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May 2, 1959

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Dodgers 4 8 1
Reds 16 12 0
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Dodgers 4 8 1
Reds 16 13 0

Frank Robinson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .750 .318
OBP .800 .390
At Bats 4 66
Hits 3 21
• Singles 1 13
• Doubles 0 1
• Triples 1 2
• Home Runs 1 5
Walks 1 7
RBI’s 5 22

Carl Erskine Season Stats

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Crosley Field - May 2, 1959
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Double
Carl Erskine
Joe Pignatano
Gil Hodges
Charlie Neal
Jim Baxes
Bob Lillis
Rip Repulski
Ron Fairly
Carl Furillo
Frank Robinson
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Robinson hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Fairly. Robinson reaches second base with a double.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Pinson hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 8 Temple takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Schmidt hits a popup towards short. Lillis settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Dotterer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Baxes fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Baxes hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 8 Repulski takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Hodges hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 McMillan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Baxes fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Bell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Dropo strikes out. There goes Thomas. The throw from Pignatano to second, and Thomas is out.
Bottom 7 Bob Lillis now playing shortstop. Ron Fairly now playing center field. Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Baxes juggles the ball. That's an error on Baxes.
Top 7 Furillo hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Ron Fairly pinch hits for Don Demeter. Fairly hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Lillis moves to third.
Top 7 Neal takes first base on ball four. Lillis moves to second.
Top 7 Bob Lillis pinch hits for Don Zimmer. Lillis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Carl Erskine now pitching. Robinson strikes out.
Bottom 6 Pinson takes first base on ball four. Bell scores. Dotterer moves to third. Temple moves to second.
Bottom 6 Temple takes first base on ball four. Bell moves to third. Dotterer moves to second.
Bottom 6 Schmidt bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3.
Bottom 6 Dotterer hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Bell moves to second.
Bottom 6 McMillan hits a fly ball into center field. Demeter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Dropo tags and scores.
Bottom 6 Bell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Thomas scores. Dropo moves to third.
Bottom 6 Dropo takes first base on ball four. Thomas moves to second.
Bottom 6 Thomas takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Robinson hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 6 Sandy Koufax now pitching. Pinson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Demeter. Pinson reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Duke Snider pinch hits for Johnny Klippstein. Snider hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Dotterer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Pignatano bunts towards third. Thomas fields it and throws to first for the out. Baxes moves to second.
Top 6 Baxes hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hodges scores.
Top 6 Repulski bunts towards the mound. Schmidt fields it and throws to first for the out. Hodges moves to second.
Top 6 Hodges takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Temple hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Neal settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Schmidt bunts towards third. Baxes fields it and throws to first for the out. Dotterer moves to second.
Bottom 5 Dotterer takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 McMillan hits a fly ball into center field. Demeter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Furillo hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Willard Schmidt now pitching. Demeter hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Zimmer moves to third.
Top 5 Neal takes first base on ball four. Zimmer moves to second.
Top 5 Zimmer takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bell for the out.
Bottom 4 Dropo hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 Thomas hits a fly ball into center field. Demeter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Robinson tags and scores.
Bottom 4 Robinson hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Furillo who is chasing the ball. Robinson reaches third base with a triple. O'Toole scores. Temple scores. Pinson goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 4 Pinson is walked intentionally.
Bottom 4 Johnny Klippstein now pitching. Temple hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Demeter. Temple reaches second base with a double. McMillan scores. Dotterer scores. O'Toole moves to third.
Bottom 4 O'Toole hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. McMillan moves to third. Dotterer moves to second.
Bottom 4 Dotterer takes first base on ball four. McMillan moves to second.
Bottom 4 McMillan takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Bell hits a popup towards short. Zimmer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Snyder strikes out.
Top 4 Pignatano bunts for an out. Repulski scores. Baxes moves to second.
Top 4 Baxes hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. Repulski moves to third.
Top 4 Repulski hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Hodges hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Bell throws the ball in to Temple who tags Hodges trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Furillo scores.
Top 4 Furillo hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Bell. Furillo reaches second base with a double. Demeter goes all the way around to score.
Top 4 Demeter hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Dropo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Baxes fields it, steps on third, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 3 Thomas is walked intentionally.
Bottom 3 There's a wild pitch. Pinson moves to third. Robinson moves to second.
Bottom 3 Robinson hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Pinson moves to second.
Bottom 3 Pinson hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Temple scores.
Bottom 3 Temple hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Dotterer scores. Temple moves to second.
Bottom 3 O'Toole bunts towards the right side of the infield. Neal scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Dotterer moves to second.
Bottom 3 Dotterer takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Neal hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Zimmer strikes out.
Top 3 Snyder bunts towards the mound. O'Toole fields it and throws to first for the out. Pignatano moves to second.
Top 3 Pignatano takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 McMillan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Baxes fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bell for the out.
Bottom 2 Dropo hits a fly ball into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Baxes hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Repulski takes first base on ball four. Furillo moves to second.
Top 2 Hodges hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Furillo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Thomas hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hodges settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Robinson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Pinson strikes out.
Bottom 1 Temple strikes out.
Top 1 Demeter hits a line drive towards third. Thomas reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Neal hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Zimmer strikes out.