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July 15, 1959

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Top 9 R H E
Braves 2 5 1
Cubs 5 7 0
Top 9 R H E
Braves 2 5 1
Cubs 5 7 0

Wes Covington Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .290
OBP .000 .345
At Bats 0 286
Hits 0 83
• Singles 0 61
• Doubles 0 15
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 0 22
RBI’s 0 32

Glen Hobbie Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
9 7 0
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Wrigley Field - July 15, 1959
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Out
Glen Hobbie
Sammy Taylor
Dale Long
Tony Taylor
Al Dark
Ernie Banks
Bobby Thomson
George Altman
Lee Walls
Wes Covington

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Milwaukee Braves 2 5 1 7
Chicago Cubs 5 7 0 8
Winning Pitcher Glen Hobbie
Losing Pitcher Carl Willey
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Art Schult
Attendance 22,206
Time of Game 2 hours 45 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Wes Covington pinch hits for Don McMahon. Covington hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Covington for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 O'Brien 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 9 Logan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Taylor hits a fly ball into left field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Hobbie hits a line drive into left field. Pafko picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Pafko. Taylor moves to third.
Bottom 8 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Brien fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Altman hits a popup, foul, towards third. Mathews settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Andy Pafko now playing left field. Long takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Lopata hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Adcock hits a line drive into left field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Vernon hits a fly ball into center field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Aaron hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Altman. Aaron reaches second base with a double. Mathews goes all the way around to score.
Top 8 Dale Long now playing first base. Mathews takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Banks hits a fly ball into left field. Adcock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Dark tags and scores.
Bottom 7 Walls hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Dark moves to third.
Bottom 7 Dark hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Taylor scores. Dark moves to second.
Bottom 7 There goes Taylor. The throw from Lopata and he is safe. Taylor steals second.
Bottom 7 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards first. Vernon fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Don McMahon now pitching. Hobbie takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Bruton hits a popup towards short. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Mel Roach pinch hits for Bob Rush. Roach takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 O'Brien strikes out.
Top 7 Logan hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Taylor settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Taylor hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Altman hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Schult hits a line drive towards short. Logan reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Vernon scoops it up and throws to first, with Rush covering, for the out.
Top 6 Lopata hits a fly ball into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Adcock strikes out.
Top 6 Vernon hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Aaron hits a popup towards third. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Banks strikes out.
Bottom 5 Walls hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Bob Rush now pitching. Dark is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Mathews hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Hobbie scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mathews for the out.
Top 5 Bruton hits a fly ball into left field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Frank Torre pinch hits for Carl Willey. Torre hits a fly ball into center field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Taylor hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Hobbie hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Thomson scores. Taylor moves to second.
Bottom 4 Taylor is walked intentionally.
Bottom 4 Altman strikes out.
Bottom 4 Schult hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Banks tags and scores. Thomson tags and moves to second.
Bottom 4 Thomson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Banks moves to third.
Bottom 4 Banks takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 O'Brien hits a fly ball into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Logan takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Lopata hits a ball on the ground towards first. Schult scoops it up and throws to first, with Hobbie covering, for the out. Aaron scores. Adcock moves to second.
Top 4 Adcock takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 There goes Aaron. The throw from Taylor and he is safe. Aaron steals third.
Top 4 Vernon hits a fly ball into left field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Aaron hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Thomson. Aaron reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Walls hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Bottom 3 Dark takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 There goes Taylor. The throw from Lopata and he is safe. Taylor steals second.
Bottom 3 Taylor takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Hobbie strikes out.
Bottom 3 Taylor hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Altman hits a popup towards short. Logan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 3 Bruton takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Willey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dark fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Schult hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 O'Brien hits a fly ball into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Logan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Lopata hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dark fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Adcock hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Taylor settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Walls hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Dark hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Willey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Vernon strikes out.
Top 1 Aaron hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Taylor settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Mathews hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Bruton hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Taylor reaches out and makes the catch for the out.