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June 7, 1959

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Cubs 4 8 0
Pirates 1 3 2
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Cubs 4 8 0
Pirates 1 4 2

Bill Virdon Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .266
OBP .333 .300
At Bats 3 207
Hits 1 55
• Singles 0 36
• Doubles 1 15
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 0 10
RBI’s 0 17

John Buzhardt Season Stats

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1 2 0
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Forbes Field - June 7, 1959
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Single
John Buzhardt
Cal Neeman
Dale Long
Tony Taylor
Al Dark
Ernie Banks
Bobby Thomson
George Altman
Lee Walls
Bill Virdon
Joe Christopher
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Joe Christopher pinch runs for Rocky Nelson. Virdon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Christopher moves to third.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Rocky Nelson pinch hits for Harvey Haddix. Nelson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 George Altman now playing center field. Bobby Thomson now playing left field. Mejias hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Taylor settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Long hits a popup towards third. Hoak settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Neeman hits a fly ball into right field. Mejias settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Moryn strikes out.
Top 8 Thomson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 7 Hoak hits a popup towards short. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Mazeroski hits a line drive into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Skinner 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 7 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Walls hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields the ball and can't make a play. That's a base hit. There goes Taylor trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out.
Top 7 Dark bunts towards the mound. Haddix fields it and throws to first for the out. Taylor moves to second.
Top 7 Taylor hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Kluszewski hits a line drive towards short. Banks reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Burgess takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Groat hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Virdon hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Thomson. Virdon reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Haddix strikes out.
Top 6 Buzhardt strikes out.
Top 6 Long strikes out.
Top 6 Neeman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Mejias hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Hoak strikes out.
Bottom 5 Mazeroski hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Walls who is chasing the ball. Mazeroski reaches third base with a triple. Skinner goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 5 Skinner takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Kluszewski hits a fly ball into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Moryn 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 5 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Banks hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Virdon. Banks reaches second base with a double. Dark scores. Walls goes all the way around to score.
Top 5 Walls hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Dark moves to second.
Top 5 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat misplays the ball. That's an error on Groat.
Top 5 Taylor hits a popup into right field. Mejias settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Burgess hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Taylor reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Groat strikes out.
Bottom 4 Virdon hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Buzhardt strikes out.
Top 4 Long 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 Neeman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Haddix hits a line drive into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Mejias hits a line drive into left field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Buzhardt spins and fires to second, and Hoak is picked off.
Bottom 3 Hoak hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Moryn. Hoak reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Moryn strikes out.
Top 3 Thomson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Banks moves to second.
Top 3 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak juggles the ball. That's an error on Hoak.
Top 3 Walls hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Dark hits a fly ball into left field. Skinner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Mazeroski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Taylor scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Skinner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Taylor scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Kluszewski hits a popup towards first. Long settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Buzhardt takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Long strikes out.
Top 2 Neeman strikes 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 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Taylor scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Virdon 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 1 Moryn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Thomson hits a fly ball into right field. Mejias settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Taylor tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Top 1 Banks is walked intentionally.
Top 1 Walls hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 The ball gets by Burgess for a passed ball. Taylor moves to third. Dark moves to second.
Top 1 Dark hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Taylor moves to second.
Top 1 Taylor hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.