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September 3, 1957

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Braves 8 11 0
Cubs 0 4 1
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Braves 8 11 0
Cubs 0 4 1

Wes Covington Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .294
OBP .500 .331
At Bats 3 252
Hits 1 74
• Singles 1 46
• Doubles 0 4
• Triples 0 7
• Home Runs 0 17
Walks 1 15
RBI’s 1 56

Tom Poholsky Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 6 0
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Wrigley Field - September 3, 1957
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Out
Tom Poholsky
Cal Neeman
Dale Long
Bobby Morgan
Bobby Adams
Ernie Banks
Lee Walls
Jim Bolger
Walt Moryn
Wes Covington
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Tom Poholsky now pitching. Covington hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Poholsky fields it and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Adams hits a popup towards short. Mantilla settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Jerry Kindall pinch hits for Dick Littlefield. Kindall hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Morgan strikes out.
Bottom 8 Neeman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Mantilla hits a fly ball into center field. Bolger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Pafko hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Morgan reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Aaron hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 8 Mathews hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Jones moves to third.
Top 8 Jones hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Littlefield fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Long hits a popup towards third. Mathews settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Bolger hits a ball on the ground towards first. Jones scoops it up and throws to first, with Spahn covering, for the out.
Bottom 7 Banks hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Spahn strikes out.
Top 7 Crandall bunts towards the mound. Littlefield fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Mantilla scores. Covington moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 7 Covington hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Aaron scores. Mantilla moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 7 Mantilla hits a ball on the ground towards third. Adams fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Mathews scores. Aaron moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 7 Pafko hits a popup towards first. Long settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards third. Adams juggles the ball. That's an error on Adams. Jones scores. Mathews moves to third. Aaron moves to second.
Top 7 Mathews hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Schoendienst scores. Jones moves to third.
Top 7 Jones takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 There's a wild pitch. Schoendienst moves to third.
Top 7 There's a wild pitch. Schoendienst moves to second.
Top 7 Schoendienst takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Spahn hits a fly ball into right field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Moryn strikes out.
Bottom 6 Walls hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Spahn fields it and has Adams trapped. There's the throw to Schoendienst and over to Mathews, who tags Adams for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 6 Adams hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Covington. Adams reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Littlefield hits a fly ball into left field. Covington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Crandall hits a fly ball into left field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Covington hits a fly ball into right field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Mantilla takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards third. Adams fields it and throws to first for the out. Aaron moves to second.
Top 6 Aaron hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mantilla scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Neeman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mantilla fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Long takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mathews for the out.
Top 5 Jones hits a fly ball into center field. Bolger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Schoendienst takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Spahn strikes out.
Bottom 4 Bolger hits a fly ball into center field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Moryn moves to second.
Bottom 4 Moryn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Walls hits a ball on the ground towards first. Jones scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Walls for the out.
Bottom 4 Adams hits a fly ball into right field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Crandall strikes out.
Top 4 Covington hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Morgan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Mantilla strikes out.
Top 4 Pafko takes first base on ball four. Aaron moves to second.
Top 4 Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 Littlefield is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Morgan hits a fly ball into center field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Neeman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Mathews strikes out.
Top 3 Jones hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Schoendienst hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Morgan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Spahn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Long hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Crandall settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Bolger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mantilla scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Banks is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Crandall hits a popup towards third. Adams settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Covington takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Mantilla strikes out.
Top 2 Pafko hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Morgan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Moryn hits a popup, foul, towards short. Mantilla settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Walls hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Adams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Aaron is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Mathews is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Jones hits a fly ball into right field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Schoendienst moves to third.
Top 1 Schoendienst hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Moryn. Schoendienst reaches second base with a double.