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August 29, 1959

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Braves 5 11 0
Cubs 4 7 1
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Cubs 4 7 1

Hank Aaron Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .358
OBP .500 .405
At Bats 4 514
Hits 2 184
• Singles 1 104
• Doubles 0 40
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 1 35
Walks 0 42
RBI’s 1 100

Don Elston Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
6 6 14
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Wrigley Field - August 29, 1959
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Home Run
Don Elston
Earl Averill
Art Schult
Tony Taylor
Al Dark
Ernie Banks
Bobby Thomson
George Altman
Lee Walls
Hank Aaron
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Aaron hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

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Bottom 8 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 8 Walls hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 8 Altman bunts towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out. Taylor moves to second.
Bottom 8 Taylor hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards first. Schult scoops it up and throws to first, with Elston covering, for the out.
Top 8 Avila bunts towards the mound. Elston fields it and throws to first for the out. Spahn moves to second.
Top 8 Spahn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Don Elston now pitching. Earl Averill now catching. Crandall hits a fly ball into left field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Randy Jackson pinch hits for Bill Henry. Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Earl Averill pinch hits for Cal Neeman. Averill hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Dark hits a fly ball into right field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Logan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Pafko is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Torre hits a fly ball into center field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Adcock hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Schult hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Banks hits a fly ball into center field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Aaron hits a popup towards short. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Mathews takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Avila hits a fly ball into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Spahn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Walls strikes out.
Bottom 5 Altman hits a fly ball into left field. Adcock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Andy Pafko now playing right field. Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Avila scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Crandall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Logan takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Andy Pafko pinch hits for Lee Maye. Pafko is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Henry hits a fly ball into left field. Adcock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Neeman hits a fly ball into left field. Adcock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Dark hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Thomson hits a fly ball into center field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Torre hits a fly ball into center field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Adcock takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Aaron hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Bill Henry now pitching. Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Taylor fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Spahn scores.
Top 4 Avila hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Spahn moves to third.
Top 4 Spahn hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Walls. Spahn reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Schult hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Banks hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.
Bottom 3 Walls takes first base on ball four. Taylor moves to third. Altman moves to second.
Bottom 3 Altman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Taylor moves to second.
Bottom 3 Taylor hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Drabowsky hits a fly ball into center field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Neeman strikes out.
Top 3 Crandall hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dark fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Top 3 Logan takes first base on ball four. Maye moves to second.
Top 3 Maye hits a ball on the ground towards first. Schult fields it and throws to second for the out. Mathews scores. Aaron moves to third.
Top 3 Torre is walked intentionally.
Top 3 Adcock hits a fly ball into center field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Aaron bunts towards the mound. Drabowsky picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Drabowsky. Mathews moves to third. Aaron moves to second.
Top 3 Mathews hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it 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 Schult hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Avila hits a fly ball into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Spahn bunts towards the mound. Drabowsky fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Crandall hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Logan hits a popup, foul, towards third. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Walls hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Altman strikes out.
Bottom 1 Taylor is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Maye hits a fly ball into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Torre hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Aaron scores. Adcock moves to second.
Top 1 Adcock hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Aaron moves to third.
Top 1 Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dark fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Mathews hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Avila hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dark fields it and throws to first for the out.