Giants @ Braves
August 20, 1959

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Bottom 9 R H E
Giants 5 15 1
Braves 3 11 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Giants 5 15 1
Braves 3 11 0

Hank Aaron Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .374
OBP .500 .422
At Bats 4 478
Hits 2 179
• Singles 2 101
• Doubles 0 40
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 0 33
Walks 0 40
RBI’s 0 97

Sam Jones Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
15 11 4
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County Stadium - August 20, 1959
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Sam Jones
Bob Schmidt
Orlando Cepeda
Daryl Spencer
Danny O'Connell
Eddie Bressoud
Jackie Brandt
Willie Mays
Felipe Alou
Hank Aaron
Eddie Mathews
Bobby Avila

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
San Francisco Giants 5 15 1 9
Milwaukee Braves 3 11 0 9
Winning Pitcher Sam Jones
Losing Pitcher Warren Spahn
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Willie McCovey
Attendance 33,846
Time of Game 3 hours 2 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards third. O'Connell fields it and throws to second for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Mathews hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Logan scores. Avila moves to third.
Bottom 9 Avila hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Logan moves to third.
Bottom 9 Mickey Vernon pinch hits for Warren Spahn. Vernon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cepeda scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Vernon for the out. Logan moves to second.
Bottom 9 Crandall hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Danny O'Connell now playing third base. Jackie Brandt now playing left field. Orlando Cepeda now playing first base. Logan hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Spencer hits a popup towards first. Torre settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Cepeda hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit.
Top 9 McCovey hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 9 Mays hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Brandt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Jones strikes out.
Bottom 8 Maye strikes out.
Bottom 8 Torre hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Cepeda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Bruton is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Bressoud strikes out.
Top 8 Schmidt strikes out.
Top 8 Alou hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Aaron hits a popup towards short. Bressoud settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey scoops it up and throws to first, with Jones covering, for the out. Crandall scores. Spahn moves to third.
Bottom 7 Avila bunts towards the mound. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out. Crandall moves to third. Spahn moves to second.
Bottom 7 Spahn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Crandall moves to second.
Bottom 7 Crandall takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Cepeda hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Brandt moves to third.
Top 7 McCovey hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Avila settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Mays hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Brandt hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Maye. Brandt reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Logan hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Maye hits a popup, foul, towards first. McCovey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Torre hits a fly ball into left field. Cepeda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Avila scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Bressoud hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bruton who is chasing the ball. Bressoud reaches third base with a triple. Schmidt goes all the way around to score.
Top 6 Schmidt hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Avila scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Spencer hits a fly ball into left field. Maye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Bruton strikes out.
Bottom 5 Aaron hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mathews moves to second.
Bottom 5 Mathews hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Avila hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brandt fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Spahn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brandt fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Cepeda hits a ball on the ground for a double play.
Top 5 McCovey hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. Brandt scores. Mays moves to third.
Top 5 Mays hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Brandt moves to second.
Top 5 Brandt hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bressoud scores.
Top 5 Jones hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Crandall settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Bressoud hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Maye. Bressoud reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Crandall hits a fly ball into left field. Cepeda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Logan strikes out. Schmidt drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Logan out.
Bottom 4 Maye hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Maye for the out.
Top 4 Schmidt strikes out.
Top 4 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Bill Bruton now playing center field. Hank Aaron now playing right field. Lee Maye now playing left field. Spencer hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Torre hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Covington hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mathews moves to third.
Bottom 3 Aaron hits a fly ball into left field. Cepeda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Mathews bunts towards the mound. Jones fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 Cepeda strikes out.
Top 3 McCovey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mays moves to third.
Top 3 Mays hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Brandt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Jones strikes out.
Bottom 2 Avila hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brandt fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Spahn hits a fly ball into left field. Cepeda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Crandall hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Logan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brandt fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Bressoud hits a fly ball into center field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Schmidt hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Alou moves to second.
Top 2 Alou hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Spencer hits a fly ball into center field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Cepeda strikes out.
Bottom 1 Maye strikes out.
Bottom 1 Torre hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Alou. Torre reaches second base with a double. Avila scores. Aaron moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 1 Covington hits a popup, foul, towards first. McCovey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Aaron hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 There goes Avila. The throw from Schmidt and he is safe. Avila steals second.
Bottom 1 Mathews hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Spencer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Avila hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brandt fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Brandt.
Top 1 McCovey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torre scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McCovey for the out.
Top 1 Mays hits a fly ball into left field. Covington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Frank Torre now playing first base. Brandt hits a popup towards first. Torre settles under it and makes the catch for the out.