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April 23, 1960

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Giants 17 15 0
Cubs 2 5 2
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Giants 17 16 0
Cubs 2 5 2

Willie Kirkland Season Stats

  Game Season
Average 1.000 .375
OBP 1.000 .474
At Bats 3 32
Hits 3 12
• Singles 2 6
• Doubles 1 4
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 1 5
RBI’s 1 6

Ben Johnson Season Stats

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Wrigley Field - April 23, 1960
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Ben Johnson
Moe Thacker
George Altman
Tony Taylor
Don Zimmer
Ernie Banks
Frank Thomas
Richie Ashburn
Walt Moryn
Willie Kirkland
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Moe Thacker now catching. Ben Johnson now pitching. Kirkland hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 7 Irv Noren pinch hits for John Goetz. Noren hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 7 Sammy Taylor pinch hits for Cal Neeman. Taylor takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Felipe Alou now playing center field. Zimmer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Amalfitano fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Cepeda hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 McCovey hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 7 Mays hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Amalfitano scores.
Top 7 Amalfitano hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Moryn who is chasing the ball. Amalfitano reaches third base with a triple. Blasingame goes all the way around to score.
Top 7 Blasingame takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Sanford strikes out.
Top 7 Schmidt strikes out.
Bottom 6 Moryn hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play.
Bottom 6 Altman is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Thomas hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. Taylor scores. Banks moves to second.
Bottom 6 Banks takes first base on ball four. Taylor moves to second.
Bottom 6 Taylor hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Bressoud hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Taylor settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Kirkland hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Cepeda hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 McCovey 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 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Goetz is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Joey Amalfitano now playing third base. Neeman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 John Goetz now pitching. Joey Amalfitano pinch runs for Jim Davenport. Mays strikes out.
Top 5 Davenport hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Blasingame scores.
Top 5 Blasingame hits a line drive into left field. Thomas picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Thomas. Sanford scores. Blasingame moves to third.
Top 5 There's a wild pitch. Sanford moves to second.
Top 5 Sanford hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Schmidt hits a popup towards short. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Bressoud bunts towards the right side of the infield. Taylor scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Kirkland scores.
Top 5 There's a wild pitch. Kirkland moves to third.
Top 5 Art Ceccarelli now pitching. Kirkland hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Moryn. Kirkland reaches second base with a double. Cepeda scores.
Top 5 Cepeda hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Ashburn. Cepeda reaches second base with a double. Mays scores. McCovey scores.
Top 5 There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal.
Top 5 McCovey takes first base on ball four. Mays moves to second.
Top 5 Moe Drabowsky now pitching. Mays takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Zimmer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sanford fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Moryn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Altman scores.
Bottom 4 Altman hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cepeda. Altman reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Thomas hits a popup towards first. McCovey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Banks hits a fly ball into left field. Cepeda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Davenport hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 Blasingame takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Sanford hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Schmidt hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 4 Bressoud hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks misplays the ball. That's an error on Banks. Kirkland moves to third. Bressoud moves to second.
Top 4 Kirkland takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Taylor hits a popup towards first. McCovey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Drott strikes out.
Top 3 Cepeda hits a popup, foul, towards third. Zimmer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 McCovey hits a popup towards third. Zimmer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 There goes Mays. The throw from Neeman and he is safe. Mays steals second.
Top 3 Mays hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Davenport hits a ball on the ground towards third. Zimmer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Neeman strikes out.
Bottom 2 Zimmer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Moryn hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey scoops it up and throws to first, with Sanford covering, for the out.
Bottom 2 Altman 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 Blasingame 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 Sanford hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Drott fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Schmidt is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Thomas hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Schmidt settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Banks takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Taylor strikes out.
Bottom 1 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Ashburn for the out.
Top 1 There goes Kirkland. The throw from Neeman and he is out, Taylor applying the tag.
Top 1 Bressoud strikes out.
Top 1 Kirkland hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Cepeda hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 1 McCovey hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Thomas. McCovey reaches second base with a double. Davenport scores. Mays goes all the way around to score.
Top 1 Mays hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Davenport moves to second.
Top 1 Davenport is hit by the pitch.
Top 1 Blasingame hits a line drive towards short. Banks reaches out and makes the catch for the out.