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July 24, 1959

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Bottom 8 R H E
Cubs 5 10 3
Giants 5 12 1
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Cubs 5 10 3
Giants 5 12 1

Willie Kirkland Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .279
OBP .250 .350
At Bats 3 287
Hits 0 80
• Singles 0 48
• Doubles 0 13
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 16
Walks 1 29
RBI’s 0 43

Don Elston Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 2 11
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Seals Stadium - July 24, 1959
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Strikeout
Don Elston
Earl Averill
Jim Marshall
Tony Taylor
Randy Jackson
Al Dark
Art Schult
George Altman
Bobby Thomson
Willie Kirkland
Jim Davenport
Jackie Brandt
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Kirkland is called out on strikes.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Davenport hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Elston fields it and throws to home to get Mays. Brandt moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 8 Brandt hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Wagner scores. Mays moves to third.
Bottom 8 Willie Mays pinch hits for Eddie Fisher. Don Elston now pitching. Mays hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Wagner moves to second.
Bottom 8 Leon Wagner pinch hits for Eddie Bressoud. Wagner hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Landrith 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 8 Dark hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Landrith settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 There goes Taylor. The throw from Landrith and he is out, Bressoud applying the tag.
Top 8 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cepeda fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Hillman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Alou 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 7 Spencer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Cepeda hits a fly ball into right field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Kirkland hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Altman is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Averill takes first base on ball four. Schult moves to third. Thomson moves to second.
Top 7 Thomson takes first base on ball four. Schult moves to second.
Top 7 Schult hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Jackson hits a popup towards first. Cepeda settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Eddie Fisher now pitching. Marshall hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cepeda scoops it up and throws to first, with Fisher covering, for the out.
Bottom 6 Davenport strikes out.
Bottom 6 Andre Rodgers pinch runs for Dusty Rhodes. Brandt hits a fly ball into center field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Dusty Rhodes pinch hits for Gordon Jones. Rhodes hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Jackson.
Bottom 6 Bressoud bunts towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out. Landrith moves to second.
Bottom 6 Landrith takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Dark hits a fly ball into center field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards third. Davenport fields it and has Altman trapped. There's the throw to Spencer who tags Altman for the out. Hillman moves to second.
Top 6 Hillman bunts towards the mound. Jones fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Altman moves to second.
Top 6 Altman takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Averill hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 6 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spencer fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Schult takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Spencer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Davenport scores. Kirkland moves to third.
Bottom 5 Cepeda hits a popup, foul, towards first. Marshall settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Kirkland takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Davenport hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Schult. Davenport reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Brandt hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Jim Marshall now playing first base. Art Schult now playing left field. Bobby Thomson now playing right field. Jones 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 5 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jones fields it, throws to the plate for one, and over to first for the double play.
Top 5 Jim Marshall pinch hits for Lee Walls. Marshall is walked intentionally.
Top 5 Gordon Jones now pitching. Dark bunts towards first. Cepeda scoops it up and throws to first, with Spencer covering, for the out. Hillman moves to third. Taylor moves to second.
Top 5 Taylor hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hillman moves to second.
Top 5 Hillman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Landrith fires to second and throws the ball away. That's an error on Landrith. Averill scores. Altman scores.
Top 5 Altman hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Kirkland. Altman reaches second base with a double. Averill moves to third.
Top 5 Averill takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Thomson hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 Bressoud is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Landrith hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Cepeda scores. Alou moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 Alou hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Cepeda moves to third.
Bottom 4 Alou hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. Averill settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Averill.
Bottom 4 Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Taylor scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Cepeda moves to second.
Bottom 4 Cepeda hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Kirkland hits a fly ball into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Schult hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Jackson takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Walls hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Dark moves to second.
Top 4 Dark hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Davenport hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Brandt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Antonelli hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Landrith scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 3 Bressoud bunts towards first. Schult scoops it up and throws to first, with Taylor covering, for the out. Landrith moves to second.
Bottom 3 Landrith hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson juggles the ball. That's an error on Jackson.
Top 3 Hillman is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Altman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cepeda scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Altman for the out.
Top 3 Averill hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Alou strikes out.
Bottom 2 Hillman spins and fires to second, and Cepeda is picked off.
Bottom 2 Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Randy Jackson now playing third base. Al Dark now playing shortstop. Cepeda hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Walls. Cepeda reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Schult hits a ball on the ground towards third. Davenport fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Banks hits a fly ball into center field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Kirkland hits a fly ball into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Davenport strikes out.
Bottom 1 There goes Brandt. The throw from Averill and he is out, Banks applying the tag.
Bottom 1 Brandt takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Walls hits a ball on the ground towards third. Davenport fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 1 Dark hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Taylor hits a fly ball into left field. Brandt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.