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June 26, 1959

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Wes Covington Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .292
OBP .500 .351
At Bats 4 240
Hits 2 70
• Singles 2 51
• Doubles 0 13
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 0 20
RBI’s 3 31

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County Stadium - June 26, 1959
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Single
Elmer Singleton
Cal Neeman
Dale Long
Tony Taylor
Al Dark
Ernie Banks
Walt Moryn
Bobby Thomson
Lee Walls
Wes Covington
Hank Aaron
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Covington hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Aaron moves to third.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Aaron hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Mathews hits a popup towards first. Long settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Long hits a ball on the ground towards second. Mantilla scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 8 Moryn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Thomson moves to second.
Top 8 Neeman hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Thomson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dark fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Spahn hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 7 Mantilla hits a fly ball into left field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Logan hits a popup towards first. Long settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Walls hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Dark hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Taylor 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 6 Crandall hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Adcock strikes out.
Bottom 6 Covington hits a popup towards first. Long settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Aaron hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Thomson. Aaron reaches second base with a double. Mathews moves to third.
Bottom 6 Mathews hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bruton scores.
Bottom 6 Elmer Singleton now pitching. Bruton hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Walls. Bruton reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Randy Jackson pinch hits for Moe Drabowsky. Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Long strikes out.
Top 6 Moryn strikes out.
Top 6 Neeman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Spahn hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Banks fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Bottom 5 Mantilla strikes out.
Bottom 5 Logan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Crandall strikes out.
Top 5 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mantilla fields it and throws to second for the out. Dark scores.
Top 5 Walls hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Dark moves to third.
Top 5 Dark hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Covington. Dark reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Taylor 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 4 Moe Drabowsky now pitching. Adcock hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Covington hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Spahn scores. Bruton scores. Aaron moves to second.
Bottom 4 Aaron is walked intentionally.
Bottom 4 Seth Morehead now pitching. Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mathews for the out. Spahn moves to third. Bruton moves to second.
Bottom 4 Bruton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Logan scores. Spahn moves to second.
Bottom 4 Spahn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Logan moves to third.
Bottom 4 Mantilla hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dark fields it and throws to first for the out. Logan moves to second.
Bottom 4 Logan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Buzhardt hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Long hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Moryn 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 4 Neeman strikes out.
Bottom 3 Crandall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Adcock hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Taylor settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Covington hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Thomson hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Banks hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Taylor moves to second.
Top 3 Walls hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Dark hits a popup towards first. Adcock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Taylor hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Aaron hits a popup towards short. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Mathews takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Taylor scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Mantilla moves to third.
Bottom 2 There goes Mantilla. The throw from Neeman and he is safe. Mantilla steals second.
Bottom 2 Spahn strikes out.
Bottom 2 Mantilla hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Buzhardt hits a popup towards first. Adcock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Long hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Moryn takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Neeman hits a popup towards first. Adcock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Logan hits a popup towards third. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Crandall hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Thomson. Crandall reaches second base with a double. Covington scores. Adcock goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 1 Adcock hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Covington moves to second.
Bottom 1 Covington hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Aaron scores.
Bottom 1 Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks throws to second for one, and Taylor throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Aaron moves to second.
Bottom 1 Mathews hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Top 1 Banks strikes out.
Top 1 Walls hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mantilla misplays the ball. That's an error on Mantilla. Dark moves to second.
Top 1 Dark hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Taylor hits a fly ball into left field. Covington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.