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St. Louis Cardinals @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1946-04-25 · Day game · Forbes Field · Att: 10585 · 2:11

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated St. Louis Cardinals 5–3. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 2 in the 3rd. Ken Heintzelman earned the win and Preacher Roe picked up the save. Ralph Kiner went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Ken Heintzelman L: Harry Brecheen SV: Preacher Roe

Umpires — HP: Larry Goetz · 1B: Lou Jorda · 2B: (none) · 3B: Beans Reardon · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lou Klein	4	1	0	0	1	2
Red Schoendienst	5	1	2	0	0	0
Stan Musial	5	1	2	1	0	1
Enos Slaughter	5	0	3	0	0	0
Buster Adams	2	0	0	1	2	0
Dick Sisler	4	0	0	0	0	0
Marty Marion	4	0	0	0	0	2
Del Rice	2	0	0	0	0	0
Harry Brecheen	2	0	0	0	0	1
Terry Moore	1	0	0	0	0	0
Whitey Kurowski	0	0	0	0	1	0
Del Wilber	0	0	0	0	1	0
Erv Dusak	1	0	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Frankie Gustine	5	1	3	2	0	0
Maurice Van Robays	3	1	1	0	0	0
Ralph Kiner	4	1	1	3	0	1
Bob Elliott	2	0	1	0	2	0
Elbie Fletcher	3	0	0	0	1	0
Billy Cox	4	1	2	0	0	0
Ben Guintini	2	0	0	0	0	0
Vinnie Smith	2	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Heintzelman	3	0	1	0	0	0
Johnny Barrett	1	1	0	0	1	0
Frank Colman	1	0	0	0	0	1
Hank Camelli	1	0	0	0	0	0
Preacher Roe	1	0	0	0	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Harry Brecheen	5.0	5	3	0
Murry Dickson	2.0	4	1	2
Howie Krist	1.0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ken Heintzelman	6.1	7	4	3
Preacher Roe	2.2	0	1	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lou Klein: 2/FL
Red Schoendienst: 8
Stan Musial: S9
Enos Slaughter: S9.1-3
Buster Adams: 8

Bot 1

Frankie Gustine: D7
Maurice Van Robays: 43.2-3
Ralph Kiner: 7/F.3-H
Bob Elliott: W
Elbie Fletcher: 8

Top 2

Dick Sisler: 3/G
Marty Marion: K
Del Rice: 4/P

Bot 2

Billy Cox: 63
Ben Guintini: 2/FL
Vinnie Smith: 6/P

Top 3

Harry Brecheen: K
Lou Klein: W
Red Schoendienst: S8.1-3
Stan Musial: 9/L.3-H
Enos Slaughter: S9.1-3
Buster Adams: SBH;SB2/OBS
Buster Adams: W
Dick Sisler: 3/G

Bot 3

Ken Heintzelman: 63
Frankie Gustine: 63
Maurice Van Robays: D7
Ralph Kiner: HR/7.2-H
Bob Elliott: S8
Elbie Fletcher: W.1-2
Billy Cox: 46(1)/FO

Top 4

Marty Marion: 53
Del Rice: 8
Harry Brecheen: 2/FL

Bot 4

Ben Guintini: 43
Vinnie Smith: 4/P
Ken Heintzelman: 7/L

Top 5

Lou Klein: K
Red Schoendienst: D7
Stan Musial: 7/L
Enos Slaughter: 5/P

Bot 5

Frankie Gustine: S9
Maurice Van Robays: 14/SH.1-2
Ralph Kiner: 63
Bob Elliott: IW
Elbie Fletcher: 3/G

Top 6

Buster Adams: W
Dick Sisler: E5/TH/BG.1-2
Marty Marion: 35(2)/FO/BG.1-2
Terry Moore: 2/FL
Whitey Kurowski: W.2-3;1-2
Lou Klein: 7

Bot 6

Billy Cox: S8
Johnny Barrett: W.1-2
Frank Colman: K
Ken Heintzelman: S5/BG.1-2;2-3
Frankie Gustine: D/78.3-H;2-H;1-3
Maurice Van Robays: 43
Ralph Kiner: K

Top 7

Red Schoendienst: 63
Stan Musial: S8.B-2(E8)
Enos Slaughter: S7.2-3
Buster Adams: 64(1)/FO.3-H(UR)
Dick Sisler: 9

Bot 7

Bob Elliott: 9
Elbie Fletcher: 43
Billy Cox: S9
Johnny Barrett: 6/P

Top 8

Marty Marion: K
Del Wilber: W
Erv Dusak: K
Lou Klein: K

Bot 8

Hank Camelli: 8
Preacher Roe: K
Frankie Gustine: 53

Top 9

Red Schoendienst: 8
Stan Musial: K/C
Enos Slaughter: 43

Notes & reviews

on an attempted double steal, Red Schoendienst was trapped off 3B but Vinnie Smith blocked Schoendienst; HP umpire Larry Goetz ruled obstruction and Schoendienst was allowed to score
Ken Heintzelman left with a blister on his index finger

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