Cardinals @ Braves
September 21, 1944

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Bottom 9 R H E
Cardinals 5 12 0
Braves 4 11 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Cardinals 5 12 0
Braves 4 11 0

Whitey Wietelmann Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .750 .217
OBP .750 .284
At Bats 4 258
Hits 3 56
• Singles 1 43
• Doubles 2 12
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 23
RBI’s 1 16

Harry Brecheen Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
10 2 0
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Braves Field - September 21, 1944
Out
Harry Brecheen
Walker Cooper
Ray Sanders
George Fallon
Whitey Kurowski
Marty Marion
Danny Litwhiler
Johnny Hopp
Stan Musial
Whitey Wietelmann
Phil Masi

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
St. Louis Cardinals 5 12 0 8
Boston Braves 4 11 0 6
Winning Pitcher Harry Brecheen
Losing Pitcher Johnny Hutchings
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI George Fallon
Attendance
Time of Game 1 hour 56 minutes
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Wietelmann hits a ball on the ground towards short. Marion fields it and throws to second for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Jim Tobin pinch hits for Johnny Hutchings. Tobin strikes out.
Bottom 9 Masi hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Phillips hits a fly ball into left field. Litwhiler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards short. Phillips fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 9 Musial hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Sanders hits a line drive into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Stew Hofferth now catching. Hopp hits a line drive into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Clyde Kluttz pinch hits for Hugh Poland. Kluttz hits a fly ball into right field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Workman bunts towards the mound. Brecheen fields it, tags Workman, and over to first to get Nieman for the double play.
Bottom 8 Nieman takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Brecheen hits a fly ball into right field. Workman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Fallon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kurowski scores. Fallon moves to second.
Top 8 Marion hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Poland settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Litwhiler is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Johnny Hutchings now pitching. Kurowski hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Workman. Kurowski reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Holmes is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Etchison hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sanders scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Etchison for the out.
Bottom 7 Wietelmann hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Litwhiler. Wietelmann reaches second base with a double. Masi scores.
Bottom 7 Ab Wright pinch hits for Red Barrett. Wright hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kurowski fields it and throws to first for the out. Masi moves to second.
Bottom 7 Masi hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards short. Phillips fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Musial hits a fly ball into right field. Workman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Sanders is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Hopp hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wietelmann fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 6 Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards short. Marion scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Poland hits a popup towards short. Marion settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 George Fallon now playing second base. Workman hits a fly ball into right field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Brecheen hits a line drive towards first. Etchison reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Ken O'Dea pinch hits for Emil Verban. O'Dea takes first base on ball four. Cooper moves to third. Litwhiler moves to second.
Top 6 Marion hits a fly ball into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Musial scores.
Top 6 Litwhiler is walked intentionally.
Top 6 Kurowski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Masi fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Cooper hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Nieman. Cooper reaches second base with a double. Sanders scores. Musial moves to third.
Top 6 Musial bunts towards third. Masi fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Sanders moves to second.
Top 6 Sanders hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Nieman hits a fly ball into center field. Hopp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Holmes hits a fly ball into center field. Hopp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Harry Brecheen now pitching. Etchison is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Wietelmann hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Hopp. Wietelmann reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Hopp hits a fly ball into center field. Holmes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wietelmann scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Whitey Wietelmann now playing second base. Dee Phillips now playing shortstop. Phil Masi now playing third base. Verban hits a ball on the ground towards short. Phillips scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Phil Masi pinch runs for Frank Drews. Barrett hits a fly ball towards right. Musial catches it and throws to Sanders who throws to third to double up Phillips. Workman scores.
Bottom 4 Drews is hit by the pitch. Phillips moves to second.
Bottom 4 Phillips hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Nieman scores. Workman moves to third.
Bottom 4 Poland hits a popup, foul, towards third. Kurowski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Workman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Nieman moves to third.
Bottom 4 Nieman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Marion hits a line drive into center field. Holmes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Litwhiler hits a fly ball into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Kurowski hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Barrett fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Holmes hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Cooper settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Etchison hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Musial. Etchison reaches second base with a double. Drews scores.
Bottom 3 Wietelmann hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cooper fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Barrett bunts towards the mound. Cooper fields it and throws to first for the out. Drews moves to third.
Bottom 3 Drews hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Litwhiler. Drews reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Musial hits a fly ball into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Sanders hits a popup, foul, towards first. Etchison settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Hopp hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Holmes. Hopp reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Barrett fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Cooper spins and fires to second, with Marion covering, and Phillips is picked off.
Bottom 2 Phillips hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Litwhiler. Phillips reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Poland hits a fly ball into right field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Workman hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Cooper settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Verban strikes out.
Top 2 Marion hits a fly ball into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Litwhiler hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wietelmann scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Nieman strikes out.
Bottom 1 Holmes hits a fly ball into right field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Etchison hits a popup, foul, towards first. Sanders settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Wietelmann hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Kurowski hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Barrett fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 1 Cooper hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Sanders moves to second.
Top 1 Musial hits a fly ball into center field. Holmes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Sanders hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Drews fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 Hopp hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.