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September 8, 1957

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Cubs 3 9 2
Braves 3 8 0
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Cubs 3 9 2
Braves 3 8 0

Wes Covington Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .292
OBP .500 .331
At Bats 3 271
Hits 1 79
• Singles 0 48
• Doubles 0 4
• Triples 0 8
• Home Runs 1 19
Walks 1 17
RBI’s 1 60

Dick Drott Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
10 11 0
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County Stadium - September 8, 1957
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Out
Dick Drott
Charlie Silvera
Dale Long
Jerry Kindall
Bobby Morgan
Ernie Banks
Eddie Haas
Bob Speake
Walt Moryn
Wes Covington
Hank Aaron
Eddie Mathews
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Covington hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long scoops it up and throws to first, with Drott covering, for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Aaron hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mathews moves to second.
Bottom 9 Mathews takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Andy Pafko pinch hits for Don McMahon. Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 9 Lew Burdette pinch runs for Nippy Jones. Dick Drott now pitching. Schoendienst hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Burdette scores.
Bottom 9 Jerry Kindall now playing second base. Bobby Morgan now playing third base. Jones hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Haas. Jones reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Haas hits a fly ball into left field. Covington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Jerry Kindall pinch runs for Chuck Tanner. Speake hits a line drive towards short. Mantilla reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Chuck Tanner pinch hits for Bobby Adams. Tanner takes first base on ball four. Silvera moves to second.
Top 9 Drabowsky bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3.
Top 9 Silvera hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Crandall hits a ball on the ground towards third. Adams fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Mantilla hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Hazle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Covington hits a popup, foul, towards first. Long settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mantilla fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Long hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 8 Moryn hits a fly ball into center field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Nippy Jones now playing first base. Don McMahon now pitching. Banks strikes out.
Bottom 7 Aaron hits a popup towards first. Long settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 John DeMerit pinch runs for Frank Torre. Mathews takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Torre hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Moryn. Torre reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Schoendienst hits a fly ball into left field. Haas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Harry Hanebrink pinch hits for Bob Buhl. Hanebrink hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Haas hits a fly ball into center field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Speake hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Buhl fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Adams is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Crandall is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Mantilla hits a popup towards short. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Hazle hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long scoops it up and throws to first, with Drabowsky covering, for the out.
Top 6 Drabowsky hits a fly ball into center field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Silvera hits a fly ball into left field. Covington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Morgan bunts towards first. Torre fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Long takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Covington hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Covington for the out.
Bottom 5 Aaron hits a fly ball into right field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Schoendienst tags and scores.
Bottom 5 Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan fields it and throws to second for the out. Schoendienst moves to third.
Bottom 5 Torre takes first base on ball four. Schoendienst moves to second.
Bottom 5 Schoendienst takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Moryn hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Crandall fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards second. Schoendienst scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 5 Bob Buhl now pitching. Haas hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 4 Carl Sawatski pinch hits for Taylor Phillips. Sawatski hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Morgan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Crandall hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Morgan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Mantilla hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks misplays the ball. That's an error on Banks.
Bottom 4 Hazle hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hazle for the out.
Bottom 4 Covington hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Taylor Phillips now pitching. Speake is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Adams takes first base on ball four. Drabowsky moves to second.
Top 4 Drabowsky bunts towards first. Torre fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Silvera hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Morgan scores.
Top 4 Morgan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. There goes Long trying to get to third. Aaron throws the ball in to Mathews, who tags Long for the out. Morgan moves to second.
Top 4 Long hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Aaron hits a fly ball into center field. Speake settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Mathews hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Haas who is chasing the ball. Mathews reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 3 Torre hits a fly ball into center field. Speake settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Moryn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Banks takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Haas is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Speake hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Adams moves to second.
Top 3 Adams takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Conley hits a fly ball into center field. Speake settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Crandall hits a ball on the ground towards third. Adams fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Mantilla hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Drabowsky hits a popup, foul, towards third. Mathews settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Silvera hits a popup, foul, towards first. Torre settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Morgan bunts towards the mound. Conley fields it and throws to first for the out. Long moves to third.
Top 2 Long hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Covington. Long reaches second base with a double. Banks scores. Moryn goes all the way around to score.
Top 2 Moryn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Banks moves to third.
Top 2 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 1 Hazle strikes out.
Bottom 1 Hazle hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. Silvera settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Silvera.
Bottom 1 Covington takes first base on ball four. Mathews moves to second.
Bottom 1 Aaron hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Morgan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Mathews hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Schoendienst moves to third.
Bottom 1 Torre hits a fly ball into left field. Haas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Schoendienst takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Haas strikes out.
Top 1 Speake hits a fly ball into left field. Covington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Adams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out.