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May 16, 1917

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Braves 0 5 3

Fred Merkle Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .274
OBP .500 .361
At Bats 2 84
Hits 0 23
• Singles 0 18
• Doubles 0 4
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 2 10
RBI’s 0 8

Pat Ragan Season Stats

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Braves Field - May 16, 1917
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Triple
Pat Ragan
Hank Gowdy
Ed Konetchy
Johnny Evers
Red Smith
Rabbit Maranville
Fred Bailey
George Twombly
Joe Wilhoit
Fred Merkle
Chuck Wortman
Vic Aldridge
 
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Merkle hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Bailey who is chasing the ball. Merkle reaches third base with a triple. Aldridge scores. Wortman goes all the way around to score.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Doyle hits a fly ball into center field. Twombly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Flack hits a fly ball into center field. Twombly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Wortman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Aldridge moves to second.
Top 9 Pat Ragan now pitching. Aldridge hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Evers 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 8 Maranville hits a popup, foul, towards first. Merkle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Sherry Magee pinch hits for Ed Reulbach. Magee hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Aldridge fields it and throws to first for the out. Gowdy moves to third. Wilhoit moves to second.
Bottom 8 Wilhoit takes first base on ball four. Gowdy moves to second.
Bottom 8 Gowdy hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Deal hits a fly ball into center field. Twombly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Reulbach fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Mann hits a fly ball into center field. Twombly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Bailey bunts towards the mound. Aldridge fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Konetchy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wortman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Smith hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Williams hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Wilhoit settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 There goes Merkle. The throw from Gowdy and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Top 7 Merkle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maranville fields it and throws to home to get Flack. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 7 Reulbach spins and fires to second and throws the ball away. That's an error on Reulbach. Flack moves to third.
Top 7 Doyle bunts towards the mound. Reulbach fields it and throws to first for the out. Flack moves to second.
Top 7 Flack hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Twombly hits a ball on the ground towards third. Deal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Evers hits a popup beyond third. Deal can't reach the ball in time. That's a base hit.
Bottom 6 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 6 Reulbach is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Wortman strikes out.
Top 6 Aldridge hits a popup, foul, towards third. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Deal hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maranville scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Wilhoit hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Aldridge fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Gowdy hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Doyle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Bailey hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Doyle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maranville scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Mann hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Evers scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Williams hits a popup towards short. Maranville settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Konetchy hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Mann settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Smith hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Twombly hits a fly ball into right field. Flack settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Evers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wortman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Merkle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maranville fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Doyle takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Flack hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Reulbach fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Wortman is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Maranville 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 Reulbach is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Wilhoit hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Aldridge fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Gowdy hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Williams. Gowdy reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Aldridge hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Reulbach fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Deal hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maranville fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Elliott hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mann scores.
Top 3 Mann hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Bailey who is chasing the ball. Mann reaches third base with a triple. Doyle scores. Merkle scores. Williams goes all the way around to score.
Top 3 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Evers misplays the ball. That's an error on Evers. Doyle moves to third. Merkle moves to second.
Top 3 Merkle takes first base on ball four. Doyle moves to second.
Top 3 Doyle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Bailey hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Aldridge fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Konetchy hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Aldridge fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards third. Deal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Flack hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Reulbach fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 There goes Wortman. The throw from Gowdy and he is safe. Wortman steals second.
Top 2 Wortman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Evers fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Aldridge hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Gowdy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Deal hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 There goes Twombly. The throw from Elliott and he is out, Doyle applying the tag.
Bottom 1 Twombly takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 There goes Evers. The throw from Elliott and he is out, Doyle applying the tag.
Bottom 1 Evers hits a ball on the ground for a single.There goes Maranville trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out.
Bottom 1 Maranville 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.
Top 1 Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Maranville fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 1 Mann is hit by the pitch. Merkle moves to second.
Top 1 Williams hits a fly ball into right field. Wilhoit settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Flack tags and scores. Doyle tags and moves to third.
Top 1 Merkle takes first base on ball four. Flack moves to third. Doyle moves to second.
Top 1 Doyle takes first base on ball four. Flack moves to second.
Top 1 Flack hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 Wortman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maranville scoops it up and throws to first for the out.