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Cardinals
@ Pirates
Forbes Field
May 2, 1944
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the St. Louis Cardinals, played on May 2, 1944 at Forbes Field.
Game Summary
| Date | May 2, 1944 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
|
| Home Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 2, 1944 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Home Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Al Jurisich |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Preacher Roe |
| Ballpark | Forbes Field |
| City | Pittsburgh |
| State | PA |
| Attendance | 4,895 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 23 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Lee Ballanfant 1B: Dusty Boggess 2B: (none) 3B: Babe Pinelli |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Emil Verban | Second Baseman |
| Pepper Martin | Center Fielder |
| Stan Musial | Right Fielder |
| Walker Cooper | Catcher |
| Ray Sanders | First Baseman |
| Whitey Kurowski | Third Baseman |
| Danny Litwhiler | Left Fielder |
| Marty Marion | Shortstop |
| Al Jurisich | Pitcher |
| Billy Southworth | Manager |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Johnny Barrett | Right Fielder |
| Lee Handley | Second Baseman |
| Jim Russell | Left Fielder |
| Bob Elliott | Third Baseman |
| Frankie Gustine | Shortstop |
| Babe Dahlgren | First Baseman |
| Vince DiMaggio | Center Fielder |
| Al Lopez | Catcher |
| Preacher Roe | Pitcher |
| Frankie Frisch | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cardinals
@ Pirates
Forbes Field
May 2, 1944
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Verban vs. Roe
Verban hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Handley reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Roe
Martin hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Roe fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. Roe
There goes Martin. The throw from Lopez and he is safe. Martin steals second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Musial vs. Roe
Musial hits a popup, foul, towards third. Elliott settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cooper vs. Roe
Cooper hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barrett vs. Jurisich
Barrett hits a popup towards third. Kurowski settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Handley vs. Jurisich
Handley hits a fly ball into right field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Russell vs. Jurisich
Russell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Verban scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sanders vs. Roe
Sanders takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kurowski vs. Roe
Kurowski takes first base on ball four. Sanders moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Litwhiler vs. Roe
Litwhiler hits a fly ball into left field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Marion vs. Roe
Marion hits a popup towards short. Gustine settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Jurisich vs. Roe
Jurisich strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Elliott vs. Jurisich
Elliott takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gustine vs. Jurisich
Gustine hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Verban fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dahlgren vs. Jurisich
Dahlgren hits a fly ball into right field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Verban vs. Roe
Verban hits a ball on the ground towards third. Elliott fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Martin vs. Roe
Martin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Handley fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. Roe
Musial takes first base on ball four. Martin moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cooper vs. Roe
Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gustine fields it and throws to third for the out. Musial moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Sanders vs. Roe
Sanders hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. There goes Musial trying to get to home. DiMaggio throws the ball in to Lopez who tags Musial who's trying to score from second, for the out. Cooper moves to second. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Jurisich
DiMaggio bunts towards third. Kurowski fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lopez vs. Jurisich
Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Marion fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Roe vs. Jurisich
Roe takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Barrett vs. Jurisich
Barrett hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Verban settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kurowski vs. Roe
Kurowski takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Litwhiler vs. Roe
Litwhiler hits a ball on the ground towards third. Elliott fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Marion vs. Roe
Pete Coscarart now playing second base.
