Giants @ Cubs
August 18, 1916

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Top 1	R	H	E
Giants	2	2	0
Cubs	0	0	1

Top 1	R	H	E
Giants	2	2	0
Cubs	0	0	1

Fred Merkle Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.244
OBP	.000	.318
At Bats	0	365
Hits	0	89
• Singles	0	61
• Doubles	0	19
• Triples	0	2
• Home Runs	0	7
Walks	0	33
RBI’s	0	38

Mike Prendergast Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
5	6	2

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Cubs Park - August 18, 1916

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Out

Mike Prendergast

Rowdy Elliott

Vic Saier

Otto Knabe

Rollie Zeider

Chuck Wortman

Gene Packard

Les Mann

Max Flack

Fred Merkle

Benny Kauff

Count: - , 2 Outs

Count: - , 0 Outs

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Top 1 Kauff hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Flack. Kauff reaches second base with a double. Herzog scores. Robertson goes all the way around to score. Two runs are unearned.

Top 1 Robertson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Herzog moves to third.

Top 1 Herzog hits a ball on the ground towards third. Zeider has Burns trapped. There's the throw to Elliott and back to Zeider, who tags Burns for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.

Top 1 Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards first. Saier scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Doyle for the out. Burns moves to third.

Top 1 There goes Burns. The throw from Elliott and he is safe. Burns steals second.

Top 1 Burns 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.

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