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September 22, 1959

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Giants 4 9 1
Cubs 3 11 1
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Al Dark Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .260
OBP .333 .334
At Bats 3 462
Hits 1 120
• Singles 0 86
• Doubles 0 21
• Triples 1 8
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 0 50
RBI’s 0 42

Sam Jones Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
20 14 5
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Wrigley Field - September 22, 1959
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Double
Sam Jones
Jim Hegan
Orlando Cepeda
Daryl Spencer
Danny O'Connell
Eddie Bressoud
Jackie Brandt
Willie Mays
Felipe Alou
Al Dark
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Dark hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Mays. Dark reaches second base with a double.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Hegan hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Taylor settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Mays hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Alou hits a fly ball into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Taylor strikes out.
Bottom 8 Thomson hits a fly ball into left field. Brandt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Walls hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Jackie Brandt now playing left field. Sam Jones now pitching. Danny O'Connell now playing third base. Orlando Cepeda now playing first base. Jim Banks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Bressoud hits a fly ball into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Jackie Brandt pinch hits for Mike McCormick. Brandt hits a fly ball into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Don Elston now pitching. Willie Kirkland pinch hits for Jose Pagan. Kirkland hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Walls. Kirkland reaches second base with a double. Spencer scores. Wagner moves to third.
Top 8 Leon Wagner pinch hits for Hobie Landrith. Wagner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long juggles the ball. That's an error on Long. McCovey scores. Spencer moves to third.
Top 8 Spencer takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Cepeda hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Taylor settles under it and makes the catch for the out. McCovey moves to third.
Top 8 Dale Long now playing first base. McCovey hits a fly ball into center field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double.
Bottom 7 Art Schult pinch hits for Jim Marshall. Schult hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pagan fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 7 Altman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Mays hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dark fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Alou hits a popup towards third. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Bobby Thomson now playing left field. Lee Walls now playing right field. Bressoud hits a popup towards third. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Hillman hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Landrith settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Dark hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mays who is chasing the ball. Dark reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 6 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Taylor for the out.
Bottom 6 Mike McCormick now pitching. Bobby Thomson pinch hits for Irv Noren. Thomson strikes out.
Top 6 Dusty Rhodes pinch hits for Jack Sanford. Rhodes hits a fly ball into left field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Pagan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dark fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Landrith hits a fly ball into left field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Jose Pagan now playing third base. Moryn 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 5 Banks hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Altman scores.
Bottom 5 Marshall hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Marshall for the out. Altman moves to third.
Bottom 5 Altman hits a line drive into center field. Mays picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Mays. Altman moves to second.
Bottom 5 Taylor hits a popup towards short. Bressoud settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Spencer hits a fly ball into center field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Cepeda hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dark fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 McCovey hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Altman. McCovey reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Mays hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Hillman 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 4 Dark hits a fly ball into left field. Cepeda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Taylor hits a line drive towards short. Bressoud reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dark fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Bressoud hits a fly ball into right field. Noren settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Sanford bunts towards the mound. Hillman fields it and throws to first for the out. Davenport moves to second.
Top 4 Davenport hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Noren 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 3 Moryn hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Marshall moves to third.
Bottom 3 Banks hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Marshall moves to second.
Bottom 3 Marshall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 Altman strikes out.
Top 3 Landrith hits a fly ball into center field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dark fields it and throws to second for the out. Mays scores.
Top 3 Cepeda hits a fly ball into right field. Noren settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Mays moves to third.
Top 3 McCovey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mays moves to second.
Top 3 Mays hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards third. Davenport fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Hillman is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Alou hits a fly ball into center field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Bressoud strikes out.
Top 2 Sanford bunts towards the mound. Hillman fields it and throws to third for the out. Davenport moves to second.
Top 2 Davenport hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Spencer scores. Landrith moves to second.
Top 2 Landrith hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Spencer moves to second.
Top 2 Spencer takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Taylor 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 1 Noren hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Moryn moves to second.
Bottom 1 Moryn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Banks strikes out.
Bottom 1 Marshall hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 1 Altman strikes out.
Bottom 1 Taylor hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Cepeda hits a popup towards short. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 McCovey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Marshall scoops it up and throws to first, with Hillman covering, for the out. Alou moves to third. Mays moves to second.
Top 1 Mays takes first base on ball four. Alou moves to second.
Top 1 Alou hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Bressoud is called out on strikes.