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August 29, 1959

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Rocky Nelson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .305
OBP .500 .405
At Bats 4 141
Hits 2 43
• Singles 2 27
• Doubles 0 10
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 6
Walks 0 23
RBI’s 0 30

Jack Meyer Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 3 0
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Forbes Field - August 29, 1959
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Out
Jack Meyer
Carl Sawatski
Ed Bouchee
Sparky Anderson
Gene Freese
Joe Koppe
Harry Anderson
Solly Drake
Wally Post
Rocky Nelson
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Nelson hits a fly ball into left field. Anderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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Top 8 Anderson hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Freese hits a fly ball into left field. Skinner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Anderson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Simpson. Anderson reaches second base with a double. Post moves to third.
Top 8 Post hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bright fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Harry Simpson now playing right field. Harry Bright now playing third base. Bouchee takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Clemente strikes out.
Bottom 7 Groat hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Skinner moves to third.
Bottom 7 Skinner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Friend scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 7 Friend hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Anderson. Friend reaches second base with a double. Hoak scores. Schofield scores. Virdon goes all the way around to score. Three runs are unearned.
Bottom 7 Virdon is walked intentionally.
Bottom 7 Schofield hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Post. Schofield reaches second base with a double. Hoak moves to third.
Bottom 7 Hoak hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koppe fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Koppe.
Bottom 7 Burgess hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Anderson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Jack Meyer now pitching. Nelson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koppe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Koppe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schofield fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 Drake hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Richie Ashburn pinch hits for Robin Roberts. Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Clemente hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Groat hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Skinner moves to third. Groat moves to second.
Bottom 6 Skinner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Virdon scores.
Bottom 6 Friend bunts towards first. Bouchee scoops it up and throws to first, with Anderson covering, for the out. Virdon moves to second.
Bottom 6 Virdon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Schofield hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Anderson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Sawatski hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Anderson hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Anderson moves to third.
Top 6 Freese hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Anderson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Skinner. Anderson reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Post hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Hoak hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koppe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Burgess hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Nelson hits a line drive into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Roberts fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Bouchee hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Koppe is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Drake hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schofield fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Roberts takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Skinner hits a fly ball into left field. Anderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Friend bunts towards the mound. Roberts fields it and throws to first for the out. Virdon moves to second.
Bottom 4 Virdon hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Schofield scores.
Bottom 4 Schofield hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Drake. Schofield reaches second base with a double. Hoak goes all the way around to score. Schofield moves to third.
Bottom 4 Hoak takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Sawatski hits a popup towards short. Groat settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Anderson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Skinner. Anderson reaches second base with a double. Freese moves to third.
Top 4 Freese hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Anderson hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Post hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Burgess hits a popup, foul, towards third. Freese settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Nelson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Clemente strikes out. There goes Groat. The throw from Sawatski to Koppe, and Groat is out.
Bottom 3 Groat hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Bouchee hits a popup towards third. Hoak settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Koppe strikes out.
Top 3 Drake hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schofield fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Schofield.
Top 3 Roberts hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Skinner hits a line drive towards short. Koppe catches it and throws to first to double up Virdon.
Bottom 2 Friend hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sawatski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Anderson misplays the ball. That's an error on Anderson.
Top 2 Sawatski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Nelson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Sawatski for the out.
Top 2 Anderson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schofield fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 2 Freese hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Schofield reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Anderson hits a fly ball into left field. Skinner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Schofield hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Anderson reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Hoak hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Burgess hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 1 The umpire calls a balk on Roberts Nelson moves to third.
Bottom 1 There goes Clemente. The throw from Sawatski and he is out, Freese applying the tag. Nelson moves to second.
Bottom 1 Nelson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Clemente moves to second.
Bottom 1 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koppe fields it and throws to second for the out. Skinner scores.
Bottom 1 Groat hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Skinner moves to third.
Bottom 1 Skinner hits a line drive beyond second. Anderson can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit.
Top 1 Post hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schofield settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Bouchee hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Burgess settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Koppe strikes out.
Top 1 There goes Drake. The throw from Burgess and he is safe. Drake steals second.
Top 1 Drake takes first base on ball four.