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Washington Senators @ St. Louis Browns

1945-07-06 · Day game · Sportsman's Park III · 1:35

Washington Senators defeated St. Louis Browns 6–3. Washington Senators put up 5 in the 1st. Johnny Niggeling earned the win. Milt Byrnes went 1-for-1 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
WS1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	8
SLA	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	7

W: Johnny Niggeling L: Tex Shirley SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Charlie Berry · 1B: Bill Grieve · 2B: (none) · 3B: George Pipgras · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
George Case	5	1	1	0	0	1
George Myatt	5	1	2	0	0	0
Fred Vaughn	3	1	1	1	1	1
Harlond Clift	4	1	2	1	0	2
George Binks	4	2	0	1	0	0
Gil Torres	3	0	0	0	1	0
Rick Ferrell	4	0	0	2	0	0
Jose Zardon	4	0	2	1	0	0
Johnny Niggeling	4	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Gray	4	0	0	0	0	1
Len Schulte	4	0	1	0	0	0
George McQuinn	3	0	0	0	1	0
Vern Stephens	4	0	2	0	0	1
Gene Moore	4	1	1	0	0	0
Mark Christman	4	1	1	0	0	1
Mike Kreevich	4	0	1	0	0	0
Frank Mancuso	3	0	0	0	0	0
Sam Zoldak	2	0	0	0	0	1
Milt Byrnes	1	1	1	1	0	0
Joe Schultz	1	0	0	0	0	0

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Niggeling	9.0	7	1	4

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tex Shirley	0.1	5	1	0
Sam Zoldak	7.2	3	1	3
Earl Jones	1.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

George Case: S8
George Myatt: S8.1-3
Fred Vaughn: S7.3-H;1-3
Harlond Clift: S8.3-H;1-3
George Binks: E4.3-H;1-3(E4)
Gil Torres: W.1-2
Rick Ferrell: 7/F.3-H(UR);2-3
Jose Zardon: S8.3-H(UR);1-3
Johnny Niggeling: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 1

Pete Gray: 1/L
Len Schulte: 63
George McQuinn: 13

Top 2

George Case: 53
George Myatt: S6/BG
Fred Vaughn: W.1-2
Harlond Clift: K/C
George Binks: 3

Bot 2

Vern Stephens: K23
Gene Moore: S9
Mark Christman: D7.1-3
Mike Kreevich: E5.3-H(NR)(UR);2-H(NR)(UR);B-2
Frank Mancuso: 3/G/DP.2X3(35)

Top 3

Gil Torres: 63
Rick Ferrell: 4
Jose Zardon: E7
Johnny Niggeling: 4

Bot 3

Sam Zoldak: K
Pete Gray: K
Len Schulte: 8

Top 4

George Case: 5
George Myatt: 3/FL
Fred Vaughn: 63

Bot 4

George McQuinn: 8
Vern Stephens: S8
Gene Moore: 8
Mark Christman: 64(1)/FO

Top 5

Harlond Clift: S4
George Binks: 36(1)3/GDP
Gil Torres: 63

Bot 5

Mike Kreevich: 7
Frank Mancuso: 2/FL
Sam Zoldak: 8

Top 6

Rick Ferrell: 7
Jose Zardon: S8
Johnny Niggeling: BK.1-2
Johnny Niggeling: 9
George Case: 6

Bot 6

Pete Gray: 9
Len Schulte: 6
George McQuinn: 3/L

Top 7

George Myatt: 7
Fred Vaughn: K
Harlond Clift: K

Bot 7

Vern Stephens: S7
Gene Moore: 9
Mark Christman: K
Mike Kreevich: 3/L

Top 8

George Binks: E4.B-2
Gil Torres: 43.2-3
Rick Ferrell: 9/F.3-H(UR)
Jose Zardon: 8

Bot 8

Frank Mancuso: 63
Milt Byrnes: HR/9
Pete Gray: 3
Len Schulte: S8
George McQuinn: W.1-2
Vern Stephens: 9

Top 9

Johnny Niggeling: 6
George Case: K/C
George Myatt: 7

Bot 9

Gene Moore: 43
Mark Christman: 63
Mike Kreevich: S9
Joe Schultz: 3/L