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May 22, 1959

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Ernie Banks Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .291
OBP .500 .355
At Bats 4 151
Hits 2 44
• Singles 2 26
• Doubles 0 7
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 10
Walks 0 15
RBI’s 0 39

Jim Brosnan Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 3 2
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Wrigley Field - May 22, 1959
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Jim Brosnan
Hal Smith
Joe Cunningham
Don Blasingame
Ken Boyer
Lee Tate
Bobby Smith
Chick King
Gino Cimoli
Ernie Banks
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Banks hits a fly ball into left field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 13 Lee Tate now playing shortstop. Altman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tate scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 13 Grammas strikes out.
Top 13 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 13 Cunningham is called out on strikes.
Bottom 12 Goryl hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 12 Henry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 12 Taylor hits a fly ball into right field. Cimoli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 12 King strikes out.
Top 12 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dark fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 12 Smith hits a fly ball into center field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 11 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Brosnan fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 11 Thomson hits a fly ball into center field. King settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 11 Long hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 11 Cimoli hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 11 There goes Blasingame. The throw from Taylor and he is out, Banks applying the tag.
Top 11 Blasingame hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 11 Brosnan hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Taylor settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Moryn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 10 Banks strikes out.
Bottom 10 Altman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame misplays the ball. That's an error on Blasingame.
Top 10 Grammas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Smith hits a fly ball into left field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Al Dark now playing third base. Bill Henry now pitching. Cunningham strikes out.
Bottom 9 Goryl hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 9 Earl Averill pinch hits for Don Elston. Averill hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Thomson scores. Walls moves to second.
Bottom 9 Lee Walls pinch runs for Randy Jackson. Jim Brosnan now pitching. Taylor strikes out.
Bottom 9 Jackson bunts towards the pitcher. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Thomson moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 9 Bobby Smith now playing left field. Chick King now playing center field. Joe Cunningham now playing first base. Gino Cimoli now playing right fielThomson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 White hits a fly ball into left field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Boyer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Blasingame moves to third.
Top 9 Crowe hits a popup towards third. Jackson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Cimoli is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Blasingame takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Long hits a ball on the ground towards first. Crowe scoops it up and throws to first, with Blaylock covering, for the out.
Bottom 8 Moryn hits a fly ball into right field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Banks bunts towards the mound. Blaylock fields it and throws to first for the out. Altman moves to second.
Bottom 8 Altman takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Blaylock strikes out.
Top 8 Grammas strikes out.
Top 8 Johnny Goryl now playing second base. Don Elston now pitching. Smith hits a popup towards first. Long settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Jim Marshall pinch hits for Tony Taylor. Marshall is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Irv Noren pinch hits for Glen Hobbie. Noren hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Jackson moves to third.
Bottom 7 Taylor hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Jackson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blaylock fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Green hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 White hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Moryn. White reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Boyer hits a fly ball into left field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Crowe hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long scoops it up and throws to first, with Hobbie covering, for the out.
Bottom 6 Long hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Moryn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Banks moves to second.
Bottom 6 Banks hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Altman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 6 Taylor is hit by the pitch.
Top 6 Cimoli is called out on strikes.
Top 6 There goes Blasingame. The throw from Taylor and he is out, Taylor applying the tag.
Top 6 Blasingame hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Blaylock is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Hobbie is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Taylor is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Grammas hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Taylor reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Green hits a line drive towards third. Jackson reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blaylock fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Long hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Moryn hits a fly ball into center field. Cimoli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 White strikes out.
Top 4 There goes Boyer. The throw from Taylor and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Top 4 Boyer takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Crowe hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Blasingame scores.
Top 4 Cimoli strikes out.
Top 4 There goes Blasingame. The throw from Taylor and he is safe. Blasingame steals second.
Top 4 Blasingame takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Altman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Taylor bunts towards third. Boyer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 Hobbie is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Blaylock is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Grammas hits a fly ball into right field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hobbie fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Crowe fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first, with Blaylock covering. It's a double play.
Bottom 2 Thomson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Long strikes out.
Top 2 Green 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 Boyer. The throw from Taylor and he is out, Jackson applying the tag.
Top 2 White strikes out. There goes Boyer. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Top 2 Boyer takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Moryn is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Banks hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Altman is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Crowe hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play.
Top 1 Cimoli hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Taylor fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.