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Cubs
@ Giants
Seals Stadium
April 15, 1959
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and the Chicago Cubs, played on April 15, 1959 at Seals Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | April 15, 1959 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Chicago Cubs
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| Home Team |
San Francisco Giants
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 15, 1959 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Chicago Cubs |
| Home Team | San Francisco Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Moe Drabowsky |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Johnny Antonelli |
| Ballpark | Seals Stadium |
| City | San Francisco |
| State | CA |
| Attendance | 15,479 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 44 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Al Barlick 1B: Bill Jackowski 2B: Shag Crawford 3B: Vic Delmore |
Chicago Cubs Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Tony Taylor | Second Baseman |
| Al Dark | First Baseman |
| Lee Walls | Right Fielder |
| Ernie Banks | Shortstop |
| Earl Averill | Third Baseman |
| Bobby Thomson | Center Fielder |
| Walt Moryn | Left Fielder |
| Cal Neeman | Catcher |
| Moe Drabowsky | Pitcher |
| Bob Scheffing | Manager |
San Francisco Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jim Davenport | Third Baseman |
| Jackie Brandt | Left Fielder |
| Willie Mays | Center Fielder |
| Orlando Cepeda | First Baseman |
| Felipe Alou | Right Fielder |
| Daryl Spencer | Second Baseman |
| Andre Rodgers | Shortstop |
| Bob Schmidt | Catcher |
| Johnny Antonelli | Pitcher |
| Bill Rigney | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cubs
@ Giants
Seals Stadium
April 15, 1959
Top 1
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Antonelli
Taylor is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Antonelli
Dark takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Walls vs. Antonelli
Walls hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Dark moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Banks vs. Antonelli
Banks hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Dark scores. Walls moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Averill vs. Antonelli
Averill hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Thomson vs. Antonelli
Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Antonelli fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davenport vs. Drabowsky
Davenport hits a fly ball into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brandt vs. Drabowsky
Brandt hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mays vs. Drabowsky
Mays hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cepeda vs. Drabowsky
Cepeda hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Neeman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moryn vs. Antonelli
Moryn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Neeman vs. Antonelli
Neeman hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cepeda settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Drabowsky vs. Antonelli
Drabowsky hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Spencer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Taylor vs. Antonelli
Taylor is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Drabowsky
Alou hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Drabowsky
Spencer hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rodgers vs. Drabowsky
Rodgers takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schmidt vs. Drabowsky
Schmidt hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rodgers moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Antonelli vs. Drabowsky
Antonelli hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Taylor scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Antonelli
Dark hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Schmidt settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walls vs. Antonelli
Walls strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Banks vs. Antonelli
Banks hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davenport vs. Drabowsky
Davenport hits a fly ball into left field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brandt vs. Drabowsky
Brandt hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dark scoops it up and throws to first, with Drabowsky covering, for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Drabowsky
Mays strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Averill vs. Antonelli
Averill hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Antonelli fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Antonelli
Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rodgers scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moryn vs. Antonelli
Moryn strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cepeda vs. Drabowsky
Cepeda hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Drabowsky
Alou hits a ball on the ground towards third. Averill fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Averill. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Spencer vs. Drabowsky
Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards short. The ball bounces off Banks, and towards Taylor, who fields it and throws to first for the out. Alou moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rodgers vs. Drabowsky
There goes Alou. The throw from Neeman and he is safe. Alou steals third. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Rodgers vs. Drabowsky
Rodgers hits a popup towards short. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Schmidt vs. Drabowsky
Schmidt hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Alou scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Antonelli vs. Drabowsky
Antonelli hits a fly ball into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cubs, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Neeman vs. Antonelli
Neeman hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Drabowsky vs. Antonelli
Drabowsky takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Taylor vs. Antonelli
Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cepeda fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Cepeda. Drabowsky moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Dark vs. Antonelli
Dark hits a line drive towards short. Rodgers catches it and throws to second to double up Drabowsky. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cubs, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davenport vs. Drabowsky
Davenport hits a fly ball into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brandt vs. Drabowsky
Brandt hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mays vs. Drabowsky
Mays hits a fly ball into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cepeda vs. Drabowsky
Cepeda hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Drabowsky
Alou hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Drabowsky
Spencer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rodgers vs. Drabowsky
Rodgers hits a popup, foul, towards third. Averill settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cubs, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walls vs. Antonelli
Walls hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Banks vs. Antonelli
Banks hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Spencer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Averill vs. Antonelli
Averill hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cubs, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schmidt vs. Drabowsky
Schmidt takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Antonelli vs. Singleton
Elmer Singleton now pitching.
