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September 18, 1917

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Giants 4 6 0
Cubs 0 8 2
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Giants 4 6 0
Cubs 0 9 2

Fred Merkle Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .256
OBP .333 .312
At Bats 3 515
Hits 1 132
• Singles 1 94
• Doubles 0 28
• Triples 0 8
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 40
RBI’s 0 53

Rube Benton Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
12 8 2
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Cubs Park - September 18, 1917
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Single
Rube Benton
Lew McCarty
Walter Holke
Jimmy Smith
Heinie Zimmerman
Art Fletcher
George Burns
Benny Kauff
Dave Robertson
Fred Merkle
Larry Doyle
 
 
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Merkle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Doyle moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Doyle hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 9 Benton strikes out.
Top 9 McCarty hits a popup, foul, towards first. Merkle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Claude Hendrix now pitching. Holke hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kilduff scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Wolter hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Kilduff hits a fly ball into left field. Burns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Flack hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Claude Hendrix pinch hits for Paul Carter. Hendrix strikes out.
Top 8 There goes Smith. The throw from Dillhoefer and he is out, Doyle applying the tag.
Top 8 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kilduff has Kauff trapped. There's the throw to Dillhoefer and over to Pechous, who tags Kauff for the out. Fletcher moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 8 There goes Fletcher. The throw from Dillhoefer and he is safe. Fletcher steals second.
Top 8 Fletcher hits a ball on the ground for an out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 8 Zimmerman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Burns scores. Robertson scores. Kauff moves to third. Zimmerman moves to second.
Top 8 Kauff is hit by the pitch.
Top 8 Robertson hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Burns moves to third. Robertson moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 8 Burns takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Dillhoefer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Zimmerman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 There goes Pechous. The throw from McCarty and he is safe. Pechous steals second.
Bottom 7 Pechous hits a ball on the ground for a single.
Bottom 7 Schick hits a fly ball into right field. Robertson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Merkle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Benton strikes out.
Top 7 McCarty hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Smith scores. Holke moves to second.
Top 7 Holke takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 There goes Smith. The throw from Dillhoefer and he is safe. Smith steals second.
Top 7 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kilduff fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 Fletcher hits a fly ball into right field. Flack settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Zimmerman hits a fly ball into center field. Schick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 There goes Wolter. The throw from McCarty and he is out, Smith applying the tag.
Bottom 6 Doyle strikes out.
Bottom 6 Wolter hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Kilduff hits a line drive towards third. Zimmerman reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Kauff 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 6 Robertson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Benton moves to third.
Top 6 Burns hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Benton moves to second.
Top 6 Benton takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Flack hits a line drive into left field. Burns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Carter hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. McCarty fields it and throws to first for the out. Dillhoefer moves to second.
Bottom 5 Dillhoefer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Pechous hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 McCarty hits a popup towards third. Pechous settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Holke hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Carter fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards first. Merkle scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Smith for the out.
Bottom 4 Schick hits a line drive towards third. Zimmerman reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Merkle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Doyle bunts towards first. Holke scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Doyle for the out.
Bottom 4 Wolter hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first 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 Zimmerman hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Doyle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Kauff hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Dillhoefer scoops up the ball and tags Kauff for the out.
Bottom 3 Kilduff hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Flack hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Smith scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Carter is called out on strikes.
Top 3 There goes Burns. The throw from Dillhoefer and he is out, Kilduff applying the tag.
Top 3 Robertson hits a fly ball into center field. Schick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Burns hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pechous fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 Benton hits a fly ball into center field. Schick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Dillhoefer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Pechous hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Schick strikes out. McCarty drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Schick out.
Bottom 2 Merkle hits a popup, foul, towards first. Holke settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 McCarty hits a fly ball into left field. Wolter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Holke hits a fly ball into left field. Wolter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards first. Merkle scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Smith for the out.
Bottom 1 Doyle hits a popup towards third. Zimmerman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Wolter hits a ball on the ground for a single.
Bottom 1 Kilduff hits a popup towards short. Fletcher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Flack hits a fly ball into left field. Burns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kilduff scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 1 Zimmerman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pechous fields it and throws to home to get Robertson. Kauff moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 1 Kauff hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Burns scores. Robertson moves to third.
Top 1 Robertson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Burns moves to third.
Top 1 Burns hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kilduff fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Kilduff.