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Cardinals
@ Pirates
Forbes Field
June 17, 1945
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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 June 17, 1945 at Forbes Field.
Game Summary
| Date | June 17, 1945 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
|
| Home Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | June 17, 1945 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Home Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Ken Burkhart |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Rip Sewell |
| Ballpark | Forbes Field |
| City | Pittsburgh |
| State | PA |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 7 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill Stewart 1B: Lee Ballanfant 2B: (none) 3B: George Magerkurth |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Red Schoendienst | Left Fielder |
| Johnny Hopp | Right Fielder |
| Buster Adams | Center Fielder |
| Whitey Kurowski | Third Baseman |
| Ray Sanders | First Baseman |
| Ken O'Dea | Catcher |
| Emil Verban | Second Baseman |
| Marty Marion | Shortstop |
| Ken Burkhart | Pitcher |
| Billy Southworth | Manager |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Lee Handley | Third Baseman |
| Al Gionfriddo | Left Fielder |
| Johnny Barrett | Center Fielder |
| Bob Elliott | Right Fielder |
| Babe Dahlgren | First Baseman |
| Pete Coscarart | Second Baseman |
| Vic Barnhart | Shortstop |
| Al Lopez | Catcher |
| Rip Sewell | Pitcher |
| Frankie Frisch | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cardinals
@ Pirates
Forbes Field
June 17, 1945
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Sewell
Schoendienst hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Elliott. Schoendienst reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hopp vs. Sewell
Hopp hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. Schoendienst moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Adams vs. Sewell
Adams hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Barrett. Adams reaches second base with a double. Schoendienst scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kurowski vs. Sewell
Kurowski hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Adams scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sanders vs. Sewell
Sanders hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
O'Dea vs. Sewell
O'Dea hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Handley vs. Burkhart
Handley hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gionfriddo vs. Burkhart
Gionfriddo hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Barrett vs. Burkhart
Barrett hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Handley moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Elliott vs. Burkhart
Elliott hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Dahlgren vs. Burkhart
Dahlgren hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Top 2
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Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Verban vs. Sewell
Verban strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marion vs. Sewell
Marion hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burkhart vs. Sewell
Burkhart strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schoendienst vs. Sewell
Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coscarart vs. Burkhart
Coscarart hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barnhart vs. Burkhart
Barnhart hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Burkhart
Lopez hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hopp vs. Sewell
Hopp hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Adams vs. Sewell
Adams hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. Hopp moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Kurowski vs. Sewell
Kurowski hits a fly ball into left field. Gionfriddo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Hopp scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sanders vs. Sewell
Sanders hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Adams moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
O'Dea vs. Sewell
O'Dea hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Coscarart fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sewell vs. Burkhart
Sewell hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Handley vs. Burkhart
Handley takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gionfriddo vs. Burkhart
Gionfriddo 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
Top 4
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Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Verban vs. Sewell
Verban hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marion vs. Sewell
Marion hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burkhart vs. Sewell
Burkhart bunts towards first. Dahlgren fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first, with Coscarart covering. It's a double play. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barrett vs. Burkhart
Barrett hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Elliott vs. Burkhart
Elliott hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dahlgren vs. Burkhart
Dahlgren hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Sewell
Schoendienst hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Barrett. Schoendienst reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hopp vs. Sewell
Hopp takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Adams vs. Sewell
Adams hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kurowski vs. Sewell
Kurowski hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Sanders vs. Sewell
Sanders hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Schoendienst moves to third. Hopp moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
O'Dea vs. Sewell
O'Dea hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coscarart vs. Burkhart
Coscarart hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Barnhart vs. Burkhart
Barnhart hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lopez vs. Burkhart
Lopez hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sewell vs. Burkhart
Sewell hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Verban vs. Sewell
Verban hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Coscarart misplays the ball. That's an error on Coscarart. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Marion vs. Sewell
Marion hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burkhart vs. Sewell
Burkhart strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schoendienst vs. Sewell
Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Handley vs. Burkhart
Handley hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gionfriddo vs. Burkhart
Gionfriddo hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Barrett vs. Burkhart
Barrett strikes out. There goes Gionfriddo. The throw from O'Dea to second, and Gionfriddo is out. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hopp vs. Sewell
Hopp bunts towards the mound. Sewell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Adams vs. Sewell
Adams bunts towards third. Handley fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Hopp moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kurowski vs. Sewell
Kurowski hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Sanders vs. Sewell
Sanders takes first base on ball four. Hopp moves to third. Adams moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
O'Dea vs. Sewell
O'Dea hits a fly ball into center field. Barrett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Hopp scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Verban vs. Sewell
Verban hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Elliott vs. Burkhart
Elliott takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dahlgren vs. Burkhart
Dahlgren hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Coscarart vs. Burkhart
Coscarart hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Barnhart vs. Burkhart
Barnhart hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marion vs. Sewell
Marion hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burkhart vs. Sewell
Burkhart strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Sewell
Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waner vs. Burkhart
Lloyd Waner pinch hits for Al Lopez.
