Dodgers @ Cubs
August 11, 1959

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Bottom 9 R H E
Dodgers 3 6 0
Cubs 2 8 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Dodgers 3 6 0
Cubs 3 9 0

Ernie Banks Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .312
OBP .500 .377
At Bats 3 414
Hits 1 129
• Singles 0 73
• Doubles 0 18
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 1 33
Walks 1 44
RBI’s 2 104

Sandy Koufax Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 2 1
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Wrigley Field - August 11, 1959
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Single
Sandy Koufax
John Roseboro
Norm Larker
Charlie Neal
Jim Gilliam
Maury Wills
Wally Moon
Don Demeter
Duke Snider
Ernie Banks
Don Eaddy
Tony Taylor
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Don Eaddy pinch runs for Cal Neeman. Banks hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Taylor scores. Eaddy moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Cal Neeman pinch hits for George Altman. Neeman takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Marshall bunts towards third. Gilliam settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Taylor hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Snider. Taylor reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Moon strikes out.
Top 9 The ball gets by Averill for a passed ball. Gilliam scores. That run is unearned.
Top 9 Neal hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Gilliam moves to third.
Top 9 There goes Gilliam. The throw from Averill and he is safe. Gilliam steals second.
Top 9 Gilliam hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Glen Hobbie now pitching. Koufax strikes out.
Bottom 8 Sammy Taylor pinch hits for Moe Drabowsky. Sandy Koufax now pitching. Randy Jackson pinch hits for Sammy Taylor. Jackson strikes out.
Bottom 8 Dark is walked intentionally.
Bottom 8 Moryn hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Moon. Moryn reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Thomson strikes out.
Bottom 8 Averill hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Williams fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Wills hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Drabowsky fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Roseboro hits a popup, foul, towards first. Marshall settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Demeter takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Larker hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 8 George Altman now playing center field. Bobby Thomson now playing right field. Snider hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Banks hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Neal settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Irv Noren pinch hits for Lee Walls. Noren takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Marshall hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Snider. Marshall reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Stan Williams now pitching. Drabowsky strikes out.
Top 7 Moon hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Neal hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gilliam moves to third.
Top 7 Gilliam takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Gil Hodges pinch hits for Johnny Podres. Ron Fairly pinch hits for Gil Hodges. Fairly 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 Wills hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Dark hits a line drive towards short. Wills reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 There goes Moryn. The throw from Roseboro to Wills and they have Moryn trapped. The throw over to Larker, who applies the tag for the out.
Bottom 6 Moryn hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Thomson hits a fly ball into left field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Roseboro hits a popup towards short. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Demeter hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Larker 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 Averill hits a popup in front of the plate. Roseboro settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Banks hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 5 Walls hits a popup towards short. Wills settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Marshall takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Taylor hits a fly ball into right field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Snider hits a ball on the ground towards first. Marshall scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Snider for the out.
Top 5 Moon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gilliam scores.
Top 5 Neal hits a fly ball into left field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 There goes Gilliam. The throw from Averill and he is safe. Gilliam steals second.
Top 5 Gilliam takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Podres 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 4 Drabowsky hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Podres fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Dark is walked intentionally.
Bottom 4 Moryn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Larker scoops it up and throws to first, with Podres covering, for the out. Averill moves to third.
Bottom 4 Thomson strikes out.
Bottom 4 Averill hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Moon. Averill reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Wills hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Drabowsky fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Roseboro 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 4 Demeter strikes out.
Bottom 3 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Walls hits a fly ball into left field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Marshall takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Taylor hits a popup, foul, towards first. Larker settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Larker 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 Snider is walked intentionally.
Top 3 Moon hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Gilliam moves to third. Neal moves to second.
Top 3 Neal takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 There goes Gilliam. The throw from Averill and he is safe. Gilliam steals second.
Top 3 Gilliam hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Podres hits a popup towards short. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Drabowsky strikes out.
Bottom 2 Dark strikes out.
Bottom 2 Moryn strikes out.
Bottom 2 Thomson takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Wills strikes out.
Top 2 Roseboro takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Demeter hits a line drive towards short. Banks reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Larker 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 1 Averill hits a line drive towards short. Wills catches it and throws to second to double up Walls.
Bottom 1 Banks is walked intentionally.
Bottom 1 Walls hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Moon. Walls reaches second base with a double. Marshall moves to third.
Bottom 1 Marshall bunts towards the mound. Podres fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Taylor hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Snider hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Averill settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Moon takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Neal hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Drabowsky fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 1 Gilliam hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.