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July 16, 1959

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Bottom 1	R	H	E
Braves	0	1	1
Cubs	1	3	0

Bottom 1	R	H	E
Braves	0	1	1
Cubs	2	3	0

Bobby Thomson Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.250
OBP	.000	.319
At Bats	0	224
Hits	0	56
• Singles	0	36
• Doubles	0	12
• Triples	0	1
• Home Runs	0	7
Walks	0	23
RBI’s	0	33

Lew Burdette Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
12	8	1

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Wrigley Field - July 16, 1959

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Out

Lew Burdette

Stan Lopata

Frank Torre

Johnny O'Brien

Eddie Mathews

Johnny Logan

Wes Covington

Bill Bruton

Hank Aaron

Bobby Thomson

Ernie Banks

Al Dark

Count: - , 1 Out

Count: - , 2 Outs

Thomson hits a fly ball into left field. Covington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Dark tags and scores. That run is unearned.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 1 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Dark moves to third.

Bottom 1 Walls is called out on strikes.

Bottom 1 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan throws towards first. Torre fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Torre. Taylor goes all the way around to score. Dark moves to second.

Bottom 1 Taylor hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 1 Covington hits a fly ball into center field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Aaron hits a line drive into center field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Mathews hits a fly ball into center field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Bruton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

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