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August 18, 1916

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Fred Merkle Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .247
OBP .500 .320
At Bats 4 369
Hits 2 91
• Singles 1 62
• Doubles 0 19
• Triples 1 3
• Home Runs 0 7
Walks 0 33
RBI’s 3 41

Mordecai Brown Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 2 0
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Cubs Park - August 18, 1916
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Strikeout
Mordecai Brown
Clem Clemens
Vic Saier
Otto Knabe
Rollie Zeider
Chuck Wortman
Fritz Mollwitz
Les Mann
Max Flack
Fred Merkle
Dave Robertson
 
 
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Merkle strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Kauff hits a popup towards short. Wortman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Robertson bunts in front of the plate. Clemens fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Clemens.
Top 9 Herzog hits a ball on the ground towards third. Zeider fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Wortman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Merkle scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Wortman for the out.
Bottom 8 Knabe hits a popup, foul, towards third. Herzog settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Clemens hits a ball on the ground towards third. Herzog fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Mollwitz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Herzog fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 8 Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards first. Saier scoops it up and throws to first, with Brown covering, for the out.
Top 8 Burns hits a fly ball into right field. Flack settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Perritt strikes out.
Bottom 7 Saier is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Mann hits a popup towards the mound. Perritt can't reach the ball in time. That's a base hit.
Bottom 7 Flack hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Perritt fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Zeider strikes out.
Top 7 Kocher hits a line drive towards short. Wortman catches it and throws to second to double up Merkle.
Top 7 Fletcher is hit by the pitch. Merkle moves to second.
Top 7 Merkle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Kauff hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Knabe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Wortman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Perritt fields it and throws to first for the out. Knabe moves to second.
Bottom 6 Knabe hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Clemens hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Perritt fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Robertson strikes out.
Top 6 There's a wild pitch. Doyle moves to third.
Top 6 Herzog strikes out. There goes Doyle. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Top 6 Doyle takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Burns hits a fly ball into right field. Flack settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Mollwitz hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Perritt fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Saier strikes out.
Bottom 5 Mann hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Flack 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 Perritt strikes out.
Top 5 Kocher hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Mann. Kocher reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Fletcher is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Clem Clemens now catching. Merkle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Zeider fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Zeider hits a fly ball into left field. Burns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 The ball gets by Kocher for a passed ball. Brown moves to second.
Bottom 4 Brown takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Wortman strikes out.
Bottom 4 Knabe hits a ball on the ground towards third. Herzog fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Kauff hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Flack settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Robertson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Knabe fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Mordecai Brown now pitching. Herzog hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Doyle scores.
Top 4 Doyle hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mann who is chasing the ball. Doyle reaches third base with a triple. Burns scores.
Top 4 There's a wild pitch. Burns moves to third.
Top 4 Burns hits a line drive into left field. Mollwitz picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Mollwitz. Burns moves to second.
Top 4 Fritz Mollwitz now playing left field. Perritt strikes out.
Bottom 3 Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Perritt fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Heinie Zimmerman pinch hits for Gene Packard. Zimmerman takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 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. Flack moves to third. Mann moves to second.
Bottom 3 Mann takes first base on ball four. Flack moves to second.
Bottom 3 Flack hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Zeider hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Perritt fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Kocher hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Prendergast fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards third. Zeider fields it and throws to home to get Merkle. Fletcher moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 3 Merkle hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Mann who is chasing the ball. Merkle reaches third base with a triple. Herzog scores. Robertson scores. Kauff goes all the way around to score.
Top 3 Kauff hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Prendergast fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Herzog moves to third. Robertson moves to second.
Top 3 Robertson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wortman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Herzog moves to second.
Top 3 Herzog hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wortman misplays the ball. That's an error on Wortman. Burns scores.
Top 3 Doyle bunts towards the mound. Prendergast fields it and throws to first for the out. Burns moves to third.
Top 3 Burns hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Packard. Burns reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Prendergast strikes out.
Bottom 2 Wortman hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Kocher fields it and throws to first for the out. Elliott moves to third.
Bottom 2 Knabe hits a popup in front of the plate. Kocher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Elliott hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Robertson. Elliott reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Perritt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wortman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Kocher hits a fly ball into right field. Flack settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Fletcher hits a fly ball into left field. Packard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Packard strikes out.
Bottom 1 There goes Saier. The throw from Kocher and he is safe. Saier steals second.
Bottom 1 Saier hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mann scores.
Bottom 1 There goes Flack. The throw from Kocher and he is out, Herzog applying the tag. Mann moves to second.
Bottom 1 Mann hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Flack moves to second.
Bottom 1 Flack hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Zeider hits a ball on the ground towards third. Herzog fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Merkle hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Prendergast fields it and throws to first for the out.
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.