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Chicago Cubs @ Philadelphia Phillies

1959-08-20 · Night game · Shibe Park · Att: 7929 · 2:55

Chicago Cubs defeated Philadelphia Phillies 6–4. Chicago Cubs put up 3 in the 3rd. Bob Anderson earned the win and Bill Henry picked up the save. Art Schult went 3-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHN	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	6	12
PHI	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	8

W: Bob Anderson L: Taylor Phillips SV: Bill Henry

Umpires — HP: Ed Sudol · 1B: Stan Landes · 2B: (none) · 3B: Tom Gorman · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tony Taylor	5	1	2	0	0	2
George Altman	4	2	1	0	0	1
Art Schult	3	2	3	2	1	0
Ernie Banks	4	0	1	0	1	0
Earl Averill	3	0	1	2	0	1
Bobby Thomson	4	0	1	1	0	0
Lee Walls	3	0	2	0	1	0
Cal Neeman	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Anderson	2	1	0	0	0	0
Sammy Taylor	3	0	0	0	0	1
Bill Henry	1	0	0	0	0	1
Jim Marshall	1	0	1	0	0	0
Al Dark	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

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

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Anderson	5.0	7	1	1
Bill Henry	4.0	1	1	6

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Taylor Phillips	2.1	4	2	1
Jack Meyer	4.2	6	1	4
Humberto Robinson	2.0	2	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Tony Taylor: K/C
George Altman: S8
Art Schult: S8.1-2
Ernie Banks: 8
Earl Averill: D7.2-H;1XH(62)

Bot 1

Richie Ashburn: S9/G
Sparky Anderson: E1/G.1-2
Ed Bouchee: S5.2-3;1-2
Wally Post: S7.3-H;2-H(UR);1-2
Gene Freese: 5(2)4(1)/GDP.B-1
Harry Anderson: 5/P

Top 2

Bobby Thomson: 13
Lee Walls: 53
Cal Neeman: 5/L

Bot 2

Joe Koppe: D8/89D
Valmy Thomas: 53.2-3
Taylor Phillips: FC6.3XH(62)
Richie Ashburn: S7.1-2
Sparky Anderson: 64(1)/FO

Top 3

Bob Anderson: HP
Tony Taylor: S4.1-2
George Altman: 64(1)/FO.2-3
Art Schult: W.1-2
Ernie Banks: WP.3-H(NR);2-3;1-2
Ernie Banks: W
Earl Averill: 7/SF.3-H
Bobby Thomson: D8.2-H;1-3
Lee Walls: W
Sammy Taylor: 8/8D

Bot 3

Ed Bouchee: 43
Wally Post: 63
Gene Freese: K

Top 4

Bob Anderson: 6/P
Tony Taylor: K
George Altman: K/C

Bot 4

Harry Anderson: 8/L
Joe Koppe: 63
Valmy Thomas: 4/P

Top 5

Art Schult: HR/7D
Ernie Banks: S7/G
Earl Averill: K/C
Bobby Thomson: 4/P
Lee Walls: CS2(24)

Bot 5

Jack Meyer: 53
Richie Ashburn: 43
Sparky Anderson: 53

Top 6

Lee Walls: S8/G
Sammy Taylor: K+CS2(26)/DP
Bob Anderson: 53

Bot 6

Ed Bouchee: W
Wally Post: WP.1-2
Wally Post: S7.2-3
Gene Freese: D7.3-H;1-3
Harry Anderson: K
Joe Koppe: 3/P
Dave Philley: WP.3-H(NR);2-3
Dave Philley: K

Top 7

Tony Taylor: S6
George Altman: 54/SH.1-2
Art Schult: S7.2-H
Ernie Banks: 64(1)/FO
Earl Averill: 64(1)/FO

Bot 7

Jim Bolger: 43
Richie Ashburn: W
Sparky Anderson: 4/P
Joe Lonnett: K

Top 8

Bobby Thomson: 63
Lee Walls: S7/G
Sammy Taylor: 46(1)/FO
Bill Henry: K

Bot 8

Wally Post: K
Gene Freese: 8
Harry Anderson: K/C

Top 9

Tony Taylor: 6/L
George Altman: E3
Jim Marshall: S9.1-3
Ernie Banks: 2/FL
Al Dark: 54(1)/FO

Bot 9

Joe Koppe: S7/G
Dave Philley: K
Bob Bowman: 7/FL
Richie Ashburn: 7