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May 5, 1959

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Cubs 6 10 1
Pirates 3 5 0
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Cubs 6 10 1
Pirates 3 5 0

Dick Groat Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .264
OBP .667 .338
At Bats 2 72
Hits 1 19
• Singles 1 15
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 1 8
RBI’s 0 11

Glen Hobbie Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 2 0
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Forbes Field - May 5, 1959
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Out
Glen Hobbie
Sammy Taylor
Jim Marshall
Johnny Goryl
Al Dark
Ernie Banks
Bobby Thomson
George Altman
Lee Walls
Dick Groat
Bill Mazeroski
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Groat hits a fly ball into center field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Bobby Thomson now playing left field. Mazeroski hits a popup towards third. Dark juggles the ball. That's an error on Dark.
Top 9 Walls strikes out.
Top 9 Bob Smith now pitching. Marshall takes first base on ball four. Hobbie moves to third. Goryl moves to second.
Top 9 Goryl hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Taylor scores. Hobbie moves to second.
Top 9 Hobbie bunts towards first. Stuart fields it and throws to home to get Dark. Taylor moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 9 Taylor hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Eaddy scores. Dark moves to third.
Top 9 Don Eaddy pinch runs for Walt Moryn. Dark hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Eaddy moves to third.
Top 9 Moryn hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Skinner. Moryn reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Hank Foiles now catching. Altman hits a popup towards third. Hoak settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Skinner hits a fly ball into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Dick Schofield pinch runs for Smoky Burgess. Stuart strikes out.
Bottom 8 Burgess takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Clemente strikes out.
Top 8 Banks strikes out.
Top 8 Walls hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Paul Giel now pitching. Marshall hits a line drive into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Hoak hits a fly ball into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Ted Kluszewski pinch hits for Bob Friend. Kluszewski hits a line drive into center field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Groat moves to third.
Bottom 7 Virdon strikes out.
Bottom 7 There's a wild pitch. Groat moves to second.
Bottom 7 Groat hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Goryl hits a popup towards third. Hoak settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Hobbie hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Mazeroski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dark fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Skinner hits a popup towards short. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Stuart hits a popup, foul, towards third. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Moryn hits a fly ball into left field. Skinner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Altman hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Burgess hits a line drive into center field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Clemente hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hoak scores.
Bottom 5 There goes Hoak. The throw from Taylor and he is safe. Hoak steals second.
Bottom 5 Hoak takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Friend hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Goryl scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Groat scores.
Bottom 5 There's a wild pitch. Groat moves to third.
Bottom 5 Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hobbie fields it and throws to first for the out. Groat moves to second.
Bottom 5 Groat takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Walls hits a popup towards third. Hoak settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Friend fires to first and has Marshall trapped. There's the throw to Mazeroski who tags Marshall for the out.
Top 5 Marshall takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Goryl hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Mazeroski hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hobbie fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Skinner strikes out.
Bottom 4 There goes Stuart. The throw from Taylor and he is safe. Stuart steals second.
Bottom 4 Stuart hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Burgess scores.
Bottom 4 Burgess hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Walls who is chasing the ball. Burgess reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 4 Clemente strikes out.
Top 4 Hobbie hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Hoak hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Friend hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Virdon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Goryl scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Moryn hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Altman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stuart scoops it up and throws to first, with Friend covering, for the out.
Top 3 Banks hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Mazeroski hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hobbie fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Skinner strikes out.
Bottom 2 Stuart hits a fly ball into left field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Walls strikes out.
Top 2 Marshall hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Dark scores. Taylor scores. Goryl moves to second.
Top 2 Goryl hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Moryn scores. Dark moves to third. Taylor moves to second.
Top 2 Hobbie strikes out.
Top 2 Taylor is walked intentionally.
Top 2 Dark hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Skinner. Dark reaches second base with a double. Moryn moves to third.
Top 2 Moryn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Altman hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Burgess hits a fly ball into left field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Clemente strikes out.
Bottom 1 Hoak hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Walls hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Marshall hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Goryl strikes out.