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Braves 5 @ Pirates 6
Forbes Field
July 24, 1945

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Boston Braves, played on July 24, 1945 at Forbes Field. The home team Pirates beat the visiting Braves with a score of 6 to 5.

Game Summary

DateJuly 24, 1945 
Visiting Team
Boston Braves
R: 5 H: 11 E: 2 LOB: 12
Runs: 5
Hits: 11
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 12
Home Team
Pittsburgh Pirates
R: 6 H: 9 E: 0 LOB: 9
Runs: 6
Hits: 9
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 9
Winning PitcherKen Gables  
Losing PitcherDon Hendrickson  
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Game Winning RBIFrankie Gustine 

Game Info

DateJuly 24, 1945 
Day of WeekTue 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamBoston Braves 
Home TeamPittsburgh Pirates 
Visiting Starting PitcherAl Javery  
Home Starting PitcherMax Butcher  
BallparkForbes Field 
CityPittsburgh 
StatePA 
Attendance20,168 
Time of Game2 hours 39 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Larry Goetz
1B: Butch Henline
2B: Lou Jorda
3B: Beans Reardon

Boston Braves Lineup 

Name  Position 
Whitey Wietelmann  Shortstop 
Chuck Workman  Third Baseman 
Tommy Holmes  Right Fielder 
Butch Nieman  Left Fielder 
Joe Medwick  First Baseman 
Carden Gillenwater  Center Fielder 
Stew Hofferth  Catcher 
Frank Drews  Second Baseman 
Al Javery  Pitcher 
Bob Coleman  Manager 

Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup 

Name  Position 
Pete Coscarart  Second Baseman 
Frankie Gustine  Shortstop 
Jim Russell  Left Fielder 
Bob Elliott  Right Fielder 
Johnny Barrett  Center Fielder 
Babe Dahlgren  First Baseman 
Lee Handley  Third Baseman 
Bill Salkeld  Catcher 
Max Butcher  Pitcher 
Frankie Frisch  Manager 

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Braves 5 @ Pirates 6
Forbes Field
July 24, 1945

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 7/24/1945 -- Boston at Pittsburgh (N)

  Boston             AB  R  H RBI    Pittsburgh         AB  R  H RBI
Wietelmann W, ss      4  1  2  0   Coscarart P, 2b       4  0  0  0   
Workman C, 3b         5  0  0  1   Saltzgaver J, ph-2b   2  2  2  0   
Holmes T, rf          3  1  2  2   Gustine F, ss         4  0  0  1   
Nieman B, lf          5  0  0  0   Russell J, lf         4  1  2  1   
Medwick J, 1b         4  0  1  2   Elliott B, rf         4  1  0  0   
Shupe V, 1b           2  0  1  0   Barrett J, cf         4  2  2  2   
Gillenwater C, cf     4  0  0  0   Dahlgren B, 1b        3  0  1  0   
Hofferth S, c         5  1  2  0   Handley L, 3b         5  0  1  1   
Drews F, 2b           4  1  1  0   Salkeld B, c          4  0  1  0   
Javery A, p           4  1  2  0   Butcher M, p          2  0  0  0   
Andrews N, p          0  0  0  0   Gionfriddo A, ph      1  0  0  0   
Hendrickson D, p      1  0  0  0   Sewell R, p           0  0  0  0   
                                   Cuccurullo C, p       0  0  0  0   
                                   Colman F, ph          1  0  0  0   
                                   Gables K, p           0  0  0  0   
                                   O'Brien T, ph         1  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     41  5 11  5                        39  6  9  5

Boston           002 000 120 00 --  5
Pittsburgh       010 000 031 01 --  6
  2 outs when winning run was scored.

  Boston               IP  H  R ER BB SO
Javery A*             7.0  4  3  2  5  2
Andrews N             1.1  4  2  2  0  0
Hendrickson D (L)     2.1  1  1  1  1  0

  Pittsburgh           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Butcher M             7.0  7  3  3  4  1
Sewell R              0.2  2  2  2  2  0
Cuccurullo C          0.1  0  0  0  1  1
Gables K (W)          3.0  2  0  0  1  2
  * Pitched to 1 batter in 8th

E -- Workman C, Gillenwater C
DP -- Boston 2, Pittsburgh 2
LOB -- Boston 12, Pittsburgh 9
2B -- Barrett J 2, Medwick J, Russell J, Holmes T, Handley L
3B -- Saltzgaver J
SB -- Barrett J
SH -- Dahlgren B, Gillenwater C, Gustine F
T -- 2:39
A -- 20168

    

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