Waner hits a fly ball for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Saltzgaver vs. Burkhart
Jack Saltzgaver pinch hits for Rip Sewell.
Saltzgaver hits a fly ball for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Handley vs. Burkhart
Handley hits a fly ball into left field. Schoendienst settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hopp vs. Rescigno
Spud Davis now catching. Xavier Rescigno now pitching.
Hopp takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Adams vs. Rescigno
Adams bunts towards the mound. Rescigno fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Hopp moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kurowski vs. Rescigno
Kurowski hits a line drive into right field. Elliott picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Elliott. Hopp scores. Adams goes all the way around to score. Kurowski moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Sanders vs. Rescigno
Sanders hits a fly ball for an out with unknown description. Kurowski moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
O'Dea vs. Rescigno
O'Dea is walked intentionally. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Verban vs. Rescigno
Verban hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Elliott. Verban reaches second base with a double. Kurowski scores. O'Dea moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Marion vs. Rescigno
Marion hits a popup towards first. Dahlgren settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Burkhart vs. Rescigno
Burkhart strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Cardinals, 7 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gionfriddo vs. Burkhart
Gionfriddo hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barrett vs. Burkhart
Barrett hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Hopp who is chasing the ball. Barrett reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Elliott vs. Burkhart
Elliott hits a popup towards third. Kurowski settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Dahlgren vs. Burkhart
Dahlgren hits a line drive into left field. Schoendienst settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 6/17/1945, game 1 -- St.Louis at Pittsburgh (D)
St.Louis AB R H RBI Pittsburgh AB R H RBI
Schoendienst R, lf 5 1 2 0 Handley L, 3b 3 0 2 0
Hopp J, rf 3 3 2 0 Gionfriddo A, lf 4 0 0 0
Adams B, cf 5 2 4 1 Barrett J, cf 4 0 2 0
Kurowski W, 3b 5 1 2 3 Elliott B, rf 3 0 0 0
Sanders R, 1b 4 0 2 0 Dahlgren B, 1b 4 0 0 0
O'Dea K, c 4 0 0 1 Coscarart P, 2b 3 0 1 0
Verban E, 2b 5 0 1 1 Barnhart V, ss 3 0 0 0
Marion M, ss 5 0 2 0 Lopez A, c 2 0 0 0
Burkhart K, p 5 0 0 0 Waner L, ph 1 0 0 0
Davis S, c 0 0 0 0
Sewell R, p 2 0 0 0
Saltzgaver J, ph 1 0 0 0
Rescigno X, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
41 7 15 6 30 0 5 0
St.Louis 201 000 103 -- 7
Pittsburgh 000 000 000 -- 0
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Burkhart K (W) 9.0 5 0 0 2 1
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO
Sewell R (L) 8.0 12 4 4 2 4
Rescigno X 1.0 3 3 3 2 1
E -- Coscarart P, Elliott B
DP -- St.Louis 2, Pittsburgh 2
LOB -- St.Louis 11, Pittsburgh 5
2B -- Schoendienst R 2, Adams B, Verban E
3B -- Barrett J
CS -- Gionfriddo A
T -- 2:07
A -- 0
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