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September 17, 1959

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Phillies 5 11 2
Cubs 2 6 0
Bottom 8 R H E
Phillies 5 11 2
Cubs 2 6 0

George Altman Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .245
OBP .333 .316
At Bats 3 372
Hits 1 91
• Singles 1 65
• Doubles 0 14
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 8
Walks 0 32
RBI’s 0 37

Robin Roberts Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
14 15 0
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Wrigley Field - September 17, 1959
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Out
Robin Roberts
Joe Lonnett
Dave Philley
Sparky Anderson
Gene Freese
Joe Koppe
Harry Anderson
Solly Drake
Wally Post
George Altman
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Joe Lonnett now catching. Altman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koppe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Roberts strikes out.
Top 8 Bolger hits a fly ball into right field. Noren settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Anderson tags and scores.
Top 8 Jim Bolger pinch hits for Carl Sawatski. There goes Anderson. The throw from Taylor and he is safe. Anderson steals third.
Top 8 Anderson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Noren. Anderson reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Bill Henry now pitching. Freese hits a fly ball into center field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Taylor hits a fly ball into center field. Drake settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Dale Long pinch hits for Dave Hillman. Long hits a fly ball into left field. Anderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Dark hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Anderson. Dark reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Taylor 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 Post strikes out.
Top 7 Anderson hits a fly ball into left field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Philley hits a fly ball into left field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Noren strikes out.
Bottom 6 Moryn strikes out.
Bottom 6 Banks hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Solly Drake now playing center field. Marshall hits a line drive into center field. Drake settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Koppe hits a fly ball into center field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Solly Drake pinch runs for Richie Ashburn. There goes Drake. The throw from Taylor and he is out, Taylor applying the tag.
Top 6 Ashburn takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Dave Hillman now pitching. Roberts hits a fly ball into right field. Noren settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Altman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koppe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Taylor hits a popup towards short. Koppe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Lou Jackson pinch hits for Glen Hobbie. Jackson is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Sawatski hits a line drive into left field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Anderson takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Freese hits a fly ball into left field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Post hits a fly ball into center field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Dark hits a fly ball into left field. Anderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Taylor hits a popup towards short. Koppe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Noren hits a line drive into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Anderson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Marshall scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Anderson for the out.
Top 4 Philley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Roberts scores. Koppe moves to second.
Top 4 Koppe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Taylor fields it and throws to second for the out. Roberts moves to third.
Top 4 Ashburn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Roberts moves to second.
Top 4 Roberts bunts towards the mound. Hobbie fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Sawatski takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Moryn hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards first. Philley juggles the ball. That's an error on Philley.
Bottom 3 Marshall hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Altman hits a fly ball into left field. Anderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Anderson hits a fly ball into center field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Freese hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Anderson scores. Post moves to third.
Top 3 Post hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dark fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Philley scores. Anderson moves to second.
Top 3 Anderson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Koppe scores. Philley moves to third.
Top 3 Philley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dark fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Koppe moves to second.
Top 3 Koppe hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dark fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Ashburn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Roberts trying to get to third. Noren throws the ball in to Dark, who tags Roberts for the out.
Top 3 Roberts hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Dark is thrown out by unknown player in unknown way. Dark moves to second.
Bottom 2 Hobbie strikes out.
Bottom 2 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Taylor hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Noren hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Sawatski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Anderson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Freese hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Post strikes out.
Bottom 1 Moryn is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Banks hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Altman moves to third.
Bottom 1 Marshall hits a popup towards third. Freese settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Altman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Taylor hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Anderson strikes out.
Top 1 Philley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Taylor fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Koppe hits a fly ball into right field. Noren settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Ashburn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.