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Cubs
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
May 9, 1959
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Chicago Cubs, played on May 9, 1959 at Sportsman's Park.
Game Summary
Date | May 9, 1959 |
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Visiting Team |
Chicago Cubs
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Home Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | May 9, 1959 |
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Day of Week | Sat |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Chicago Cubs |
Home Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Glen Hobbie |
Home Starting Pitcher | Larry Jackson |
Ballpark | Sportsman's Park |
City | St. Louis |
State | MO |
Attendance | 6,964 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 22 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Ken Burkhart 1B: Tony Venzon 2B: Jocko Conlan 3B: Augie Donatelli |
Chicago Cubs Lineup
Name | Position |
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Johnny Goryl | Second Baseman |
George Altman | Center Fielder |
Lee Walls | Right Fielder |
Ernie Banks | Shortstop |
Jim Marshall | First Baseman |
Walt Moryn | Left Fielder |
Al Dark | Third Baseman |
Sammy Taylor | Catcher |
Glen Hobbie | Pitcher |
Bob Scheffing | Manager |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
Name | Position |
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Don Blasingame | Second Baseman |
Gino Cimoli | Center Fielder |
George Crowe | First Baseman |
Ken Boyer | Third Baseman |
Bill White | Left Fielder |
Joe Cunningham | Right Fielder |
Hal Smith | Catcher |
Alex Grammas | Shortstop |
Larry Jackson | Pitcher |
Solly Hemus | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Cubs
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
May 9, 1959
Top 1
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Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Goryl vs. Jackson
Goryl hits a popup towards short. Grammas settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Altman vs. Jackson
Altman hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walls vs. Jackson
Walls is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Hobbie
Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards first. Marshall fields the ball and throws to Hobbie covering. Safe. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cimoli vs. Hobbie
Cimoli strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Crowe vs. Hobbie
There goes Blasingame. The throw from Taylor and he is safe. Blasingame steals second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Crowe vs. Hobbie
Crowe hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Blasingame scores. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boyer vs. Hobbie
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hobbie fields it and throws to first for the out. Crowe moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
White vs. Hobbie
White hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hobbie fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Banks vs. Jackson
Banks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marshall vs. Jackson
Marshall hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moryn vs. Jackson
Moryn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Marshall moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Dark vs. Jackson
Dark hits a line drive into right field. Cunningham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Marshall moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Taylor vs. Jackson
Taylor strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cunningham vs. Hobbie
Cunningham hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Goryl scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Hobbie
Smith hits a fly ball into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grammas vs. Hobbie
Grammas is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 3
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Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hobbie vs. Jackson
Hobbie strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Goryl vs. Jackson
Goryl hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of White. Goryl reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Altman vs. Jackson
Altman hits a line drive into center field. Cimoli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Walls vs. Jackson
Walls hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Hobbie
Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dark fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blasingame vs. Hobbie
Blasingame strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cimoli vs. Hobbie
Cimoli hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Top 4
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Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Banks vs. Jackson
Banks hits a ball on the ground towards first. Crowe scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Banks for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marshall vs. Jackson
Marshall hits a ball on the ground towards first. Crowe fields the ball and throws to Jackson covering. Safe. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moryn vs. Jackson
Moryn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crowe vs. Hobbie
Crowe hits a fly ball into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Hobbie
Boyer hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Moryn. Boyer reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
White vs. Hobbie
White hits a line drive towards short. Banks reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cunningham vs. Hobbie
Cunningham hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hobbie fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Boyer moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Smith vs. Hobbie
Smith hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grammas vs. Hobbie
Grammas hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Walls. Grammas reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Jackson vs. Singleton
Elmer Singleton now pitching.
Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Goryl scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Jackson
Dark hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Taylor vs. Jackson
Taylor hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Dark moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Long vs. Jackson
Dale Long pinch hits for Elmer Singleton.
Long strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Goryl vs. Jackson
Goryl hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to second for the out. Dark scores. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Altman vs. Jackson
Altman hits a popup towards short. Grammas settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cubs, 1 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Phillips
Taylor Phillips now pitching.
Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Goryl scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cimoli vs. Phillips
Cimoli hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Moryn. Cimoli reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Crowe vs. Phillips
Curt Flood pinch runs for Gino Cimoli.
