Cubs @ Giants
September 3, 1959

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Top 9 R H E
Cubs 5 12 0
Giants 8 14 0
Top 9 R H E
Cubs 5 12 0
Giants 8 14 0

Bobby Thomson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .248
OBP .250 .311
At Bats 3 339
Hits 0 84
• Singles 0 56
• Doubles 0 15
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 11
Walks 1 31
RBI’s 0 47

Stu Miller Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
7 7 7
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Seals Stadium - September 3, 1959
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Strikeout
Stu Miller
Jim Hegan
Orlando Cepeda
Daryl Spencer
Jim Davenport
Eddie Bressoud
Jackie Brandt
Willie Mays
Willie Kirkland
Bobby Thomson
Walt Moryn

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago Cubs 5 12 0 9
San Francisco Giants 8 14 0 6
Winning Pitcher Stu Miller
Losing Pitcher Dave Hillman
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Willie McCovey
Attendance 15,424
Time of Game 2 hours 54 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Thomson is called out on strikes.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Banks hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Moryn hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Altman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Miller fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Mays hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Brandt hits a fly ball into center field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Sammy Taylor now catching. John Buzhardt now pitching. Miller hits a fly ball into left field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Taylor hits a popup towards first. Cepeda settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Sammy Taylor pinch hits for Bill Henry. Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cepeda scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Taylor for the out. Dark scores. Noren moves to second.
Top 8 Irv Noren pinch hits for Cal Neeman. Noren hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Dark moves to third.
Top 8 Dark hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brandt. Dark reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Jim Hegan now catching. Jim Davenport now playing third base. Jackie Brandt now playing left field. Orlando Cepeda now playing first base. Long hits a fly ball into left field. Brandt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Bressoud hits a fly ball into right field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Alou hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kirkland moves to third.
Bottom 7 Felipe Alou pinch hits for Hobie Landrith. Henry spins and fires to second, and Cepeda is picked off.
Bottom 7 Spencer strikes out.
Bottom 7 Kirkland hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Cepeda moves to second.
Bottom 7 Cepeda hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Miller fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Miller fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Moryn strikes out.
Bottom 6 McCovey hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Henry fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Mays hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 6 Brandt hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Miller 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 6 Bill Henry now pitching. Bressoud hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Taylor settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Altman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brandt fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Taylor hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Billy Williams pinch hits for Don Elston. Williams strikes out.
Top 6 Neeman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Landrith hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Landrith for the out.
Bottom 5 Don Elston now pitching. Spencer hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Neeman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Kirkland hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Thomson. Kirkland reaches second base with a double. Cepeda scores.
Bottom 5 Cepeda hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Moryn. Cepeda reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 McCovey hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Walt Moryn now playing left field. Bobby Thomson now playing right field. Mays hits a fly ball into right field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spencer fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Long hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Banks moves to third.
Top 5 Thomson strikes out.
Top 5 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brandt fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Walt Moryn pinch hits for Lee Walls. Moryn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Brandt hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Taylor settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Dave Hillman now pitching. Miller bunts towards the mound. Hillman fields it and throws to first for the out. Landrith moves to third. Bressoud moves to second.
Bottom 4 Bressoud hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cepeda scores. Spencer scores. Landrith moves to second.
Bottom 4 Landrith hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cepeda moves to third. Spencer moves to second.
Bottom 4 Spencer takes first base on ball four. Cepeda moves to second.
Bottom 4 Kirkland hits a fly ball into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Dale Long now playing first base. Cepeda hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Altman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Miller fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Taylor hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Spencer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Anderson bunts in front of the plate. Landrith fields it and throws to first for the out. Neeman moves to third.
Top 4 Neeman hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cepeda. Neeman reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 McCovey strikes out.
Bottom 3 Mays hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Taylor scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Brandt scores.
Bottom 3 Brandt hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Thomson who is chasing the ball. Brandt reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 3 Miller hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Bressoud hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 3 Stu Miller now pitching. Dark hits a fly ball into right field. Kirkland settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Schult hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kirkland. Schult reaches second base with a double. Banks scores. Thomson goes all the way around to score.
Top 3 Thomson takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Banks hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mays. Banks reaches second base with a double. Walls goes all the way around to score.
Top 3 Walls takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Altman hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Altman for the out.
Top 3 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brandt fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Landrith hits a fly ball into center field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Spencer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Kirkland is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Cepeda hits a fly ball into center field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Anderson strikes out.
Top 2 Neeman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Dark hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Schult hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 McCovey 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 Mays hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Brandt is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Thomson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Spencer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Banks hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Altman moves to third.
Top 1 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. Altman moves to second.
Top 1 Altman bunts towards the mound. Antonelli fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 Taylor hits a popup towards short. Bressoud settles under it and makes the catch for the out.