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August 5, 1959

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Phillies 4 8 1
Cubs 4 5 0
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Cubs 4 5 0

Bobby Thomson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .250
OBP .000 .319
At Bats 3 276
Hits 0 69
• Singles 0 46
• Doubles 0 13
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 9
Walks 0 28
RBI’s 0 38

Gene Conley Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
9 7 1
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Wrigley Field - August 5, 1959
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Gene Conley
Joe Lonnett
Ed Bouchee
Sparky Anderson
Harry Hanebrink
Joe Koppe
Harry Anderson
Richie Ashburn
Wally Post
Bobby Thomson
Lee Walls
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

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

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Bottom 8 Long hits a popup towards short. Koppe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Banks hits a line drive towards short. Koppe reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Joe Lonnett now catching. Walls takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Bob Bowman pinch hits for Carl Sawatski. Bowman hits a fly ball into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Anderson 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 8 Hanebrink is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koppe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Taylor hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Anderson. Taylor reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Henry hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bouchee scoops it up and throws to first, with Conley covering, for the out.
Bottom 7 Taylor hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 7 Moryn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Anderson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Anderson strikes out.
Top 7 Post is walked intentionally.
Top 7 Bill Henry now pitching. Bouchee hits a line drive into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 There goes Ashburn. The throw from Taylor and he is safe. Ashburn steals second.
Top 7 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Koppe takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hanebrink fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Long is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Banks hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Walls hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Conley fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Conley strikes out.
Top 6 Sawatski hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Taylor settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Anderson bunts towards third. Dark fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 6 Ed Donnelly now pitching. Hanebrink hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Taylor scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Conley fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Taylor hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Anderson. Taylor reaches second base with a double. Taylor scores. Schult moves to third.
Bottom 5 Art Schult pinch hits for John Buzhardt. Schult hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Taylor moves to second.
Bottom 5 Taylor takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Moryn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Anderson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hanebrink fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 There goes Bouchee. The throw from Taylor and he is out, Banks applying the tag.
Top 5 Anderson hits a line drive towards short. Banks reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Post is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Bouchee hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Long hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Banks hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Walls strikes out.
Top 4 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long scoops it up and throws to first, with Buzhardt covering, for the out.
Top 4 Koppe strikes out.
Top 4 Conley hits a fly ball into left field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koppe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koppe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Buzhardt hits a line drive towards first. Bouchee reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Sawatski strikes out.
Top 3 Anderson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Buzhardt, and towards Banks, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Hanebrink hits a fly ball into left field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Taylor hits a line drive towards first. Bouchee reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Moryn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Anderson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Long scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 2 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Conley fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Conley. Long moves to third.
Bottom 2 Long takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Anderson 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 Post hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bouchee moves to second.
Top 2 Bouchee hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Ashburn scores.
Top 2 Ashburn hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Walls. Ashburn reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Koppe 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 Conley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Buzhardt fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Banks hits a fly ball into left field. Anderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Walls hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Taylor moves to third.
Bottom 1 Dark hits a line drive into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 The ball gets by Sawatski for a passed ball. Taylor moves to second.
Bottom 1 Harry Hanebrink now playing third base. Taylor takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Sawatski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long scoops it up and throws to first, with Buzhardt covering, for the out.
Top 1 Harry Hanebrink pinch runs for Gene Freese. John Buzhardt now pitching. Anderson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Post scores. Hanebrink moves to second.
Top 1 Freese is hit by the pitch.
Top 1 Anderson strikes out.
Top 1 Post hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Ashburn scores. Post moves to second.
Top 1 There's a wild pitch. Koppe scores. Ashburn moves to second.
Top 1 Bouchee hits a fly ball into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Koppe moves to third.
Top 1 Ashburn takes first base on ball four. Koppe moves to second.
Top 1 Koppe hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.