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Cincinnati Reds @ St. Louis Cardinals

1945-09-23 · Day game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 19230 · 87°F, overcast, dry · 1:55

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Cincinnati Reds 9–6. St. Louis Cardinals put up 3 in the 5th. Blix Donnelly earned the win and Ken Burkhart picked up the save. Al Lakeman went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CIN	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	0	6	6
SLN	2	0	1	1	3	1	1	0		9	12

W: Blix Donnelly L: Joe Bowman SV: Ken Burkhart

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

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dain Clay	4	0	1	0	1	0
Steve Mesner	4	1	1	0	1	0
Al Libke	5	1	0	0	0	1
Frank McCormick	3	1	1	3	0	0
Hank Sauer	4	1	1	0	0	0
Eddie Miller	2	1	0	0	2	0
Al Lakeman	4	1	2	3	0	1
Woody Williams	3	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Bowman	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Sipek	1	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Hetki	1	0	0	0	0	0
Gee Walker	1	0	0	0	0	0
Eric Tipton	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Augie Bergamo	4	1	2	1	1	2
Red Schoendienst	4	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Hopp	5	1	1	0	0	0
Whitey Kurowski	5	2	2	2	0	1
Ray Sanders	2	1	0	0	2	0
Emil Verban	4	1	2	2	0	0
Marty Marion	3	3	2	2	1	0
Del Rice	3	0	3	1	0	0
Blix Donnelly	2	0	0	1	0	1

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Joe Bowman	4.0	5	3	1
Earl Harrist	1.0	3	1	2
Johnny Hetki	2.0	4	0	1
Arnold Carter	1.0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Blix Donnelly	7.1	5	4	2
Ken Burkhart	1.2	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dain Clay: 8
Steve Mesner: 153
Al Libke: K/C

Bot 1

Augie Bergamo: W
Red Schoendienst: 64(1)/FO
Johnny Hopp: D9.1-3
Whitey Kurowski: FC5.3XH(52)
Ray Sanders: W.2-3;1-2
Emil Verban: S8.3-H;2-H;1-2
Marty Marion: 3/FL

Top 2

Frank McCormick: 6
Hank Sauer: 5
Eddie Miller: 5

Bot 2

Del Rice: S7
Blix Donnelly: 34/SH.1-2
Augie Bergamo: K
Red Schoendienst: 43

Top 3

Al Lakeman: K
Woody Williams: 7
Joe Bowman: 8

Bot 3

Johnny Hopp: 43
Whitey Kurowski: HR/7
Ray Sanders: 8
Emil Verban: 7

Top 4

Dain Clay: W
Steve Mesner: 8
Al Libke: 7
Frank McCormick: HP.1-2
Hank Sauer: 7

Bot 4

Marty Marion: W
Del Rice: 34/SH.1-2
Blix Donnelly: 6/L
Augie Bergamo: S9.2-H;B-3(E3/THH)
Red Schoendienst: 43

Top 5

Eddie Miller: W
Al Lakeman: HR/7.1-H
Woody Williams: 63
Dick Sipek: 7
Dain Clay: S7
Steve Mesner: S8.1-3
Al Libke: 4

Bot 5

Johnny Hopp: 7
Whitey Kurowski: K
Ray Sanders: W
Emil Verban: S6.1-2
Marty Marion: D9.2-H;1-H
Del Rice: S7.2-H
Blix Donnelly: K

Top 6

Frank McCormick: 8
Hank Sauer: 8
Eddie Miller: 53

Bot 6

Augie Bergamo: S8
Red Schoendienst: 34/SH.1-2
Johnny Hopp: 63.2-3
Whitey Kurowski: S8.3-H
Ray Sanders: 3

Top 7

Al Lakeman: 6
Woody Williams: 4
Johnny Hetki: 63

Bot 7

Emil Verban: 8
Marty Marion: S8
Del Rice: D7.1-3
Blix Donnelly: 13/SH.3-H;2-3
Augie Bergamo: K/C

Top 8

Dain Clay: 7
Steve Mesner: W
Al Libke: E6.1-2
Frank McCormick: HR/7.2-H;1-H(UR)
Hank Sauer: S8
Eddie Miller: W.1-2
Al Lakeman: D8.2-H;1-3
Gee Walker: 7
Eric Tipton: 8

Bot 8

Red Schoendienst: 43
Johnny Hopp: 8
Whitey Kurowski: 4

Top 9

Dain Clay: 8
Steve Mesner: 43
Al Libke: 8