Braves @ Cardinals
August 26, 1959

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Bottom 8 R H E
Braves 1 5 1
Cardinals 4 14 0
Bottom 8 R H E
Braves 1 5 1
Cardinals 5 15 0

Don Blasingame Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .285
OBP .250 .355
At Bats 4 533
Hits 1 152
• Singles 1 122
• Doubles 0 22
• Triples 0 7
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 56
RBI’s 0 21

Joey Jay Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 9 0
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Sportsman's Park - August 26, 1959
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Single
Joey Jay
Del Crandall
Frank Torre
Bobby Avila
Eddie Mathews
Johnny Logan
Joe Adcock
Hank Aaron
Mickey Vernon
Don Blasingame
Larry Jackson
Alex Grammas
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Blasingame hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Grammas scores. Jackson moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Grammas moves to second.
Bottom 8 Grammas hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Smith hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Crandall settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Flood hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 8 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Avila scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Adcock hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out. Mathews moves to second.
Top 8 Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 8 There's a wild pitch. Avila moves to second.
Top 8 Avila hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Boyer hits a fly ball into left field. Adcock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 White hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jay fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Joey Jay now pitching. Cunningham hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Ray Boone pinch hits for Bob Rush. Boone is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Crandall is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Logan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Avila scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Jackson is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Mickey Vernon now playing right field. Grammas is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Mickey Vernon pinch hits for Lee Maye. Vernon is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Torre hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jackson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Aaron moves to third.
Top 6 Adcock takes first base on ball four. Aaron moves to second.
Top 6 Aaron takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Bob Rush now pitching. Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Flood hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Musial moves to second.
Bottom 5 Musial hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 There goes Boyer. The throw from Crandall and he is out, Mathews applying the tag.
Bottom 5 Boyer hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Adcock. Boyer reaches second base with a double. Cunningham scores.
Bottom 5 White hits a fly ball into left field. Adcock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Cunningham moves to second.
Bottom 5 Cunningham hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Mathews strikes out.
Top 5 Avila hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Crandall moves to second.
Top 5 Willey bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3.
Top 5 Crandall hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Logan hits a popup towards first. Musial settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Blasingame hits a fly ball into right field. Maye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Jackson bunts towards first. Torre scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Jackson for the out. Flood moves to third. Grammas moves to second.
Bottom 4 Grammas hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Flood moves to second.
Bottom 4 Smith hits a line drive into center field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Flood hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Maye hits a popup towards short. Grammas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Torre hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Jackson, and towards Blasingame, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Adcock hits a line drive into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Musial hits a popup towards short. Logan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Boyer hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Adcock. Boyer reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 White hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Crandall settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Cunningham hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Aaron strikes out.
Top 3 Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Avila hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Blasingame hits a fly ball into left field. Adcock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Avila scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Grammas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out. Smith moves to second.
Bottom 2 Smith hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Willey strikes out.
Top 2 Crandall takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Logan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Maye hits a popup towards short. Grammas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Flood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Musial hits a line drive into left field. Adcock picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Adcock. Blasingame scores. Cunningham goes all the way around to score. Musial moves to second.
Bottom 1 Boyer hits a popup towards first. Torre settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 White hits a fly ball into center field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Cunningham hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Blasingame moves to second.
Bottom 1 Blasingame hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Torre hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial scoops it up and throws to first, with Jackson covering, for the out.
Top 1 Adcock hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Aaron hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Avila tags and scores.
Top 1 Mathews hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cunningham. Mathews reaches second base with a double. Avila moves to third.
Top 1 Avila hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.