
Dain Clay: 4
Eric Tipton: 5

Bot 7

Pete Coscarart: K
Al Lopez: 53
Ken Gables: K

Top 8

Al Libke: 8
Frank McCormick: D7
Steve Mesner: 63
Eddie Miller: 8

Bot 8

Al Gionfriddo: S4/BG
Lee Handley: 3/SH.1-2
Jim Russell: S7.2-H
Johnny Barrett: SB2
Johnny Barrett: 3/G.2-3
Frankie Gustine: 53

Top 9

Kermit Wahl: 63
Dick Sipek: K
Gee Walker: T8
Dain Clay: 7

Notes & reviews

no one covered 2B on the steal
Johnny Barrett stole 2B but time had been called
so he stole it again

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