Cardinals @ Braves
August 1, 1959

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Eddie Mathews Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .302
OBP .333 .381
At Bats 3 374
Hits 1 113
• Singles 1 70
• Doubles 0 6
• Triples 0 8
• Home Runs 0 29
Walks 0 48
RBI’s 0 70

Marshall Bridges Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 2 1
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County Stadium - August 1, 1959
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Home Run
Marshall Bridges
Hal Smith
Bill White
Don Blasingame
Ken Boyer
Alex Grammas
Gino Cimoli
Curt Flood
Joe Cunningham
Eddie Mathews
Bobby Avila
Del Crandall
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 7 Avila hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Logan scores. Crandall moves to second.
Bottom 7 Pizarro hits a fly ball into right field. Cunningham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Bruton tags and scores. Logan tags and moves to third.
Bottom 7 Crandall is walked intentionally.
Bottom 7 Logan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bruton moves to third. Logan moves to second.
Bottom 7 Lee Maye pinch runs for Wes Covington. Bruton bunts towards first. White fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Curt Flood now playing center field. Marshall Bridges now pitching. Gino Cimoli now playing left field. Covington takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Dick Gray pinch hits for Ernie Broglio. Gray hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Avila settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Curt Flood pinch runs for Ray Jablonski. Smith strikes out.
Top 7 Ray Jablonski pinch hits for Gene Oliver. Jablonski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Mathews. White moves to second.
Top 7 White takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Cunningham hits a fly ball into left field. Covington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Adcock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Aaron hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Mathews hits a fly ball into center field. Cimoli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Avila is called out on strikes.
Top 6 There goes Boyer. The throw from Crandall and he is out, Logan applying the tag.
Top 6 Boyer takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Cimoli hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Avila settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Grammas hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Pizarro strikes out.
Bottom 5 Crandall hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Logan hits a fly ball into center field. Cimoli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Avila scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Broglio hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Avila scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Smith for the out.
Bottom 4 Bruton hits a popup towards short. Grammas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Covington hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Aaron scores.
Bottom 4 Adcock hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Aaron moves to third.
Bottom 4 Aaron hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Oliver hits a popup towards short. Logan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 White hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cunningham moves to second.
Top 4 Cunningham hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Grammas scores.
Top 4 Boyer strikes out.
Top 4 Cimoli hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Avila scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Grammas moves to third.
Top 4 Grammas hits a line drive into left field. Covington picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Covington. Grammas moves to second.
Bottom 3 Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Avila hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Pizarro strikes out.
Top 3 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Broglio hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Avila scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Smith hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Crandall hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Logan hits a fly ball into center field. Cimoli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Bruton strikes out.
Top 2 Oliver hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 There's a wild pitch. White moves to second.
Top 2 White hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Cunningham hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Avila scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Boyer strikes out.
Bottom 1 Covington hits a fly ball into left field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Adcock hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mathews scores.
Bottom 1 Aaron strikes out. The ball gets by Smith. He chases the ball to the backstop.
Bottom 1 Mathews hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Avila hits a fly ball into right field. Cunningham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Cimoli strikes out.
Top 1 Grammas hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Pizarro fields it and throws to first for the out.