Pirates @ Cubs
June 18, 1959

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Pirates 2 6 0
Cubs 2 4 2
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Pirates 2 6 0
Cubs 2 4 2

Joe Christopher Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .000
OBP .000 .083
At Bats 0 11
Hits 0 0
• Singles 0 0
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 1
RBI’s 0 0

Bill Henry Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 2 5
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Wrigley Field - June 18, 1959
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Out
Bill Henry
Sammy Taylor
Dale Long
Johnny Goryl
Al Dark
Ernie Banks
Walt Moryn
George Altman
Lee Walls
Joe Christopher
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Christopher hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dark fields it and throws to first for the out.

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Bottom 11 Long hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hoak settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 11 Banks strikes out.
Bottom 11 Walls bunts towards the mound. Face fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 11 Dark hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 11 Hoak hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 11 Virdon hits a fly ball into left field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 11 Skinner hits a fly ball into center field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Goryl hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 10 Henry strikes out.
Bottom 10 Altman strikes out.
Top 10 Kluszewski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play.
Top 10 Kravitz hits a popup towards first. Long settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Groat hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Moryn hits a popup towards short. Groat settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Taylor hits a popup towards short. Groat settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Long hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Roy Face now pitching. Banks hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schofield settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Schofield hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Goryl reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Harry Bright pinch hits for Ron Kline. Bright hits a popup towards first. Long settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Christopher bunts towards first. Long scoops it up and throws to first, with Goryl covering, for the out. Hoak moves to second.
Top 9 Bill Henry now pitching. Hoak hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Walls hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schofield fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Goryl takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Jim Marshall pinch hits for Don Elston. Marshall hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 8 Altman hits a fly ball into right field. Christopher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Elston fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Skinner takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Kluszewski strikes out.
Top 8 Kravitz hits a fly ball into center field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Moryn strikes out.
Bottom 7 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kluszewski scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Taylor for the out.
Bottom 7 Joe Christopher now playing right field. Long hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schofield scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Don Elston now pitching. Groat hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long scoops it up and throws to first, with Elston covering, for the out.
Top 7 Schofield takes first base on ball four. Kline moves to second.
Top 7 Kline hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Dick Stuart pinch hits for Roman Mejias. Stuart hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 7 Hoak hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Goryl scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Skinner hits a line drive into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Banks hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Walls takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 There goes Goryl. The throw from Kravitz and he is out, Schofield applying the tag.
Bottom 6 Dark hits a popup, foul, towards first. Kluszewski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Goryl takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Kluszewski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Kravitz hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Schofield moves to third.
Top 6 Groat strikes out.
Top 6 Schofield takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Kline strikes out.
Bottom 5 Drabowsky hits a line drive into right field. Mejias settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Altman hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Moryn hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Mejias hits a fly ball into center field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Hoak hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Long hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schofield scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Walls hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Skinner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Kluszewski hits a fly ball into left field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Kravitz hits a fly ball into left field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Dark hits a fly ball into right field. Mejias settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Goryl hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schofield scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Drabowsky is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Goryl scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Schofield hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Goryl misplays the ball. That's an error on Goryl. Kline moves to second.
Top 3 Kline hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long fields it and throws to first, with the pitcher covering. Drabowsky drops the ball.
Top 3 Mejias is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Hoak hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dark fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Altman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schofield scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Moryn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schofield fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Taylor takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Drabowsky fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Skinner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Skinner for the out.
Top 2 Johnny Goryl now playing second base. Kluszewski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Goryl scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Long strikes out.
Bottom 1 Banks takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Walls strikes out.
Bottom 1 Johnny Goryl pinch runs for Tony Taylor. Dark strikes out. There goes Goryl. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Bottom 1 Taylor is hit by the pitch.
Top 1 Kravitz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long scoops it up and throws to first, with Drabowsky covering, for the out.
Top 1 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Schofield hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Taylor scoops it up and throws to first for the out.