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August 31, 1918

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George Burns Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .351
OBP .500 .386
At Bats 2 487
Hits 1 171
• Singles 1 134
• Doubles 0 22
• Triples 0 9
• Home Runs 0 6
Walks 0 23
RBI’s 1 65

Babe Ruth Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
12 7 0
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Fenway Park - August 31, 1918
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Out
Babe Ruth
Wally Schang
Stuffy McInnis
Dave Shean
George Cochran
Everett Scott
George Whiteman
Amos Strunk
Harry Hooper
George Burns
Merito Acosta
 
 
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Burns hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Shean settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 7 Acosta takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Hooper strikes out.
Bottom 6 Whiteman hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kopp. Whiteman reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Schang hits a ball on the ground towards first. Burns scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Schang for the out.
Bottom 6 Cochran hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Watson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Kopp hits a ball on the ground towards first. McInnis scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kopp for the out.
Top 6 Jamieson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Schang settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Watson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cochran fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Scott hits a fly ball into right field. Jamieson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 McInnis hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Ruth scores.
Bottom 5 Ruth hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Acosta. Ruth reaches second base with a double. There goes Strunk trying to get to home. Acosta throws the ball in to Dykes who relays the ball to Perkins who tags Strunk, who came all the way from first, for the out. Ruth moves to third.
Bottom 5 Strunk hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Whiteman scores. Hooper scores.
Bottom 5 Shean bunts towards the mound. Watson fields it and throws to first for the out. Whiteman moves to third. Hooper moves to second.
Bottom 5 Hooper hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Whiteman moves to second.
Bottom 5 Whiteman takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Dugan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cochran fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 There goes Dykes. The throw from Schang and he is out, Shean applying the tag.
Top 5 Dykes hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Shean misplays the ball. That's an error on Shean.
Top 5 Perkins hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ruth fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Schang hits a fly ball into center field. Acosta settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Cochran hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dykes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. McInnis scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 Scott bunts in front of the plate. Perkins fields it and throws to first for the out. McInnis moves to third.
Bottom 4 McInnis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dykes fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Dykes. McInnis moves to second.
Top 4 Gardner hits a fly ball into center field. Strunk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Burns hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Ruth, and towards Scott, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Acosta hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ruth fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 There go the runners. The throw from Perkins to Dykes covering second. The throw back to home, and Strunk is out at the plate. Ruth moves to second.
Bottom 3 Ruth hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Strunk moves to third.
Bottom 3 Strunk takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Shean hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kopp throws the ball in to Dykes who tags Shean trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Whiteman scores.
Bottom 3 Hooper bunts towards the mound. Watson fields it and throws to first for the out. Whiteman moves to second.
Bottom 3 Whiteman takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Kopp strikes out.
Top 3 Jamieson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Scott scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Watson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Scott scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Schang hits a ball on the ground towards first. Burns fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Cochran takes first base on ball four. Scott moves to second.
Bottom 2 Scott hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. McInnis scores.
Bottom 2 McInnis hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Acosta. McInnis reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Ruth hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gardner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Dugan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Scott scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Dykes strikes out.
Top 2 Perkins hits a fly ball into center field. Strunk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 There goes Strunk. The throw from Perkins and he is out, Dykes applying the tag.
Bottom 1 Strunk takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Shean hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dykes scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Hooper hits a ball on the ground towards first. Burns scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hooper for the out.
Top 1 Gardner hits a fly ball towards right. Hooper catches it, throws to Scott, who relays to second to get Acosta, who can't get back to the bag on time. Double play.
Top 1 Burns hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kopp scores. Acosta moves to second.
Top 1 Acosta takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 There goes Kopp. The throw from Schang and he is safe. Kopp steals second.
Top 1 Kopp hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ruth fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Jamieson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.