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Cardinals
@ Pirates
Forbes Field
June 25, 1944
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the St. Louis Cardinals, played on June 25, 1944 at Forbes Field.
Game Summary
| Date | June 25, 1944 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
|
| Home Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | June 25, 1944 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Home Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Al Jurisich |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Ray Starr |
| Ballpark | Forbes Field |
| City | Pittsburgh |
| State | PA |
| Attendance | 33,111 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 23 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Beans Reardon 1B: Larry Goetz 2B: (none) 3B: Lou Jorda |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Johnny Hopp | Center Fielder |
| Ray Sanders | First Baseman |
| Stan Musial | Right Fielder |
| Ken O'Dea | Catcher |
| Whitey Kurowski | Third Baseman |
| Danny Litwhiler | Left Fielder |
| Marty Marion | Shortstop |
| Emil Verban | Second Baseman |
| Al Jurisich | Pitcher |
| Billy Southworth | Manager |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Pete Coscarart | Second Baseman |
| Jim Russell | Left Fielder |
| Johnny Barrett | Center Fielder |
| Bob Elliott | Third Baseman |
| Frank Colman | Right Fielder |
| Babe Dahlgren | First Baseman |
| Al Lopez | Catcher |
| Frankie Zak | Shortstop |
| Ray Starr | Pitcher |
| Frankie Frisch | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cardinals
@ Pirates
Forbes Field
June 25, 1944
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hopp vs. Starr
Hopp hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sanders vs. Starr
Starr fires to first and has Hopp trapped. There's the throw to Zak who tags Hopp for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sanders vs. Starr
Sanders hits a popup towards first. Dahlgren settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Starr
Musial hits a fly ball into left field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coscarart vs. Jurisich
Coscarart strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Russell vs. Jurisich
Russell hits a fly ball into left field. Litwhiler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barrett vs. Jurisich
Barrett hits a fly ball into right field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Dea vs. Starr
O'Dea takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kurowski vs. Starr
Kurowski hits a fly ball into center field. Barrett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Litwhiler vs. Starr
Litwhiler hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Barrett. Litwhiler reaches second base with a double. O'Dea moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Marion vs. Starr
Marion takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Verban vs. Starr
Verban hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. O'Dea scores. Litwhiler scores. Marion moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Jurisich vs. Starr
Jurisich hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Marion moves to third. Verban moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Hopp vs. Starr
Hopp hits a fly ball into right field. Colman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Marion scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Sanders vs. Starr
Sanders hits a fly ball into right field. Colman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Elliott vs. Jurisich
Elliott takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Colman vs. Jurisich
Colman hits a popup towards short. Marion settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dahlgren vs. Jurisich
Dahlgren hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Elliott moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lopez vs. Jurisich
Lopez hits a fly ball into left field. Litwhiler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Zak vs. Jurisich
Zak hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Verban settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Starr
Musial hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Barrett. Musial reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
O'Dea vs. Starr
O'Dea hits a fly ball into center field. Barrett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Musial moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Kurowski vs. Starr
Kurowski hits a fly ball into center field. Barrett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Musial scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Litwhiler vs. Starr
Litwhiler hits a popup towards first. Dahlgren settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waner vs. Jurisich
Lloyd Waner pinch hits for Ray Starr.
Waner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Marion scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coscarart vs. Jurisich
Coscarart hits a fly ball into center field. Hopp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Russell vs. Jurisich
Russell hits a fly ball into center field. Hopp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marion vs. Ostermueller
Fritz Ostermueller now pitching.
Marion hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Verban vs. Ostermueller
Verban bunts towards third. Elliott fields it and throws to first for the out. Marion moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Jurisich vs. Ostermueller
Jurisich hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Coscarart scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Marion moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Hopp vs. Ostermueller
Hopp takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Sanders vs. Ostermueller
There go the runners. The throw from Lopez to Elliott. The throw back to home, and Marion is out at the plate. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barrett vs. Jurisich
Barrett hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Verban settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Elliott vs. Jurisich
Elliott hits a popup in front of the plate. O'Dea settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colman vs. Jurisich
Colman hits a popup towards third. Kurowski settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sanders vs. Ostermueller
Sanders hits a ball on the ground towards third. Elliott fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Ostermueller
Musial hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Coscarart settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Dea vs. Ostermueller
O'Dea hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Coscarart settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dahlgren vs. Jurisich
Dahlgren hits a popup towards first. Sanders settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Jurisich
Lopez hits a fly ball into center field. Hopp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zak vs. Jurisich
Zak hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kurowski fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kurowski vs. Ostermueller
Kurowski hits a popup towards third. Elliott settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Litwhiler vs. Ostermueller
Litwhiler strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marion vs. Ostermueller
Marion strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ostermueller vs. Jurisich
Ostermueller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Verban scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coscarart vs. Jurisich
Coscarart hits a fly ball into left field. Litwhiler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Russell vs. Jurisich
Russell hits a popup towards short. Marion settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Verban vs. Ostermueller
Verban strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jurisich vs. Ostermueller
Jurisich hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hopp vs. Ostermueller
Hopp hits a fly ball into right field. Colman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sanders vs. Ostermueller
Sanders hits a fly ball into right field. Colman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barrett vs. Jurisich
Barrett hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Elliott vs. Jurisich
There's a wild pitch. Barrett moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Elliott vs. Jurisich
Elliott takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Colman vs. Jurisich
Colman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sanders fields it and throws to second for the out. Barrett moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Dahlgren vs. Jurisich
Dahlgren hits a fly ball into right field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Barrett scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lopez vs. Jurisich
Lopez hits a fly ball into left field. Litwhiler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Ostermueller
Musial hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Barrett who is chasing the ball. Musial reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Cooper vs. Ostermueller
Walker Cooper pinch hits for Ken O'Dea.
