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August 14, 1959

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Top 7	R	H	E
Reds	9	15	5
Phillies	11	10	0

Top 7	R	H	E
Reds	9	15	5
Phillies	11	10	0

Gus Bell Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.500	.284
OBP	.500	.315
At Bats	4	416
Hits	2	118
• Singles	2	86
• Doubles	0	16
• Triples	0	0
• Home Runs	0	16
Walks	0	21
RBI’s	1	84

Taylor Phillips Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
1	4	1

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Connie Mack Stadium - August 14, 1959

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Walk

Taylor Phillips

Joe Lonnett

Ed Bouchee

Sparky Anderson

Gene Freese

Joe Koppe

Harry Anderson

Richie Ashburn

Wally Post

Gus Bell

Vada Pinson

Count: - , 2 Outs

Bell takes first base on ball four. Pinson moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Top 7 Pinson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Temple scores.

Top 7 Temple hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Anderson. Temple reaches second base with a double. Jones scores.

Top 7 Pena is called out on strikes.

Top 7 Kasko hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 7 Jones hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Anderson. Jones reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 6 Phillips strikes out.

Bottom 6 Lonnett hits a fly ball into left field. Whisenant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Pete Whisenant now playing left field. Koppe is called out on strikes.

Top 6 Bailey strikes out.

Top 6 Pete Whisenant pinch hits for Jerry Lynch. Whisenant hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Lonnett settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Robinson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 6 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Phillips fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 5 Anderson hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Freese hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kasko misplays the ball. That's an error on Kasko.

Bottom 5 Post hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 5 Bouchee is called out on strikes.

Top 5 Pinson hits a fly ball into left field. Anderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Taylor Phillips now pitching. Temple hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Bailey tags and scores.

Top 5 Pena hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bailey moves to third. Jones moves to second.

Top 5 Kasko hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Jones hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bailey moves to second.

Top 5 Bailey takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 4 Anderson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Bottom 4 Ashburn hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Temple settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Orlando Pena now pitching. Conley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Jones.

Top 4 Lynch 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 4 Robinson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.

Top 4 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bouchee scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bell for the out. Temple moves to third. Pinson moves to second.

Top 4 Pinson hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Temple moves to second.

Top 4 Temple takes first base on ball four.

Top 4 Whitey Lockman pinch hits for Tom Acker. Lockman hits a popup, foul, towards short. Koppe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Lonnett hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 3 Koppe takes first base on ball four. Bouchee scores. Freese moves to third. Anderson moves to second.

Bottom 3 Anderson takes first base on ball four. Anderson scores. Bouchee moves to third. Freese moves to second.

Bottom 3 Freese is hit by the pitch. Bouchee moves to second.

Bottom 3 Post hits a popup, foul, towards third. Jones settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Bouchee takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 3 Anderson hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Conley scores. There goes Ashburn trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out. Anderson moves to third.

Bottom 3 Ashburn hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bell. Ashburn reaches second base with a double. Conley moves to third.

Bottom 3 Conley hits a ball on the ground towards first. Robinson fields the ball and throws to Acker covering. Safe.

Top 3 Kasko hits a fly ball into left field. Anderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Jones hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Anderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Robinson scores.

Top 3 Bailey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bell scores. Robinson moves to third.

Top 3 Lynch strikes out.

Top 3 Robinson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bell moves to second.

Top 3 Bell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Pinson scores.

Top 3 Pinson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Anderson. Pinson reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 2 Lonnett strikes out.

Bottom 2 Koppe hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Post tags and scores. That run is unearned.

Bottom 2 Anderson takes first base on ball four. Bouchee scores. Post moves to third. Freese moves to second.

Bottom 2 Freese takes first base on ball four. Bouchee moves to third. Post moves to second.

Bottom 2 Tom Acker now pitching. Post hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kasko fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Anderson scores. Bouchee moves to second.

Bottom 2 Bouchee hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kasko fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Anderson moves to third.

Bottom 2 Anderson hits a line drive into right field. Bell picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Bell. Conley scores. Ashburn goes all the way around to score. Anderson moves to second.

Bottom 2 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kasko misplays the ball. That's an error on Kasko.

Bottom 2 Conley hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lynch. Conley reaches second base with a double. Koppe scores. Lonnett scores.

Bottom 2 Lonnett hits a line drive into left field. Lynch picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Lynch. Koppe moves to third. Lonnett moves to second.

Bottom 2 Koppe is hit by the pitch.

Bottom 2 Anderson hits a popup towards third. Jones settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Freese hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Top 2 Temple hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 2 Newcombe strikes out.

Top 2 Kasko hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Jones moves to second.

Top 2 Jones takes first base on ball four.

Top 2 Bailey hits a fly ball into left field. Anderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Post hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Bouchee hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lynch. Bouchee reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 1 Anderson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Ashburn hits a fly ball into left field. Lynch settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Lynch hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koppe fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 1 Robinson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Anderson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Anderson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Pinson moves to second.

Top 1 Pinson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 1 Temple hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Conley fields it and throws to first for the out.

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Bell takes first base on ball four. Pinson moves to second.

Reds @ Phillies
August 14, 1959