Phillies @ Cardinals
August 8, 1959

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Bottom 11 R H E
Phillies 4 6 3
Cardinals 4 8 1
Bottom 11 R H E
Phillies 4 6 3
Cardinals 5 9 1

Ken Boyer Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .309
OBP .500 .392
At Bats 3 404
Hits 1 125
• Singles 1 90
• Doubles 0 12
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 20
Walks 1 53
RBI’s 1 67

Turk Farrell Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 2 3
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Sportsman's Park - August 8, 1959
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Double
Turk Farrell
Valmy Thomas
Ed Bouchee
Sparky Anderson
Gene Freese
Joe Koppe
Harry Anderson
Richie Ashburn
Wally Post
Ken Boyer
Bill White

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Philadelphia Phillies 4 6 3 7
St. Louis Cardinals 5 9 1 5
Winning Pitcher Lindy McDaniel
Losing Pitcher Turk Farrell
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Ken Boyer
Attendance 11,296
Time of Game 2 hours 31 minutes
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Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Boyer hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Post. Boyer reaches second base with a double. White scores.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 11 White hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Anderson. White reaches second base with a double.
Top 11 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 11 Anderson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 11 Lindy McDaniel now pitching. Bouchee hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Grammas hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Blasingame hits a line drive towards short. Koppe reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Joe Cunningham pinch hits for Bob Gibson. Cunningham hits a fly ball into left field. Anderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Freese hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 10 Post takes first base on ball four.
Top 10 Anderson hits a fly ball into left field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Hal Smith now catching. Ashburn hits a fly ball into left field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Stan Musial pinch hits for JW Porter. Musial hits a popup towards short. Koppe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koppe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Turk Farrell now pitching. Flood hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Koppe hits a fly ball into right field. Cimoli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 There goes Drake. The throw from Porter and he is out, Grammas applying the tag.
Top 9 Solly Drake pinch hits for Humberto Robinson. Drake takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Thomas hits a fly ball into right field. Cimoli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Cimoli hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 White hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Anderson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Anderson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 8 Bouchee takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Freese hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Grammas hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Blasingame hits a fly ball into left field. Anderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Gibson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Robinson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Porter hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Post is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Anderson 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 7 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Oliver hits a popup towards third. Freese settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Flood strikes out. The ball gets by Thomas. He chases the ball to the backstop.
Bottom 6 Cimoli hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bouchee fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Valmy Thomas now catching. Boyer takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Koppe strikes out.
Top 6 Ruben Gomez pinch runs for Dave Philley. Robinson takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Dave Philley pinch hits for Joe Lonnett. Philley hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Oliver. Philley reaches second base with a double. Post scores. Bouchee goes all the way around to score. Two runs are unearned.
Top 6 Anderson strikes out.
Top 6 Bouchee takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Freese hits a fly ball into right field. Cimoli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Post hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Grammas. Post moves to second.
Top 6 Anderson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 6 Ashburn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 White 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 5 Grammas hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Humberto Robinson now pitching. Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koppe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Koppe 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 5 Harry Hanebrink pinch hits for Taylor Phillips. Hanebrink 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 5 Lonnett strikes out.
Bottom 4 Gibson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Anderson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Porter hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koppe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Flood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koppe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Anderson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 Bouchee takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Freese hits a popup towards first. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Post hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cimoli who is chasing the ball. Post reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 3 Cimoli hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Boyer hits a line drive into left field. Anderson picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Anderson. White scores. Boyer moves to second.
Bottom 3 There goes White. The throw from Lonnett and he is safe. White steals second.
Bottom 3 White hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bouchee fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Grammas bunts towards first. Bouchee fields the ball and throws to Phillips covering. Safe. Blasingame scores.
Bottom 3 Phillips spins and fires to second and throws the ball away. That's an error on Phillips. Blasingame moves to third.
Bottom 3 Blasingame hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gibson scores. Blasingame moves to second.
Bottom 3 Gibson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Anderson. Gibson reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Porter hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Anderson 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 3 Ashburn takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Koppe hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cimoli. Koppe reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Phillips strikes out.
Top 3 Lonnett is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 There goes Cimoli. The throw from Lonnett and he is safe. Cimoli steals second.
Bottom 2 Flood hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Cimoli hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Boyer strikes out.
Top 2 Anderson is called out on strikes.
Top 2 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.
Top 2 Freese is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 White hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koppe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Grammas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koppe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 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.
Top 1 Post hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Anderson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Ashburn takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Koppe hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cimoli throws the ball in to Grammas who tags Koppe trying to catch an extra base, for the out.