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September 4, 1917

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Bottom 1	R	H	E
Cardinals	0	1	2
Cubs	2	2	0

Bottom 1	R	H	E
Cardinals	0	1	2
Cubs	2	2	0

Fred Merkle Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.245
OBP	.000	.303
At Bats	0	473
Hits	0	116
• Singles	0	82
• Doubles	0	25
• Triples	0	7
• Home Runs	0	2
Walks	0	37
RBI’s	0	47

Oscar Horstmann Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
7	3	0

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Cubs Park - September 4, 1917

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Oscar Horstmann

Mike Gonzalez

Gene Paulette

Dots Miller

Doug Baird

Rogers Hornsby

Tom Long

Walton Cruise

Bruno Betzel

Fred Merkle

Charlie Deal

Larry Doyle

Count: - , 2 Outs

Count: - , 0 Outs

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 1 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Miller scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Doyle moves to third. Deal moves to second.

Bottom 1 Deal hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hornsby misplays the ball. That's an error on Hornsby. Doyle moves to second.

Bottom 1 Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Miller fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Kilduff scores. That run is unearned.

Bottom 1 Wolter hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Miller scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Kilduff bunts towards the mound. Horstmann fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Horstmann. Flack goes all the way around to score. Kilduff moves to third.

Bottom 1 Flack bunts towards short. Hornsby fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Top 1 Hornsby strikes out.

Top 1 Miller hits a ball on the ground towards first. Merkle scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Miller for the out. Betzel moves to second.

Top 1 Betzel hits a ball on the ground towards third. Deal fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 1 Long hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Vaughn can't make a play. That's a base hit.

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