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May 15, 1917

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Fred Merkle Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .272
OBP .500 .348
At Bats 4 81
Hits 2 22
• Singles 1 17
• Doubles 1 4
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 8
RBI’s 0 8

Lefty Tyler Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 2 0
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Braves Field - May 15, 1917
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Single
Lefty Tyler
Hank Gowdy
Ed Konetchy
Ed Fitzpatrick
Red Smith
Rabbit Maranville
Sherry Magee
Joe Kelly
George Twombly
Fred Merkle
 
 
 
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Merkle hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.

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Bottom 8 Fitzpatrick hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Konetchy is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Smith hits a fly ball into left field. Mann settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards first. Konetchy scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Doyle for the out.
Top 8 Flack hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Tyler fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Vaughn moves to third. Wortman moves to second.
Top 8 Wortman takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Vaughn hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Twombly. Vaughn reaches second base with a double. Deal scores.
Top 8 There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal.
Top 8 Deal hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Tyler can't make a play. That's a base hit. Mann moves to third.
Top 8 Wilson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Konetchy settles under it and makes the catch for the out. Mann moves to second.
Top 8 Mann hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Williams scores.
Top 8 Williams hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Twombly. Williams reaches second base with a double. Doyle goes all the way around to score.
Top 8 Merkle hits a fly ball into right field. Twombly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Doyle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Twombly hits a fly ball into left field. Mann settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Maranville hits a ball on the ground towards first. Merkle scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Maranville for the out.
Bottom 7 Kelly hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Doyle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Flack hits a ball on the ground towards first. Konetchy scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Flack for the out.
Top 7 Wortman hits a fly ball into center field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Vaughn strikes out.
Bottom 6 Tyler hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Magee hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Wilson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Gowdy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wortman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Deal hits a fly ball into left field. Magee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Wilson hits a popup, foul, towards third. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Mann hits a fly ball into center field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Fitzpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Deal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Konetchy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wortman fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Wortman.
Bottom 5 Smith hits a popup in front of the plate. Wilson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Twombly strikes out.
Top 5 Williams hits a popup, foul, towards first. Konetchy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Merkle hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Tyler fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Tyler. Flack scores. That run is unearned.
Top 5 Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fitzpatrick scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 There's a wild pitch. Flack moves to third.
Top 5 Flack hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maranville misplays the ball. That's an error on Maranville. Vaughn scores. Flack moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 5 Wortman bunts between the mound and first base. Tyler scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Wortman for the out. Vaughn moves to second.
Top 5 Vaughn takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Maranville hits a popup towards first. Merkle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Kelly hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Tyler moves to second.
Bottom 4 Tyler hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Magee hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Gowdy hits a popup towards first. Merkle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Deal hits a line drive into center field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Wilson takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Mann hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Tyler fields it and throws to first for the out. Merkle moves to second.
Top 4 Williams hits a popup, foul, towards first. Konetchy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Merkle hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Fitzpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Konetchy hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Wilson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Smith takes first base on ball four. Maranville moves to third. Twombly moves to second.
Bottom 3 Twombly takes first base on ball four. Maranville moves to second.
Bottom 3 Maranville hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. Tyler scores.
Bottom 3 Kelly strikes out.
Bottom 3 Tyler bunts towards third. Deal picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Deal. Tyler moves to third.
Top 3 Doyle hits a line drive towards first. Konetchy reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Flack hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Tyler fields it and throws to first for the out. Vaughn moves to second.
Top 3 Wortman hits a fly ball into right field. Twombly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Vaughn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Magee hits a ball on the ground towards first. Merkle scoops it up and throws to first, with Vaughn covering, for the out.
Bottom 2 Gowdy hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Fitzpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Vaughn fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Deal hits a fly ball for a double play. Williams tags and scores.
Top 2 Wilson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Merkle scores. Williams moves to third. There goes Mann trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out.
Top 2 Mann takes first base on ball four. Williams moves to second.
Top 2 Williams bunts towards the pitcher. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Merkle moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 2 Merkle hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Twombly. Merkle reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Konetchy hits a popup, foul, towards first. Merkle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Smith hits a popup towards short. Wortman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Twombly takes first base on ball four. Maranville moves to second.
Bottom 1 Maranville hits a ball on the ground towards first. Merkle fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards third. Deal fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 There goes Flack. The throw from Gowdy and he is out, Maranville applying the tag.
Top 1 Doyle hits a line drive into center field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Flack bunts towards first. Konetchy fields the ball and throws to Tyler covering. Safe.
Top 1 Wortman hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Fitzpatrick settles under it and makes the catch for the out.