Cardinals @ Cubs
May 23, 1959

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Bottom 9 R H E
Cardinals 5 7 0
Cubs 1 4 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Cardinals 5 7 0
Cubs 1 4 0

Ernie Banks Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .290
OBP .333 .353
At Bats 3 155
Hits 1 45
• Singles 1 27
• Doubles 0 7
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 10
Walks 0 15
RBI’s 1 40

Larry Jackson Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 5 0
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Wrigley Field - May 23, 1959
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Larry Jackson
Hal Smith
Joe Cunningham
Don Blasingame
Ken Boyer
Lee Tate
Bobby Smith
Curt Flood
Gino Cimoli
Ernie Banks

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
St. Louis Cardinals 5 7 0 3
Chicago Cubs 1 4 0 3
Winning Pitcher Larry Jackson
Losing Pitcher Dave Hillman
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Ken Boyer
Attendance 7,763
Time of Game 2 hours 24 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Banks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Noren strikes out.
Bottom 9 Marshall hits a line drive into right field. Cimoli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Tate is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Smith hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. There goes Cunningham trying to get to home. Noren throws the ball in to Averill, who tags Cunningham, who came all the way from first, for the out. Smith moves to second.
Top 9 Cunningham takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Elmer Singleton now pitching. Smith strikes out.
Bottom 8 Taylor 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 George Altman pinch hits for Seth Morehead. Altman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cunningham scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Altman for the out.
Bottom 8 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Boyer hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Flood strikes out.
Top 8 Cimoli hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Blasingame hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Noren who is chasing the ball. Blasingame reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 7 Averill hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tate scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Moryn hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cunningham settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Tate hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Taylor settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Smith hits a line drive into left field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Banks hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Smith throws the ball in to Boyer who relays the ball to Blasingame who tags Banks trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Noren scores.
Bottom 6 Noren hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Smith. Noren reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Marshall hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Curt Flood now playing center field. Bobby Smith now playing left field. Gino Cimoli now playing right field. Joe Cunningham now playing first basTaylor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tate scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 There goes Boyer. The slide. Averill applies the tag. Boyer is out.
Top 6 Cunningham hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cimoli scores. Flood scores. Boyer moves to third.
Top 6 Seth Morehead now pitching. Ray Jablonski pinch hits for Bill White. Jablonski hits a fly ball into right field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Curt Flood pinch runs for Stan Musial. Boyer takes first base on ball four. Flood moves to second.
Top 6 Musial hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Blasingame scores. Cimoli moves to third.
Top 6 Cimoli takes first base on ball four. Blasingame moves to second.
Top 6 Blasingame bunts towards the mound. Porterfield fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 6 Bob Porterfield now pitching. Jackson hits a line drive into center field. Noren settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Dale Long pinch hits for Dave Hillman. Long hits a popup towards short. Tate settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Thomson moves to third.
Bottom 5 Averill hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. Thomson moves to second.
Bottom 5 Thomson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Moryn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Tate hits a fly ball into left field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Smith hits a fly ball into right field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Cunningham hits a ball on the ground towards first. Marshall scoops it up and throws to first, with Hillman covering, for the out.
Bottom 4 Banks hits a line drive into center field. Cimoli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Noren hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Marshall 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 4 White hits a fly ball into right field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Boyer hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 4 Musial hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Cimoli hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards first. Marshall scoops it up and throws to first, with Hillman covering, for the out.
Bottom 3 Taylor hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Hillman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hillman for the out.
Bottom 3 Jackson strikes out.
Top 3 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Marshall scoops it up and throws to first, with Hillman covering, for the out.
Top 3 Tate hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Averill strikes out.
Bottom 2 Thomson hits a fly ball into right field. Cunningham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Moryn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Moryn for the out.
Top 2 Cunningham hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hillman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 White hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Taylor scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Boyer hits a fly ball into center field. Noren settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Banks hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Noren hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Marshall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tate scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tate scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Musial hits a fly ball into left field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Cimoli hits a ball on the ground towards first. Marshall scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cimoli for the out.
Top 1 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hillman fields it and throws to first for the out.