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May 3, 1918

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Bottom 9 R H E
Reds 8 12 2
Cubs 8 13 1
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Reds 8 12 2
Cubs 9 14 1

Fred Merkle Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .292
OBP .250 .286
At Bats 4 48
Hits 1 14
• Singles 1 12
• Doubles 0 1
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 0
RBI’s 0 8

Rube Bressler Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 0 0
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Cubs Park - May 3, 1918
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Single
Rube Bressler
Ivey Wingo
Sherry Magee
Lee Magee
Heinie Groh
Lena Blackburne
Greasy Neale
Edd Roush
Tommy Griffith
Fred Merkle
 
 
Dode Paskert

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Cincinnati Reds 8 12 2 9
Chicago Cubs 9 14 1 7
Winning Pitcher Harry Weaver
Losing Pitcher Rube Bressler
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Fred Merkle
Attendance 2,500
Time of Game 2 hours 4 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

End of Game

Merkle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Paskert scores. That run is unearned.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Paskert hits a ball on the ground into left field. Neale picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Neale. Flack scores. Mann goes all the way around to score. Paskert moves to third.
Bottom 9 Mann bunts towards the mound. Bressler fields it and throws to third for the out. Flack moves to second.
Bottom 9 Flack hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bressler fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Zeider scores. Hollocher moves to second.
Bottom 9 Hollocher takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 There goes Zeider. The throw from Wingo and he is safe. Zeider steals third.
Bottom 9 There goes Zeider. The throw from Wingo and he is safe. Zeider steals second.
Bottom 9 Rollie Zeider pinch hits for Harry Weaver. Zeider hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Wingo hits a line drive towards short. Hollocher reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Blackburne hits a popup towards third. Deal settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Neale hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Griffith hits a fly ball into center field. Paskert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Killefer hits a fly ball into right field. Griffith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Deal hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blackburne scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Kilduff hits a fly ball into right field. Griffith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Magee hits a fly ball into center field. Paskert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Roush hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Weaver fields it and throws to home to get Bressler. Groh moves to third. Magee moves to second.
Top 8 Harry Weaver now pitching. Magee takes first base on ball four. Bressler moves to third. Groh moves to second.
Top 8 Groh takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Bressler hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Paskert. Bressler reaches second base with a double. Neale scores. Blackburne goes all the way around to score.
Top 8 Wingo hits a fly ball into center field. Paskert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Griffith tags and scores.
Top 8 Blackburne takes first base on ball four. Magee scores. Griffith moves to third. Neale moves to second.
Top 8 Neale takes first base on ball four. Magee moves to third. Griffith moves to second.
Top 8 Griffith hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Magee moves to second.
Top 8 Magee takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Merkle hits a line drive towards short. Blackburne catches it and throws to third to double up Flack.
Bottom 7 Paskert takes first base on ball four. Flack moves to third. Mann moves to second.
Bottom 7 Mann hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. Hollocher scores. Flack moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 7 Flack hits a ball on the ground towards first. Magee throws towards second. Magee fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Magee. Killefer scores. Hollocher moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 7 Hollocher takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Hendrix bunts towards the mound. Bressler fields it and throws to first for the out. Killefer moves to second.
Bottom 7 Killefer hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Roush hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hollocher fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 Magee hits a popup towards first. Merkle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Groh hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Wingo scores. Bressler moves to second.
Top 7 Bressler hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Wingo moves to third.
Top 7 Wingo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Deal hits a fly ball into center field. Roush settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Kilduff hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bressler can't make a play. That's a base hit.
Bottom 6 Merkle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Groh fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Paskert hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blackburne scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Blackburne hits a popup towards short. Hollocher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Neale hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hendrix fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Griffith hits a ball on the ground towards third. Deal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Mann hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Bressler scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mann for the out.
Bottom 5 Flack hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bressler fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Hollocher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blackburne scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Hendrix hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Magee hits a ball on the ground towards first. Merkle scoops it up and throws to first, with Hendrix covering, for the out.
Top 5 Roush strikes out.
Top 5 Magee hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kilduff scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Killefer hits a fly ball into right field. Griffith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Deal hits a line drive into center field. Roush settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Kilduff hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Paskert scores. Merkle moves to second.
Bottom 4 Merkle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Paskert moves to second.
Bottom 4 Paskert hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Flack scores.
Bottom 4 Mann hits a line drive into left field. Neale settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Flack hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Neale. Flack reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Groh hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Killefer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Bressler bunts for a double play.
Top 4 Wingo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hollocher fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 Hollocher hits a fly ball into center field. Roush settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Hendrix hits a fly ball into left field. Neale settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Killefer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Deal hits a fly ball into center field. Roush settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Blackburne hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hollocher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Neale hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kilduff fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Griffith moves to second.
Top 3 Griffith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hollocher fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Magee hits a line drive into center field. Paskert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Roush hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hollocher fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Kilduff hits a fly ball into center field. Roush settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Merkle hits a line drive into left field. Neale settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Paskert strikes out.
Top 2 Magee hits a fly ball into left field. Mann settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Groh hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Mann. Groh reaches second base with a double. Bressler goes all the way around to score. That run is unearned.
Top 2 Bressler hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Blackburne scores. That run is unearned.
Top 2 Wingo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kilduff scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Blackburne moves to third.
Top 2 Blackburne hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kilduff fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Kilduff. Blackburne moves to second.
Top 2 Neale hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hollocher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Mann hits a fly ball into center field. Roush settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Flack hits a ball on the ground towards third. Groh fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Hollocher is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Griffith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hollocher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Magee hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Paskert who is chasing the ball. Magee reaches third base with a triple. Roush goes all the way around to score.
Top 1 Roush takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Magee hits a ball on the ground towards third. Deal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Groh hits a fly ball into right field. Flack settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.