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July 5, 1957

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Cubs 6 9 0
Braves 3 6 1
Bottom 6 R H E
Cubs 6 9 0
Braves 3 6 1

Wes Covington Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .273
OBP .500 .294
At Bats 2 66
Hits 1 18
• Singles 0 11
• Doubles 0 1
• Triples 1 2
• Home Runs 0 4
Walks 0 2
RBI’s 0 10

Don Elston Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 0 1
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County Stadium - July 5, 1957
Out
Don Elston
Cal Neeman
Dale Long
Bobby Morgan
Jerry Kindall
Ernie Banks
Lee Walls
Chuck Tanner
Walt Moryn
Wes Covington
Hank Aaron
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

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

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 6 Aaron hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mathews scores.
Bottom 6 Mathews hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Moryn. Mathews reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Schoendienst hits a fly ball into center field. Tanner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Bruton hits a popup towards third. Kindall settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Kindall strikes out.
Top 6 Elston hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Covington throws the ball in to Mathews who relays the ball to Schoendienst who tags Elston trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Morgan moves to third.
Top 6 Neeman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Morgan moves to second.
Top 6 Dave Jolly now pitching. Morgan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Andy Pafko pinch hits for Bob Trowbridge. Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Rice strikes out.
Bottom 5 Logan hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Torre hits a fly ball into center field. Tanner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Covington tags and scores.
Bottom 5 Covington hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Moryn who is chasing the ball. Covington reaches third base with a triple.
Top 5 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Long hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Tanner scores. Moryn moves to second.
Top 5 Moryn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Walls scores. Tanner moves to third.
Top 5 Tanner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Walls moves to third.
Top 5 There's a wild pitch. Walls moves to second.
Top 5 Walls hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Kindall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Aaron is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Schoendienst is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Elston strikes out.
Top 4 Neeman hits a popup towards third. Mathews settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Trowbridge fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bruton for the out.
Bottom 3 Trowbridge hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Rice is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Banks strikes out.
Top 3 Long hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Moryn hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Logan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kindall fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Torre hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Covington hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Morgan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Tanner strikes out.
Top 2 Bob Trowbridge now pitching. Walls is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Kindall hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 2 Elston hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Buhl fields it and throws to first for the out. Morgan scores. Neeman moves to second.
Top 2 Neeman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Morgan moves to third.
Top 2 Morgan takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Aaron hits a popup, foul, towards first. Long settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Bruton moves to third.
Bottom 1 Schoendienst hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bruton moves to second.
Bottom 1 Bruton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Banks hits a fly ball into left field. Covington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Long hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kindall scores. Moryn moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 1 Moryn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torre fields it and throws to second for the out. Kindall moves to third.
Top 1 Tanner hits a fly ball towards center. Bruton settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Bruton. Kindall moves to second.
Top 1 Walls is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Kindall hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.