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September 4, 1917

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Fred Merkle Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .750 .249
OBP .750 .306
At Bats 4 477
Hits 3 119
• Singles 1 83
• Doubles 1 26
• Triples 1 8
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 37
RBI’s 3 50

Lee Meadows Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
11 8 1
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Cubs Park - September 4, 1917
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Single
Lee Meadows
Mike Gonzalez
Gene Paulette
Dots Miller
Doug Baird
Rogers Hornsby
Tom Long
Walton Cruise
Bruno Betzel
Fred Merkle
Cy Williams
Charlie Deal
 
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Merkle hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. There goes Deal trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out. Williams moves to third. Merkle moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Williams is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 8 Deal hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Cruise. Deal reaches second base with a double. Flack scores. Wolter scores. Doyle goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 8 Doyle takes first base on ball four. Wolter moves to second.
Bottom 8 Wolter hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Flack moves to third.
Bottom 8 Kilduff bunts towards the mound. Meadows fields it and throws to first for the out. Flack moves to second.
Bottom 8 Flack hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Meadows strikes out.
Top 8 Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 8 Baird hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 7 Vaughn strikes out.
Bottom 7 Wilson hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 7 Lee Meadows now pitching. Merkle hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Cruise. Merkle reaches second base with a double. Deal scores.
Bottom 7 Williams bunts towards the mound. May fields it and throws to first for the out. Deal moves to second.
Bottom 7 Deal hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Vaughn fires to first and picks off Paulette.
Top 7 Paulette hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Betzel moves to third. Miller moves to second.
Top 7 Cruise strikes out.
Top 7 Hornsby hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 7 Miller hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Long scores. Betzel moves to second.
Top 7 Betzel hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle misplays the ball. That's an error on Doyle. Long moves to second.
Top 7 Long hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Doyle hits a fly ball into center field. Cruise settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal.
Bottom 6 Wolter takes first base on ball four. Kilduff moves to second.
Bottom 6 Kilduff hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Flack hits a fly ball into left field. Long settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Jakie May now pitching. Vaughn is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Frank Snyder pinch hits for Milt Watson. Snyder hits a ball on the ground towards third. Deal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Vaughn fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Baird moves to second.
Top 6 Baird hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 6 Paulette hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Vaughn scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Paulette for the out. Hornsby scores.
Top 6 Cruise hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kilduff scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Hornsby moves to third.
Top 6 Hornsby hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Williams. Hornsby reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Wilson is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Merkle hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Betzel who is chasing the ball. Merkle reaches third base with a triple. Deal goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 5 Williams hits a fly ball into right field. Betzel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Deal hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Doyle hits a popup, foul, towards third. Baird settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Miller hits a ball on the ground towards third. Deal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Betzel hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Wilson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Long hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Vaughn fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Wolter hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hornsby scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 There goes Flack. The throw from Gonzalez and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. Wilson scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 Kilduff hits a popup towards first. Paulette settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Flack takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Milt Watson now pitching. Vaughn bunts towards third. Baird fields it and throws to first for the out. Wilson moves to third.
Bottom 4 Wilson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Betzel. Wilson reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Horstmann strikes out.
Top 4 Gonzalez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Baird scores. That run is unearned.
Top 4 There goes Paulette. The throw from Wilson and he is out, Deal applying the tag. Baird moves to second.
Top 4 Baird hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle misplays the ball. That's an error on Doyle. Hornsby scores. Paulette moves to second.
Top 4 Paulette hits a ball on the ground towards first. Merkle fields it and throws to second for the out. Hornsby moves to third.
Top 4 Cruise hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Miller scores. Hornsby moves to second.
Top 4 Wilson fires to second and throws the ball away. That's an error on Wilson. Miller moves to third.
Top 4 Hornsby takes first base on ball four. Miller moves to second.
Top 4 Miller takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 There goes Merkle. The throw from Gonzalez and he is out, Miller applying the tag.
Bottom 3 Merkle hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Deal scores.
Bottom 3 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards first. Paulette scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Williams for the out. Deal moves to third.
Bottom 3 Deal hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Long. Deal reaches second base with a double. Wolter scores.
Bottom 3 Doyle bunts towards the mound. Horstmann fields it and throws to first for the out. Wolter moves to second.
Bottom 3 Wolter hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Betzel strikes out.
Top 3 Long is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Horstmann hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Gonzalez strikes out.
Bottom 2 Kilduff hits a popup towards short. Hornsby settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Flack bunts towards third. Baird fields it and throws to first for the out. Wilson moves to second.
Bottom 2 Vaughn strikes out.
Bottom 2 Wilson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 There goes Baird. The throw from Wilson and he is out, Kilduff applying the tag.
Top 2 Baird hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kilduff fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 2 Paulette hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Wilson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Cruise strikes out.
Bottom 1 Merkle hits a fly ball into center field. Cruise settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
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.