Giants @ Cubs
September 22, 1959

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Bottom 9 R H E
Giants 4 9 1
Cubs 3 12 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Giants 4 9 1
Cubs 5 13 1

George Altman Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .248
OBP .500 .317
At Bats 4 395
Hits 2 98
• Singles 2 70
• Doubles 0 14
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 10
Walks 0 33
RBI’s 0 43

Sam Jones Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
20 14 5
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Wrigley Field - September 22, 1959
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Home Run
Sam Jones
Jim Hegan
Orlando Cepeda
Daryl Spencer
Danny O'Connell
Eddie Bressoud
Jackie Brandt
Willie Mays
Felipe Alou
George Altman
Al Dark

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
San Francisco Giants 4 9 1 9
Chicago Cubs 5 13 1 7
Winning Pitcher Don Elston
Losing Pitcher Sam Jones
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI George Altman
Attendance 5,442
Time of Game 3 hours 6 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

End of Game

Altman hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Taylor hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Earl Averill pinch hits for Don Elston. Averill hits a fly ball into left field. Brandt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Dark hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Mays. Dark reaches second base with a double.
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.