Pirates @ Braves
August 14, 1945

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Bottom 10 R H E
Pirates 7 13 2
Braves 5 9 0
Bottom 10 R H E
Pirates 7 13 2
Braves 5 9 0

Joe Medwick Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .301
OBP .500 .339
At Bats 4 226
Hits 2 68
• Singles 2 55
• Doubles 0 10
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 0 12
RBI’s 0 34

Fritz Ostermueller Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 0 0
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Braves Field - August 14, 1945
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Strikeout
Fritz Ostermueller
Al Lopez
Babe Dahlgren
Pete Coscarart
Bob Elliott
Frankie Gustine
Jim Russell
Al Gionfriddo
Johnny Barrett
Joe Medwick
Tommy Holmes

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Pittsburgh Pirates 7 13 2 9
Boston Braves 5 9 0 5
Winning Pitcher Fritz Ostermueller
Losing Pitcher Don Hendrickson
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Bob Elliott
Attendance
Time of Game 2 hours 14 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Medwick strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 10 Holmes hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Russell. Holmes reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 10 Stew Hofferth pinch hits for Vince Shupe. Hofferth hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 10 Wietelmann hits a ball on the ground towards third. Elliott fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 10 Bill Ramsey pinch hits for Don Hendrickson. Ramsey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dahlgren scoops it up and throws to first, with Ostermueller covering, for the out.
Top 10 Gustine strikes out.
Top 10 Ostermueller hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Dahlgren scores. Coscarart scores. Lopez moves to second.
Top 10 Lopez is walked intentionally.
Top 10 Coscarart hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Medwick. Coscarart reaches second base with a double. Dahlgren moves to third.
Top 10 Dahlgren hits a ball on the ground towards short. Culler fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 10 Barrett strikes out.
Top 10 Elliott hits a fly ball into center field. Gillenwater settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Russell scores.
Top 10 Russell hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Gillenwater who is chasing the ball. Russell reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 9 Culler hits a fly ball into center field. Gionfriddo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Masi hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gustine fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 9 Gillenwater takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Gionfriddo hits a fly ball into right field. Holmes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Gustine hits a ball on the ground towards third. Workman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Ostermueller hits a fly ball into left field. Medwick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Workman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Coscarart scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Medwick hits a popup towards short. Gustine settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Holmes hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dahlgren scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Holmes for the out. Shupe moves to third.
Bottom 8 There goes Shupe. The throw from Lopez and he is safe. Shupe steals second.
Bottom 8 Frankie Gustine now playing shortstop. Pete Coscarart now playing second base. Shupe hits a ball on the ground for a single.
Top 8 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hendrickson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Frank Colman pinch hits for Vic Barnhart. Colman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hendrickson fields it and throws to first for the out. Dahlgren moves to second.
Top 8 Don Hendrickson now pitching. Dahlgren hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Barrett scores.
Top 8 Barrett hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Holmes. Barrett reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Whitey Wietelmann now playing second base. Elliott hits a fly ball into left field. Medwick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Nelson strikes out.
Bottom 7 Lee hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gustine scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Culler hits a fly ball into left field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Russell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Shupe scoops it up and throws to first, with Lee covering, for the out.
Top 7 Gionfriddo takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Gustine hits a popup towards short. Culler settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Ostermueller bunts towards the mound. Lee fields it and throws to first for the out. Lopez moves to second.
Top 7 Lopez takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Masi hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Gustine settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Gillenwater takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Workman strikes out.
Bottom 6 There goes Medwick. The throw from Lopez and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Bottom 6 Medwick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Elliott fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 6 Holmes hits a fly ball into right field. Barrett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Barnhart hits a ball on the ground towards third. Workman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Dahlgren hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Lee, and towards Culler, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 There goes Barrett. The throw from Masi and he is out, Culler applying the tag.
Top 6 Barrett hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Shupe hits a fly ball into left field. Russell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Nelson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Barnhart scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Lee hits a ball on the ground towards short. Barnhart scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 There goes Russell. The throw from Masi and he is out, Culler applying the tag.
Top 5 Elliott hits a popup towards short. Culler settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Russell takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Gionfriddo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Culler scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Culler hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gustine scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Masi hits a ball on the ground towards third. Elliott fields it, steps on third, and throws to second for the double play.
Bottom 4 Gillenwater takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 There goes Workman. The throw from Lopez and he is safe. Workman steals second.
Bottom 4 Workman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Gustine hits a ball on the ground towards short. Culler scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Ostermueller hits a ball on the ground towards first. Shupe fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play.
Top 4 Lopez takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Medwick hits a line drive towards first. Dahlgren reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Holmes hits a popup towards short. Barnhart settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Shupe hits a fly ball into center field. Gionfriddo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Barnhart hits a ball on the ground towards short. Culler fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Dahlgren hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gionfriddo scores. Elliott moves to third.
Top 3 Barrett hits a fly ball into center field. Gillenwater settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Elliott takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Russell hits a popup towards short. Culler settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Gionfriddo hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Gillenwater. Gionfriddo reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Nelson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gionfriddo throws the ball in to Gustine who tags Nelson trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Culler scores.
Bottom 2 Lee hits a fly ball into right field. Barrett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Masi scores. Culler moves to second.
Bottom 2 Culler hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Workman scores. Masi moves to third.
Bottom 2 Masi takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Gillenwater hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gustine settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Workman hits a ball on the ground towards second. Gustine picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Gustine. Medwick scores. Workman moves to second.
Bottom 2 There's a wild pitch. Medwick moves to second.
Bottom 2 Medwick hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Gustine hits a ball on the ground towards third. Workman fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Ostermueller hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lopez moves to second.
Top 2 Lopez takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Barnhart hits a ball on the ground towards third. Workman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Dahlgren hits a fly ball into right field. Holmes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Holmes hits a ball on the ground towards short. Barnhart scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Shupe hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ostermueller fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Nelson hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Gustine reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 There goes Barrett. The throw from Masi and he is out, Nelson applying the tag.
Top 1 Barrett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Nelson fields it and throws to second for the out. Gionfriddo scores.
Top 1 Elliott hits a popup towards first. Shupe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Russell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gionfriddo moves to third.
Top 1 Gionfriddo hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lee fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 Gustine hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.