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Dodgers 6 @ Pirates 7
Forbes Field
August 21, 1944

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Brooklyn Dodgers, played on August 21, 1944 at Forbes Field. The home team Pirates beat the visiting Dodgers with a score of 7 to 6.

Game Summary

DateAugust 21, 1944 
Visiting Team
Brooklyn Dodgers
R: 6 H: 15 E: 1 LOB: 12
Runs: 6
Hits: 15
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 12
Home Team
Pittsburgh Pirates
R: 7 H: 9 E: 0 LOB: 8
Runs: 7
Hits: 9
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 8
Winning PitcherRay Starr  
Losing PitcherLes Webber  
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Game Winning RBIFrankie Gustine 

Game Info

DateAugust 21, 1944 
Day of WeekMon 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamBrooklyn Dodgers 
Home TeamPittsburgh Pirates 
Visiting Starting PitcherHal Gregg  
Home Starting PitcherFritz Ostermueller  
BallparkForbes Field 
CityPittsburgh 
StatePA 
Attendance3,039 
Time of Game2 hours 43 minutes 
UmpiresHP: George Barr
1B: Ziggy Sears
2B: (none)
3B: Jocko Conlan

Brooklyn Dodgers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Frenchy Bordagaray  Center Fielder 
Mickey Owen  Catcher 
Augie Galan  Left Fielder 
Dixie Walker  Right Fielder 
Luis Olmo  Third Baseman 
Howie Schultz  First Baseman 
Bobby Bragan  Shortstop 
Barney Koch  Second Baseman 
Hal Gregg  Pitcher 
Leo Durocher  Manager 

Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup 

Name  Position 
Pete Coscarart  Second Baseman 
Jim Russell  Left Fielder 
Johnny Barrett  Center Fielder 
Bob Elliott  Third Baseman 
Frank Colman  Right Fielder 
Babe Dahlgren  First Baseman 
Frankie Gustine  Shortstop 
Al Lopez  Catcher 
Fritz Ostermueller  Pitcher 
Frankie Frisch  Manager 

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Dodgers 6 @ Pirates 7
Forbes Field
August 21, 1944

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 8/21/1944 -- Brooklyn at Pittsburgh (D)

  Brooklyn           AB  R  H RBI    Pittsburgh         AB  R  H RBI
Bordagaray F, cf      5  2  3  0   Coscarart P, 2b       3  1  0  0   
Stanky E, 3b          0  0  0  0   Russell J, lf         4  2  3  1   
Owen M, c             6  3  5  2   Barrett J, cf         4  1  0  1   
Galan A, lf           4  0  2  3   Elliott B, 3b         5  2  3  2   
Walker D, rf          3  0  2  1   Colman F, rf          5  0  2  0   
Olmo L, 3b-cf         4  0  0  0   Dahlgren B, 1b        4  0  0  1   
Schultz H, 1b         5  0  0  0   Gustine F, ss         5  0  0  1   
Bragan B, ss          5  0  1  0   Lopez A, c            3  0  0  0   
Koch B, 2b            5  1  1  0   DiMaggio V, ph        1  0  0  0   
Gregg H, p            2  0  0  0   Camelli H, c          0  0  0  0   
Webber L, p           3  0  1  0   Ostermueller F, p     0  0  0  0   
                                   Rescigno X, p         1  1  0  0   
                                   Cuccurullo C, p       0  0  0  0   
                                   Rubeling A, ph        1  0  1  0   
                                   Starr R, p            0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     42  6 15  6                        36  7  9  6

Brooklyn         230 001 000 0 --  6
Pittsburgh       000 240 000 1 --  7
  1 out when winning run was scored.

  Brooklyn             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Gregg H               4.2  5  6  6  3  3
Webber L (L)          4.2  4  1  1  3  2

  Pittsburgh           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Ostermueller F        1.2  7  5  5  0  0
Rescigno X            6.0  7  1  1  3  3
Cuccurullo C          1.1  0  0  0  1  0
Starr R (W)           1.0  1  0  0  0  1

E -- Bordagaray F
LOB -- Brooklyn 12, Pittsburgh 8
2B -- Galan A, Owen M, Russell J
3B -- Bragan B
HR -- Elliott B
SH -- Walker D, Bordagaray F, Coscarart P
WP -- Ostermueller F
T -- 2:43
A -- 3039

    

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