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August 17, 1912

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Giants 5 11 2
Cubs 5 9 0
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Giants 5 11 2
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Fred Merkle Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .321
OBP .250 .389
At Bats 3 327
Hits 0 105
• Singles 0 79
• Doubles 0 14
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 0 7
Walks 0 31
RBI’s 0 59

Lew Richie Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
13 5 0
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West Side Grounds - August 17, 1912
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Out
Lew Richie
Jimmy Archer
Vic Saier
Johnny Evers
Heinie Zimmerman
Joe Tinker
Jimmy Sheckard
Tommy Leach
Frank Schulte
Fred Merkle
 
 
 
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Merkle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Zimmerman fields it and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 10 Murray hits a fly ball into left field. Sheckard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Becker strikes out.
Bottom 9 Sheckard hits a fly ball into right field. Murray settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Richie bunts towards the mound. Mathewson fields it and throws to first for the out. Archer moves to second.
Bottom 9 Archer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Saier scores.
Bottom 9 Evers bunts towards the mound. Mathewson fields it and throws to first for the out. Saier moves to third.
Bottom 9 Art Wilson now catching. Saier hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Becker. Saier reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Doyle 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 9 Snodgrass hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Devore scores.
Top 9 Mathewson hits a fly ball into right field. Schulte settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Josh Devore pinch runs for Chief Meyers. Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards third. Zimmerman fields it and throws to first for the out. Devore moves to second.
Top 9 Meyers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tinker fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 8 Leach takes first base on ball four. There goes Tinker. The throw from Meyers and he is out, Herzog applying the tag.
Bottom 8 Zimmerman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Mathewson fields it and throws to first for the out. Tinker moves to second.
Bottom 8 Tinker hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Schulte hits a fly ball into left field. Snodgrass settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Herzog 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 8 Merkle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tinker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Murray hits a fly ball into left field. Sheckard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Sheckard hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Mathewson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 There goes Archer. The throw from Meyers and he is safe. Archer steals second.
Bottom 7 Richie hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Meyers settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Archer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Mathewson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Saier scores. Evers moves to third.
Bottom 7 Evers hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Becker. Evers reaches second base with a double. Saier moves to third.
Bottom 7 Saier hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Leach hits a line drive into center field. Becker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Becker 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 7 Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards first. Saier fields the ball, tags the runner, and throws to second to catch Snodgrass for the double play.
Top 7 Snodgrass takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 There goes Zimmerman. The throw from Meyers and he is out, Fletcher applying the tag.
Bottom 6 Zimmerman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Tinker hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Meyers settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Schulte hits a popup, foul, towards third. Herzog settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Mathewson hits a fly ball into center field. Leach settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tinker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Meyers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tinker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Sheckard 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 5 Richie is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Archer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Herzog hits a fly ball into center field. Leach settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Merkle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Zimmerman fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 5 Murray strikes out.
Top 5 Becker hits a line drive into right field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double.
Bottom 4 Evers hits a ball on the ground towards third. Herzog fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Saier hits a ball on the ground towards first. Merkle scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Saier for the out. Leach moves to third.
Bottom 4 Leach hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Fletcher. Zimmerman scores. Leach moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 Zimmerman hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Snodgrass. Zimmerman reaches second base with a double. Sheckard scores. Schulte scores.
Bottom 4 Tinker hits a line drive towards third. Herzog reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Schulte hits a fly ball towards center. Becker settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Becker. Sheckard moves to third. Schulte moves to second.
Bottom 4 Sheckard takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Doyle hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Schulte throws the ball in to Tinker who tags Doyle trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Meyers scores. Snodgrass moves to third.
Top 4 Snodgrass hits a ball on the ground towards third. Zimmerman fields it and throws to second for the out. Meyers moves to third.
Top 4 Mathewson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Meyers moves to second.
Top 4 Fletcher hits a fly ball into center field. Leach settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Meyers hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Richie hits a ball on the ground towards first. Merkle scoops it up and throws to first, with Mathewson covering, for the out.
Bottom 3 Archer hits a fly ball into center field. Becker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Evers hits a ball on the ground towards third. Herzog fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Herzog hits a fly ball into right field. Schulte settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Merkle is hit by the pitch. Murray moves to second.
Top 3 Murray hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Doyle scores.
Top 3 Becker hits a fly ball into right field. Schulte settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Snodgrass tags and scores. Doyle tags and moves to third.
Top 3 Doyle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mathewson scores. Snodgrass moves to third. Doyle moves to second.
Top 3 Snodgrass hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mathewson moves to second.
Top 3 Mathewson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tinker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Saier 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 Leach hits a fly ball towards right. Murray catches it and throws to third to double up .
Bottom 2 Zimmerman hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Snodgrass. Zimmerman reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Meyers hits a ball on the ground towards third. Zimmerman fields it, steps on third, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 2 Herzog takes first base on ball four. Murray moves to second.
Top 2 Merkle hits a fly ball into center field. Leach settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Murray hits a ball on the ground towards third. Zimmerman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 1 Tinker hits a line drive into right field. Murray settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Schulte hits a fly ball into right field. Murray settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Sheckard is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Becker hits a popup towards short. Tinker settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Doyle 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 1 Snodgrass hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tinker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.