Pirates @ Cubs
May 17, 1959

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Pirates 5 9 1
Cubs 7 9 0
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Pirates 5 9 1
Cubs 7 9 0

Don Hoak Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .238
OBP .750 .351
At Bats 2 122
Hits 1 29
• Singles 0 23
• Doubles 0 3
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 1 2
Walks 2 22
RBI’s 1 11

Bill Henry Season Stats

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3 1 0
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Wrigley Field - May 17, 1959
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Strikeout
Bill Henry
Sammy Taylor
Dale Long
Tony Taylor
Al Dark
Ernie Banks
Walt Moryn
Bobby Thomson
Lee Walls
Don Hoak
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Hoak strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 R C Stevens pinch hits for Bob Smith. Stevens hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Taylor hits a popup towards third. Hoak settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Walls hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Thomson hits a fly ball into center field. Mejias settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Roman Mejias now playing center field. Long hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Harry Bright pinch hits for Bill Virdon. Bright hits a fly ball into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Groat hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kluszewski scores. Skinner moves to third.
Top 8 Mazeroski hits a popup towards third. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Skinner takes first base on ball four. Kluszewski moves to second.
Top 8 Kluszewski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Taylor fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 8 Burgess strikes out.
Bottom 7 Moryn strikes out.
Bottom 7 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat misplays the ball. That's an error on Groat. Taylor scores. Dark goes all the way around to score. Banks moves to second. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 7 Dark takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Taylor hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Clemente. Taylor reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Henry strikes out.
Bottom 7 Bob Smith now pitching. Taylor strikes out.
Top 7 Clemente hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Hoak strikes out.
Top 7 Dick Stuart pinch hits for Bennie Daniels. Stuart strikes out.
Bottom 6 Walls hits a line drive towards short. Groat catches it and throws to first to double up Thomson.
Bottom 6 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Long takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Bill Henry now pitching. Virdon hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Taylor settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Mazeroski hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Moryn. Mazeroski reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Skinner hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Kluszewski hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Moryn strikes out.
Bottom 5 Banks hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 5 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Taylor hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Taylor tags and scores.
Bottom 5 Hobbie hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Taylor moves to third.
Bottom 5 Taylor hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Clemente. Taylor reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Burgess hits a line drive into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Clemente hits a fly ball into left field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Virdon tags and scores.
Top 5 Hoak takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Daniels strikes out.
Top 5 There's a wild pitch. Virdon moves to third.
Top 5 Virdon hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Walls. Virdon reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Walls strikes out.
Bottom 4 Thomson strikes out.
Bottom 4 Long hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 4 Moryn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Taylor scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Mazeroski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dark fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Skinner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Burgess scores.
Top 4 Kluszewski hits a fly ball into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Burgess hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Moryn. Burgess reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Dark strikes out.
Bottom 3 Taylor hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Virdon. Taylor reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Hobbie hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Taylor hits a popup towards short. Groat settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Taylor fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Hoak takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Daniels hits a fly ball into left field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Walls hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Long hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Virdon hits a line drive into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Groat hits a fly ball into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Mazeroski hits a line drive into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Moryn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Banks hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Dark strikes out.
Bottom 1 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Daniels fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 Skinner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Taylor fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Kluszewski strikes out.
Top 1 Burgess hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hobbie fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Hoak hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.