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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Cincinnati Reds

1946-09-05 · Day game · Crosley Field · Att: 1254 · 1:52

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Cincinnati Reds 2–1. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 2 in the 9th. Rip Sewell earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	10
CIN	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	6

W: Rip Sewell L: Johnny Vander Meer SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Stewart · 1B: Tom Dunn · 2B: (none) · 3B: George Magerkurth · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Frankie Gustine	5	0	1	0	0	0
Elbie Fletcher	4	0	2	0	0	1
Jim Russell	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bob Elliott	4	0	2	0	0	0
Bill Baker	3	0	1	0	0	0
Billy Cox	3	1	1	0	1	0
Maurice Van Robays	4	0	1	1	0	1
Lee Handley	4	0	1	1	0	0
Johnny Lanning	1	0	0	0	1	0
Ralph Kiner	1	0	0	0	0	1
Rip Sewell	1	0	0	0	0	1

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Claude Corbitt	4	0	1	0	0	0
Benny Zientara	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Adams	2	0	1	1	2	1
Bert Haas	3	0	0	0	0	0
Ray Mueller	3	0	1	0	1	0
Al Libke	4	0	1	0	0	0
Eddie Lukon	3	0	1	0	1	0
Bob Usher	3	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Vander Meer	3	1	1	0	0	2
Max West	1	0	0	0	0	0
Lonny Frey	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Lanning	7.0	6	4	3
Rip Sewell	2.0	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Vander Meer	8.1	10	2	3
Harry Gumbert	0.2	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Frankie Gustine: 7
Elbie Fletcher: S
Jim Russell: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 1

Claude Corbitt: 9
Benny Zientara: 4
Bobby Adams: K

Top 2

Bob Elliott: S
Bill Baker: 54/SH.1-2
Billy Cox: 53
Maurice Van Robays: 9

Bot 2

Bert Haas: 13
Ray Mueller: S
Al Libke: 8
Eddie Lukon: S.1-2
Bob Usher: 53

Top 3

Lee Handley: 63
Johnny Lanning: W
Frankie Gustine: 9
Elbie Fletcher: 46(1)/FO

Bot 3

Johnny Vander Meer: K
Claude Corbitt: 3
Benny Zientara: 43

Top 4

Jim Russell: 13
Bob Elliott: E6
Bill Baker: 7
Billy Cox: S.1-2
Maurice Van Robays: K

Bot 4

Bobby Adams: W
Bert Haas: 13/SH.1-2
Ray Mueller: W
Al Libke: 31.1-2;2-3
Eddie Lukon: W
Bob Usher: 3(2)/FO

Top 5

Lee Handley: 3
Johnny Lanning: 8
Frankie Gustine: 7

Bot 5

Johnny Vander Meer: S
Claude Corbitt: 14/SH.1-2
Benny Zientara: 7
Bobby Adams: S.2-H
Bert Haas: 3

Top 6

Elbie Fletcher: S
Jim Russell: S9.1X3(95)
Bob Elliott: D.1-3
Bill Baker: 53/DP.3XH(52)

Bot 6

Ray Mueller: 63
Al Libke: D
Eddie Lukon: 13.2-3
Bob Usher: 8

Top 7

Billy Cox: 63
Maurice Van Robays: 9
Lee Handley: 8

Bot 7

Johnny Vander Meer: K
Claude Corbitt: S
Benny Zientara: 53.1-2
Bobby Adams: W
Bert Haas: 5

Top 8

Ralph Kiner: K
Frankie Gustine: D
Elbie Fletcher: K
Jim Russell: 53

Bot 8

Ray Mueller: 53
Al Libke: 43
Eddie Lukon: 31

Top 9

Bob Elliott: 53
Bill Baker: S
Billy Cox: PO1(E1).1-2
Billy Cox: W
Maurice Van Robays: S.1-2;2-H
Lee Handley: S.1-2;2-H
Rip Sewell: K
Frankie Gustine: 13

Bot 9

Max West: 3
Lonny Frey: 4
Claude Corbitt: 53