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May 5, 1959

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Bottom 9 R H E
Cubs 6 10 1
Pirates 3 5 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Cubs 6 10 1
Pirates 3 6 0

Bill Virdon Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .217
OBP .333 .226
At Bats 3 83
Hits 1 18
• Singles 1 14
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 1
RBI’s 0 6

Glen Hobbie Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 2 0
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Forbes Field - May 5, 1959
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Single
Glen Hobbie
Sammy Taylor
Jim Marshall
Johnny Goryl
Al Dark
Ernie Banks
Bobby Thomson
George Altman
Lee Walls
Bill Virdon
Bill Mazeroski

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago Cubs 6 10 1 6
Pittsburgh Pirates 3 6 0 5
Winning Pitcher Glen Hobbie
Losing Pitcher Bob Friend
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI George Altman
Attendance 17,429
Time of Game 2 hours 39 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Virdon hits a line driveVirdon is thrown out after the base hit.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Groat hits a fly ball into center field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
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.