Pirates @ Cubs
May 17, 1959

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Bottom 8 R H E
Pirates 5 7 0
Cubs 3 9 1
Bottom 8 R H E
Pirates 5 7 0
Cubs 3 9 1

Dale Long Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .274
OBP .333 .321
At Bats 3 73
Hits 1 20
• Singles 0 12
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 1 4
Walks 0 5
RBI’s 1 8

Vern Law Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 1 0
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Wrigley Field - May 17, 1959
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Vern Law
Smoky Burgess
Rocky Nelson
Bill Mazeroski
Don Hoak
Dick Groat
Bob Skinner
Bill Virdon
Roberto Clemente
Dale Long
Walt Moryn
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Long hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hoak settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Rocky Nelson now playing first base. Moryn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Mazeroski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Skinner hits a popup towards third. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Stuart hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Banks hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Dark hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Burgess 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 7 Clemente hits a line drive into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 John Buzhardt now pitching. Hoak hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Taylor settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Earl Averill pinch hits for Bob Porterfield. Averill hits a fly ball into left field. Skinner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Taylor hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Walls moves to second.
Bottom 6 Walls hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Thomson hits a fly ball into left field. Skinner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Long hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Moryn hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Law hits a line drive into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Virdon hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Groat hits a fly ball into left field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bob Porterfield now pitching. Mazeroski hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Banks hits a fly ball into left field. Skinner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Dark hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Taylor scores. Taylor moves to third.
Bottom 5 Taylor takes first base on ball four. Taylor moves to second.
Bottom 5 George Altman pinch hits for Bob Anderson. Altman hits a line drive towards short. Groat catches it and throws to third to double up Walls.
Bottom 5 Taylor hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Walls moves to third.
Bottom 5 Walls hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Skinner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Stuart hits a fly ball into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Burgess hits a line drive into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Clemente hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 Thomson hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Long strikes out.
Bottom 4 Moryn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Banks hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Burgess settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Hoak hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dark fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Law strikes out.
Top 4 There goes Virdon. The throw from Taylor and he is safe. Virdon steals second.
Top 4 Virdon hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Groat hits a fly ball into left field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Mazeroski hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 4 Skinner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Dark hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Taylor strikes out.
Bottom 3 Anderson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Taylor hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Stuart hits a fly ball into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Burgess 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 3 Clemente takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Walls hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Thomson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 2 Long hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Moryn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Hoak 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 Law hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks misplays the ball. That's an error on Banks. Groat moves to second.
Top 2 Virdon strikes out.
Top 2 Groat hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Skinner scores.
Top 2 Mazeroski 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 There goes Skinner. The throw from Taylor and he is safe. Skinner steals second.
Top 2 Skinner takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Stuart hits a fly ball into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Burgess hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Moryn. Burgess reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Anderson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Hoak hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.