Cubs @ Cardinals
August 29, 1958

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Top 9 R H E
Cubs 5 10 1
Cardinals 7 9 3
Top 9 R H E
Cubs 5 10 1
Cardinals 7 9 3

Bobby Thomson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .283
OBP .500 .348
At Bats 3 453
Hits 1 128
• Singles 1 83
• Doubles 0 24
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 17
Walks 0 46
RBI’s 0 71

Larry Jackson Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
11 10 8
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Sportsman's Park - August 29, 1958
Larry Jackson
Gene Green
Joe Cunningham
Don Blasingame
Ken Boyer
Ruben Amaro
Irv Noren
Curt Flood
Wally Moon
Bobby Thomson

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago Cubs 5 10 1 10
St. Louis Cardinals 7 9 3 4
Winning Pitcher Larry Jackson
Losing Pitcher Dick Drott
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Larry Jackson
Attendance 13,341
Time of Game 2 hours 48 minutes
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Thomson strikes out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Moryn hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. Two runs are unearned.
Top 9 Banks hits a fly ball into left field. Noren settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Marshall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Amaro misplays the ball. That's an error on Amaro. Marshall moves to second.
Top 9 Irv Noren now playing left field. Wally Moon now playing right field. Joe Cunningham now playing first base. Dark 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 8 Flood is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Green hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 There's a wild pitch. Moon scores.
Bottom 8 Moon hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Thomson who is chasing the ball. Moon reaches third base with a triple. Boyer scores. Cunningham goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 8 Cunningham hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Boyer moves to third.
Bottom 8 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Taylor fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Tony Taylor now playing second base. Glen Hobbie now pitching. Musial takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Walls hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Dale Long pinch hits for Bill Henry. Long hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial scoops it up and throws to first, with Jackson covering, for the out.
Top 8 Ruben Amaro now playing shortstop. Chuck Tanner pinch hits for Johnny Goryl. Tanner strikes out.
Bottom 7 Freese hits a line drive towards short. Banks reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Bill Henry now pitching. Blasingame hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Jackson moves to third.
Bottom 7 Jackson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Flood scores.
Bottom 7 Flood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks fields it and throws to third for the out. Flood moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 7 Green hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Moryn. Green reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Moon hits a fly ball into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Freese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Moryn hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Cunningham hits a popup towards short. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Boyer hits a line drive towards first. Marshall catches it and steps on first to double up Musial.
Bottom 6 Musial takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Banks hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Marshall hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cunningham. Marshall reaches second base with a double. Dark scores.
Top 6 Dark hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Moon. Dark reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Walls hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Drott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Freese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Freese hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dark fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Blasingame hits a popup towards short. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Jackson bunts towards third. Dark fields it and throws to first for the out. Flood moves to second.
Bottom 5 Flood hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Goryl hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Taylor strikes out. Green drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Taylor out.
Top 5 Thomson hits a fly ball into right field. Cunningham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Green hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Moon hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 There goes Cunningham. The throw from Taylor and he is out, Banks applying the tag.
Bottom 4 Cunningham hits a ball on the ground towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Boyer scores. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 4 There goes Boyer. The throw from Taylor and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Bottom 4 Boyer takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards first. Marshall scoops it up and throws to first, with Drott covering, for the out.
Top 4 Moryn strikes out.
Top 4 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Freese misplays the ball. That's an error on Freese. Walls moves to third.
Top 4 Marshall hits a popup towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Dark hits a popup towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Walls hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Freese hits a ball on the ground towards first. Marshall scoops it up and throws to first, with Drott covering, for the out.
Bottom 3 Blasingame hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Jackson is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Drott hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Top 3 Goryl strikes out.
Top 3 Taylor takes first base on ball four. Moryn moves to third. Thomson moves to second.
Top 3 Thomson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Moryn moves to second.
Top 3 Moryn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Banks strikes out.
Bottom 2 Flood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Green hits a fly ball into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Boyer tags and scores.
Bottom 2 Moon takes first base on ball four. Boyer moves to third. Cunningham moves to second.
Bottom 2 Cunningham hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Boyer moves to second.
Bottom 2 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 2 Marshall hits a fly ball into right field. Cunningham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Dark hits a popup towards the mound. Jackson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Walls hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Thomson scores. Taylor scores. Drott moves to second.
Top 2 Drott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Freese fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Thomson moves to third. Taylor moves to second.
Top 2 Goryl strikes out.
Top 2 Taylor hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Thomson moves to second.
Top 2 Thomson is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 1 Musial hits a fly ball into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Freese hits a fly ball into left field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards first. Marshall scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Blasingame for the out.
Top 1 Moryn hits a fly ball into right field. Cunningham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Marshall moves to second.
Top 1 Marshall takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Walls strikes out.