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May 17, 1959

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Braves 8 13 0
Dodgers 2 7 0
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Braves 8 13 0
Dodgers 3 8 0

Charlie Neal Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .283
OBP .333 .346
At Bats 3 138
Hits 1 39
• Singles 1 33
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 13
RBI’s 0 14

Lew Burdette Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 2 1
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Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum - May 17, 1959
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Home Run
Lew Burdette
Del Crandall
Frank Torre
Johnny O'Brien
Eddie Mathews
Johnny Logan
Wes Covington
Bill Bruton
Hank Aaron
Charlie Neal
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Neal hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Gene Snyder now pitching. Mathews strikes out.
Top 8 Bruton hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit. Logan scores. O'Brien scores.
Top 8 Burdette strikes out.
Top 8 O'Brien hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Moon. O'Brien reaches second base with a double. Crandall scores. Logan moves to third.
Top 8 Logan bunts towards third. Hodges fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Crandall moves to second.
Top 8 Crandall hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Art Fowler now pitching. Torre hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Fowler fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Moon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torre scoops it up and throws to first, with Burdette covering, for the out.
Bottom 7 Ron Fairly pinch hits for Don Drysdale. Fairly hits a line drive towards first. Torre reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Pignatano hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Zimmer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Covington strikes out.
Top 7 Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Neal scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards first. Larker scoops it up and throws to first, with Drysdale covering, for the out.
Bottom 6 Hodges hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Crandall settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Larker hits a line drive towards third. Mathews reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Demeter hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Burdette fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Neal scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Burdette hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Crandall scores.
Top 6 O'Brien hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hodges fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Logan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hodges fields it and throws to first for the out. Crandall moves to second.
Top 6 Crandall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Zimmer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 Snider hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Brien scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Neal hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Moon strikes out.
Bottom 5 Drysdale hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Torre hits a fly ball into left field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Covington hits a ball on the ground towards first. Larker scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Covington for the out.
Top 5 Aaron hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 5 Mathews hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Neal scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Pignatano hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Crandall settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Zimmer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Demeter scores. Hodges moves to second.
Bottom 4 Hodges hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Demeter moves to third.
Bottom 4 Larker hits a fly ball into left field. Covington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Demeter hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Snider hits a popup towards short. Logan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Burdette hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Pignatano settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 O'Brien hits a popup in front of the plate. Pignatano settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Logan takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Crandall hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Torre hits a popup towards short. Zimmer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Neal strikes out.
Bottom 3 Moon strikes out.
Bottom 3 Drysdale hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Covington hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Neal fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Aaron takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Neal scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Pignatano hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Zimmer hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Hodges hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Crandall settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Larker hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Demeter hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Bruton hits a fly ball into center field. Demeter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Burdette strikes out.
Top 2 O'Brien hits a fly ball into left field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Logan hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Moon. Logan reaches second base with a double. Crandall moves to third.
Top 2 Crandall hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Snider hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Brien scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Neal hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Burdette fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Moon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torre scoops it up and throws to first, with Burdette covering, for the out.
Top 1 Torre hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Neal scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Covington hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Bruton scores.
Top 1 Aaron strikes out.
Top 1 Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards first. Larker scoops it up and throws to first, with Drysdale covering, for the out. Bruton moves to third.
Top 1 Bruton hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Snider. Bruton reaches second base with a double.