Crowe hits a ball on the ground towards first. Marshall scoops it up and throws to first, with Phillips covering, for the out. Flood moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Boyer vs. Phillips
Boyer hits a fly ball into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cubs, 1 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walls vs. Jackson
Curt Flood now playing center field.
Walls hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Banks vs. Jackson
Banks hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marshall vs. Jackson
Marshall hits a ball on the ground towards first. Crowe scoops it up and throws to first, with Jackson covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cubs, 1 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Phillips
White hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cunningham vs. Phillips
Cunningham hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Phillips fields it and throws to first for the out. White moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Smith vs. Phillips
Smith hits a fly ball into left field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Grammas vs. Phillips
Grammas is walked intentionally. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Jackson vs. Phillips
Jackson takes first base on ball four. White moves to third. Grammas moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Blasingame vs. Phillips
Blasingame hits a line drive into left field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cubs, 1 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moryn vs. Jackson
Bobby Smith now playing right field. Joe Cunningham now playing first base.
Moryn hits a line drive into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Jackson
Dark hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of White. Dark reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Taylor vs. Jackson
Taylor takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Jackson vs. Jackson
Randy Jackson pinch hits for Taylor Phillips.
Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cubs, 1 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Schaffernoth
Joe Schaffernoth now pitching.
Flood hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dark fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Schaffernoth
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Schaffernoth
Boyer hits a popup, foul, towards third. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cubs, 1 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Goryl vs. Jackson
Goryl hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Altman vs. Jackson
Altman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walls vs. Jackson
Walls hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cubs, 1 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Schaffernoth
White hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cunningham vs. Schaffernoth
Cunningham hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Walls. Cunningham reaches second base with a double. White goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Smith vs. Schaffernoth
Smith hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grammas vs. Schaffernoth
Grammas hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Goryl scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Schaffernoth
Jackson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Moryn. Jackson reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Blasingame vs. Elston
Don Elston now pitching.
Blasingame strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Flood vs. Elston
Flood takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Smith vs. Elston
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dark fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Jackson moves to third. Flood moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Boyer vs. Elston
Boyer hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Cardinals, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Henry
Bill Henry now pitching.
White hits a popup, foul, towards third. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cubs, 1 - Cardinals, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Banks vs. Jackson
Banks hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Cardinals, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marshall vs. Jackson
Marshall hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Cardinals, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moryn vs. Jackson
Moryn takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Cardinals, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Jackson
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 5/9/1959 -- Chicago at St.Louis (D) Chicago AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI Goryl J, 2b 4 0 1 1 Blasingame D, 2b 5 1 1 0 Altman G, cf 4 0 0 0 Cimoli G, cf 3 0 1 0 Walls L, rf 4 0 0 0 Flood C, pr-cf 1 1 0 0 Banks E, ss 4 0 0 0 Crowe G, 1b 3 0 1 1 Marshall J, 1b 4 0 2 0 Smith B, rf 2 1 1 0 Moryn W, lf 3 0 1 0 Boyer K, 3b 5 2 2 4 Dark A, 3b 4 1 2 0 White B, lf 5 1 2 0 Taylor S, c 2 0 1 0 Cunningham J, rf-1b 4 2 2 1 Hobbie G, p 1 0 0 0 Smith H, c 4 2 2 5 Singleton E, p 0 0 0 0 Grammas A, ss 3 0 1 0 Long D, ph 1 0 0 0 Jackson L, p 3 1 2 0 Phillips T, p 0 0 0 0 Jackson R, ph 1 0 0 0 Schaffernoth J, p 0 0 0 0 Elston D, p 0 0 0 0 Henry B, p 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 32 1 7 1 38 11 15 11 Chicago 000 010 000 -- 1 St.Louis 100 300 07x -- 11 Chicago IP H R ER BB SO Hobbie G (L) 3.2 7 4 4 0 3 Singleton E 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 Phillips T 2.0 2 0 0 2 0 Schaffernoth J 1.1 4 4 4 0 0 Elston D 0.1 2 3 3 1 1 Henry B 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO Jackson L (W) 9.0 7 1 1 2 4 DP -- Chicago 1, St.Louis 2 LOB -- Chicago 6, St.Louis 6 2B -- Goryl J, Boyer K, Grammas A, Cimoli G, Dark A, Cunningham J, Jackson L HR -- Smith H 2, Boyer K SB -- Blasingame D T -- 2:22 A -- 6964
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