Cardinals @ Phillies
August 18, 1959

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Cardinals 1 10 2
Phillies 2 6 1
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Cardinals 1 10 2
Phillies 2 6 1

Don Blasingame Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .278
OBP .500 .351
At Bats 4 503
Hits 2 140
• Singles 2 111
• Doubles 0 21
• Triples 0 7
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 54
RBI’s 0 21

Jim Owens Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
8 10 1
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Connie Mack Stadium - August 18, 1959
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Out
Jim Owens
Valmy Thomas
Ed Bouchee
Sparky Anderson
Gene Freese
Joe Koppe
Harry Anderson
Richie Ashburn
Dave Philley
Don Blasingame
Curt Flood

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
St. Louis Cardinals 1 10 2 9
Philadelphia Phillies 2 6 1 6
Winning Pitcher Jim Owens
Losing Pitcher Bob Miller
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Richie Ashburn
Attendance 8,641
Time of Game 2 hours 37 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Owens fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Wally Shannon pinch hits for Bob Miller. Shannon hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Thomas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Flood hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Freese hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Philley strikes out.
Bottom 8 Bouchee hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Hal Smith now catching. Anderson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Oliver strikes out.
Top 8 George Crowe pinch hits for JW Porter. Crowe strikes out.
Top 8 Cunningham hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koppe fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Boyer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 There goes Ashburn. The throw from Porter and he is out, Grammas applying the tag.
Bottom 7 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Koppe scores.
Bottom 7 Owens hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Koppe moves to third.
Bottom 7 Thomas bunts towards first. White scoops it up and throws to first, with Blasingame covering, for the out. Koppe moves to second.
Bottom 7 Koppe hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 White hits a line drive into right field. Philley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Grammas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Blasingame hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Anderson hits a line drive into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Freese hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Philley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Miller strikes out.
Top 6 Flood hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields it and throws to first for the out. Cunningham scores.
Top 6 Oliver hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Philley. Oliver reaches second base with a double. Cunningham moves to third.
Top 6 Porter strikes out.
Top 6 Cunningham hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Bouchee hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Anderson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Boyer strikes out.
Top 5 White hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Anderson. White reaches second base with a double. Blasingame moves to third.
Top 5 Grammas hits a popup towards short. Koppe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Miller strikes out.
Bottom 4 Owens is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 There goes Koppe. The throw from Porter and he is safe. Koppe steals second.
Bottom 4 Thomas hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Koppe hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Anderson moves to third.
Bottom 4 Anderson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas misplays the ball. That's an error on Grammas.
Bottom 4 Freese is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Flood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koppe fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Oliver hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Boyer moves to third.
Top 4 Porter hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Cunningham hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese juggles the ball. That's an error on Freese.
Bottom 3 Philley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Bouchee hits a popup towards short. Grammas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Anderson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 White hits a fly ball into left field. Anderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Grammas hits a fly ball into right field. Philley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Blasingame 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 2 Ashburn hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Owens hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cunningham. Owens reaches second base with a double. Anderson scores.
Bottom 2 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Koppe bunts towards first. White scoops it up and throws to first, with Blasingame covering, for the out. Anderson moves to second.
Bottom 2 Anderson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Miller strikes out.
Top 2 Flood hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Ashburn who is chasing the ball. Flood reaches third base with a triple.
Top 2 Oliver hits a popup towards short. Koppe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Porter hits a line drive into left field. Anderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Freese hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Philley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer juggles the ball. That's an error on Boyer. Anderson moves to third.
Bottom 1 Bouchee is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Anderson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Cunningham hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koppe fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Boyer hits a popup towards short. Koppe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 White hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bouchee fields it and throws to home to get Blasingame. Grammas moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 1 Grammas hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Blasingame moves to third.
Top 1 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Anderson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.