July 11, 1944 at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the home of the NL’s Pittsburgh Pirates. In the All Star Game the National League defeating the American League 7–1.
Played during World War II, receipts from the game were distributed to a fund that provided baseball equipment to members of the armed services The American League scored in the second inning on a single by Hank Borowy, its pitcher, but never scored again. The National League got four runs in the fifth inning, led by Bill Nicholson’s pinch-hit double. Whitey Kurowski knocked in two more runs with a double in the seventh. A sacrifice fly by Stan Musial in the eighth inning closed out the scoring. Ken Raffensberger was the winning pitcher for the Nationals. Phil Cavaretta sets an All-Star Game record by reaching base five consecutive times. The 27 year-old Cub first baseman’s triple, single, and three walks