Marion hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Coscarart settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jurisich vs. Roe
Jurisich strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coscarart vs. Jurisich
Coscarart hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Verban settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Russell vs. Jurisich
Russell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Elliott vs. Jurisich
There goes Russell. The throw from Cooper and he is out, Marion applying the tag. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Elliott vs. Jurisich
Elliott hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Verban settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Verban vs. Roe
Verban hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gustine scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Roe
Martin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gustine scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Roe
Musial hits a popup, foul, towards third. Elliott settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Elliott. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Roe
Musial hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Russell. Musial reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cooper vs. Roe
Cooper hits a fly ball into left field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gustine vs. Jurisich
Gustine hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Verban settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dahlgren vs. Jurisich
Dahlgren hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Verban scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Jurisich
DiMaggio strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sanders vs. Roe
Sanders hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Coscarart scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kurowski vs. Roe
Kurowski hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Roe fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Litwhiler vs. Roe
Litwhiler hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Marion vs. Roe
Marion hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Coscarart scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Jurisich
Lopez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Roe vs. Jurisich
Roe hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sanders fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Barrett vs. Jurisich
Barrett hits a fly ball into right field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Coscarart vs. Jurisich
Coscarart hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Verban settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jurisich vs. Roe
Jurisich strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Verban vs. Roe
Verban hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Coscarart reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Roe
Martin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gustine scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Russell vs. Jurisich
Russell hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Elliott vs. Jurisich
Elliott takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gustine vs. Jurisich
Gustine hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dahlgren vs. Jurisich
Dahlgren hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Roe
Musial is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cooper vs. Roe
Cooper bunts in front of the plate. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sanders vs. Roe
Sanders hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kurowski vs. Roe
Kurowski hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Musial moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Litwhiler vs. Roe
Litwhiler takes first base on ball four. Musial moves to third. Kurowski moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Marion vs. Roe
Marion takes first base on ball four. Musial scores. Kurowski moves to third. Litwhiler moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Jurisich vs. Roe
Jurisich strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Jurisich
DiMaggio hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rubeling vs. Jurisich
Al Rubeling pinch hits for Al Lopez.
Rubeling hits a fly ball into center field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Colman vs. Jurisich
Frank Colman pinch hits for Preacher Roe.
Colman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. DiMaggio moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Barrett vs. Jurisich
Frankie Zak pinch runs for Frank Colman.
Barrett hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. DiMaggio scores. Zak moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Coscarart vs. Munger
Red Munger now pitching.
Coscarart hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Zak scores. Barrett moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Russell vs. Munger
Russell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Barrett scores. Coscarart moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Elliott vs. Munger
Munger fires to third, and has Coscarart trapped. The throw to the plate, and Coscarart is out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Elliott vs. Munger
Elliott hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Cooper settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Verban vs. Cuccurullo
Spud Davis now catching. Cookie Cuccurullo now pitching.
Verban hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Cuccurullo
Martin hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Cuccurullo
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gustine picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Gustine. Musial moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cooper vs. Cuccurullo
Cooper hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/2/1944 -- St.Louis at Pittsburgh (D)
St.Louis AB R H RBI Pittsburgh AB R H RBI
Verban E, 2b 5 0 1 0 Barrett J, rf 4 1 1 1
Martin P, cf 5 0 1 0 Handley L, 2b 1 0 0 0
Musial S, rf 3 1 2 0 Coscarart P, 2b 3 0 1 1
Cooper W, c 5 0 0 0 Russell J, lf 4 0 2 1
Sanders R, 1b 3 0 1 0 Elliott B, 3b 2 0 0 0
Kurowski W, 3b 2 0 1 0 Gustine F, ss 3 0 0 0
Litwhiler D, lf 3 0 1 0 Dahlgren B, 1b 3 0 0 0
Marion M, ss 3 0 0 1 DiMaggio V, cf 3 1 2 0
Jurisich A, p 4 0 0 0 Lopez A, c 2 0 1 0
Munger R, p 0 0 0 0 Rubeling A, ph 1 0 0 0
Davis S, c 0 0 0 0
Roe P, p 1 0 0 0
Colman F, ph 1 0 1 0
Zak F, pr 0 1 0 0
Cuccurullo C, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
33 1 7 1 28 3 8 3
St.Louis 000 000 010 -- 1
Pittsburgh 000 000 03x -- 3
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Jurisich A (L) 7.1 6 3 3 3 1
Munger R 0.2 2 0 0 0 0
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO
Roe P (W) 8.0 6 1 1 6 4
Cuccurullo C (S) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
E -- Elliott B, Gustine F
DP -- St.Louis 2
LOB -- St.Louis 12, Pittsburgh 4
2B -- Musial S
SB -- Martin P
CS -- Russell J
HBP -- by Roe P (Musial S)
T -- 2:23
A -- 4895
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