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Boston Braves @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1945-09-13 · Day game · Forbes Field · 1:25

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Boston Braves 4–3. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 3 in the 5th. Al Gerheauser earned the win. Bill Ramsey went 3-for-4 with 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Al Gerheauser L: Elmer Singleton SV: (none)

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

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Dick Culler	4	0	0	0	0
Whitey Wietelmann	4	0	0	0	0
Tommy Holmes	4	0	1	0	0
Joe Medwick	4	1	2	0	0
Carden Gillenwater	4	1	1	0	0
Tommy Nelson	3	1	0	0	0
Bill Ramsey	4	0	3	2	0
Phil Masi	4	0	2	1	0
Elmer Singleton	2	0	0	0	2
Stew Hofferth	1	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

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

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Elmer Singleton	7.0	3	3	4
Bob Logan	1.0	1	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Al Gerheauser	9.0	9	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dick Culler: 63
Whitey Wietelmann: 9
Tommy Holmes: 8

Bot 1

Al Gionfriddo: 7
Johnny Barrett: K
Jim Russell: 3/G

Top 2

Joe Medwick: S7
Carden Gillenwater: 64(1)3/GDP
Tommy Nelson: 1/L

Bot 2

Bill Salkeld: W
Frankie Gustine: 46(1)3/GDP
Bob Elliott: 7/FL

Top 3

Bill Ramsey: S8.B-2(E8)
Phil Masi: 63.2-3
Elmer Singleton: K
Dick Culler: 53

Bot 3

Babe Dahlgren: 8
Pete Coscarart: K
Al Gerheauser: 43

Top 4

Whitey Wietelmann: 13
Tommy Holmes: 63
Joe Medwick: 7

Bot 4

Al Gionfriddo: 43
Johnny Barrett: 6/P
Jim Russell: K

Top 5

Carden Gillenwater: S8
Tommy Nelson: 53/SH.1-2
Bill Ramsey: S8/89.2-H
Phil Masi: S9.1-3
Elmer Singleton: K
Dick Culler: 53/BG

Bot 5

Bill Salkeld: W
Frankie Gustine: S9.1-3
Bob Elliott: T/89.3-H;1-H
Babe Dahlgren: 8
Pete Coscarart: WP.3-H
Pete Coscarart: 63
Al Gerheauser: 43

Top 6

Whitey Wietelmann: 7
Tommy Holmes: S9
Joe Medwick: 2/FL
Carden Gillenwater: 8

Bot 6

Al Gionfriddo: 43
Johnny Barrett: K
Jim Russell: W
Bill Salkeld: 7

Top 7

Tommy Nelson: 8
Bill Ramsey: 7
Phil Masi: 43

Bot 7

Frankie Gustine: 53
Bob Elliott: 9
Babe Dahlgren: S7
Pete Coscarart: 3/FL

Top 8

Stew Hofferth: 8
Dick Culler: 53
Whitey Wietelmann: 9

Bot 8

Al Gerheauser: 43
Al Gionfriddo: E5/BG
Johnny Barrett: S7/78.1-H(E7)(NR)(UR);B-2
Jim Russell: 7
Bill Salkeld: 43

Top 9

Tommy Holmes: 4/P
Joe Medwick: D9/9D
Carden Gillenwater: 2/BP
Tommy Nelson: E6.2-3
Bill Ramsey: S7.3-H(UR);1-2
Phil Masi: S9.2-H(UR);1-3
Chuck Workman: PO3(215)

Notes & reviews

botched double-steal attempt

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