Cubs @ Dodgers
August 27, 1917

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Top 9 R H E
Cubs 1 5 1
Dodgers 7 11 0
Top 9 R H E
Cubs 1 5 1
Dodgers 7 11 0

Fred Merkle Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .248
OBP .333 .306
At Bats 3 440
Hits 1 109
• Singles 1 77
• Doubles 0 23
• Triples 0 7
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 35
RBI’s 0 47

Jack Coombs Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
6 9 1
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Ebbets Field - August 27, 1917
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Out
Jack Coombs
Otto Miller
Jake Daubert
Hi Myers
Frank O'Rourke
Ivy Olson
Mack Wheat
Jim Hickman
Casey Stengel
Fred Merkle
Rollie Zeider
 
 

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago Cubs 1 5 1 3
Brooklyn Dodgers 7 11 0 1
Winning Pitcher Jack Coombs
Losing Pitcher Phil Douglas
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Hi Myers
Attendance 1,000
Time of Game 1 hour 23 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Merkle hits a line drive towards first. Daubert catches it and steps on first to double up Zeider.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Zeider hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Mann hits a popup, foul, towards third. O'Rourke settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Hickman hits a popup towards short. Kilduff settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Stengel hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kilduff scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Myers hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zeider scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Flack hits a ball on the ground towards first. Daubert scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Flack for the out.
Top 8 Prendergast hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Myers scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Dillhoefer hits a fly ball into center field. Hickman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Daubert hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zeider scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Olson strikes out.
Bottom 7 Pickles Dillhoefer now catching. Coombs hits a fly ball into left field. Mann settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Kilduff hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Wheat who is chasing the ball. Kilduff reaches third base with a triple. Wheat throws the ball in to Miller who tags Kilduff trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Williams scores.
Top 7 Deal hits a ball on the ground towards third. O'Rourke fields it, steps on third, and throws to first for the double play. Williams moves to second.
Top 7 Williams takes first base on ball four. Merkle moves to second.
Top 7 Mack Wheat now playing left field. Merkle hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Miller is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Mack Wheat pinch runs for Zack Wheat. O'Rourke strikes out.
Bottom 6 Wheat hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Williams, who is chasing the ball. Wheat reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 6 Mike Prendergast now pitching. Hickman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kilduff scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Zeider hits a ball on the ground towards first. Daubert scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Zeider for the out.
Top 6 Mann hits a popup, foul, towards first. Daubert settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Flack hits a fly ball for an out.
Top 6 Harry Wolter pinch hits for Phil Douglas. Wolter takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Stengel hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mann throws the ball in to Deal who relays the ball to Kilduff who tags Stengel trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Myers scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 5 Myers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kilduff picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Kilduff. Olson scores. Myers moves to second.
Bottom 5 There goes Daubert. The throw from Elliott and he is out, Zeider applying the tag.
Bottom 5 Daubert bunts towards the mound. Douglas fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Olson moves to third.
Bottom 5 Olson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Williams. Olson reaches second base with a double. Coombs scores.
Bottom 5 Coombs hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Williams who is chasing the ball. Coombs reaches third base with a triple. O'Rourke scores.
Bottom 5 Miller bunts towards the mound. Douglas fields it and throws to first for the out. O'Rourke moves to second.
Bottom 5 O'Rourke hits a ball on the ground towards third. Deal fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 5 Elliott hits a popup, foul, towards first. Daubert settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Kilduff hits a ball on the ground towards first. Daubert scoops it up and throws to first, with Coombs covering, for the out.
Top 5 Deal hits a popup towards short. Olson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Wheat hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Elliott settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Hickman is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Stengel strikes out.
Top 4 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards first. Daubert scoops it up and throws to first, with Coombs covering, for the out.
Top 4 Merkle hits a fly ball into left field. Wheat settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Zeider hits a fly ball into left field. Wheat settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Myers hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Daubert hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Olson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kilduff scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Mann hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Myers settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Flack hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Hickman. Flack reaches second base with a double. Hickman throws the ball in to Olson who tags Flack trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Elliott moves to third.
Top 3 Douglas hits a fly ball into right field. Stengel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Elliott takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Coombs strikes out.
Bottom 2 There's a wild pitch.
Bottom 2 Miller bunts towards the mound. Douglas fields it and throws to first for the out. O'Rourke moves to second.
Bottom 2 O'Rourke hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kilduff fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 2 Kilduff hits a ball on the ground towards short. Olson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Deal hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards first. Daubert scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Williams for the out.
Top 2 Merkle hits a fly ball into right field. Stengel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Wheat hits a fly ball into right field. Flack settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Hickman strikes out.
Bottom 1 Stengel hits a fly ballStengel hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is bouncing around. Mann is chasing the ball. Stengel rounds third and comes all way home with an inside-the-park two run home run.
Bottom 1 Myers hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Williams who is chasing the ball. Myers reaches third base with a triple. Olson scores.
Bottom 1 There goes Olson. The throw from Elliott and he is safe. Olson steals second.
Bottom 1 Daubert hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Olson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Zeider hits a fly ball into left field. Wheat settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Mann strikes out.
Top 1 Flack hits a fly ball into center field. Hickman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.