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New York Yankees @ St. Louis Browns

1945-08-15 · Night game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 13538 · 2:30

St. Louis Browns defeated New York Yankees 10–4. St. Louis Browns put up 4 in the 6th. Tex Shirley earned the win and Earl Jones picked up the save. Tex Shirley went 2-for-3 with 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYA	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	4	4
SLA	0	3	0	1	0	4	0	2		10	15

W: Tex Shirley L: Red Ruffing SV: Earl Jones

Umpires — HP: Red Jones · 1B: Bill Summers · 2B: (none) · 3B: Jim Boyer · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Snuffy Stirnweiss	3	0	0	0	2	0
Bud Metheny	2	1	0	1	2	0
Hersh Martin	5	0	0	1	0	1
Nick Etten	3	0	2	1	1	0
Russ Derry	3	0	0	0	1	0
Aaron Robinson	4	1	1	0	0	1
Oscar Grimes	1	1	0	0	3	1
Frankie Crosetti	4	0	0	0	0	2
Red Ruffing	2	0	0	0	0	1
Bill Drescher	1	1	1	1	0	0
Mike Milosevich	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tuck Stainback	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Don Gutteridge	5	1	2	1	0	0
Pete Gray	5	1	1	2	0	0
Milt Byrnes	4	0	1	0	1	1
George McQuinn	5	1	2	2	0	0
Gene Moore	5	1	1	0	0	1
Vern Stephens	3	3	2	0	1	0
Len Schulte	4	1	1	0	0	0
Frank Mancuso	3	1	2	2	1	0
Tex Shirley	3	0	2	3	0	0
Earl Jones	1	1	1	0	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Red Ruffing	5.1	11	2	0
Bill Bevens	0.2	1	1	1
Joe Page	2.0	3	0	1

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tex Shirley	6.1	4	7	4
Earl Jones	2.2	0	2	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Snuffy Stirnweiss: 9
Bud Metheny: 8
Hersh Martin: K/C

Bot 1

Don Gutteridge: 7
Pete Gray: 43
Milt Byrnes: 43

Top 2

Nick Etten: S8
Russ Derry: 3(B)3(1)/LDP
Aaron Robinson: 8

Bot 2

George McQuinn: S5
Gene Moore: S/89.1-2
Vern Stephens: W.2-3;1-2
Len Schulte: 2/P
Frank Mancuso: S8.3-H;2-H;1-3(E1/TH1);B-2
Tex Shirley: S7.3-H(UR);2-3;BX2(754)
Don Gutteridge: 5/FL

Top 3

Oscar Grimes: W
Frankie Crosetti: K
Red Ruffing: 8
Snuffy Stirnweiss: 8

Bot 3

Pete Gray: 9
Milt Byrnes: 43
George McQuinn: 8

Top 4

Bud Metheny: 3/G
Hersh Martin: 9
Nick Etten: W
Russ Derry: 43

Bot 4

Gene Moore: 2/FL
Vern Stephens: S8
Len Schulte: 5/FL
Frank Mancuso: S7.1-2
Tex Shirley: S8.2-H;1-2
Don Gutteridge: 7

Top 5

Aaron Robinson: 3/G
Oscar Grimes: W
Frankie Crosetti: K
Red Ruffing: K

Bot 5

Pete Gray: 9/L
Milt Byrnes: S8
George McQuinn: 54(1)/FO
Gene Moore: 43

Top 6

Snuffy Stirnweiss: 53
Bud Metheny: W
Hersh Martin: 5/P#
Nick Etten: D8.1-H
Russ Derry: 43

Bot 6

Vern Stephens: S
Len Schulte: S/BG.1-2
Frank Mancuso: W.2-3;1-2
Tex Shirley: 7.3-H
Don Gutteridge: S.2-H;1-2
Pete Gray: S.2-H;1-3
Milt Byrnes: SB2
Milt Byrnes: W
George McQuinn: 8.3-H;2-3
Gene Moore: K

Top 7

Aaron Robinson: D8
Oscar Grimes: W
Frankie Crosetti: 9
Bill Drescher: D8.2-H;1-3
Snuffy Stirnweiss: W
Bud Metheny: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Hersh Martin: 5(2)/FO.3-H;1-2
Nick Etten: 7

Bot 7

Vern Stephens: 8
Len Schulte: 63
Frank Mancuso: 53

Top 8

Russ Derry: W
Aaron Robinson: K
Oscar Grimes: K
Frankie Crosetti: 8

Bot 8

Earl Jones: D
Don Gutteridge: S.2-3
Pete Gray: E4.3-H;1X3(65);B-2
Milt Byrnes: K
George McQuinn: S7.2-H(UR);B-3(E7)
Gene Moore: 43

Top 9

Mike Milosevich: 43
Snuffy Stirnweiss: W
Tuck Stainback: 6/P
Hersh Martin: 54(1)/FO

Notes & reviews

P cut off throw from CF and threw wildly to 1B
Gray hurt ankle running into fence
Batter singled to LF took 2nd on throw to plate ball hit runner at home, batter took 3rd

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