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Scores
Standings
DET
@CHW		8
12
DET
@CHW		2
3
NYY
@PHA		3
6
NYY
@PHA		3
4
CLE
@SLB		6
3
CLE
@SLB		9
10
BOS
@WSH		4
5		 
(14)
BOS
@WSH		1
5
BRO
@BSN		7
0
BRO
@BSN		1
10
CHC
@CIN		12
5
CHC
@CIN		2
1
PHI
@NYG		5
14
PHI
@NYG		2
4		 
(13)
STL
@PIT		10
3
STL
@PIT		5
12
Sunday, August 5, 1945,
, Forbes Field
Attendance: 22,105, Time of Game: 2:01
Second game of doubleheader, see First game.
Cardinals
5
59-42
⇐ Lost 1 ⇒
 at Pirates
12
51-50
⇐ Won 1 ⇒
L: Ken Burkhart (11-7)
S: Ken Gables (1)
 
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Cardinals       1  0  0   0  0  4   0  0  0    5  7  1
Pirates         0  0  0   7  0  2   2  1  X   12 11  1

St.Louis Cardinals

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Augie Bergamo LF 5 0 1 0 0 0 .318 .850 3 0
Emil Verban 2B 4 2 1 0 0 0 .296 .682 3 1
Art Rebel RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 .429 1.002 1 0
Buster Adams CF 4 1 1 1 0 0 .300 .821 0 0
Ray Sanders 1B 4 1 1 1 0 1 .274 .779 6 1
Del Rice C 4 1 1 1 0 0 .285 .714 6 1 2B
Marty Marion SS 4 0 1 1 0 0 .254 .655 0 4
Pep Young 3B 2 0 0 0 0 1 .125 .250 2 0
   Debs Garms 3B 2 0 0 1 0 0 .353 .885 1 1
Ken Burkhart P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .119 .315 0 0
   Glenn Gardner P 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .200 0 0
   Red Schoendienst 0 0 0 0 1 0 .301 .704
   Bud Byerly P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .217 .525 2 0
   Ken O'Dea 1 0 0 0 0 0 .265 .743
Team Totals 35 5 7 5 2 2 .200 .472 24 8
2B: D Rice (13).
TB: D Rice 2; A Bergamo; M Marion; E Verban; R Sanders; B Adams; A Rebel.
RBI: R Sanders (57); D Rice (22); D Garms (15); B Adams (84); M Marion (39).
Team LOB: 5.
Fielding
DP: 1. M Marion-E Verban-R Sanders.
E: M Marion (13).

Pittsburgh Pirates

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Johnny Barrett RF 5 2 2 4 0 2 .269 .794 1 0 HR,3B
Al Gionfriddo CF 4 1 1 1 1 0 .283 .762 5 0 2B
Jim Russell LF 5 1 1 0 0 0 .281 .761 1 0
Bob Elliott 3B 4 1 1 0 1 0 .292 .810 1 4
Babe Dahlgren 1B 3 1 0 0 1 2 .246 .671 13 0
Frankie Gustine 2B 3 1 1 1 1 0 .274 .720 3 4 2B
Vic Barnhart SS 4 1 3 2 0 0 .278 .630 1 3 2·2B,GDP
Al Lopez C 3 2 1 1 1 0 .244 .597 2 0
Fritz Ostermueller P 2 1 1 0 0 0 .500 1.000 0 2
   Ken Gables P 2 1 0 0 0 0 .235 .529 0 0
Team Totals 35 12 11 9 5 4 .314 .971 27 13
2B: F Gustine (20); A Gionfriddo (9); V Barnhart 2 (7).
3B: J Barrett (4).
HR: J Barrett (8).
TB: J Barrett 7; V Barnhart 5; F Gustine 2; A Gionfriddo 2; J Russell; F Ostermueller; A Lopez; B Elliott.
GIDP: V Barnhart (7).
RBI: J Barrett 4 (42); V Barnhart 2 (14); A Lopez (17); F Gustine (35); A Gionfriddo (34).
Team LOB: 4.
Fielding
E: F Gustine (26).

St.Louis Cardinals

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Ken Burkhart, L (11-7) 3.2 6 7 7 3 3 0 3.38 19 21
Glenn Gardner 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.14 5
Bud Byerly 3 4 5 3 2 0 1 4.41 16
Team Totals 8 11 12 10 5 4 1 11.25 40 21

Pittsburgh Pirates

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Fritz Ostermueller, W (1-1) 5.1 7 5 5 1 2 0 9.75 25 35
Ken Gables, S (1) 3.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4.26 12
Team Totals 9 7 5 5 2 2 0 5.00 37 35
Balks: None.
WP: None.
HBP: None.
IBB: None.
Pickoffs: None.

Other Info

Umpires: HP - Beans Reardon, 1B - Larry Goetz, 2B - (none), 3B - Butch Henline.
Time of Game: 2:01.
Attendance: 22,105.
Field Condition: Unknown.
Start Time Weather: Unknown.

Starting Lineups

St.Louis Cardinals         Pittsburgh Pirates
1 Augie Bergamo LF 1 Johnny Barrett RF
2 Emil Verban 2B 2 Al Gionfriddo CF
3 Art Rebel RF 3 Jim Russell LF
4 Buster Adams CF 4 Bob Elliott 3B
5 Ray Sanders 1B 5 Babe Dahlgren 1B
6 Del Rice C 6 Frankie Gustine 2B
7 Marty Marion SS 7 Vic Barnhart SS
8 Pep Young 3B 8 Al Lopez C
9 Ken Burkhart P 9 Fritz Ostermueller P

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