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Boston Braves @ St. Louis Cardinals

1945-09-06 · Night game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 7766 · night · 2:00

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Boston Braves 7–3. St. Louis Cardinals put up 4 in the 5th. Ken Burkhart earned the win. Buster Adams went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BSN	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	11
SLN	0	0	3	0	4	0	0	0		7	14

W: Ken Burkhart L: Bill Lee SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Dusty Boggess · 1B: Babe Pinelli · 2B: (none) · 3B: Jocko Conlan · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dick Culler	5	0	1	0	0	0
Whitey Wietelmann	4	0	1	0	0	1
Tommy Holmes	4	0	0	0	0	0
Morrie Aderholt	4	2	2	0	0	1
Chuck Workman	4	0	2	1	0	1
Carden Gillenwater	4	1	2	2	0	0
Stew Hofferth	3	0	1	0	1	0
Vince Shupe	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bill Lee	2	0	1	0	0	1
Butch Nieman	1	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Medwick	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Augie Bergamo	5	2	2	0	0	0
Red Schoendienst	3	0	1	0	1	0
Buster Adams	3	2	2	4	1	0
Whitey Kurowski	4	1	2	1	0	0
Johnny Hopp	4	1	1	0	0	0
Ken O'Dea	3	0	0	0	1	0
Emil Verban	4	0	3	1	0	0
Marty Marion	4	0	1	1	0	1
Ken Burkhart	4	1	2	0	0	0

Boston Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Lee	4.1	11	0	1
Johnny Hutchings	0.2	1	1	0
Bob Whitcher	3.0	2	2	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ken Burkhart	9.0	11	1	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dick Culler: 5/FL
Whitey Wietelmann: 3/G
Tommy Holmes: 5/FL

Bot 1

Augie Bergamo: 43
Red Schoendienst: D/78
Buster Adams: 8/L
Whitey Kurowski: 5/FL

Top 2

Morrie Aderholt: K
Chuck Workman: K
Carden Gillenwater: S1
Stew Hofferth: 7

Bot 2

Johnny Hopp: 7
Ken O'Dea: 2/FL
Emil Verban: 8

Top 3

Vince Shupe: 43
Bill Lee: S
Dick Culler: S.1-2
Whitey Wietelmann: S.2-3;1-2
Tommy Holmes: 5(2)3(B)/GDP

Bot 3

Marty Marion: K
Ken Burkhart: S1
Augie Bergamo: S.1-2
Red Schoendienst: 5/FL
Buster Adams: HR.2-H;1-H
Whitey Kurowski: S5
Johnny Hopp: 63

Top 4

Morrie Aderholt: 4/L
Chuck Workman: 4
Carden Gillenwater: HR
Stew Hofferth: W
Vince Shupe: 43

Bot 4

Ken O'Dea: 3/G
Emil Verban: S
Marty Marion: S.1-3
Ken Burkhart: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Bill Lee: K/C
Dick Culler: 53
Whitey Wietelmann: K/C

Bot 5

Augie Bergamo: S
Red Schoendienst: 14/SH.1-2
Buster Adams: D.2-H
Whitey Kurowski: S.2-H
Johnny Hopp: D.1-3
Ken O'Dea: IW
Emil Verban: S/G.3-H;2-3;1-2
Marty Marion: 7/FL.3-H
Ken Burkhart: 6

Top 6

Tommy Holmes: 13
Morrie Aderholt: D
Chuck Workman: S.2-H
Carden Gillenwater: 64(1)/FO
Stew Hofferth: S.1-2
Vince Shupe: S/G1.2-3;1-2
Butch Nieman: 4

Bot 6

Augie Bergamo: 43
Red Schoendienst: 8
Buster Adams: W
Whitey Kurowski: 9/L

Top 7

Dick Culler: 53
Whitey Wietelmann: 5
Tommy Holmes: 63

Bot 7

Johnny Hopp: 7
Ken O'Dea: 43
Emil Verban: S
Marty Marion: 63

Top 8

Morrie Aderholt: S
Chuck Workman: S.1-3
Carden Gillenwater: 8/F.3-H
Stew Hofferth: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 8

Ken Burkhart: S5
Augie Bergamo: PO1(14)
Augie Bergamo: 31
Red Schoendienst: W
Buster Adams: CS2(24)

Top 9

Vince Shupe: 7
Joe Medwick: 2/FL
Dick Culler: 13/BG

Notes & reviews

Whitey Wietelmann left with an injured knee

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