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August 23, 1945

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Pirates 6 10 1
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Reds 2 9 1
Pirates 6 10 1

Dain Clay Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .280
OBP .500 .318
At Bats 3 500
Hits 1 140
• Singles 0 114
• Doubles 1 24
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 1 26
RBI’s 1 41

Boom-Boom Beck Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 4 1
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Forbes Field - August 23, 1945
Out
Boom-Boom Beck
Bill Salkeld
Babe Dahlgren
Pete Coscarart
Lee Handley
Frankie Gustine
Jim Russell
Al Gionfriddo
Johnny Barrett
Dain Clay
Al Unser

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Cincinnati Reds 2 9 1 9
Pittsburgh Pirates 6 10 1 8
Winning Pitcher Boom-Boom Beck
Losing Pitcher Earl Harrist
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Frank Colman
Attendance 1,567
Time of Game 1 hour 57 minutes
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Clay hits a popup towards short. Gustine settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Wahl hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Salkeld settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Gee Walker pinch hits for Mike Modak. Walker hits a fly ball into center field. Gionfriddo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Jim Russell now playing left field. Al Unser pinch hits for Steve Mesner. Unser hits a ball on the ground towards third. Handley juggles the ball. That's an error on Handley.
Bottom 8 Gionfriddo hits a fly ball into right field. Libke settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Handley takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Beck bunts towards first. McCormick scoops it up and throws to first, with Wahl covering, for the out. Coscarart moves to second.
Bottom 8 Coscarart takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Barrett strikes out.
Top 8 Lakeman hits a popup, foul, towards first. Dahlgren settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Miller hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Salkeld settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 McCormick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Handley fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Dahlgren hits a line drive towards short. Miller reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Salkeld hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Lakeman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Mike Modak now pitching. Gustine hits a fly ball into right field. Libke settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Libke hits a popup towards third. Handley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Tipton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gustine scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Sipek moves to third. Clay moves to second.
Top 7 Clay takes first base on ball four. Sipek moves to second.
Top 7 Wahl hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Salkeld settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Dick Sipek pinch hits for Howie Fox. Sipek hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Colman hits a popup towards third. Mesner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Gionfriddo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Handley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wahl scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Beck hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miller scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Mesner hits a fly ball into right field. Barrett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Lakeman strikes out.
Top 6 Miller strikes out.
Top 6 McCormick hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Libke moves to second.
Top 6 Libke hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Coscarart fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 There goes Barrett. The slide. Lakeman applies the tag. Barrett is out.
Bottom 5 Coscarart hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mesner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Howie Fox now pitching. There goes Barrett. The throw from Lakeman and he is safe. Barrett steals third.
Bottom 5 Barrett hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Libke. Barrett reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Dahlgren hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miller scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Salkeld hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 5 Gustine hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Harrist fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Colman moves to second.
Bottom 5 Colman takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Tipton hits a fly ball into right field. Barrett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Clay hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Colman. Clay reaches second base with a double. Mesner scores.
Top 5 Wahl hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gustine scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Harrist bunts towards the mound. Beck fields it and throws to first for the out. Mesner moves to third.
Top 5 Mesner hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Barrett. Mesner reaches second base with a double. Lakeman scores.
Top 5 Lakeman hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Gionfriddo who is chasing the ball. Lakeman reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 4 Gionfriddo hits a popup towards short. Miller settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Handley takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Beck hits a popup towards first. McCormick settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Coscarart hits a line drive into center field. Clay picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Clay. Salkeld scores. Dahlgren moves to third. Coscarart moves to second.
Bottom 4 Barrett is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Dahlgren hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gustine scores. Salkeld moves to third.
Bottom 4 Salkeld hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Libke. Salkeld reaches second base with a double. Gustine moves to third.
Bottom 4 Gustine takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Miller hits a fly ball into left field. Colman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 McCormick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Handley fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 Libke hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 There goes Gionfriddo. The throw from Harrist to Wahl and they have Gionfriddo trapped. The throw over to McCormick, who applies the tag for the out.
Bottom 3 Colman strikes out.
Bottom 3 Gionfriddo takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Handley hits a fly ball into left field. Tipton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Tipton hits a line drive towards the mound. Beck reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Clay hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Beck fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Wahl hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Coscarart settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Beck hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wahl settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Coscarart hits a fly ball into right field. Libke settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Barrett hits a popup towards short. Miller settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Dahlgren hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Harrist hits a popup towards first. Dahlgren settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Mesner takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Lakeman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Handley fields it and throws to first for the out. Miller moves to second.
Top 2 Miller hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 McCormick hits a fly ball into center field. Gionfriddo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Salkeld strikes out.
Bottom 1 Gustine strikes out.
Bottom 1 Colman hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Libke. Colman reaches second base with a double. Gionfriddo goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 1 Gionfriddo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Handley hits a fly ball into center field. Clay settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Libke hits a fly ball into center field. Gionfriddo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Tipton hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Colman. Tipton reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Clay strikes out.
Top 1 Wahl hits a ball on the ground towards third. Handley fields it and throws to first for the out.