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May 20, 1959

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Wally Post Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .276
OBP .250 .317
At Bats 3 116
Hits 0 32
• Singles 0 19
• Doubles 0 3
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 7
Walks 1 5
RBI’s 0 25

Bob Porterfield Season Stats

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Wrigley Field - May 20, 1959
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Single
Bob Porterfield
Sammy Taylor
Dale Long
Tony Taylor
Randy Jackson
Ernie Banks
Bobby Thomson
George Altman
Lee Walls
Wally Post
Ed Bouchee
Harry Hanebrink
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Post hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hanebrink scores. Bouchee scores.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Bouchee hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Thomson. Bouchee reaches second base with a double. Hanebrink moves to third.
Top 9 Fernandez hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Taylor settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Ashburn hits a line drive into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 George Altman now playing center field. Bobby Thomson now playing left field. Randy Jackson now playing third base. Hanebrink hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Long hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hanebrink scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Moryn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Banks hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. Three runs are unearned.
Bottom 8 George Altman pinch hits for Al Dark. Altman takes first base on ball four. Porterfield moves to second.
Bottom 8 Taylor hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hegan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Porterfield bunts towards the mound. Robinson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Jim Hegan now catching. Humberto Robinson now pitching. Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bouchee juggles the ball. That's an error on Bouchee.
Top 8 Bob Bowman pinch hits for Valmy Thomas. Bowman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dark fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Dave Philley pinch hits for Jack Meyer. Philley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Taylor fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Banks fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 8 Anderson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Walls hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hanebrink settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Thomson hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Long takes first base on ball four. Banks moves to second.
Bottom 7 Moryn hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Thomas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Jack Meyer now pitching. Valmy Thomas now catching. Harry Hanebrink now playing second base. Banks takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Post 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 Bouchee hits a fly ball into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Ashburn moves to third.
Top 7 Bob Porterfield now pitching. Fernandez bunts towards third. Dark fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Ashburn moves to second.
Top 7 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Joe Koppe pinch runs for Carl Sawatski. Harry Hanebrink pinch hits for Ray Semproch. Hanebrink hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 7 Sawatski takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Gene Freese pinch hits for Sparky Anderson. Freese is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Dark hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Anderson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Taylor moves to third.
Bottom 6 Ray Semproch now pitching. Drabowsky strikes out.
Bottom 6 Taylor hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Walls scores. Taylor moves to second.
Bottom 6 Walls hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Anderson. Walls reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Drabowsky fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Anderson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bouchee moves to second.
Top 6 Post hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bouchee hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dark fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Long hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Moryn scores.
Bottom 5 The ball gets by Sawatski for a passed ball. Banks scores. Moryn moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 5 Moryn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Anderson fields it and throws to home to get Dark. Banks moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 5 Banks hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Ashburn. Banks reaches second base with a double. Dark moves to third.
Bottom 5 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Anderson fields it and throws to second for the out. Drabowsky scores.
Bottom 5 Taylor bunts towards the pitcher. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Drabowsky moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 5 Drabowsky hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Anderson. Drabowsky reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Drabowsky fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Cardwell strikes out.
Top 5 Sawatski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Taylor strikes out.
Bottom 4 Walls hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Anderson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Thomson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Moryn moves to second.
Bottom 4 Long hits a fly ball into left field. Anderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Moryn takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Anderson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Jones strikes out.
Top 4 Anderson strikes out.
Bottom 3 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Dark is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 3 Taylor strikes out.
Top 3 Post strikes out.
Top 3 Bouchee 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 3 Fernandez hits a popup towards first. Long settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Drabowsky hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Anderson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Taylor takes first base on ball four. Long moves to third. Walls moves to second.
Bottom 2 Walls takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Anderson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Long moves to second.
Bottom 2 Long takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Moryn hits a fly ball into left field. Anderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Cardwell strikes out.
Top 2 Sawatski strikes out.
Bottom 1 Banks is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cardwell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Anderson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dark fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Jones strikes out.
Top 1 Anderson takes first base on ball four. Ashburn scores. Bouchee moves to third. Post moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 1 Post takes first base on ball four. Ashburn moves to third. Bouchee moves to second.
Top 1 Bouchee hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dark fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Dark.
Top 1 Fernandez strikes out.
Top 1 There goes Ashburn. The throw from Taylor and he is safe. Ashburn steals second.
Top 1 Ashburn takes first base on ball four.