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August 12, 1958

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Bottom 9 R H E
Cubs 9 14 1
Dodgers 3 8 3
Bottom 9 R H E
Cubs 9 14 1
Dodgers 3 8 3

Gil Hodges Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .251
OBP .500 .329
At Bats 3 339
Hits 1 85
• Singles 0 58
• Doubles 0 10
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 1 16
Walks 1 41
RBI’s 2 48

Don Elston Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
7 6 6
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Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum - August 12, 1958
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Out
Don Elston
Cal Neeman
Dale Long
Johnny Goryl
Al Dark
Ernie Banks
Jim Bolger
Bobby Thomson
Lee Walls
Gil Hodges
John Roseboro

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago Cubs 9 14 1 8
Los Angeles Dodgers 3 8 3 12
Winning Pitcher Dick Drott
Losing Pitcher Danny McDevitt
Save Don Elston
Game Winning RBI (none)
Attendance 17,034
Time of Game 3 hours 1 minute
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Hodges hits a popup, foul, towards first. Long settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Roseboro hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Thomson. Roseboro reaches second base with a double. Furillo goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 9 Furillo takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Neal strikes out.
Bottom 9 Larker hits a line drive towards first. Long reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Long 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 9 Neeman hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Neal settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Walls hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 9 Carl Erskine now pitching. Bolger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Zimmer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Gilliam hits a line drive towards the mound. The ball bounces off Elston, and towards Banks, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Elmer Valo pinch hits for Fred Kipp. Valo takes first base on ball four. Hodges moves to third. Zimmer moves to second.
Bottom 8 Don Elston now pitching. Demeter hits a popup, foul, towards first. Long settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Zimmer takes first base on ball four. Hodges moves to second.
Bottom 8 Hodges takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Roseboro hits a popup towards first. Long settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Thomson strikes out.
Top 8 Banks strikes out.
Top 8 Fred Kipp now pitching. Dark hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kipp fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Furillo hits a popup, foul, towards first. Long settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Neal hits a line drive beyond second. Goryl can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. Gilliam moves to third. Larker moves to second.
Bottom 7 Larker takes first base on ball four. Gilliam moves to second.
Bottom 7 Gilliam takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Pee Wee Reese pinch hits for Johnny Klippstein. Reese hits a fly ball into left field. Bolger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Demeter strikes out.
Top 7 Johnny Klippstein now pitching. Goryl strikes out.
Top 7 Drott hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. Long scores. That run is unearned.
Top 7 Long hits a line drive into right field. Furillo picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Furillo. Bolger scores. Walls goes all the way around to score. Long moves to second.
Top 7 Neeman strikes out.
Top 7 Walls hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bolger moves to second.
Top 7 Bolger takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Zimmer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Zimmer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dark fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 6 Hodges hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Goryl settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Roseboro hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Zimmer fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Dark hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Goryl moves to second.
Top 6 Goryl hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Birrer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 6 Drott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Zimmer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Long hits a fly ball into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Furillo hits a fly ball into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Neal hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long scoops it up and throws to first, with Drott covering, for the out. Larker moves to third.
Bottom 5 Larker hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Walls. Larker reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Gilliam hits a line drive into left field. Bolger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Neeman hits a fly ball into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Walls hits a ball on the ground towards short. Zimmer fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Bolger hits a popup towards third. Gilliam settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Birrer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 4 Birrer strikes out.
Bottom 4 Demeter hits a fly ball into left field. Bolger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Zimmer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Hodges hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 4 Roseboro hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Furillo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Banks hits a fly ball into center field. Demeter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gilliam fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Goryl hits a fly ball into center field. Demeter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Neal strikes out.
Bottom 3 Larker hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Gilliam moves to third.
Bottom 3 Gilliam hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Goryl fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Birrer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Demeter hits a line drive into left field. Bolger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Drott strikes out.
Top 3 Long hits a line drive towards third. Gilliam reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Neeman hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Roseboro settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Babe Birrer now pitching. Walls hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 3 Bolger hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Furillo who is chasing the ball. Bolger reaches third base with a triple. Banks scores. Thomson scores.
Top 3 There's a wild pitch. Dark scores. Banks moves to third. Thomson moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 3 Thomson hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Dark moves to third. Banks moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 3 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Zimmer misplays the ball. That's an error on Zimmer. Dark moves to second.
Top 3 Dark hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Zimmer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dark fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Hodges strikes out.
Bottom 2 Roseboro is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 2 Furillo hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Goryl settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Goryl hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McDevitt fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Drott strikes out.
Top 2 Long hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Larker. Long reaches second base with a double. Neeman moves to third.
Top 2 Neeman takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Walls hits a fly ball into center field. Demeter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 There goes Larker. The throw from Neeman and he is out, Goryl applying the tag.
Bottom 1 Neal strikes out.
Bottom 1 Larker takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Gilliam hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Goryl scoops it up and throws to first, with Drott covering, for the out.
Top 1 Bolger hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Neal fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 1 Thomson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Banks moves to second.
Top 1 Banks hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gilliam fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 1 Goryl hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit.