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April 23, 1959

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Bottom 9 R H E
Braves 3 8 1
Phillies 3 5 0
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Braves 3 8 1
Phillies 3 5 0

Richie Ashburn Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .241
OBP .250 .405
At Bats 3 29
Hits 0 7
• Singles 0 7
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 1 8
RBI’s 0 0

Juan Pizarro Season Stats

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Connie Mack Stadium - April 23, 1959
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Out
Juan Pizarro
Del Crandall
Frank Torre
Chuck Cottier
Eddie Mathews
Johnny Logan
Wes Covington
Bill Bruton
Hank Aaron
Richie Ashburn
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Ashburn hits a line drive into left field. Covington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 John Easton pinch hits for Ray Semproch. Easton is called out on strikes.
Bottom 9 Gene Freese pinch hits for Valmy Thomas. Freese hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 9 Koppe takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Torre hits a fly ball into left field. Bowman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Covington takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Aaron hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 9 Mathews hits a popup towards third. Jones settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hamner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Jones is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Bowman takes first base on ball four. Bouchee moves to second.
Bottom 8 Post strikes out.
Bottom 8 Bouchee takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Hamner hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Pizarro hits a line drive into left field. Bowman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Cottier strikes out.
Top 8 Logan hits a line drive into left field. Bowman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Ashburn is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Semproch hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Thomas is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Koppe hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Cottier settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Crandall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hamner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Torre hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bouchee scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Torre for the out. Aaron moves to third.
Top 7 Covington hits a fly ball into left field. Bowman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Aaron hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Bowman. Aaron reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Jones hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Bowman hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Post hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Bouchee is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Mathews hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bruton hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Pizarro hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Hamner strikes out. There goes Ashburn. The throw from Crandall to Logan, and Ashburn is out.
Bottom 5 Ashburn takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Semproch strikes out.
Top 5 Cottier is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Logan strikes out.
Top 5 Crandall bunts towards the mound. Semproch fields it and throws to first for the out. Covington moves to third. Torre moves to second.
Top 5 Torre takes first base on ball four. Covington moves to second.
Top 5 Covington takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Thomas is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Koppe strikes out.
Bottom 4 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Aaron hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Thomas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Mathews takes first base on ball four. Bruton moves to second.
Top 4 Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Koppe fields it and throws to second for the out. Logan moves to third.
Top 4 Pizarro hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Koppe fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Logan moves to second.
Top 4 Cottier strikes out.
Top 4 Logan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Bowman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Post hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Pizarro fields it and throws to first for the out. Bouchee moves to second.
Bottom 3 Bouchee is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 3 Hamner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cottier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Crandall hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Torre hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Koppe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Covington moves to third.
Top 3 Covington hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Bowman. Covington reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hamner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Mathews hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 3 Bruton hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Ashburn. Bruton reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Ashburn hits a line drive towards third. Mathews reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Semproch strikes out.
Bottom 2 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Mathews. Koppe moves to third. Thomas moves to second.
Bottom 2 Koppe hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Pizarro fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 2 Pizarro strikes out.
Top 2 Cottier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hamner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Logan hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Ashburn. Logan reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Crandall hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Bowman hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Post hits a popup, foul, towards first. Torre settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Bouchee takes first base on ball four. Hamner moves to second.
Bottom 1 Hamner takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Torre hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Koppe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Covington is hit by the pitch. Aaron moves to second.
Top 1 Aaron takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Mathews is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Bruton hits a fly ball into left field. Bowman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.