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September 12, 1959

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Don Blasingame Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .289
OBP .250 .361
At Bats 4 589
Hits 1 170
• Singles 0 137
• Doubles 1 25
• Triples 0 7
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 65
RBI’s 0 24

Don Elston Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
7 7 14
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Wrigley Field - September 12, 1959
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Single
Don Elston
Sammy Taylor
Dale Long
Tony Taylor
Al Dark
Ernie Banks
Walt Moryn
George Altman
Irv Noren
Don Blasingame
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Taylor fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Moryn strikes out.
Bottom 8 Banks hits a line drive into left field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Noren hits a fly ball into center field. Carmel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Gibson strikes out.
Top 8 Grammas hits a popup towards short. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Don Elston now pitching. Carmel hits a fly ball into left field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Altman hits a fly ball into left field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Taylor strikes out.
Bottom 7 Jim Marshall pinch hits for Moe Drabowsky. Marshall hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Dark hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Green strikes out.
Top 7 The ball gets by Taylor for a passed ball. Oliver moves to second.
Top 7 Oliver takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Taylor fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 Cunningham hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Taylor hits a fly ball into left field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Long hits a fly ball into left field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Moryn hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 6 Banks strikes out.
Bottom 6 Noren takes first base on ball four. Altman moves to second.
Bottom 6 Altman takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 McCarver hits a fly ball into center field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dark fields it and throws to first for the out. Gibson moves to second.
Top 6 Moe Drabowsky now pitching. Gibson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Grammas scores.
Top 6 Grammas hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Noren. Grammas reaches second base with a double. Carmel scores.
Top 6 Carmel hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Green scores. Carmel moves to second.
Top 6 Green hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Noren. Green reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Oliver hits a fly ball into right field. Noren settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Taylor 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 5 Ceccarelli takes first base on ball four. Taylor moves to second.
Bottom 5 Dark hits a fly ball into center field. Carmel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Taylor hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Long hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Boyer hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Taylor fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Cunningham hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. McCarver moves to third.
Top 5 McCarver hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 5 Blasingame hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Noren. Blasingame reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Gibson strikes out.
Bottom 4 Moryn hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gibson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Banks strikes out.
Bottom 4 Noren hits a popup towards short. Grammas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Grammas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 Carmel hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Taylor misplays the ball. That's an error on Taylor. Boyer scores. Green moves to second.
Top 4 Green is walked intentionally.
Top 4 Oliver hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Taylor reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Boyer hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Noren who is chasing the ball. Boyer reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 3 Altman is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. Dark scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 3 Ceccarelli takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 The ball gets by McCarver for a passed ball. Dark moves to third.
Bottom 3 Dark hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Oliver. Dark reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Cunningham hits a popup, foul, towards third. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 McCarver hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ceccarelli fields it and throws to first for the out. Gibson moves to third.
Top 3 Blasingame hits a popup, foul, towards third. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Gibson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Moryn. Gibson reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Taylor strikes out.
Bottom 2 Long strikes out.
Bottom 2 Moryn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Grammas strikes out.
Top 2 Carmel 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 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.
Bottom 1 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Noren hits a popup towards short. Grammas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Altman strikes out.
Bottom 1 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 Oliver strikes out.
Top 1 Boyer hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 1 Cunningham takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 McCarver hits a popup towards short. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.