Reds @ Phillies
August 16, 1959

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Reds 5 9 0
Phillies 7 11 2
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Reds 5 9 0
Phillies 8 12 2

Sparky Anderson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .218
OBP .250 .280
At Bats 3 344
Hits 0 75
• Singles 0 70
• Doubles 0 3
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 1 30
RBI’s 0 27

Tom Acker Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 2 2
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Connie Mack Stadium - August 16, 1959
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Double
Tom Acker
Ed Bailey
Frank Robinson
Whitey Lockman
Willie Jones
Eddie Kasko
Jerry Lynch
Vada Pinson
Gus Bell
Sparky Anderson
Valmy Thomas
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Anderson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lynch. Anderson reaches second base with a double. Thomas scores.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Ashburn hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Roberts bunts towards first. Robinson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Roberts for the out. Thomas moves to third.
Bottom 8 Tom Acker now pitching. Thomas hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lynch. Thomas reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Lynch hits a fly ball into right field. Philley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Freese.
Top 8 Bell hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 8 Pinson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Philley. Pinson reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koppe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Solly Drake now playing left field. Don Newcombe pinch hits for Orlando Pena. Newcombe hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Koppe strikes out.
Bottom 7 Anderson hits a line drive into left field. Lynch settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Freese strikes out.
Top 7 Kasko hits a line drive into right field. Philley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Bailey hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Jones hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 7 Lynch hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Anderson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Philley hits a ball on the ground towards first. Robinson fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first, with Pena covering. It's a double play.
Bottom 6 Orlando Pena now pitching. Bouchee hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Roberts scores. Ashburn scores. Anderson moves to third.
Bottom 6 Anderson takes first base on ball four. Roberts moves to third. Ashburn moves to second.
Bottom 6 Willard Schmidt now pitching. Ashburn is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 6 Roberts hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lynch. Roberts reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kasko scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Koppe hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 6 Brooks Lawrence now pitching. Anderson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Philley scores. Freese moves to third.
Bottom 6 Freese hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Philley moves to second.
Bottom 6 Philley takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Robinson strikes out.
Top 6 Bell hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Pinson hits a fly ball into left field. Anderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Lockman strikes out.
Bottom 5 Bouchee hits a ball on the ground towards first. Robinson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bouchee for the out.
Bottom 5 Anderson hits a popup towards first. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Ashburn bunts towards the mound. Purkey fields it and throws to first for the out. Roberts moves to second.
Bottom 5 Ed Bailey now catching. Roberts hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Purkey strikes out.
Top 5 There goes Dotterer. The slide. Thomas applies the tag. Dotterer is out.
Top 5 Thomas fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Thomas. Dotterer moves to third.
Top 5 Kasko hits a fly ball into left field. Anderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Dotterer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 4 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lockman fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Koppe takes first base on ball four. Philley moves to third. Freese moves to second.
Bottom 4 Anderson hits a line drive into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Freese hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bouchee scores. Philley moves to second.
Bottom 4 Philley hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bouchee moves to third.
Bottom 4 Bouchee hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards the mound, deflecting off of Roberts's glove, towards the right side of the infield. Anderson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Lynch hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Pinson moves to third.
Top 4 Robinson hits a fly ball into right field. Philley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Bell hits a line drive into right field. Philley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Pinson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Anderson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Ashburn hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Roberts hits a line drive towards short. Kasko reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 The ball gets by Dotterer for a passed ball. Thomas moves to second.
Bottom 3 Thomas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Lockman hits a line drive into left field. Anderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Purkey is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Kasko hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koppe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Koppe strikes out.
Bottom 2 Anderson hits a popup, foul, towards third. Jones settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Freese is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 2 Philley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kasko scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Dotterer strikes out.
Top 2 Jones is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Lynch hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bouchee scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lynch for the out.
Bottom 1 Bouchee hits a fly ball into left field. Lynch settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Anderson hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Ashburn hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 There goes Bell. The throw from Thomas and he is out, Koppe applying the tag.
Top 1 Robinson strikes out.
Top 1 Bell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Pinson scores.
Top 1 Pinson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Anderson. Pinson reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Lockman hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.