Cooper hits a fly ball into right field. Colman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Kurowski vs. Ostermueller
Kurowski hits a fly ball into right field. Colman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Musial scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Litwhiler vs. Ostermueller
Litwhiler hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Marion vs. Ostermueller
Marion hits a popup towards short. Zak settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 5 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Brien vs. Jurisich
Walker Cooper now catching. Tommy O'Brien pinch hits for Frankie Zak.
O'Brien hits a fly ball into center field. Hopp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rubeling vs. Jurisich
Al Rubeling pinch hits for Fritz Ostermueller.
Rubeling hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Coscarart vs. Jurisich
Coscarart takes first base on ball four. Rubeling moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Russell vs. Schmidt
Freddy Schmidt now pitching.
Russell takes first base on ball four. Rubeling moves to third. Coscarart moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Barrett vs. Schmidt
Barrett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Verban fields it and throws to second for the out. Rubeling scores. Coscarart moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Elliott vs. Schmidt
Elliott hits a popup towards first. Sanders settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Verban vs. Roe
Frankie Gustine now playing shortstop. Preacher Roe now pitching.
Verban hits a fly ball into center field. Barrett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schmidt vs. Roe
Schmidt hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Coscarart scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hopp vs. Roe
Hopp hits a popup in front of the plate. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Cardinals, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colman vs. Schmidt
Colman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dahlgren vs. Schmidt
Dahlgren hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Verban settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lopez vs. Schmidt
Lopez hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Hopp who is chasing the ball. Lopez reaches third base with a triple. Colman goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Gustine vs. Wilks
Ted Wilks now pitching.
Gustine strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Davis vs. Wilks
Spud Davis pinch hits for Preacher Roe.
Davis hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coscarart vs. Wilks
Coscarart hits a ball on the ground towards short. Marion scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 6/25/1944, game 2 -- St.Louis at Pittsburgh (D)
St.Louis AB R H RBI Pittsburgh AB R H RBI
Hopp J, cf 4 0 1 1 Coscarart P, 2b 4 0 0 0
Sanders R, 1b 4 0 0 0 Russell J, lf 3 0 0 0
Musial S, rf 4 2 2 0 Barrett J, cf 4 1 1 1
O'Dea K, c 2 1 0 0 Elliott B, 3b 2 0 0 0
Cooper W, ph-c 1 0 0 0 Colman F, rf 3 1 0 0
Kurowski W, 3b 4 0 0 2 Dahlgren B, 1b 4 0 1 1
Litwhiler D, lf 4 1 2 0 Lopez A, c 4 1 1 1
Marion M, ss 3 1 1 0 Zak F, ss 2 0 0 0
Verban E, 2b 3 0 1 2 O'Brien T, ph 1 0 0 0
Jurisich A, p 3 0 2 0 Gustine F, ss 1 0 0 0
Schmidt F, p 1 0 0 0 Starr R, p 0 0 0 0
Wilks T, p 0 0 0 0 Waner L, ph 1 0 0 0
Ostermueller F, p 1 0 0 0
Rubeling A, ph 1 1 1 0
Roe P, p 0 0 0 0
Davis S, ph 1 1 1 2
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33 5 9 5 32 5 5 5
St.Louis 031 000 010 -- 5
Pittsburgh 000 000 113 -- 5
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Jurisich A 7.1 3 2 2 3 1
Schmidt F 1.0 1 2 2 2 0
Wilks T 0.2 1 1 1 0 1
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO
Starr R 3.0 5 4 4 2 0
Ostermueller F 5.0 4 1 1 1 3
Roe P 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
LOB -- St.Louis 5, Pittsburgh 5
2B -- Litwhiler D, Musial S
3B -- Musial S, Lopez A
HR -- Davis S
CS -- Marion M
SH -- Verban E
WP -- Jurisich A
T -- 2:23
A -- 33111
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