Cardinals @ Phillies
May 6, 1959

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Bottom 9 R H E
Cardinals 8 9 1
Phillies 7 7 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Cardinals 8 9 1
Phillies 7 7 1

Richie Ashburn Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .233
OBP .250 .387
At Bats 3 73
Hits 0 17
• Singles 0 17
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 1 17
RBI’s 0 2

Jim Brosnan Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 2 1
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Connie Mack Stadium - May 6, 1959
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Out
Jim Brosnan
Gene Green
Joe Cunningham
Don Blasingame
Ken Boyer
Lee Tate
Bill White
Curt Flood
Bobby Smith
Richie Ashburn
Joe Koppe

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
St. Louis Cardinals 8 9 1 8
Philadelphia Phillies 7 7 1 3
Winning Pitcher Howie Nunn
Losing Pitcher Jack Meyer
Save Jim Brosnan
Game Winning RBI Joe Cunningham
Attendance 12,005
Time of Game 2 hours 40 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tate scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Joe Koppe pinch runs for Bob Bowman. Dave Philley pinch hits for Turk Farrell. Philley hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Bob Bowman pinch hits for Valmy Thomas. Bowman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Gene Freese pinch hits for Sparky Anderson. Freese hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Jones tags and scores.
Bottom 9 Jones hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Flood who is chasing the ball. Jones reaches third base with a triple.
Top 9 Cunningham hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Hamner fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 9 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Farrell fields it and throws to home to get Boyer. White moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 9 White hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Boyer moves to third.
Top 9 Boyer takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Brosnan is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Anderson strikes out.
Bottom 8 Post hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cunningham settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Bouchee takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Joe Cunningham now playing first base. Curt Flood now playing center field. Gene Green now catching. Jim Brosnan now pitching. Hamner hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Cimoli hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Anderson reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to second for the out. Flood moves to third.
Top 8 Curt Flood pinch runs for George Crowe. Tate hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hamner fields it and throws to third for the out. Smith scores. Flood moves to second. That run is unearned. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 8 George Crowe pinch hits for Howie Nunn. Turk Farrell now pitching. Crowe is walked intentionally.
Top 8 Joe Cunningham pinch hits for Hal Smith. Cunningham hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Post. Cunningham reaches second base with a double. Boyer scores. White scores. Smith moves to third.
Top 8 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bouchee juggles the ball. That's an error on Bouchee. Boyer moves to third. White moves to second.
Top 8 White takes first base on ball four. Boyer moves to second.
Top 8 Jack Meyer now pitching. Boyer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Musial hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 7 Ashburn hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Semproch strikes out.
Bottom 7 Howie Nunn now pitching. Lee Tate now playing shortstop. Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nunn fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Cimoli hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Blasingame takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Joe Durham pinch hits for Alex Kellner. Durham 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 Solly Hemus pinch hits for Alex Grammas. Hemus hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hamner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Anderson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Jones hits a popup in front of the plate. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Anderson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Post hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Smith hits a fly ball into left field. Anderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Smith hits a popup, foul, towards third. Jones settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Thomas fires to first and picks off White.
Top 6 White hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Boyer hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 6 Musial takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Bouchee hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Hamner hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 5 Ashburn is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Semproch hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Anderson scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 5 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 The ball gets by Smith for a passed ball. Jones scores. Anderson moves to third.
Bottom 5 Anderson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kellner juggles the ball. That's an error on Kellner. Jones moves to third. Anderson moves to second.
Bottom 5 Jones hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of White. Jones reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Cimoli 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 5 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hamner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Kellner strikes out.
Bottom 4 Anderson strikes out.
Bottom 4 Post hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 Bouchee hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bouchee for the out.
Bottom 4 Hamner hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Grammas 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 4 Smith hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Anderson. Smith reaches second base with a double. Smith scores.
Top 4 Smith hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Post who is chasing the ball. Smith reaches third base with a triple. Musial goes all the way around to score.
Top 4 White strikes out.
Top 4 Boyer hits a line drive into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Musial takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Ashburn hits a fly ball into center field. Cimoli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Semproch is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Thomas hits a line drive into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Cimoli hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Anderson reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hamner scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Grammas moves to second.
Top 3 Kellner strikes out.
Top 3 Grammas takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Anderson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Jones hits a line drive towards short. Grammas reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Anderson hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Smith hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Smith 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 2 White hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bouchee scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats White for the out.
Bottom 1 Post hits a fly ball into center field. Cimoli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Bouchee hits a line drive into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Hamner hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Ashburn takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Boyer hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Thomas fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bouchee scoops it up and throws to first, with Semproch covering, for the out. Cimoli moves to third.
Top 1 Cimoli hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Post. Cimoli reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Anderson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.