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May 4, 1959

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Felipe Alou Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .333
OBP .333 .360
At Bats 3 72
Hits 1 24
• Singles 0 15
• Doubles 0 3
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 1 5
Walks 0 3
RBI’s 1 13

Bob Purkey Season Stats

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3 1 0
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Crosley Field - May 4, 1959
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Single
Bob Purkey
Ed Bailey
Frank Robinson
Johnny Temple
Eddie Kasko
Roy McMillan
Frank Thomas
Vada Pinson
Gus Bell
Felipe Alou
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Eddie Kasko now playing third base. Frank Thomas now playing left field. Alou hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Temple hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rodgers fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Purkey is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 8 Bailey hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Gordon Jones now pitching. McMillan hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Cepeda hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Mays hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kirkland moves to third.
Top 8 Kirkland hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Davenport hits a popup towards third. Thomas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Leon Wagner pinch hits for Mike McCormick. Wagner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Robinson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Wagner for the out.
Bottom 7 Bell hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Whisenant hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Thomas hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Schmidt strikes out.
Top 7 Rodgers is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Spencer hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Robinson hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Temple hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Alou. Temple reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Purkey is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Cepeda hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Mays is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Kirkland hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Bailey hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 McMillan takes first base on ball four. Whisenant moves to second.
Bottom 5 Bell hits a popup, foul, towards third. Davenport settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Whisenant takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Thomas hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McCormick fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Davenport hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomas fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 McCormick bunts towards the mound. Purkey fields it and throws to first for the out. Spencer moves to third. Rodgers moves to second.
Top 5 Schmidt hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Rodgers hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Purkey fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Purkey. Spencer moves to second.
Top 5 Spencer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Pinson hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Temple is walked intentionally.
Bottom 4 Purkey hits a ball on the ground between third and short. The ball bounces off Davenport, and towards Rodgers, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Bailey hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Mays. Bailey reaches second base with a double. McMillan moves to third.
Bottom 4 McMillan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Davenport fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Bell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Whisenant hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 4 Thomas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Cepeda hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Mays hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Kirkland hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Purkey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Robinson hits a popup towards third. Davenport settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Pinson strikes out.
Bottom 3 Temple hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Purkey moves to third.
Bottom 3 There's a wild pitch. Purkey moves to second.
Bottom 3 Purkey hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McCormick fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Bailey takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Davenport hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 McCormick hits a fly ball into left field. Whisenant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Schmidt hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Purkey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 McMillan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rodgers fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Bell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Whisenant moves to second.
Bottom 2 Whisenant takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Thomas is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Rodgers hits a fly ball into left field. Whisenant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Spencer hits a popup towards short. McMillan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Alou hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Cepeda hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Pinson is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 McCormick fires to first and has Temple trapped. There's the throw to Rodgers who tags Temple for the out.
Bottom 1 Temple takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Mays strikes out.
Top 1 Kirkland strikes out.
Top 1 Davenport hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out.