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August 16, 1912

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Giants 6 10 2
Cubs 3 3 0
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Giants 6 10 2
Cubs 3 3 0

Fred Merkle Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .326
OBP .667 .393
At Bats 3 322
Hits 2 105
• Singles 1 79
• Doubles 1 14
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 0 7
Walks 0 31
RBI’s 1 59

Larry Cheney Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
16 7 0
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West Side Grounds - August 16, 1912
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Larry Cheney
Jimmy Archer
Vic Saier
Tom Downey
Heinie Zimmerman
Joe Tinker
Jimmy Sheckard
Tommy Leach
Frank Schulte
Fred Merkle
Red Murray
 
 
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Merkle hits a fly ball into left field. Sheckard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 7 Larry Cheney now pitching. Tom Downey now playing second base. Murray takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Sheckard hits a fly ball into right field. Murray settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Wilbur Good pinch hits for Ed Reulbach. Good is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Archer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Herzog fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Ward Miller pinch hits for Red Downs. Miller takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 There goes Doyle. The throw from Archer and he is out, Tinker applying the tag.
Top 6 Becker hits a popup towards short. Tinker settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Downs fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Snodgrass hits a ball on the ground towards third. Zimmerman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 Saier hits a ball on the ground towards first. Merkle scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Saier for the out.
Bottom 5 The ball gets by Meyers for a passed ball. Zimmerman scores. Leach moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 5 Leach hits a fly ball towards center. Becker settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Becker. Sheckard scores. Zimmerman moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 5 Zimmerman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Sheckard moves to second.
Bottom 5 Tinker is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Schulte hits a fly ball into right field. Murray settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Sheckard takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Tesreau hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Reulbach fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 There's a wild pitch. Meyers moves to third. Fletcher moves to second.
Top 5 Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Reulbach fields it and throws to third for the out. Meyers moves to second.
Top 5 Meyers hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Herzog moves to second.
Top 5 Herzog hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Merkle scores.
Top 5 Merkle hits a line drive into left field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. Becker scores.
Top 5 There goes Becker. The throw from Archer and he is safe. Becker steals second.
Top 5 Murray hits a popup, foul, towards first. Saier settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Becker takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Reulbach hits a popup, foul, towards third. Herzog settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Archer hits a popup, foul, towards short. Fletcher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Downs strikes out.
Top 4 There goes Doyle. The throw from Archer and he is out, Tinker applying the tag.
Top 4 Doyle takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Snodgrass hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tinker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Tesreau strikes out.
Bottom 3 Saier strikes out.
Bottom 3 Leach hits a fly ball into right field. Murray settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Zimmerman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Herzog fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards third. Zimmerman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Meyers hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Herzog scores. Meyers moves to second.
Top 3 There goes Herzog. The throw from Archer and he is safe. Herzog steals second. Murray scores.
Top 3 Herzog hits a line drive beyond short. Tinker can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. Murray moves to third.
Top 3 Merkle strikes out. There goes Murray. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Top 3 Murray is hit by the pitch.
Top 3 Becker hits a fly ball into right field. Schulte settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Tinker 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 2 Schulte hits a popup towards short. Fletcher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Sheckard takes first base on ball four. Archer moves to third. Reulbach moves to second.
Bottom 2 Reulbach bunts towards the pitcher. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Saier scores. Archer moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 2 Archer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Saier moves to third.
Bottom 2 Downs hits a line drive into center field. Becker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Saier takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Doyle hits a popup, foul, towards first. Saier settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Snodgrass hits a popup, foul, towards third. Zimmerman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Ed Reulbach now pitching. Tesreau bunts towards the mound. Reulbach settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Fletcher hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Meyers moves to second.
Top 2 Meyers hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Leach hits a fly ball into right field. Murray settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Zimmerman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Sheckard moves to third. Tinker moves to second.
Bottom 1 Tinker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Sheckard moves to second.
Bottom 1 Schulte strikes out.
Bottom 1 Sheckard takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Herzog hits a ball on the ground towards third. Zimmerman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 There's a wild pitch. Merkle moves to third.
Top 1 There goes Merkle. The throw from Archer and he is safe. Merkle steals second. Doyle scores.
Top 1 Merkle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Zimmerman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Doyle moves to third.
Top 1 Murray hits a fly ball into right field. Schulte settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Snodgrass tags and scores.
Top 1 Becker hits a ball on the ground towards first. Saier scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Becker for the out. Snodgrass moves to third. Doyle moves to second.
Top 1 Doyle takes first base on ball four. Snodgrass moves to second.
Top 1 Snodgrass hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.