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August 19, 1959

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Bottom 8 R H E
Cubs 6 12 0
Phillies 6 11 0
Bottom 8 R H E
Cubs 6 12 0
Phillies 6 11 0

Richie Ashburn Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .750 .277
OBP .750 .369
At Bats 4 451
Hits 3 125
• Singles 3 108
• Doubles 0 15
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 62
RBI’s 0 19

Don Elston Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
6 5 13
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Connie Mack Stadium - August 19, 1959
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Strikeout
Don Elston
Sammy Taylor
Dale Long
Tony Taylor
Earl Averill
Ernie Banks
Billy Williams
George Altman
Bobby Thomson
Richie Ashburn
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Ashburn strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Farrell hits a popup, foul, towards third. Averill settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Averill fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Taylor hits a popup towards first. Bouchee settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Elston hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bouchee scoops it up and throws to first, with Farrell covering, for the out.
Top 8 Williams strikes out.
Bottom 7 Koppe hits a popup towards first. Long settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Anderson hits a fly ball into center field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Dale Long now playing first base. Freese hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Taylor settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koppe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Averill hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koppe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Don Eaddy pinch runs for Jim Marshall. Banks hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Thomas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Marshall hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Ashburn. Marshall reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Post hits a fly ball into center field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Bouchee takes first base on ball four. Ashburn moves to third. Anderson moves to second.
Bottom 6 Anderson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 There goes Ashburn. The throw from Taylor and he is safe. Ashburn steals second.
Bottom 6 Ashburn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Farrell strikes out.
Bottom 6 Sammy Taylor now catching. Don Elston now pitching. Thomas 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 6 Turk Farrell now pitching. Altman 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 Taylor hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Taylor scores. Noren moves to second.
Top 6 Irv Noren pinch hits for Dave Hillman. Noren hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Taylor moves to third.
Top 6 Sammy Taylor pinch hits for Cal Neeman. Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bouchee fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Williams hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Thomson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 6 Averill hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Anderson. Averill reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Banks hits a popup towards first. Bouchee settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Koppe hits a ball on the ground towards third. Averill fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Bottom 5 Anderson is walked intentionally.
Bottom 5 Freese hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Williams. Freese reaches second base with a double. Ashburn scores. Bouchee moves to third.
Bottom 5 Dave Hillman now pitching. Post hits a fly ball into right field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Ashburn moves to third.
Bottom 5 Bouchee hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cardwell scores. Ashburn moves to second.
Bottom 5 Anderson bunts in front of the plate. Neeman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Cardwell moves to second.
Bottom 5 Cardwell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Marshall hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cardwell fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Altman takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Taylor hits a popup towards third. Freese settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Koppe hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Anderson hits a fly ball into right field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Ceccarelli strikes out.
Top 4 Neeman hits a fly ball into left field. Anderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Freese hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Post hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Anderson scores.
Bottom 3 There's a wild pitch. Anderson moves to third.
Bottom 3 Bouchee hits a line drive into right field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Anderson hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Ashburn hits a popup towards short. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Thomson hits a popup towards short. Koppe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Averill hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Banks hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Marshall hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 2 Cardwell hits a fly ball into center field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Thomas hits a line drive into right field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Koppe hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 2 Anderson hits a line drive into right field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Altman hits a line drive into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Taylor hits a popup, foul, towards first. Bouchee settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Ceccarelli bunts towards third. Freese fields it and throws to first for the out. Neeman moves to second.
Top 2 Neeman takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Freese strikes out.
Bottom 1 Post hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 1 There's a wild pitch. Anderson moves to second.
Bottom 1 Bouchee hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Anderson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Taylor fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 Williams hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Thomson strikes out.
Top 1 Averill hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Marshall scores. Banks moves to third.
Top 1 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koppe fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Marshall moves to third.
Top 1 Marshall hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Ashburn. Marshall reaches second base with a double. Altman scores.
Top 1 Altman hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Post. Altman reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Taylor strikes out.