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May 18, 1958

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Willie Kirkland Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .226
OBP .800 .308
At Bats 3 93
Hits 2 21
• Singles 1 12
• Doubles 0 5
• Triples 1 2
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 2 10
RBI’s 3 10

Gene Fodge Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 0 0
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Wrigley Field - May 18, 1958
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Out
Gene Fodge
Cal Neeman
Dale Long
Tony Taylor
Johnny Goryl
Ernie Banks
Walt Moryn
Bobby Thomson
Lee Walls
Willie Kirkland
Jim Davenport
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Kirkland hits a fly ball into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Davenport hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Antonelli strikes out.
Top 9 O'Connell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Goryl fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Banks hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Walls hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 8 Taylor hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Schmidt hits a popup towards short. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Taussig hits a fly ball into left field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Spencer bunts towards third. Goryl fields it and throws to first for the out. Cepeda moves to second.
Top 8 Gene Fodge now pitching. Cepeda hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 El Tappe pinch hits for Dave Hillman. Tappe strikes out.
Bottom 7 Neeman hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 7 Goryl hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Antonelli fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Moryn hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Antonelli fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Don Taussig now playing left field. Thomson hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 7 Dave Hillman now pitching. Mays is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Kirkland hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Thomson, who is chasing the ball. Kirkland reaches third base with a triple. Antonelli scores. Davenport goes all the way around to score.
Top 7 Davenport takes first base on ball four. Antonelli moves to second.
Top 7 Dolan Nichols now pitching. Antonelli hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nichols fields it and throws to home to get Schmidt. O'Connell scores. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 7 O'Connell hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Thomson. O'Connell reaches second base with a double. Sauer scores. Schmidt moves to third.
Top 7 Schmidt hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Sauer moves to second.
Top 7 Sauer takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Freddy Rodriguez now pitching. Spencer strikes out.
Bottom 6 Long hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Banks hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Walls hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Adams tags and scores.
Bottom 6 Taylor hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Bobby Adams pinch hits for Moe Drabowsky. Adams hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kirkland who is chasing the ball. Adams reaches third base with a triple.
Top 6 Cepeda hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Taylor fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Mays takes first base on ball four. Antonelli moves to third. Kirkland moves to second.
Top 6 Kirkland takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Davenport bunts in front of the plate. Neeman fields it and throws to first for the out. Antonelli moves to second.
Top 6 Antonelli hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Neeman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cepeda scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Neeman for the out.
Bottom 5 Goryl hits a fly ball into right field. Kirkland settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Moryn hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 O'Connell is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Schmidt hits a ball on the ground towards third. Goryl fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Sauer takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Long hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Banks is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Banks fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 4 Cepeda is hit by the pitch. Kirkland moves to third. Mays moves to second.
Top 4 Mays hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Kirkland moves to second.
Top 4 Kirkland hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Davenport scores.
Top 4 Davenport hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks fields it and has O'Connell trapped. There's the throw to Taylor who throws over to Goryl who tags O'Connell for the out. Davenport moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 4 Antonelli bunts towards the mound. Drabowsky fields it and throws to first for the out. O'Connell moves to second.
Top 4 O'Connell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Walls hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Taylor is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Drabowsky is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Schmidt is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Sauer is walked intentionally.
Top 3 Spencer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kirkland moves to third. Spencer moves to second.
Top 3 Cepeda strikes out.
Top 3 Mays hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Taylor settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Kirkland takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Neeman strikes out.
Bottom 2 Goryl hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Moryn takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Antonelli fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Antonelli. Thomson moves to second.
Bottom 2 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Long takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Davenport hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Taylor settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Antonelli takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 O'Connell hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Moryn. O'Connell reaches second base with a double. Sauer scores. Schmidt scores. Two runs are unearned.
Top 2 Schmidt hits a ball on the ground towards third. Goryl fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Goryl. Sauer moves to third. Schmidt moves to second.
Top 2 Sauer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Spencer strikes out.
Top 2 Cepeda hits a popup towards first. Long settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Davenport fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Walls hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Taylor hits a fly ball into right field. Kirkland settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Mays hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Drabowsky fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Kirkland hits a fly ball into left field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Davenport hits a fly ball into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.