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New York Giants @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1945-09-16 · Day game · Forbes Field · Att: 15175 · 1:58

New York Giants defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 9–2. New York Giants put up 3 in the 3rd. Jack Brewer earned the win. Clyde Kluttz went 3-for-4 with 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NY1	1	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	9	13
PIT	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	4

W: Jack Brewer L: Ken Gables SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Tom Dunn · 1B: Ziggy Sears · 2B: (none) · 3B: George Barr · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Red Treadway	6	1	1	0	0	0
George Hausmann	5	2	1	0	0	1
Johnny Rucker	5	0	1	0	0	0
Danny Gardella	3	1	1	0	2	1
Clyde Kluttz	4	2	3	2	1	0
Roy Zimmerman	4	2	2	0	1	0
Buddy Kerr	3	1	2	1	1	0
Nap Reyes	4	0	2	1	0	0
Jack Brewer	5	0	0	2	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Al Gionfriddo	4	0	1	0	0
Johnny Barrett	4	0	0	0	0
Jim Russell	4	1	2	0	0
Frankie Gustine	4	1	0	0	0
Bob Elliott	4	0	1	1	0
Babe Dahlgren	3	0	0	1	0
Pete Coscarart	2	0	0	0	1
Al Lopez	2	0	0	0	0
Lloyd Waner	1	0	0	0	0
Cookie Cuccurullo	1	0	0	0	0
Jack Saltzgaver	1	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jack Brewer	9.0	4	1	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ken Gables	2.1	6	1	2
Boom-Boom Beck	0.2	1	1	0
Cookie Cuccurullo	5.0	5	2	0
Xavier Rescigno	1.0	1	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Red Treadway: S7
George Hausmann: K
Johnny Rucker: S9/P.1-2
Danny Gardella: K
Clyde Kluttz: S7.2-H;1X3(75)

Bot 1

Al Gionfriddo: 3/G
Johnny Barrett: 9
Jim Russell: 9

Top 2

Roy Zimmerman: S8
Buddy Kerr: S9.1-2
Nap Reyes: 54/SH.2-3;1-2
Jack Brewer: 63.3-H;2-3
Red Treadway: 3/G

Bot 2

Frankie Gustine: 8
Bob Elliott: 6/P
Babe Dahlgren: 53

Top 3

George Hausmann: E4.B-3
Johnny Rucker: 4/P
Danny Gardella: W
Clyde Kluttz: D9.3-H(UR);1-3
Roy Zimmerman: IW
Buddy Kerr: 7/L.3-H(UR)
Nap Reyes: S5.2-H(E5)(NR)(UR);1-3#
Jack Brewer: 43

Bot 3

Pete Coscarart: W
Al Lopez: 53/SH.1-2
Lloyd Waner: 9
Al Gionfriddo: 8/L

Top 4

Red Treadway: 63
George Hausmann: S9
Johnny Rucker: 5/FL
Danny Gardella: S7/P.1-3
Clyde Kluttz: E6.3-H(NR)(UR);1X3(85);B-1

Bot 4

Johnny Barrett: 5/FL
Jim Russell: T8
Frankie Gustine: FC.3-3;B-1
Bob Elliott: S9.3-H;1-3;B-2(E9)
Babe Dahlgren: 43.3-H;2-3
Pete Coscarart: 7/L

Top 5

Roy Zimmerman: S3
Buddy Kerr: 14/SH.1-2
Nap Reyes: D7.2-H
Jack Brewer: 9
Red Treadway: 9

Bot 5

Al Lopez: 6/FL
Cookie Cuccurullo: 8
Al Gionfriddo: D8
Johnny Barrett: 63

Top 6

George Hausmann: 3/G
Johnny Rucker: 8
Danny Gardella: W
Clyde Kluttz: W.1-2
Roy Zimmerman: 3/L

Bot 6

Jim Russell: 3/G
Frankie Gustine: 63
Bob Elliott: 63

Top 7

Buddy Kerr: D9/P
Nap Reyes: 53
Jack Brewer: 53
Red Treadway: 63

Bot 7

Babe Dahlgren: 7
Pete Coscarart: 63
Al Lopez: 63

Top 8

George Hausmann: 9
Johnny Rucker: 9
Danny Gardella: 8

Bot 8

Jack Saltzgaver: 9
Al Gionfriddo: 53
Johnny Barrett: 43

Top 9

Clyde Kluttz: D7
Roy Zimmerman: 43.2-3
Buddy Kerr: W
Nap Reyes: E5.3-H(NR);1-3;B-2
Jack Brewer: 63.3-H(UR);2-3
Red Treadway: 13

Bot 9

Jim Russell: S9
Frankie Gustine: 4(B)3(1)/LDP
Bob Elliott: 8