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Pirates
@ Braves
Braves Field
July 29, 1944
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Braves and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on July 29, 1944 at Braves Field.
Game Summary
| Date | July 29, 1944 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
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| Home Team |
Boston Braves
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | July 29, 1944 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Home Team | Boston Braves |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Rip Sewell |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Jim Tobin |
| Ballpark | Braves Field |
| City | Boston |
| State | MA |
| Attendance | 2,065 |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 33 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill Stewart 1B: Tom Dunn 2B: (none) 3B: George Magerkurth |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Pete Coscarart | Second Baseman |
| Jim Russell | Left Fielder |
| Johnny Barrett | Right Fielder |
| Bob Elliott | Third Baseman |
| Babe Dahlgren | First Baseman |
| Vince DiMaggio | Center Fielder |
| Spud Davis | Catcher |
| Frankie Zak | Shortstop |
| Rip Sewell | Pitcher |
| Frankie Frisch | Manager |
Boston Braves Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Whitey Wietelmann | Second Baseman |
| Tommy Holmes | Center Fielder |
| Buck Etchison | First Baseman |
| Ab Wright | Left Fielder |
| Butch Nieman | Right Fielder |
| Phil Masi | Catcher |
| Dee Phillips | Shortstop |
| Warren Huston | Third Baseman |
| Jim Tobin | Pitcher |
| Bob Coleman | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Pirates
@ Braves
Braves Field
July 29, 1944
Top 1
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Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coscarart vs. Tobin
Coscarart hits a ball on the ground towards third. Huston fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Russell vs. Tobin
Russell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Barrett vs. Tobin
Barrett hits a line drive into left field. Wright settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Elliott vs. Tobin
Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wietelmann scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wietelmann vs. Sewell
Wietelmann 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 -
Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Holmes vs. Sewell
Holmes hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Etchison vs. Sewell
Etchison hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio catches it for the out, and throws it away. That's an error on DiMaggio. Holmes moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Wright vs. Sewell
Wright is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 2
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Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dahlgren vs. Tobin
Dahlgren hits a fly ball into right field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Tobin
DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Huston fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Tobin
Davis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Huston fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nieman vs. Sewell
Nieman 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 -
Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Masi vs. Sewell
Masi hits a ball on the ground towards short. Zak fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Phillips vs. Sewell
Phillips hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Coscarart settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Huston vs. Sewell
Huston hits a ball on the ground towards short. Zak fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zak vs. Tobin
Zak hits a ball on the ground towards first. Etchison scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Zak for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sewell vs. Tobin
Sewell hits a popup towards first. Etchison settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coscarart vs. Tobin
Coscarart hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Russell vs. Tobin
There goes Coscarart. The throw from Masi and he is safe. Coscarart steals second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Russell vs. Tobin
Russell hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Nieman. Russell reaches second base with a double. Coscarart scores. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Barrett vs. Tobin
Barrett hits a ball on the ground towards first. Etchison scoops it up and throws to first, with Tobin covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Pirates, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tobin vs. Sewell
Tobin hits a fly ball into right field. Barrett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wietelmann vs. Sewell
Wietelmann hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dahlgren scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Wietelmann for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Holmes vs. Sewell
Holmes hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Etchison vs. Sewell
Etchison hits a fly ball into left field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Pirates, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Elliott vs. Tobin
Elliott takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dahlgren vs. Tobin
Dahlgren bunts in front of the plate. Masi fields it and throws to first for the out. Elliott moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
DiMaggio vs. Tobin
DiMaggio strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Davis vs. Tobin
Davis is walked intentionally. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Zak vs. Tobin
Zak hits a fly ball into center field. Holmes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Pirates, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wright vs. Sewell
Wright hits a popup towards first. Dahlgren settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nieman vs. Sewell
Nieman hits a line drive into right field. Barrett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Masi vs. Sewell
Masi hits a fly ball into right field. Barrett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Pirates, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sewell vs. Tobin
