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May 11, 1959

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Eddie Mathews Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .306
OBP .500 .370
At Bats 2 108
Hits 1 33
• Singles 1 18
• Doubles 0 1
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 11
Walks 0 11
RBI’s 0 26

Moe Drabowsky Season Stats

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1 2 0
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Wrigley Field - May 11, 1959
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Home Run
Moe Drabowsky
Earl Averill
Jim Marshall
Tony Taylor
Randy Jackson
Ernie Banks
Walt Moryn
Bobby Thomson
Lee Walls
Eddie Mathews
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Mathews hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 4 Averill hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Jackson strikes out.
Bottom 4 Thomson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bruton who is chasing the ball. Thomson reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 4 Moryn hits a fly ball into left field. Covington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards first. Marshall scoops it up and throws to first, with Drabowsky covering, for the out.
Top 4 Buhl hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Taylor scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 O'Brien hits a popup, foul, towards third. Jackson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Logan hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. That run is unearned.
Top 4 Logan hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. Averill settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Averill.
Bottom 3 Banks hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Marshall hits a popup towards short. Logan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Walls takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Brien scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Crandall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Torre hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Mathews moves to second.
Top 3 Covington strikes out.
Top 3 Aaron hits a line drive into left field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Mathews hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Drabowsky hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Averill hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Jackson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Bruton hits a fly ball into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Buhl hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Taylor scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 O'Brien strikes out.
Bottom 1 Moryn strikes out.
Bottom 1 Banks takes first base on ball four. Taylor moves to second.
Bottom 1 Marshall hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Walls strikes out.
Bottom 1 Taylor takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Logan hits a fly ball into left field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Crandall takes first base on ball four. Aaron scores. Covington moves to third. Torre moves to second.
Top 1 Torre takes first base on ball four. Covington moves to second.
Top 1 Covington takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Aaron hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Thomson who is chasing the ball. Aaron reaches third base with a triple.
Top 1 Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards first. Marshall scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mathews for the out.
Top 1 Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Drabowsky fields it and throws to first for the out.