Antonelli hits a popup towards the mound. Singleton catches it and throws to first to double up Schmidt. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davenport vs. Singleton
Davenport hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cubs, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Antonelli
Thomson hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moryn vs. Antonelli
Moryn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cepeda scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Moryn for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Neeman vs. Antonelli
Neeman is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cubs, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brandt vs. Singleton
Brandt takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mays vs. Singleton
Singleton fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Singleton. Brandt moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Mays vs. Singleton
Mays takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Cepeda vs. Singleton
Cepeda strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Alou vs. Singleton
Alou hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Brandt scores. Mays moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Spencer vs. Singleton
Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Mays scores. Alou moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rodgers vs. Singleton
There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Rodgers vs. Singleton
Rodgers strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Schmidt vs. Singleton
Schmidt is walked intentionally. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Antonelli vs. Singleton
Neeman fires to third and picks off Alou. View Play
Top 8
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Cubs, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adams vs. Antonelli
Bobby Adams pinch hits for Elmer Singleton.
Adams hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cepeda settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Antonelli
Taylor hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Antonelli
Dark hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Taylor moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Walls vs. Antonelli
Walls hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Banks vs. Antonelli
Banks hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cubs, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Antonelli vs. Schaffernoth
Joe Schaffernoth now pitching.
Antonelli strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davenport vs. Schaffernoth
Davenport is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brandt vs. Schaffernoth
Brandt hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mays vs. Schaffernoth
Mays hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cubs, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Averill vs. Antonelli
Averill strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Antonelli
Thomson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Spencer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moryn vs. Antonelli
Moryn hits a fly ball into left field. Brandt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/15/1959 -- Chicago at San Francisco (N)
Chicago AB R H RBI San Francisco AB R H RBI
Taylor T, 2b 4 0 1 0 Davenport J, 3b 5 0 0 0
Dark A, 1b 3 1 1 0 Brandt J, lf 4 2 2 0
Walls L, rf 4 0 1 0 Mays W, cf 4 1 0 0
Banks E, ss 4 0 1 1 Cepeda O, 1b 4 2 2 3
Averill E, 3b 4 0 0 0 Alou F, rf 4 2 2 2
Thomson B, cf 4 0 0 0 Spencer D, 2b 4 0 1 1
Moryn W, lf 4 0 1 0 Rodgers A, ss 3 0 0 0
Neeman C, c 3 0 0 0 Schmidt B, c 2 0 2 1
Drabowsky M, p 1 0 0 0 Antonelli J, p 4 0 0 0
Singleton E, p 0 0 0 0
Adams B, ph 1 0 0 0
Schaffernoth J, p 0 0 0 0
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32 1 5 1 34 7 9 7
Chicago 100 000 000 -- 1
San Francisco 000 230 20x -- 7
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO
Drabowsky M (L)* 5.0 7 5 4 2 1
Singleton E 2.0 1 2 2 3 2
Schaffernoth J 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO
Antonelli J (W) 9.0 5 1 1 2 6
* Pitched to 1 batter in 6th
E -- Dark A, Averill E, Cepeda O, Singleton E
DP -- Chicago 1, San Francisco 1
LOB -- Chicago 6, San Francisco 8
HR -- Cepeda O 2, Alou F
SB -- Alou F 2, Spencer D
T -- 2:44
A -- 15479
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