Cubs @ Dodgers
July 23, 1959

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Bottom 7 R H E
Cubs 1 4 0
Dodgers 4 8 1
Bottom 7 R H E
Cubs 1 4 0
Dodgers 5 8 1

Wally Moon Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .298
OBP .667 .378
At Bats 2 325
Hits 1 97
• Singles 0 71
• Doubles 0 14
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 1 7
Walks 1 41
RBI’s 1 45

Don Elston Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 2 11
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Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum - July 23, 1959
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Don Elston
Sammy Taylor
Jim Marshall
Tony Taylor
Al Dark
Ernie Banks
Walt Moryn
Irv Noren
George Altman
Wally Moon
Jim Gilliam
Larry Sherry
Maury Wills
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Moon takes first base on ball four. Wills scores. Sherry moves to third. Gilliam moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 7 Neal strikes out.
Bottom 7 Gilliam bunts towards the mound. Elston fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Wills moves to third. Sherry moves to second.
Bottom 7 Sherry hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Roseboro scores. Wills moves to second.
Bottom 7 There goes Roseboro. The throw from Taylor and he is safe. Roseboro steals third.
Bottom 7 Wills hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Roseboro moves to second.
Bottom 7 Don Elston now pitching. Roseboro takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Earl Averill pinch hits for Bill Henry. Averill hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wills fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 Altman takes first base on ball four. Taylor moves to second.
Top 7 Taylor hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Norm Larker now playing first base. Moryn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Larker scoops it up and throws to first, with Sherry covering, for the out.
Bottom 6 Demeter hits a fly ball towards center. Noren catches it and throws to first to double up Hodges.
Bottom 6 Hodges takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Snider strikes out.
Bottom 6 Moon hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Noren hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards second. Neal scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 6 Marshall takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Neal hits a fly ball into center field. Noren settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Gilliam hits a popup towards third. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Bill Henry now pitching. Sherry hits a fly ball into center field. Noren settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Dark hits a fly ball into left field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Sherry fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Sherry. Taylor moves to second.
Top 5 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gilliam fields it and throws to second for the out. Taylor scores.
Top 5 Dale Long pinch hits for Moe Drabowsky. Long strikes out.
Top 5 Altman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Taylor moves to third.
Top 5 Taylor takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Wills hits a line drive into left field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 There goes Roseboro. The throw from Taylor and he is out, Banks applying the tag.
Bottom 4 Roseboro hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Demeter strikes out. Taylor drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Demeter out.
Bottom 4 Hodges hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 4 Snider takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Moryn hits a popup towards short. Wills settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Noren hits a fly ball into left field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gilliam fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Moon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Drabowsky fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Neal hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dark fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Gilliam hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Taylor reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Marshall hits a fly ball into center field. Demeter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Dark strikes out.
Top 3 Taylor hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hodges settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Sherry hits a line drive into right field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Wills hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Roseboro hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Demeter strikes out.
Top 2 Drabowsky strikes out.
Top 2 Altman is walked intentionally.
Top 2 Taylor hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Moon. Taylor reaches second base with a double. Noren moves to third.
Top 2 Moryn hits a fly ball into left field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Noren hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sherry fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Banks hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Hodges hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dark fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Snider hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Taylor scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Neal moves to third. Moon moves to second.
Bottom 1 Moon takes first base on ball four. Neal moves to second.
Bottom 1 Neal hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Gilliam hits a line drive into right field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Marshall hits a popup towards short. Wills settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Dark hits a fly ball into right field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out.