Giants @ Cubs
August 16, 1959

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Top 9 R H E
Giants 4 9 0
Cubs 5 5 1
Top 9 R H E
Giants 4 9 0
Cubs 5 5 1

Willie McCovey Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .393
OBP .000 .460
At Bats 4 56
Hits 0 22
• Singles 0 12
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 6
Walks 0 6
RBI’s 0 15

Don Elston Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
6 5 12
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Wrigley Field - August 16, 1959
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Don Elston
Cal Neeman
Jim Marshall
Tony Taylor
Al Dark
Ernie Banks
Bobby Thomson
George Altman
Lee Walls
Willie McCovey

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
San Francisco Giants 4 9 0 8
Chicago Cubs 5 5 1 1
Winning Pitcher Bob Anderson
Losing Pitcher Johnny Antonelli
Save Don Elston
Game Winning RBI Lee Walls
Attendance 19,992
Time of Game 2 hours 45 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

McCovey hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Taylor settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Elston fires to first and picks off Mays.
Top 9 Mays takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Jim Marshall now playing first base. Davenport hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Davenport fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Dark hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Schmidt settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Bob Schmidt now catching. Sam Jones now pitching. Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pagan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Felipe Alou pinch hits for Stu Miller. Don Elston now pitching. Alou is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Pagan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Spencer scores. Wagner moves to third.
Top 8 Leon Wagner pinch hits for Hobie Landrith. Wagner is hit by the pitch.
Top 8 Spencer hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Thomson. Spencer reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Kirkland hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 George Altman now playing center field. Bobby Thomson now playing left field. Cepeda hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dark fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Anderson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Landrith fires to third and picks off Altman.
Bottom 7 Neeman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Davenport fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Walls hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cepeda. Walls reaches second base with a double. Altman moves to third.
Bottom 7 Jose Pagan now playing shortstop. Stu Miller now pitching. George Altman pinch hits for Earl Averill. Altman hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 McCovey is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Mays hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Davenport moves to second.
Top 7 Davenport takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Jackie Brandt pinch hits for Johnny Antonelli. Brandt hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Dusty Rhodes pinch hits for Eddie Bressoud. Rhodes hits a ball on the ground towards first. Schult scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rhodes for the out.
Bottom 6 Schult hits a ball on the ground towards third. Davenport fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Banks hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Davenport fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Landrith is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Spencer hits a popup towards short. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Kirkland hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Taylor scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Cepeda moves to third.
Top 6 Cepeda hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Walls. Cepeda reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards third. Davenport fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Taylor strikes out.
Bottom 5 Anderson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Spencer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 McCovey 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 5 There goes Mays. The throw from Neeman and he is safe. Mays steals second.
Top 5 Mays takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Davenport hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Taylor scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Landrith scores. Bressoud moves to third.
Top 5 Antonelli bunts towards the mound. Anderson fields it and throws to first for the out. Landrith moves to third. Bressoud moves to second.
Top 5 Bressoud hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Landrith moves to second.
Top 5 Landrith hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Neeman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Davenport fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Walls hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 4 Averill hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud fields it and throws to second for the out. Banks moves to third.
Bottom 4 Schult takes first base on ball four. Banks moves to second.
Bottom 4 Banks takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Davenport fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Spencer hits a fly ball into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Kirkland strikes out.
Top 4 Cepeda strikes out.
Bottom 3 Dark hits a fly ball into right field. Kirkland settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Anderson strikes out.
Top 3 McCovey 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 Mays strikes out.
Top 3 Davenport hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Neeman hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Walls hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Landrith settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Averill is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Antonelli hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Bressoud hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Anderson throws to second for one, and Taylor throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Bressoud moves to second.
Top 2 Landrith hits a fly ball into left field. Averill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Spencer hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Schult hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Banks hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 1 Thomson hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards third. Davenport fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Taylor hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Kirkland hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Cepeda is called out on strikes.
Top 1 McCovey strikes out.
Top 1 Mays hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 1 Davenport hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.