Phillies @ Cubs
May 20, 1959

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Phillies 5 10 1
Cubs 7 8 1
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Phillies 5 10 1
Cubs 7 8 1

Willie Jones Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .267
OBP .000 .371
At Bats 4 105
Hits 0 28
• Singles 0 14
• Doubles 0 6
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 7
Walks 0 18
RBI’s 0 15

Don Elston Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 1 6
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Wrigley Field - May 20, 1959
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Strikeout
Don Elston
Sammy Taylor
Dale Long
Tony Taylor
Randy Jackson
Ernie Banks
Bobby Thomson
George Altman
Lee Walls
Willie Jones
Harry Anderson
Wally Post

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Philadelphia Phillies 5 10 1 10
Chicago Cubs 7 8 1 10
Winning Pitcher Moe Drabowsky
Losing Pitcher Don Cardwell
Save Don Elston
Game Winning RBI (none)
Attendance 4,825
Time of Game 3 hours 9 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Don Elston now pitching. Jones strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Bill Henry now pitching. Anderson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Post moves to second.
Top 9 Post hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hanebrink scores. Bouchee scores.
Top 9 Bouchee hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Thomson. Bouchee reaches second base with a double. Hanebrink moves to third.
Top 9 Fernandez hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Taylor settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Ashburn hits a line drive into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 George Altman now playing center field. Bobby Thomson now playing left field. Randy Jackson now playing third base. Hanebrink hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Long hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hanebrink scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Moryn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Banks hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. Three runs are unearned.
Bottom 8 George Altman pinch hits for Al Dark. Altman takes first base on ball four. Porterfield moves to second.
Bottom 8 Taylor hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hegan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Porterfield bunts towards the mound. Robinson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Jim Hegan now catching. Humberto Robinson now pitching. Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bouchee juggles the ball. That's an error on Bouchee.
Top 8 Bob Bowman pinch hits for Valmy Thomas. Bowman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dark fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Dave Philley pinch hits for Jack Meyer. Philley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Taylor fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Banks fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 8 Anderson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Walls hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hanebrink settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Thomson hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Long takes first base on ball four. Banks moves to second.
Bottom 7 Moryn hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Thomas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Jack Meyer now pitching. Valmy Thomas now catching. Harry Hanebrink now playing second base. Banks takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Post 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 Bouchee hits a fly ball into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Ashburn moves to third.
Top 7 Bob Porterfield now pitching. Fernandez bunts towards third. Dark fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Ashburn moves to second.
Top 7 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Joe Koppe pinch runs for Carl Sawatski. Harry Hanebrink pinch hits for Ray Semproch. Hanebrink hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 7 Sawatski takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Gene Freese pinch hits for Sparky Anderson. Freese is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Dark hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Anderson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Taylor moves to third.
Bottom 6 Ray Semproch now pitching. Drabowsky strikes out.
Bottom 6 Taylor hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Walls scores. Taylor moves to second.
Bottom 6 Walls hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Anderson. Walls reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Drabowsky fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Anderson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bouchee moves to second.
Top 6 Post hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bouchee hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dark fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Long hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Moryn scores.
Bottom 5 The ball gets by Sawatski for a passed ball. Banks scores. Moryn moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 5 Moryn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Anderson fields it and throws to home to get Dark. Banks moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 5 Banks hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Ashburn. Banks reaches second base with a double. Dark moves to third.
Bottom 5 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Anderson fields it and throws to second for the out. Drabowsky scores.
Bottom 5 Taylor bunts towards the pitcher. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Drabowsky moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 5 Drabowsky hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Anderson. Drabowsky reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Drabowsky fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Cardwell strikes out.
Top 5 Sawatski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Taylor strikes out.
Bottom 4 Walls hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Anderson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Thomson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Moryn moves to second.
Bottom 4 Long hits a fly ball into left field. Anderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Moryn takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Anderson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Jones strikes out.
Top 4 Anderson strikes out.
Bottom 3 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Dark is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 3 Taylor strikes out.
Top 3 Post strikes out.
Top 3 Bouchee 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 3 Fernandez hits a popup towards first. Long settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Drabowsky hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Anderson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Taylor takes first base on ball four. Long moves to third. Walls moves to second.
Bottom 2 Walls takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Anderson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Long moves to second.
Bottom 2 Long takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Moryn hits a fly ball into left field. Anderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Cardwell strikes out.
Top 2 Sawatski strikes out.
Bottom 1 Banks is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cardwell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Anderson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dark fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Jones strikes out.
Top 1 Anderson takes first base on ball four. Ashburn scores. Bouchee moves to third. Post moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 1 Post takes first base on ball four. Ashburn moves to third. Bouchee moves to second.
Top 1 Bouchee hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dark fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Dark.
Top 1 Fernandez strikes out.
Top 1 There goes Ashburn. The throw from Taylor and he is safe. Ashburn steals second.
Top 1 Ashburn takes first base on ball four.