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Athletics 5 @ Browns 4
Sportsman's Park
August 8, 1945

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Browns and the Philadelphia Athletics, played on August 8, 1945 at Sportsman's Park. The home team Browns were bested by the visiting Athletics with a score of 5 to 4.

Game Summary

DateAugust 8, 1945 
Visiting Team
Philadelphia Athletics
R: 5 H: 17 E: 0 LOB: 17
Runs: 5
Hits: 17
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 17
Home Team
St. Louis Browns
R: 4 H: 10 E: 0 LOB: 11
Runs: 4
Hits: 10
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 11
Winning PitcherDon Black  
Losing PitcherTex Shirley  
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Game Winning RBIHal Peck 

Game Info

DateAugust 8, 1945 
Day of WeekWed 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamPhiladelphia Athletics 
Home TeamSt. Louis Browns 
Visiting Starting PitcherRuss Christopher  
Home Starting PitcherTex Shirley  
BallparkSportsman's Park 
CitySt. Louis 
StateMO 
Attendance5,372 
Time of Game2 hours 46 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Bill Grieve
1B: George Pipgras
2B: (none)
3B: Hal Weafer

Philadelphia Athletics Lineup 

Name  Position 
Irv Hall  Second Baseman 
Hal Peck  Right Fielder 
Mayo Smith  Center Fielder 
Bill McGhee  Left Fielder 
Dick Siebert  First Baseman 
Buddy Rosar  Catcher 
George Kell  Third Baseman 
Ed Busch  Shortstop 
Russ Christopher  Pitcher 
Connie Mack  Manager 

St. Louis Browns Lineup 

Name  Position 
Don Gutteridge  Second Baseman 
Lou Finney  Left Fielder 
George McQuinn  First Baseman 
Vern Stephens  Shortstop 
Gene Moore  Right Fielder 
Len Schulte  Third Baseman 
Milt Byrnes  Center Fielder 
Frank Mancuso  Catcher 
Tex Shirley  Pitcher 
Luke Sewell  Manager 

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Athletics 5 @ Browns 4
Sportsman's Park
August 8, 1945

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 8/8/1945 -- Philadelphia at St.Louis (N)

  Philadelphia       AB  R  H RBI    St.Louis           AB  R  H RBI
Hall I, 2b            6  0  0  0   Gutteridge D, 2b      4  1  2  1   
Peck H, rf            6  2  4  1   Finney L, lf          4  0  1  0   
Smith M, cf           5  0  2  1   McQuinn G, 1b         3  0  0  1   
McGhee B, lf          5  1  1  0   Stephens V, ss        5  1  1  0   
Siebert D, 1b         5  1  3  0   Moore G, rf           4  0  0  0   
Rosar B, c            4  1  3  1   Schulte L, 3b         4  1  1  1   
Kell G, 3b            6  0  4  1   Byrnes M, cf          4  0  1  0   
Busch E, ss           3  0  0  0   Mancuso F, c          4  1  3  1   
Christopher R, p      3  0  0  0   Gray P, pr            0  0  0  0   
Kish E, ph            1  0  0  1   Shirley T, p          3  0  1  0   
Black D, p            1  0  0  0   Muncrief B, p         0  0  0  0   
                                   Schultz J, ph         1  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     45  5 17  5                        36  4 10  4

Philadelphia     100 020 100 1 --  5
St.Louis         002 002 000 0 --  4

  Philadelphia         IP  H  R ER BB SO
Christopher R         6.0  8  4  4  3  3
Black D (W)           4.0  2  0  0  4  2

  St.Louis             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Shirley T (L)         9.2 17  5  5  5  6
Muncrief B            0.1  0  0  0  0  0

DP -- Philadelphia 2
LOB -- Philadelphia 17, St.Louis 11
2B -- Kell G 2, Gutteridge D, Schulte L
HR -- Peck H
SB -- Rosar B, Gutteridge D, Siebert D
SH -- Shirley T, Moore G, Smith M
HBP -- by Shirley T (Busch E)
WP -- Shirley T
T -- 2:46
A -- 5372

    

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