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September 19, 1917

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Giants 2 6 1
Cubs 4 7 1
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Giants 2 6 1
Cubs 4 7 1

Fred Merkle Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .259
OBP .667 .315
At Bats 2 518
Hits 1 134
• Singles 0 95
• Doubles 0 28
• Triples 0 8
• Home Runs 1 3
Walks 1 41
RBI’s 1 54

Fred Anderson Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
8 8 1
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Cubs Park - September 19, 1917
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Strikeout
Fred Anderson
Bill Rariden
Jose Rodriguez
Jimmy Smith
Heinie Zimmerman
Art Fletcher
George Burns
Benny Kauff
Jim Thorpe
Fred Merkle
 
 
 
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Merkle strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Zeider hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 8 Jose Rodriguez now playing first base. Wolter hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 8 Rariden hits a popup towards short. Kilduff settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Hans Lobert pinch hits for Walter Holke. Lobert hits a popup, foul, towards first. Merkle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zeider scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Zimmerman scores. Fletcher moves to third.
Top 8 There's a wild pitch. Zimmerman moves to third. Fletcher moves to second.
Top 8 Fletcher hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Zimmerman moves to second.
Top 8 Zimmerman hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Kilduff hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 7 There goes Flack. The throw from Rariden and he is safe. Flack steals second.
Bottom 7 Flack hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 There's a wild pitch. Pechous scores.
Bottom 7 Vaughn hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Anderson fields it and throws to first for the out. Pechous moves to third.
Bottom 7 Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Anderson fields it and throws to first for the out. Pechous moves to second.
Bottom 7 Pechous hits a ball on the ground towards third. Zimmerman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 Kauff strikes out.
Top 7 Thorpe strikes out.
Top 7 Burns hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 6 Schick hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 6 Merkle hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 6 Zeider strikes out.
Top 6 Anderson hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 6 Rariden strikes out.
Top 6 Holke hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 6 Smith takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Wolter hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 5 Kilduff hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 5 Flack strikes out.
Top 5 Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pechous fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Zimmerman strikes out.
Top 5 Kauff hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Wolter. Kauff reaches second base with a double. Burns moves to third.
Top 5 Thorpe strikes out.
Top 5 The ball gets by Elliott for a passed ball. Burns moves to second.
Top 5 Burns takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Vaughn strikes out.
Bottom 4 Elliott hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 4 Fred Anderson now pitching. Pechous strikes out.
Top 4 Lew McCarty pinch hits for Slim Sallee. McCarty hits a line drive into center field. Schick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Rariden hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 4 Holke hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 3 Schick hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 3 Merkle hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 There goes Zeider. The throw from Rariden and he is out, Fletcher applying the tag.
Bottom 3 Zeider hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kilduff scores.
Bottom 3 Wolter bunts towards third. Zimmerman fields it and throws to first for the out. Kilduff moves to third.
Bottom 3 Kilduff hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Kauff. Kilduff reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Smith hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Thorpe scores. There goes Zimmerman trying to get to home. Schick throws the ball in to Elliott who tags Zimmerman who's trying to score from second, for the out.
Top 3 Fletcher hits a popup, foul, towards third. Pechous settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 There goes Zimmerman. The throw from Elliott and he is safe. Zimmerman steals second.
Top 3 Zimmerman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pechous fields it and throws to second for the out. Thorpe moves to third.
Top 3 Kauff hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Thorpe moves to second.
Top 3 Thorpe takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Flack hits a fly ball into center field. Kauff settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Vaughn takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Elliott hits a line drive into center field. Kauff settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Pechous hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Rariden settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Pechous hits a popup, foul, towards third. Zimmerman settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Zimmerman.
Top 2 Burns hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zeider scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Sallee hits a popup towards first. Merkle makes the out and then fumbles the ball. That's an error on Merkle. Smith moves to third. Rariden moves to second.
Top 2 Rariden hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Smith moves to second.
Top 2 Holke hits a line drive into left field. Wolter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Smith takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Schick hits a fly ball into center field. Kauff settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Merkle takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 There goes Zeider. The throw from Rariden and he is safe. Zeider steals second.
Bottom 1 Zeider hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Flack scores.
Bottom 1 Wolter hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Smith scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Flack moves to third.
Bottom 1 Kilduff bunts towards the mound. Sallee fields it and throws to first for the out. Flack moves to second.
Bottom 1 Flack hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kilduff scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Zimmerman takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 There goes Kauff. The throw from Elliott and he is safe. Kauff steals second.
Top 1 Kauff takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Thorpe hits a fly ball into right field. Flack settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Burns hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kilduff scoops it up and throws to first for the out.