Giants @ Cubs
August 18, 1916

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Bottom 6 R H E
Giants 4 6 3
Cubs 7 13 2
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Giants 4 6 3
Cubs 7 13 2

Vic Saier Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .253
OBP .667 .364
At Bats 2 364
Hits 1 92
• Singles 1 67
• Doubles 0 17
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 6
Walks 1 64
RBI’s 2 33

Rube Benton Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
10 6 2
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Cubs Park - August 18, 1916
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Strikeout
Rube Benton
Brad Kocher
Fred Merkle
Larry Doyle
Buck Herzog
Art Fletcher
George Burns
Benny Kauff
Dave Robertson
Vic Saier
Les Mann
 
 
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Saier strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 6 Mann hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Zeider scores.
Bottom 6 Flack bunts for an out with unknown description. Zeider moves to third.
Bottom 6 Rube Benton now pitching. Zeider hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Kauff. Zeider reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Herb Hunter pinch hits for Ferdie Schupp. Hunter hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 6 Kocher hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 6 Claude Hendrix now pitching. Fletcher hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 6 Heinie Zimmerman now playing third base. Rollie Zeider now playing left field. Merkle hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Carter hits a ball on the ground towards third. Herzog fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Wortman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Knabe moves to second.
Bottom 5 Knabe hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Zimmerman scores.
Bottom 5 Ferdie Schupp now pitching. Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Zimmerman moves to third.
Bottom 5 Heinie Zimmerman pinch hits for Fritz Mollwitz. Zimmerman hits a line drive into center field. Kauff picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Kauff. Saier scores. Zimmerman moves to second.
Bottom 5 Saier hits a ball on the ground into right field. Robertson picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Robertson. Zeider scores. Flack scores. Mann goes all the way around to score. Saier moves to third.
Bottom 5 Mann hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Zeider moves to third. Flack moves to second.
Bottom 5 Flack hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Wortman scores. Zeider moves to second.
Bottom 5 Zeider hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Wortman moves to third.
Bottom 5 Carter hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Wortman moves to second.
Bottom 5 Wortman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Kauff strikes out.
Top 5 Robertson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. Three runs are unearned.
Top 5 Herzog hits a ball on the ground towards third. Zeider fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Zeider. Doyle moves to third.
Top 5 Doyle hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Mollwitz. Doyle reaches second base with a double. Anderson scores.
Top 5 Burns hits a fly ball into left field. Mollwitz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Anderson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Mollwitz who is chasing the ball. Anderson reaches third base with a triple.
Top 5 Kocher hits a line drive into left field. Mollwitz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Anderson fires to first and has Knabe trapped. There's the throw to Doyle who tags Knabe for the out.
Bottom 4 Knabe hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Elliott hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Kocher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Mollwitz hits a line drive into center field. Kauff settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Carter fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 There goes Merkle. The throw from Elliott and he is safe. Merkle steals second.
Top 4 Merkle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Zeider fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Kauff hits a popup towards short. Wortman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Robertson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 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 3 Mann hits a popup, foul, towards first. Merkle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Flack strikes out. Kocher drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Flack out.
Top 3 Herzog hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Carter fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Doyle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Burns hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wortman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Zeider hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Carter hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle misplays the ball. That's an error on Doyle. Wortman moves to second.
Bottom 2 Wortman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Knabe is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Elliott hits a fly ball into right field. Robertson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Anderson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Carter fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Kocher hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Knabe fields it and throws to home to get Merkle. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 2 There goes Merkle. The throw from Elliott and he is safe. Merkle steals third.
Top 2 Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Carter fields it and throws to first for the out. Merkle moves to second.
Top 2 Merkle is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 1 Mollwitz strikes out.
Bottom 1 Saier takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Mann hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Burns. Mann reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Flack hits a fly ball into left field. Burns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Zeider hits a ball on the ground towards third. Herzog fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Kauff hits a popup towards first. Saier settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Robertson takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Herzog hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Elliott settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Doyle hits a fly ball towards right. Flack settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Flack. Doyle moves to second.
Top 1 Burns strikes out. Elliott drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Burns out.