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July 2, 1959

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Bottom 8 R H E
Giants 4 6 2
Cubs 10 11 0
Bottom 8 R H E
Giants 4 6 2
Cubs 10 11 0

Al Dark Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .267
OBP .500 .319
At Bats 4 251
Hits 2 67
• Singles 1 51
• Doubles 0 9
• Triples 0 6
• Home Runs 1 1
Walks 0 19
RBI’s 2 23

Jack Sanford Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
7 6 1
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Wrigley Field - July 2, 1959
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Out
Jack Sanford
Hobie Landrith
Orlando Cepeda
Daryl Spencer
Jim Davenport
Eddie Bressoud
Leon Wagner
Willie Mays
Willie Kirkland
Al Dark
Tony Taylor
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Dark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud fields it and throws to second for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Taylor takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Jack Sanford now pitching. Elston is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Bressoud hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Spencer hits a popup, foul, towards third. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Wagner is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Taylor strikes out.
Bottom 7 Walls hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Thomson is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Cepeda is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Kirkland strikes out.
Top 7 There's a wild pitch. Mays moves to second.
Top 7 Mays takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Davenport is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Long hits a fly ball into right field. Kirkland settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Banks hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 6 Noren hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Elston moves to second.
Bottom 6 Dark strikes out.
Bottom 6 Taylor strikes out.
Bottom 6 Hobie Landrith now catching. Eddie Bressoud now playing shortstop. Gordon Jones now pitching. Elston hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Landrith 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 6 Eddie Bressoud pinch runs for Dusty Rhodes. Felipe Alou pinch hits for Jim Hegan. Don Elston now pitching. Alou takes first base on ball four. Spencer moves to third. Bressoud moves to second.
Top 6 Dusty Rhodes pinch hits for Andre Rodgers. Rhodes hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Wagner scores. Spencer moves to second.
Top 6 Spencer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cepeda scores. Wagner moves to second.
Top 6 Wagner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kirkland scores. Cepeda moves to second.
Top 6 Cepeda hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mays scores. Kirkland moves to third.
Top 6 Kirkland takes first base on ball four. Mays moves to second.
Top 6 Mays hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dark fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Davenport hits a fly ball into left field. Noren settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Hobie Landrith pinch hits for Billy Muffett. Landrith takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spencer fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Walls hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Thomson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Billy Muffett now pitching. Long hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 5 Banks hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Hegan hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Rodgers strikes out.
Top 5 Spencer hits a popup towards third. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Wagner takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Noren hits a line drive into right field. Kirkland settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Dark hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 4 Taylor hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Spencer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Hobbie bunts towards first. Cepeda scoops it up and throws to first, with Spencer covering, for the out. Taylor moves to second.
Bottom 4 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cepeda fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Cepeda.
Top 4 Cepeda hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 Kirkland hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Mays hits a popup towards first. Long settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Walls hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Fisher fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Thomson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Noren scores.
Bottom 3 Long hits a fly ball into left field. Wagner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Dark tags and scores. Noren tags and moves to second.
Bottom 3 Banks hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cepeda settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Noren hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Dark moves to third.
Bottom 3 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rodgers fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 Davenport hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Taylor settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Fisher strikes out.
Top 3 Hegan hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Taylor hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Hobbie hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rodgers misplays the ball. That's an error on Rodgers.
Bottom 2 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Fisher fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Walls is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Rodgers is called out on strikes.
Top 2 There goes Cepeda. The throw from Taylor and he is safe. Cepeda steals second.
Top 2 Spencer hits a popup, foul, towards first. Long settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Wagner hits a popup towards short. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Cepeda hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cepeda scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Thomson for the out.
Bottom 1 Long takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 There goes Banks. The throw from Hegan and he is safe. Banks steals second.
Bottom 1 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spencer fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Noren hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Taylor scores.
Bottom 1 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cepeda scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Dark for the out. Taylor moves to third.
Bottom 1 Taylor hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Wagner. Taylor reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Kirkland hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kirkland for the out.
Top 1 Mays is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Davenport hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dark fields it and throws to first for the out.