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September 27, 1959

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Top 8 R H E
Dodgers 5 8 0
Cubs 1 4 1
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Dodgers 5 8 0
Cubs 1 4 1

Gil Hodges Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .274
OBP .333 .363
At Bats 3 405
Hits 1 111
• Singles 1 65
• Doubles 0 19
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 25
Walks 0 55
RBI’s 0 79

Don Elston Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
10 8 14
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Wrigley Field - September 27, 1959
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Walk
Don Elston
Sammy Taylor
Jim Marshall
Earl Averill
Al Dark
Tony Taylor
Irv Noren
George Altman
Bobby Thomson
Gil Hodges
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Hodges takes first base on ball four.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Fairly hits a fly ball into right field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Don Elston now pitching. Demeter hits a popup towards short. Taylor settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Ernie Banks pinch hits for Glen Hobbie. Banks hits a popup towards short. Wills settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Dark hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Taylor moves to second.
Bottom 7 Taylor takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Averill hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Noren hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Neal scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Moon hits a fly ball into left field. Noren settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Neal hits a popup towards short. Taylor settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Gilliam hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Taylor settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gilliam fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Marshall strikes out.
Bottom 6 Wally Moon now playing left field. Ron Fairly now playing right field. Altman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Altman for the out.
Top 6 Craig strikes out.
Top 6 Wills hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Averill scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Glen Hobbie now pitching. Roseboro hits a line drive towards first. Marshall reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Taylor hits a fly ball into left field. Larker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Dale Long pinch hits for Bill Henry. Long hits a fly ball into center field. Demeter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Dark hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Neal scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Averill hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Hodges hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Henry fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Larker bunts towards the mound. Henry fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Demeter hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Henry fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 4 Noren hits a line drive into center field. Demeter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wills fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Marshall takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Don Demeter now playing center field. Altman hits a line drive towards first. Hodges reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Bill Henry now pitching. Moon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Averill scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Neal hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 4 Gilliam hits a fly ball into left field. Noren settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Craig bunts towards first. Marshall scoops it up and throws to first, with Averill covering, for the out. Wills moves to second.
Top 4 Wills hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dark fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gilliam fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Anderson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gilliam fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Dark strikes out.
Top 3 Roseboro hits a fly ball into left field. Noren settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Hodges hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Larker moves to third.
Top 3 Larker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Neal scores.
Top 3 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 3 Moon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Averill scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Neal hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Noren who is chasing the ball. Neal reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 2 Taylor hits a line drive into right field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Averill hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gilliam fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Noren hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gilliam fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Gilliam hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Anderson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Gilliam hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. Taylor settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Taylor.
Top 2 Craig hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Larker scores. Wills goes all the way around to score.
Top 2 Wills hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Larker moves to second.
Top 2 Roseboro hits a popup, foul, towards third. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Hodges hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Averill settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Larker takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Marshall hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Marshall for the out.
Bottom 1 Altman hits a fly ball into right field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Taylor hits a line drive into left field. Larker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Snider strikes out.
Top 1 There goes Moon. The throw from Taylor and he is safe. Moon steals second.
Top 1 Moon takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Neal strikes out.
Top 1 Gilliam hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dark fields it and throws to first for the out.