Pirates @ Cubs
May 1, 1918

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Bottom 8 R H E
Pirates 3 9 0
Cubs 4 8 2
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Pirates 3 9 0
Cubs 5 8 2

Fred Merkle Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .263
OBP .667 .256
At Bats 3 38
Hits 2 10
• Singles 1 8
• Doubles 0 1
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 1 1
Walks 0 0
RBI’s 3 6

Elmer Jacobs Season Stats

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0 0 0
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Cubs Park - May 1, 1918
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Out
Elmer Jacobs
Walter Schmidt
Fritz Mollwitz
George Cutshaw
Bill McKechnie
Howdy Caton
Lee King
Max Carey
Casey Stengel
Fred Merkle
Dode Paskert
 
Max Flack
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Merkle hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Schmidt fields it and throws to first for the out. Flack scores. Paskert moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Paskert hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Flack moves to third.
Bottom 8 Mann bunts towards the mound. Jacobs fields it and throws to first for the out. Flack moves to second.
Bottom 8 Flack hits a ball on the ground towards third. McKechnie fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 8 Schmidt hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Killefer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 McKechnie hits a popup in front of the plate. Killefer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 King hits a ball on the ground towards third. Deal fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 8 Cutshaw hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Paskert. Cutshaw reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Hollocher hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Cutshaw settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Vaughn strikes out.
Bottom 7 Killefer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jacobs fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Stengel is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Carey hits a popup, foul, towards first. Merkle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Mollwitz bunts towards first. Merkle scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mollwitz for the out. Caton moves to second.
Top 7 Caton hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Killefer can't make a play. That's a base hit.
Bottom 6 Deal hits a ball on the ground towards short. Caton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Kilduff hits a line drive into left field. King settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Elmer Jacobs now pitching. Merkle hits a fly ball into center field. Carey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bill Hinchman pinch hits for Hal Carlson. Hinchman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hollocher fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Schmidt hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cutshaw scores. McKechnie moves to third.
Top 6 McKechnie hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cutshaw moves to second.
Top 6 King hits a fly ball into center field. Paskert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Cutshaw hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hollocher fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 6 Stengel strikes out.
Bottom 5 Paskert hits a ball on the ground towards short. Caton fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Mann takes first base on ball four. Hollocher moves to second.
Bottom 5 Flack hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Cutshaw settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Hollocher hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Carey hits a popup, foul, towards first. Merkle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Mollwitz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hollocher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Caton hits a popup towards first. Merkle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Vaughn strikes out.
Bottom 4 Killefer hits a fly ball into center field. Carey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Deal hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cutshaw scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Carlson hits a popup towards short. Hollocher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Schmidt hits a fly ball into right field. Flack settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. King tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Top 4 McKechnie hits a line drive to right field. Flack throws towards third. Deal fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Deal. King moves to third.
Top 4 King takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Cutshaw hits a ball on the ground towards third. Deal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Kilduff hits a popup towards first. Mollwitz settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Merkle hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Paskert hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Carlson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Mann strikes out.
Top 3 Stengel hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hollocher fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Carey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hollocher fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Mollwitz moves to third.
Top 3 Mollwitz hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Caton hits a ball on the ground towards first. Merkle scoops it up and throws to first, with Vaughn covering, for the out.
Top 3 Carlson hits a fly ball into center field. Paskert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Flack hits a ball on the ground towards third. McKechnie fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Hollocher hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cutshaw scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Killefer moves to third.
Bottom 2 Vaughn bunts in front of the plate. Schmidt fields it and throws to first for the out. Killefer moves to second.
Bottom 2 Killefer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Schmidt strikes out.
Top 2 McKechnie hits a popup towards short. Hollocher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Vaughn fires to first and picks off King.
Top 2 King hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hollocher fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Hollocher.
Bottom 1 Deal hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Stengel throws the ball in to Caton who tags Deal trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Paskert scores. Merkle moves to third.
Bottom 1 Kilduff hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Schmidt settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 There goes Merkle. The throw from Schmidt and he is safe. Merkle steals second.
Bottom 1 Merkle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hollocher scores. Flack scores. Paskert moves to third.
Bottom 1 Paskert takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Mann bunts towards first. Mollwitz scoops it up and throws to first, with Cutshaw covering, for the out. Hollocher moves to third. Flack moves to second.
Bottom 1 Flack takes first base on ball four. Hollocher moves to second.
Bottom 1 Hollocher hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 There go the runners. The throw from Killefer to Hollocher covering second. The throw back to home, and Carey is out at the plate. Cutshaw moves to second.
Top 1 Cutshaw hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hollocher fields it and throws to second for the out. Caton scores. Carey moves to third.
Top 1 Stengel hits a ball on the ground towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Caton moves to third. Carey moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 1 Carey takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 There goes Caton. The throw from Killefer and he is safe. Caton steals second.
Top 1 Mollwitz hits a fly ball into right field. Flack settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Caton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.