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Chicago Cubs @ Philadelphia Phillies

1959-07-12 · Day game · Shibe Park · 2:21

Chicago Cubs defeated Philadelphia Phillies 7–6. Chicago Cubs put up 7 in the 4th. Art Ceccarelli earned the win and Bill Henry picked up the save. Earl Averill went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHN	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	8
PHI	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	6	6

W: Art Ceccarelli L: Ruben Gomez SV: Bill Henry

Umpires — HP: Tony Venzon · 1B: Augie Donatelli · 2B: Ken Burkhart · 3B: Jocko Conlan · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tony Taylor	5	0	1	0	0	2
George Altman	5	1	1	0	0	2
Jim Marshall	4	1	1	0	0	0
Ernie Banks	4	1	1	1	0	0
Dale Long	3	1	0	0	1	1
Randy Jackson	4	1	1	2	0	0
Lee Walls	4	1	2	1	0	1
Earl Averill	4	1	1	3	0	1
Art Ceccarelli	3	0	0	0	0	1
Bill Henry	0	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Joe Koppe	3	1	1	0	1	0
Richie Ashburn	2	1	1	0	1	1
Gene Freese	3	0	1	0	0	0
Wally Post	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Bouchee	3	2	1	2	1	1
Bob Bowman	3	0	0	0	0	2
Sparky Anderson	4	1	1	0	0	1
Joe Lonnett	4	1	1	3	0	1
Ruben Gomez	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Meyer	1	0	0	0	0	1
Jim Bolger	2	0	0	0	0	1
Dave Philley	1	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Art Ceccarelli	7.0	5	3	6
Bill Henry	2.0	1	0	2

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ruben Gomez	3.1	5	1	2
Jack Meyer	3.2	3	0	5
Humberto Robinson	1.0	0	0	1
Turk Farrell	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Tony Taylor: K
George Altman: K
Jim Marshall: 13

Bot 1

Joe Koppe: W
Richie Ashburn: HP.1-2
Gene Freese: 13/SH.2-3;1-2
Wally Post: 4/P
Ed Bouchee: WP.3-H(NR);2-3
Ed Bouchee: K

Top 2

Ernie Banks: 63
Dale Long: 43
Randy Jackson: 53

Bot 2

Bob Bowman: K
Sparky Anderson: K/C
Joe Lonnett: 9/9S

Top 3

Lee Walls: 53
Earl Averill: 7/L
Art Ceccarelli: 3/FL

Bot 3

Ruben Gomez: 63
Joe Koppe: 63
Richie Ashburn: S6
Gene Freese: 5/FL

Top 4

Tony Taylor: 8/8D
George Altman: S8
Jim Marshall: S9.1-3
Ernie Banks: S9.3-H;1-3;B-2(TH)
Dale Long: W
Randy Jackson: S7/G.3-H;2-H;1-2
Lee Walls: S7.2-H;1-2
Earl Averill: HR/7D.2-H;1-H
Art Ceccarelli: 63
Tony Taylor: K/C

Bot 4

Wally Post: 53
Ed Bouchee: 13
Bob Bowman: K/C

Top 5

George Altman: K
Jim Marshall: 2/FL
Ernie Banks: E5/G
Dale Long: K

Bot 5

Sparky Anderson: 53
Joe Lonnett: 3/P
Jack Meyer: K

Top 6

Randy Jackson: 8
Lee Walls: D9
Earl Averill: K
Art Ceccarelli: K

Bot 6

Joe Koppe: S9
Richie Ashburn: K/C
Gene Freese: S7.1-2
Wally Post: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Tony Taylor: D9
George Altman: 13
Jim Marshall: 31
Ernie Banks: 4/P

Bot 7

Ed Bouchee: W
Bob Bowman: 3/P
Sparky Anderson: S6.1-2
Joe Lonnett: HR/7D.2-H;1-H
Jim Bolger: 3/G
Joe Koppe: 63

Top 8

Dale Long: 6/P
Randy Jackson: 53
Lee Walls: K/C

Bot 8

Richie Ashburn: W
Gene Freese: 8
Wally Post: 8
Ed Bouchee: HR/9D.1-H
Dave Philley: 143

Top 9

Earl Averill: E5/G
Bill Henry: 34/SH.1-2
Tony Taylor: 53
George Altman: 7

Bot 9

Sparky Anderson: 4/P
Joe Lonnett: K
Jim Bolger: K

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