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August 20, 1959

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Phillies 2 5 0
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Ernie Banks Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .309
OBP .500 .384
At Bats 1 446
Hits 0 138
• Singles 0 75
• Doubles 0 21
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 0 37
Walks 1 53
RBI’s 0 115

Jack Meyer Season Stats

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4 3 0
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Connie Mack Stadium - August 20, 1959
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Single
Jack Meyer
Valmy Thomas
Ed Bouchee
Sparky Anderson
Gene Freese
Joe Koppe
Harry Anderson
Richie Ashburn
Wally Post
Ernie Banks
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Banks hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 5 Schult hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 Thomas hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Taylor settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Koppe hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Anderson hits a line drive into center field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Altman is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Taylor strikes out.
Top 4 Anderson hits a popup towards short. Koppe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Freese strikes out.
Bottom 3 Post hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Sammy Taylor now catching. 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.
Top 3 Sammy Taylor pinch hits for Cal Neeman. Taylor hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Walls takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Thomson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Ashburn. Thomson reaches second base with a double. Schult scores. Banks moves to third.
Top 3 Jack Meyer now pitching. Averill hits a fly ball into left field. Anderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Altman tags and scores.
Top 3 Banks takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 There's a wild pitch. Anderson scores. Altman moves to third. Schult moves to second.
Top 3 Schult takes first base on ball four. Altman moves to second.
Top 3 Altman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koppe fields it and throws to second for the out. Anderson moves to third.
Top 3 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Anderson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Anderson moves to second.
Top 3 Anderson is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 2 Anderson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Ashburn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Phillips moves to second.
Bottom 2 Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks fields it and throws to home to get Koppe. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 2 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Averill fields it and throws to first for the out. Koppe moves to third.
Bottom 2 Koppe hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Altman. Koppe reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Neeman hits a line drive towards third. Freese reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Walls hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Phillips fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Anderson hits a popup towards third. Averill settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Freese hits a ball on the ground towards third. Averill fields it, steps on third, and throws to second for the double play.
Bottom 1 Post hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Ashburn scores. Anderson scores. Bouchee moves to second.
Bottom 1 Bouchee hits a ball on the ground towards third. Averill fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Ashburn moves to third. Anderson moves to second.
Bottom 1 Anderson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Anderson juggles the ball. That's an error on Anderson. Ashburn moves to second.
Bottom 1 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Averill hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Anderson. Averill reaches second base with a double. Altman scores. There goes Schult trying to get to home. Koppe throws to Thomas who tags Schult for the out.
Top 1 Banks hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Schult hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Altman moves to second.
Top 1 Altman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Taylor is called out on strikes.