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August 9, 1959

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Top 4 R H E
Braves 6 7 0
Dodgers 0 1 2
Top 4 R H E
Braves 8 8 0
Dodgers 0 1 2

Eddie Mathews Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .303
OBP .500 .381
At Bats 1 399
Hits 0 121
• Singles 0 77
• Doubles 0 6
• Triples 0 8
• Home Runs 0 30
Walks 1 50
RBI’s 0 73

Art Fowler Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 4 2
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Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum - August 9, 1959
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Home Run
Art Fowler
John Roseboro
Norm Larker
Charlie Neal
Jim Gilliam
Maury Wills
Wally Moon
Don Demeter
Duke Snider
Eddie Mathews
Bill Bruton
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Mathews hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..

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Top 4 There goes Bruton. The throw from Roseboro and he is safe. Bruton steals second.
Top 4 Bruton hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Buhl hits a fly ball into right field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Rice strikes out.
Bottom 3 Moon strikes out.
Bottom 3 Neal hits a line drive into left field. Covington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Gilliam takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Fowler strikes out.
Top 3 Art Fowler now pitching. Mantilla hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Fowler fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Logan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Adcock hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. Three runs are unearned.
Top 3 Covington hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gilliam juggles the ball. That's an error on Gilliam. Aaron moves to second.
Top 3 Aaron hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Buhl scores. Bruton scores. There goes Mathews trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out.
Top 3 Mathews takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 There's a wild pitch. Buhl moves to third. Bruton moves to second.
Top 3 Bruton hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit. Rice scores. Buhl moves to second.
Top 3 Buhl hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Rice moves to third.
Top 3 Rice hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Mantilla hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Wills hits a line drive into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Roseboro hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Demeter hits a popup towards third. Mathews settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Logan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wills fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Adcock hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gilliam fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Gilliam.
Top 2 Covington 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 1 Larker hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 There's a wild pitch. Moon moves to third. Snider moves to second.
Bottom 1 Snider takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Moon hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Covington. Moon reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Neal hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mantilla scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Gilliam hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mantilla scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Aaron strikes out.
Top 1 Mathews 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 1 Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Neal scoops it up and throws to first for the out.