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June 4, 1959

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Bottom 10 R H E
Cubs 3 5 1
Phillies 2 7 0
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Cubs 3 5 1
Phillies 2 7 0

Richie Ashburn Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .247
OBP .500 .349
At Bats 4 186
Hits 2 46
• Singles 2 43
• Doubles 0 3
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 28
RBI’s 0 5

Don Elston Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 1 8
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Connie Mack Stadium - June 4, 1959
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Out
Don Elston
Sammy Taylor
Dale Long
Tony Taylor
Al Dark
Ernie Banks
Bobby Thomson
George Altman
Lee Walls
Richie Ashburn
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 10 Lee Walls now playing right field. Bobby Thomson now playing left field. Harry Hanebrink pinch hits for Gene Conley. Hanebrink hits a popup towards short. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Elston hits a fly ball into left field. Anderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Taylor hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Altman tags and scores.
Top 10 Altman hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Post who is chasing the ball. Altman reaches third base with a triple.
Top 10 Jim Hegan now catching. Moryn hits a popup towards third. Jones settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Fernandez strikes out.
Bottom 9 There goes Koppe. The throw from Taylor and he is safe. Koppe steals second.
Bottom 9 Gene Freese pinch hits for Valmy Thomas. Freese strikes out.
Bottom 9 Koppe bunts towards the mound. Elston fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 9 Anderson takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Thomson hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Long hits a line drive towards third. Jones reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Banks is walked intentionally.
Top 9 Dark hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Post who is chasing the ball. Dark reaches third base with a triple.
Top 9 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Conley fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Post hits a fly ball into center field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Jones hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Taylor settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Bouchee is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 8 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Taylor scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Elston hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Koppe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Altman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Conley fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Joe Koppe now playing second base. Valmy Thomas now catching. Moryn hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is bouncing around. Ashburn is chasing the ball. Moryn rounds third and comes all way home with an inside-the-park home run.
Bottom 7 Conley strikes out.
Bottom 7 Don Elston now pitching. Fernandez takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Joe Koppe pinch runs for Carl Sawatski. Dave Philley pinch hits for Sparky Anderson. Philley hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Altman who is chasing the ball. Philley reaches third base with a triple. Koppe goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 7 Sawatski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long throws to second for one, and Banks throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Post scores.
Bottom 7 Anderson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Post moves to second.
Bottom 7 Post hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Jones hits a fly ball into center field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Anderson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 Long takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Banks hits a popup towards third. Jones settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Bouchee 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 Ashburn hits a fly ball into right field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Conley hits a popup towards short. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Dark strikes out. Sawatski drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Dark out.
Top 6 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Anderson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Anderson hits a popup towards first. Bouchee settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Taylor hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Fernandez 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 5 Anderson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Sawatski takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Altman hits a line drive towards first. Bouchee catches it and throws to second to double up Thomson.
Top 5 Moryn bunts towards the mound. Conley fields it and throws to first for the out. Thomson moves to second.
Top 5 Thomson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Anderson hits a fly ball into left field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Post strikes out.
Bottom 4 Jones hits a popup towards short. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Long hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Bouchee hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Taylor fields the ball and can't make a play. That's a base hit. There goes Ashburn trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out.
Bottom 3 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Taylor fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 Conley hits a popup towards short. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Fernandez hits a popup, foul, towards third. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Anderson hits a line drive towards short. Fernandez reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Taylor strikes out.
Bottom 2 Anderson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 There goes Anderson. The throw from Taylor and he is out, Banks applying the tag.
Bottom 2 Sawatski strikes out.
Bottom 2 Anderson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Altman hits a popup towards short. Fernandez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Moryn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bouchee scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Moryn for the out.
Top 2 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Post hits a fly ball into center field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dark fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Bouchee hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dark fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Ashburn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Long hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Anderson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Banks hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Dark hits a fly ball into left field. Anderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Conley fields it and throws to first for the out.