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August 14, 1959

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Top 9 R H E
Giants 5 12 0
Cubs 7 8 2
Top 9 R H E
Giants 5 12 0
Cubs 7 8 2

Willie Kirkland Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .278
OBP .250 .342
At Bats 3 356
Hits 0 99
• Singles 0 60
• Doubles 0 16
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 20
Walks 1 33
RBI’s 0 58

Bill Henry Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
7 4 9
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Wrigley Field - August 14, 1959
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Strikeout
Bill Henry
Earl Averill
Dale Long
Tony Taylor
Al Dark
Ernie Banks
Bobby Thomson
George Altman
Lee Walls
Willie Kirkland
Jackie Brandt

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
San Francisco Giants 5 12 0 9
Chicago Cubs 7 8 2 4
Winning Pitcher Glen Hobbie
Losing Pitcher Sam Jones
Save Bill Henry
Game Winning RBI Dale Long
Attendance 14,176
Time of Game 2 hours 38 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Kirkland is called out on strikes.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Cepeda hits a fly ball into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Mays tags and scores.
Top 9 Brandt hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. Mays moves to third.
Top 9 Mays hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dark fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 9 Lee Walls now playing right field. Davenport hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Dark strikes out.
Bottom 8 Averill strikes out.
Bottom 8 Gordon Jones now pitching. Bob Schmidt now catching. Moryn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Felipe Alou pinch hits for Bud Byerly. Alou strikes out.
Top 8 Bressoud hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dark fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Bobby Thomson now playing left field. Dale Long now playing first base. Bill Henry now pitching. Jose Pagan pinch hits for Hobie Landrith. Pagan hits a fly ball into right field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Noren hits a popup towards short. Bressoud settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Banks hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 7 Marshall hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spencer fields it and throws to home to get Taylor. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 7 Altman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Byerly fields it and throws to first for the out. Taylor moves to third.
Bottom 7 Bud Byerly now pitching. There goes Taylor. The throw from Landrith and he is safe. Taylor steals second.
Bottom 7 Taylor is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 7 Dale Long pinch hits for Glen Hobbie. Long hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 7 Jackie Brandt now playing left field. Orlando Cepeda now playing first base. Dark takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Spencer strikes out.
Top 7 Kirkland 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 moves to third.
Top 7 There goes Brandt. The throw from Averill and he is safe. Brandt steals second.
Top 7 Jackie Brandt pinch runs for Willie McCovey. Cepeda strikes out.
Top 7 McCovey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mays scores.
Top 7 There goes Mays. The throw from Averill and he is safe. Mays steals second.
Top 7 Mays hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Averill hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Moryn hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 6 Noren hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Banks hits a fly ball into left field. Cepeda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Marshall hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Davenport hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dark fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Jones hits a popup towards short. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bressoud strikes out.
Top 6 Landrith hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Altman hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Bressoud fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Bottom 5 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jones fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Hobbie hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Dark hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Spencer is called out on strikes.
Top 5 There goes Kirkland. The throw from Averill and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Top 5 Kirkland takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Cepeda hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Noren throws the ball in to Marshall who tags Cepeda trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Top 5 McCovey hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Mays hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dark fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Averill hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Moryn hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Noren hits a fly ball into right field. Kirkland settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Davenport strikes out.
Top 4 Jones takes first base on ball four. Bressoud moves to second.
Top 4 Bressoud hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Landrith is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Earl Averill now catching. Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Marshall takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Altman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spencer fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Taylor hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Kirkland is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Cepeda hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hobbie fields it and throws to first for the out. McCovey moves to second.
Top 3 Hobbie spins and fires to second and Taylor drops the ball. That's an error on Taylor. Mays moves to third.
Top 3 McCovey hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Davenport scores.
Top 3 Mays hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Noren. Mays reaches second base with a double. Davenport moves to third.
Top 3 Davenport hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bressoud scores.
Top 3 Jones bunts towards the mound. Hobbie fields it and throws to first for the out. Bressoud moves to third.
Top 3 Bressoud hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Noren. Bressoud reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Hobbie hits a popup towards short. Bressoud settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Taylor hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Noren scores.
Bottom 2 Moryn hits a fly ball into left field. Cepeda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Noren hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kirkland. Noren reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Landrith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dark fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Kirkland strikes out.
Bottom 1 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Davenport fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Marshall hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spencer fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Altman is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 1 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Cepeda strikes out.
Top 1 There's a wild pitch. Davenport moves to second.
Top 1 McCovey hits a popup towards short. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Mays strikes out.
Top 1 Davenport takes first base on ball four.