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August 2, 1959

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Cardinals 4 11 0
Braves 2 4 4
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Cardinals 4 11 0
Braves 3 5 4

Bill Bruton Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .286
OBP .000 .332
At Bats 3 318
Hits 0 91
• Singles 0 68
• Doubles 0 15
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 0 22
RBI’s 0 20

Larry Jackson Season Stats

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8 9 0
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County Stadium - August 2, 1959
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Single
Larry Jackson
Hal Smith
Bill White
Don Blasingame
Ken Boyer
Alex Grammas
Gene Oliver
Curt Flood
Joe Cunningham
Bill Bruton
Lew Burdette
Hank Aaron
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Lew Burdette pinch runs for Wes Covington. Bruton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Aaron scores. Burdette moves to second.

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Bottom 9 Covington hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Aaron moves to second.
Bottom 9 Adcock hits a fly ball into left field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Gene Oliver now playing left field. Bill White now playing first base. Aaron hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Musial hits a line drive into left field. Covington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Cunningham hits a fly ball into left field. Covington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 McMahon spins and fires to second and throws the ball away. That's an error on McMahon. Boyer scores. That run is unearned.
Top 9 Boyer hits a line drive into right field. Aaron picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Aaron. Boyer moves to second.
Top 9 Felix Mantilla now playing second base. Don McMahon now pitching. White hits a line drive into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Mathews hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Mickey Vernon pinch hits for Bobby Avila. Vernon hits a popup towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Curt Flood now playing center field. Lee Maye pinch hits for Joey Jay. Maye hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Cimoli hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Blasingame hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Covington. Blasingame reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Jackson is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Grammas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Crandall is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Logan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Logan for the out.
Bottom 7 Hal Smith now catching. Bruton strikes out.
Top 7 George Crowe pinch hits for JW Porter. Crowe strikes out.
Top 7 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Avila fields it and throws to second for the out. Boyer moves to third.
Top 7 Cunningham hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. White scores. Boyer moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 7 Boyer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cimoli scores. White moves to third.
Top 7 White hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Avila misplays the ball. That's an error on Avila. Cimoli moves to second.
Top 7 Cimoli hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Blasingame for the out.
Bottom 6 Covington hits a popup, foul, towards first. Musial settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Adcock hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Aaron hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Porter settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Mathews hits a line drive into right field. Cunningham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Jackson is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Grammas hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Porter hits a popup, foul, towards first. Adcock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Avila hits a popup, foul, towards first. Musial settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Jay bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3.
Bottom 5 Crandall takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Logan hits a popup towards first. Musial settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Cunningham hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Boyer moves to second.
Top 5 Boyer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 White hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 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.
Bottom 4 Bruton hits a fly ball into right field. Cunningham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Covington hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Aaron moves to second.
Bottom 4 Adcock hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Cunningham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Aaron takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 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 4 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Jackson for the out.
Top 4 Grammas hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Avila scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Mathews hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Avila is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Jay hits a line drive towards third. Boyer reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Porter hits a popup towards third. Mathews settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Musial hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Cunningham hits a fly ball into left field. Covington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Boyer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. White moves to second.
Top 3 White hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Avila misplays the ball. That's an error on Avila.
Bottom 2 Crandall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Logan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Cimoli hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jay fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Blasingame hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Covington. Blasingame reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Jackson strikes out.
Top 2 Grammas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Covington strikes out. Porter drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Covington out.
Bottom 1 Adcock hits a fly ball into right field. Cunningham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Avila tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 1 Aaron takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 The ball gets by Porter for a passed ball. Avila moves to third.
Bottom 1 There's a wild pitch. Avila moves to second.
Bottom 1 Mathews hits a popup towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Avila hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Porter strikes out.
Top 1 Musial is walked intentionally.
Top 1 Cunningham hits a popup towards short. Logan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Boyer hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. White moves to second.
Top 1 White hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Blasingame scores. Cimoli moves to third.
Top 1 Cimoli hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Blasingame moves to third.
Top 1 Blasingame is hit by the pitch.