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Scores
Standings
WSH
@BOS		0
4
CHW
@DET		1
2
PHA
@NYY		4
6
CLE
@SLB		2
1		 
(13)
BSN
@BRO		3
1
NYG
@PHI		9
8
STL
@PIT		4
2
STL
@PIT		1
11
Wednesday, May 2, 1945,
, Forbes Field
Attendance: 6,159, Time of Game: 2:00
Second game of doubleheader, see First game.
Cardinals
1
6-5
⇐ Lost 1 ⇒
 at Pirates
11
5-8
⇐ Won 1 ⇒
W: Max Butcher (2-1)
L: Blix Donnelly (0-2)
 
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Cardinals       0  1  0   0  0  0   0  0  0    1  7  3
Pirates         2  0  0   0  2  7   0  0  X   11 13  1

St.Louis Cardinals

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Augie Bergamo RF 4 0 1 0 0 1 .214 .574 3 0
Johnny Hopp CF 3 0 1 0 0 0 .263 .545 3 0
   Glenn Crawford LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .333 0 0
Red Schoendienst SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 .244 .632 1 0 GDP
Ray Sanders 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 .317 .843 5 0
Whitey Kurowski 3B 2 1 1 0 0 0 .263 .717 0 1
   John Antonelli 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 2 0
Del Rice C 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250 .750 4 1 2B,GDP
Jim Mallory LF-CF 3 0 1 1 0 0 .286 .607 4 0
Emil Verban 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .425 2 3
Blix Donnelly P 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 1
   Al Jurisich P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
   Stan Partenheimer P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
   Dave Bartosch 1 0 1 0 0 0 .500 1.000
   Jack Creel P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 33 1 7 1 0 1 .212 .455 24 7
2B: D Rice (1).
TB: D Rice 2; J Mallory; A Bergamo; W Kurowski; J Hopp; R Sanders; D Bartosch.
GIDP: R Schoendienst (1); D Rice (1).
RBI: J Mallory (4).
Team LOB: 5.
Fielding
E: B Donnelly (1); A Bergamo (1); J Antonelli (1).

Pittsburgh Pirates

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Pete Coscarart 2B 5 1 1 0 0 2 .100 .362 2 3
Johnny Barrett CF 4 2 2 1 1 0 .269 .718 1 0 2·2B,SB
Tommy O'Brien RF 3 1 2 3 1 0 .400 .937 1 0 3B
   Al Gionfriddo RF 0 1 0 0 1 0 .333 .933 0 0
Bob Elliott 3B 5 1 2 2 0 0 .250 .762 1 5 2B
Jim Russell LF 5 1 2 1 0 1 .244 .595 4 0 2B
Babe Dahlgren 1B 4 1 0 0 0 1 .204 .582 12 2
Frankie Gustine SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 .261 .638 2 4
Bill Salkeld C 4 1 2 2 0 0 .389 .839 3 0
Max Butcher P 4 2 1 0 0 0 .111 .222 1 1
Team Totals 38 11 13 9 3 4 .342 .890 27 15
2B: J Barrett 2 (4); J Russell (2); B Elliott (3).
3B: T O'Brien (2).
TB: T O'Brien 4; J Barrett 4; J Russell 3; B Elliott 3; B Salkeld 2; F Gustine; M Butcher; P Coscarart.
RBI: T O'Brien 3 (8); B Salkeld 2 (2); B Elliott 2 (11); J Barrett (4); J Russell (6).
Team LOB: 6.
Fielding
DP: 2. B Dahlgren-B Salkeld; B Elliott-B Dahlgren.
E: F Gustine (3).
Baserunning
SB: J Barrett (4, -1st base off  POCS).

St.Louis Cardinals

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Blix Donnelly, L (0-2) 5.1 10 9 4 0 3 0 2.66 28 25
Al Jurisich 0.2 2 2 0 1 0 0 19.29 5
Stan Partenheimer 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3
Jack Creel 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0.00 5
Team Totals 8 13 11 4 3 4 0 4.50 41 25

Pittsburgh Pirates

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Max Butcher, W (2-1) 9 7 1 1 0 1 0 2.52 33 70
Team Totals 9 7 1 1 0 1 0 1.00 33 70
Balks: None.
WP: None.
HBP: None.
IBB: None.
Pickoffs: None.

Other Info

Umpires: HP - Lou Jorda, 1B - Beans Reardon, 2B - (none), 3B - Larry Goetz.
Time of Game: 2:00.
Attendance: 6,159.
Field Condition: Unknown.
Start Time Weather: Unknown.

Starting Lineups

St.Louis Cardinals         Pittsburgh Pirates
1 Augie Bergamo RF 1 Pete Coscarart 2B
2 Johnny Hopp CF 2 Johnny Barrett CF
3 Red Schoendienst SS 3 Tommy O'Brien RF
4 Ray Sanders 1B 4 Bob Elliott 3B
5 Whitey Kurowski 3B 5 Jim Russell LF
6 Del Rice C 6 Babe Dahlgren 1B
7 Jim Mallory LF 7 Frankie Gustine SS
8 Emil Verban 2B 8 Bill Salkeld C
9 Blix Donnelly P 9 Max Butcher P

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