Phillies @ Cubs
September 17, 1959

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Bottom 9 R H E
Phillies 5 11 2
Cubs 2 6 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Phillies 5 11 2
Cubs 2 6 0

Sammy Taylor Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .260
OBP .333 .328
At Bats 3 323
Hits 1 84
• Singles 1 62
• Doubles 0 9
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 11
Walks 0 32
RBI’s 0 40

Robin Roberts Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
14 15 0
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Wrigley Field - September 17, 1959
Robin Roberts
Joe Lonnett
Dave Philley
Sparky Anderson
Gene Freese
Joe Koppe
Harry Anderson
Solly Drake
Wally Post
Sammy Taylor

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Philadelphia Phillies 5 11 2 7
Chicago Cubs 2 6 0 5
Winning Pitcher Robin Roberts
Losing Pitcher Glen Hobbie
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Wally Post
Attendance 598
Time of Game 2 hours 10 minutes
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Taylor strikes out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Noren hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Anderson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Moryn hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Philley 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 9 Koppe is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Drake hits a fly ball into right field. Noren settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Banks hits a fly ball into center field. Drake settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Marshall hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Joe Lonnett now catching. Altman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koppe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Roberts strikes out.
Top 8 Bolger hits a fly ball into right field. Noren settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Anderson tags and scores.
Top 8 Jim Bolger pinch hits for Carl Sawatski. There goes Anderson. The throw from Taylor and he is safe. Anderson steals third.
Top 8 Anderson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Noren. Anderson reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Bill Henry now pitching. Freese hits a fly ball into center field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Taylor hits a fly ball into center field. Drake settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Dale Long pinch hits for Dave Hillman. Long hits a fly ball into left field. Anderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Dark hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Anderson. Dark reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Anderson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Post strikes out.
Top 7 Anderson hits a fly ball into left field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Philley hits a fly ball into left field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Noren strikes out.
Bottom 6 Moryn strikes out.
Bottom 6 Banks hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Solly Drake now playing center field. Marshall hits a line drive into center field. Drake settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Koppe hits a fly ball into center field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Solly Drake pinch runs for Richie Ashburn. There goes Drake. The throw from Taylor and he is out, Taylor applying the tag.
Top 6 Ashburn takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Dave Hillman now pitching. Roberts hits a fly ball into right field. Noren settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Altman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koppe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Taylor hits a popup towards short. Koppe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Lou Jackson pinch hits for Glen Hobbie. Jackson is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Sawatski hits a line drive into left field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Anderson takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Freese hits a fly ball into left field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Post hits a fly ball into center field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Dark hits a fly ball into left field. Anderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Taylor hits a popup towards short. Koppe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Noren hits a line drive into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Anderson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Marshall scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Anderson for the out.
Top 4 Philley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Roberts scores. Koppe moves to second.
Top 4 Koppe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Taylor fields it and throws to second for the out. Roberts moves to third.
Top 4 Ashburn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Roberts moves to second.
Top 4 Roberts bunts towards the mound. Hobbie fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Sawatski takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Moryn hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards first. Philley juggles the ball. That's an error on Philley.
Bottom 3 Marshall hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Altman hits a fly ball into left field. Anderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Anderson hits a fly ball into center field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Freese hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Anderson scores. Post moves to third.
Top 3 Post hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dark fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Philley scores. Anderson moves to second.
Top 3 Anderson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Koppe scores. Philley moves to third.
Top 3 Philley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dark fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Koppe moves to second.
Top 3 Koppe hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dark fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Ashburn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Roberts trying to get to third. Noren throws the ball in to Dark, who tags Roberts for the out.
Top 3 Roberts hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Dark is thrown out by unknown player in unknown way. Dark moves to second.
Bottom 2 Hobbie strikes out.
Bottom 2 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Taylor hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Noren hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Sawatski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Anderson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Freese hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Post strikes out.
Bottom 1 Moryn is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Banks hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Altman moves to third.
Bottom 1 Marshall hits a popup towards third. Freese settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Altman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Taylor hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Anderson strikes out.
Top 1 Philley 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 Koppe hits a fly ball into right field. Noren settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Ashburn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.