St. Louis Cardinals vs Cincinnati Reds
September 5, 1944 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 5, 1944 at Crosley Field. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 0, Cincinnati Reds 4

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Garms rf,3b 4 0 0 0
Sanders 1b 4 0 1 0
Musial cf,rf 4 0 2 0
O'Dea c 4 0 1 0
Kurowski 3b,2b 4 0 1 0
Litwhiler lf 3 0 0 0
Marion ss 3 0 0 0
  Bergamo ph 1 0 0 0
Verban 2b 2 0 0 0
  Jurisich p 0 0 0 0
Lanier p 2 0 0 0
  Hopp cf 1 0 1 0
Totals 32 0 6 0
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Williams 2b 4 1 1 1
Clay cf 4 0 0 0
Walker rf 3 1 2 0
McCormick 1b 4 0 1 1
Mueller c 3 0 0 1
Tipton lf 2 1 1 0
Mesner 3b 3 1 1 0
Miller ss 2 0 1 1
Walters p 3 0 0 0
Totals 28 4 7 4
St. Louis 000 000 000062
Cincinnati 201 000 01x472
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Lanier  L(17-8) 6.0 5 3 3 7 1
  Jurisich   2.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
7
4
4
7
2
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Walters  W(20-7) 9.0 6 0 0 1 4
Totals
9.0
6
0
0
1
4

  E–O'Dea (2), Litwhiler (5), Williams (23), Miller (21).  DP–Cincinnati 2. Walters-Miller-McCormick, Miller-Williams-McCormick.  2B–St. Louis Musial (48); Hopp (28), Cincinnati Williams (21); Tipton (22); Miller (18).  HBP–Litwhiler (9).  Team LOB–7.  SH–Clay (10); Tipton (4); Miller (12).  Team–10.  SB–Tipton (2).  U–George Barr, Ziggy Sears, Jocko Conlan.  T–1:50.  A–5,144.
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