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June 7, 1959

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Bottom 9 R H E
Cubs 1 5 1
Pirates 0 3 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Cubs 1 5 1
Pirates 0 3 0

Bill Mazeroski Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .249
OBP .000 .286
At Bats 2 213
Hits 0 53
• Singles 0 36
• Doubles 0 8
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 0 10
RBI’s 0 24

Don Elston Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 1 9
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Forbes Field - June 7, 1959
Out
Don Elston
Sammy Taylor
Dale Long
Tony Taylor
Johnny Goryl
Ernie Banks
Bobby Thomson
George Altman
Lee Walls
Bill Mazeroski

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago Cubs 1 5 1 5
Pittsburgh Pirates 0 3 0 6
Winning Pitcher Elmer Singleton
Losing Pitcher Bob Friend
Save Don Elston
Game Winning RBI Walt Moryn
Attendance 32,078
Time of Game 2 hours 20 minutes
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

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

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Bright hits a popup into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Bobby Thomson now playing left field. Stuart hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Taylor settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Moryn hits a fly ball into right field. Schofield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Long strikes out.
Top 9 Banks hits a line drive into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Dick Schofield now playing right field. Roy Face now pitching. Walls hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Bright. Walls reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Don Elston now pitching. Groat hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Vern Law pinch runs for Ted Kluszewski. Bill Henry now pitching. Virdon hits a fly ball into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Dick Schofield pinch runs for Rocky Nelson. Ted Kluszewski pinch hits for Joe Christopher. Kluszewski takes first base on ball four. Schofield moves to second.
Bottom 8 Rocky Nelson pinch hits for Bob Friend. Nelson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Foiles hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Altman hits a popup towards third. Hoak settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Taylor strikes out.
Top 8 Harry Bright now playing left field. Singleton strikes out.
Bottom 7 Hoak hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Taylor scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Mazeroski hits a popup towards short. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Skinner 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 7 Goryl hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 Taylor hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 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 6 Stuart hits a ball on the ground towards third. Goryl fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 6 Groat hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Virdon 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 6 Long strikes out.
Top 6 Banks strikes out.
Top 6 Joe Christopher now playing right field. Walls strikes out.
Bottom 5 Smoky Burgess pinch hits for Roman Mejias. Burgess hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Taylor scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Friend takes first base on ball four. Hoak moves to second.
Bottom 5 Foiles hits a popup towards first. Long settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Hoak hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Skinner moves to third.
Bottom 5 Mazeroski bunts towards the mound. Singleton fields it and throws to first for the out. Skinner moves to second.
Bottom 5 Skinner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Altman 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 5 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Singleton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Stuart strikes out.
Bottom 4 Groat hits a fly ball into center field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Virdon hits a line drive into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Goryl hits a popup towards short. Groat settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stuart scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Taylor for the out. Moryn moves to third.
Top 4 Moryn hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Skinner. Moryn reaches second base with a double. Long goes all the way around to score.
Top 4 Long hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Mejias strikes out.
Bottom 3 Friend hits a popup towards first. Long settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Foiles strikes out.
Top 3 Walls strikes out.
Top 3 Altman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Taylor takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Singleton strikes out.
Bottom 2 Hoak hits a popup towards short. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Mazeroski hits a fly ball into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Skinner strikes out.
Top 2 Goryl strikes out.
Top 2 Taylor hits a fly ball into left field. Skinner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Moryn strikes out.
Top 2 Long hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Skinner. Long reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Stuart hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Taylor settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards third. Goryl fields it and throws to first for the out. Virdon moves to second.
Bottom 1 Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long juggles the ball. That's an error on Long.
Bottom 1 Mejias hits a line drive into center field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Walls strikes out.
Top 1 Altman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Taylor takes first base on ball four.