Sewell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wietelmann settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coscarart vs. Tobin
Coscarart hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Masi settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Russell vs. Tobin
Russell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Tobin fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Pirates, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Phillips vs. Sewell
Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards third. Elliott fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Huston vs. Sewell
Huston strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tobin vs. Sewell
Tobin hits a fly ball into right field. Barrett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Pirates, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barrett vs. Tobin
Barrett takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Elliott vs. Tobin
Elliott bunts towards the mound. Tobin fields it and throws to first for the out. Barrett moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Dahlgren vs. Tobin
There goes Barrett. The throw from Masi and he is safe. Barrett steals third. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Dahlgren vs. Tobin
Dahlgren hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Masi settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
DiMaggio vs. Tobin
There goes Barrett, trying to steal home. The slide, and he is safe. Barrett steals home. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Tobin
DiMaggio strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Pirates, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wietelmann vs. Sewell
Wietelmann hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Holmes vs. Sewell
Holmes hits a ball on the ground towards short. Zak scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Etchison vs. Sewell
Etchison hits a ball on the ground towards third. Elliott fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Pirates, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Tobin
Davis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Phillips scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zak vs. Tobin
Zak hits a ball on the ground towards third. Huston fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sewell vs. Tobin
Sewell hits a fly ball into center field. Holmes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Pirates, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wright vs. Sewell
Wright hits a popup into left center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nieman vs. Sewell
Nieman hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Masi vs. Sewell
Masi hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Phillips vs. Sewell
Phillips hits a popup towards first. Dahlgren settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Pirates, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coscarart vs. Tobin
Coscarart hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Holmes. Coscarart reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Russell vs. Tobin
Russell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wietelmann scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Coscarart moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Barrett vs. Tobin
There's a wild pitch. Coscarart scores. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barrett vs. Tobin
Barrett strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Elliott vs. Tobin
Elliott is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 8
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Pirates, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Macon vs. Sewell
Max Macon pinch hits for Warren Huston.
Macon strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Workman vs. Sewell
Chuck Workman pinch hits for Jim Tobin.
Workman hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wietelmann vs. Sewell
Wietelmann 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
Top 9
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Pirates, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dahlgren vs. Klopp
Mike Sandlock now playing third base. Stan Klopp now pitching.
Dahlgren hits a fly ball into right field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Klopp
DiMaggio strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Klopp
Davis hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Zak vs. Klopp
Lee Handley pinch runs for Spud Davis.
Zak hits a ball on the ground towards short. Phillips fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Pirates, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Holmes vs. Sewell
Al Lopez now catching.
Holmes hits a fly ball into left field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Etchison vs. Sewell
Etchison hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Coscarart scoops it up and throws to first, with Sewell covering, for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wright vs. Sewell
Wright hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nieman vs. Sewell
Pat Capri pinch runs for Ab Wright.
Nieman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dahlgren scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Nieman for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 7/29/1944 -- Pittsburgh at Boston (D)
Pittsburgh AB R H RBI Boston AB R H RBI
Coscarart P, 2b 4 2 2 0 Wietelmann W, 2b 4 0 0 0
Russell J, lf 4 0 2 1 Holmes T, cf 4 0 2 0
Barrett J, rf 3 1 0 0 Etchison B, 1b 4 0 0 0
Elliott B, 3b 2 0 0 0 Wright A, lf 4 0 2 0
Dahlgren B, 1b 3 0 0 0 Capri P, pr 0 0 0 0
DiMaggio V, cf 4 0 0 0 Nieman B, rf 4 0 0 0
Davis S, c 3 0 1 0 Masi P, c 3 0 1 0
Handley L, pr 0 0 0 0 Phillips D, ss 3 0 0 0
Lopez A, c 0 0 0 0 Huston W, 3b 2 0 0 0
Zak F, ss 4 0 0 0 Macon M, ph 1 0 0 0
Sewell R, p 3 0 0 0 Sandlock M, 3b 0 0 0 0
Tobin J, p 2 0 0 0
Workman C, ph 1 0 0 0
Klopp S, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
30 3 5 1 32 0 5 0
Pittsburgh 001 001 010 -- 3
Boston 000 000 000 -- 0
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO
Sewell R (W) 9.0 5 0 0 0 3
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Tobin J (L) 8.0 4 3 3 3 4
Klopp S 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
E -- DiMaggio V
LOB -- Pittsburgh 5, Boston 5
2B -- Russell J, Coscarart P
SB -- Coscarart P, Barrett J 2
SH -- Dahlgren B, Elliott B
WP -- Tobin J
T -- 1:33
A -- 2065
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