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September 6, 1959

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Ernie Banks Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .297
OBP .250 .370
At Bats 3 502
Hits 0 149
• Singles 0 82
• Doubles 0 24
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 0 38
Walks 1 58
RBI’s 0 124

Sandy Koufax Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
8 4 2
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Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum - September 6, 1959
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Home Run
Sandy Koufax
Joe Pignatano
Gil Hodges
Charlie Neal
Jim Gilliam
Don Zimmer
Rip Repulski
Don Demeter
Wally Moon
Ernie Banks
Lee Walls
Tony Taylor
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Banks hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 10 Walls takes first base on ball four.
Top 10 Dark bunts in front of the plate. Pignatano fields it and throws to first for the out. Taylor moves to second.
Top 10 Don Zimmer now playing shortstop. Rip Repulski now playing left field. Taylor takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Koufax strikes out.
Bottom 9 Rip Repulski pinch hits for Maury Wills. Repulski strikes out.
Bottom 9 Don Zimmer pinch runs for Chuck Essegian. Pignatano takes first base on ball four. Zimmer moves to second.
Bottom 9 Essegian takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Walt Moryn now playing left field. Demeter strikes out.
Top 9 Ceccarelli strikes out.
Top 9 Don Eaddy pinch runs for Earl Averill. Neeman strikes out.
Top 9 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gilliam juggles the ball. That's an error on Gilliam. Averill moves to second.
Top 9 Averill hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Schult strikes out.
Bottom 8 Hodges hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Taylor settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Moon takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Neal strikes out. Neeman drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Neal out.
Bottom 8 Gilliam hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Walls hits a fly ball into center field. Demeter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Wally Moon now playing right field. Don Demeter now playing center field. Dark hits a popup towards short. Wills settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Koufax strikes out.
Bottom 7 Wills is walked intentionally.
Bottom 7 Pignatano hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dark fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Neeman throws to second, with Banks covering, and has Demeter trapped. There's the throw to Dark who tags Demeter for the out. Essegian moves to second.
Bottom 7 Don Demeter pinch runs for Carl Furillo. Essegian takes first base on ball four. Demeter moves to second.
Bottom 7 Furillo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Taylor misplays the ball. That's an error on Taylor.
Top 7 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wills fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Ceccarelli bunts towards first. Hodges settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Neeman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Thomson moves to third.
Top 7 Thomson takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Averill hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Hodges strikes out.
Bottom 6 Moon 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 6 Neal hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ceccarelli picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Ceccarelli. Neal moves to second.
Bottom 6 Gilliam hits a fly ball into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Schult hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Neal settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Banks is walked intentionally.
Top 6 The umpire calls a balk on Koufax Walls moves to second.
Top 6 Walls takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Dark hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hodges settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Taylor strikes out.
Bottom 5 Koufax hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ceccarelli fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Wills hits a line drive towards center. Thomson catches it and throws to first to double up Pignatano.
Bottom 5 Pignatano hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Ceccarelli strikes out.
Top 5 Neeman strikes out.
Top 5 Thomson is walked intentionally.
Top 5 Averill strikes out.
Top 5 Schult hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Essegian. Schult reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Essegian hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Furillo hits a fly ball into left field. Averill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Hodges hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Banks hits a popup towards third. Gilliam settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Walls 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 4 Dark hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hodges settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Moon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Taylor fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Neal hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Gilliam hits a fly ball into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Taylor hits a fly ball into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Ceccarelli strikes out.
Top 3 Neeman hits a popup towards first. Hodges settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Koufax 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 2 Wills hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Taylor fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. Essegian moves to third.
Bottom 2 Pignatano hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Essegian moves to second.
Bottom 2 Essegian takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Furillo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Thomson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Neal settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Averill hits a fly ball into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Schult strikes out.
Bottom 1 Hodges strikes out.
Bottom 1 Moon hits a fly ball into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Neal hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Gilliam hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Neeman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 There goes Dark. The slide. Pignatano applies the tag. Dark is out.
Top 1 Banks strikes out.
Top 1 Walls hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit. Dark moves to third.
Top 1 Dark takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Taylor hits a popup towards short. Wills settles under it and makes the catch for the out.