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August 13, 1959

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Giants 9 11 0
Cubs 12 12 1
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Giants 9 11 0
Cubs 13 13 1

Earl Averill Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .246
OBP .000 .301
At Bats 0 134
Hits 0 33
• Singles 0 19
• Doubles 0 6
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 8
Walks 0 10
RBI’s 0 27

Mike McCormick Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
10 10 3
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Wrigley Field - August 13, 1959
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Single
Mike McCormick
Hobie Landrith
Willie McCovey
Jose Pagan
Jim Davenport
Eddie Bressoud
Orlando Cepeda
Willie Mays
Willie Kirkland
Earl Averill
Ernie Banks
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Earl Averill pinch hits for Sammy Taylor. Averill hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Banks scores.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 7 Willie McCovey now playing first base. Jose Pagan now playing second base. Mike McCormick now pitching. Orlando Cepeda now playing left field. Banks hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cepeda. Banks reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Brandt hits a fly ball into left field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Leon Wagner pinch hits for Bud Byerly. Wagner hits a fly ball into center field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Landrith takes first base on ball four. McCovey moves to second.
Top 7 Bressoud strikes out.
Top 7 Lee Walls now playing right field. Walt Moryn now playing left field. Irv Noren now playing first base. Willie McCovey pinch hits for Danny O'ConnMcCovey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Bud Byerly now pitching. Marshall hits a fly ball into left field. Brandt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Altman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Elston scores. Taylor moves to third.
Bottom 6 Taylor hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Moryn scores. Elston moves to third.
Bottom 6 Elston hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. Moryn moves to second.
Bottom 6 Dark hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Moryn takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Hobie Landrith now catching. Al Worthington now pitching. Noren strikes out.
Top 6 Kirkland hits a ball on the ground towards first. Marshall scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kirkland for the out.
Top 6 Cepeda hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mays moves to second.
Top 6 Mays takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Davenport hits a fly ball into center field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Brandt hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 6 Dusty Rhodes pinch hits for Stu Miller. Rhodes hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Altman. Rhodes reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Hobie Landrith pinch hits for Bob Schmidt. Landrith hits a fly ball into left field. Noren settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Banks takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Marshall hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cepeda scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Marshall for the out. Taylor moves to third.
Bottom 5 Altman bunts towards the mound. Miller fields it and throws to first for the out. Taylor moves to second.
Bottom 5 Taylor takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Bressoud hits a popup in front of the plate. Taylor settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 O'Connell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Don Elston now pitching. Kirkland hits a popup towards short. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Art Schult pinch hits for Ed Donnelly. Schult hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Banks scores. Noren scores. There goes Dark trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out.
Bottom 4 Dark is walked intentionally.
Bottom 4 Moryn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cepeda scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Moryn for the out. Marshall scores. Banks moves to third. Noren moves to second.
Bottom 4 Noren is walked intentionally.
Bottom 4 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cepeda scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Taylor for the out. Altman scores. Marshall moves to third. Banks moves to second.
Bottom 4 Stu Miller now pitching. Banks is walked intentionally.
Bottom 4 Marshall hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Altman moves to third. Marshall moves to second.
Bottom 4 Altman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Cepeda strikes out.
Top 4 Mays hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Moryn who is chasing the ball. Mays reaches third base with a triple.
Top 4 Davenport hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dark fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 Ed Donnelly now pitching. Brandt takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Taylor hits a fly ball into right field. Kirkland settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Dale Long pinch hits for John Buzhardt. Long hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 3 Dark hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Moryn is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 3 Noren hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Fisher hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Banks fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 3 Schmidt hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Buzhardt fields it and has O'Connell trapped. He races towards second and tags O'Connell for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 3 Bressoud hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Buzhardt, and towards Taylor, who fields it and throws to first for the out. O'Connell moves to second.
Top 3 John Buzhardt now pitching. O'Connell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Kirkland hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 3 Cepeda hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Mays moves to third.
Top 3 Mays takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Eddie Fisher now pitching. Taylor hits a fly ball into left field. Brandt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Banks is walked intentionally.
Bottom 2 Marshall hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kirkland. Marshall reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Altman hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 2 Taylor takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Ceccarelli hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Davenport hits a fly ball into left field. Noren settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Brandt hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Moryn. Brandt reaches second base with a double. Schmidt scores.
Top 2 Jones bunts towards first. Marshall scoops it up and throws to first, with Ceccarelli covering, for the out. Schmidt moves to second.
Top 2 Schmidt hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Bressoud hits a fly ball into center field. Altman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Moryn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Noren hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Marshall moves to third.
Bottom 1 Taylor hits a fly ball into right field. Kirkland settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Banks hits a popup in front of the plate. Schmidt settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Gordon Jones now pitching. Danny O'Connell now playing second base. Marshall takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Altman hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 1 Taylor takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 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.
Top 1 Cepeda hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ceccarelli fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Mays hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 1 Davenport hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Altman who is chasing the ball. Davenport reaches third base with a triple. Brandt goes all the way around to score.
Top 1 Brandt takes first base on ball four.