Giants @ Cubs
May 27, 1918

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Bottom 6 R H E
Giants 3 9 0
Cubs 5 12 2
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Giants 3 9 0
Cubs 6 13 2

Fred Merkle Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .350
OBP .333 .391
At Bats 3 117
Hits 1 41
• Singles 0 29
• Doubles 1 10
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 7
RBI’s 1 24

Fred Anderson Season Stats

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3 1 1
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Cubs Park - May 27, 1918
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Single
Fred Anderson
Lew McCarty
Walter Holke
Bert Niehoff
Heinie Zimmerman
Art Fletcher
George Burns
Benny Kauff
Ross Youngs
Fred Merkle
Les Mann
Charlie Hollocher
Max Flack
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Merkle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Flack scores. There goes Hollocher trying to get to home. Burns throws the ball in to McCarty who tags Hollocher, who's trying to score from second, for the out. Mann moves to third. Merkle moves to second.

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Bottom 6 Mann hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Flack moves to third. Hollocher moves to second.
Bottom 6 Hollocher hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Killefer scores. Flack moves to second.
Bottom 6 Flack hits a line drive beyond second. Niehoff can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. Killefer moves to third.
Bottom 6 Hendrix bunts towards third. Zimmerman fields it and throws to first for the out. Killefer moves to second.
Bottom 6 Killefer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Zimmerman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 6 Kauff strikes out.
Top 6 Youngs takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Anderson bunts towards first. Merkle scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Anderson for the out. McCarty moves to second.
Top 6 Niehoff hits a popup towards short. Hollocher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 McCarty hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hollocher misplays the ball. That's an error on Hollocher.
Bottom 5 Zeider hits a ball on the ground towards first. Holke scoops it up and throws to first, with Anderson covering, for the out.
Bottom 5 Deal strikes out. McCarty drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Deal out.
Bottom 5 Paskert bunts towards the mound. Anderson fields it and throws to first for the out. Merkle moves to third.
Bottom 5 Merkle hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Youngs. Merkle reaches second base with a double. Mann goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 5 Mann takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Holke 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 5 Fletcher hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Zimmerman moves to second.
Top 5 Zimmerman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Burns hits a popup towards short. Hollocher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Kauff hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hendrix fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Hollocher hits a ball on the ground towards first. Holke scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hollocher for the out.
Bottom 4 Flack takes first base on ball four. Hendrix moves to second.
Bottom 4 Hendrix hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Killefer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Zeider hits a popup, foul, towards third. Zimmerman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Youngs hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hendrix fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Anderson hits a fly ball into center field. Paskert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Niehoff hits a fly ball into center field. Paskert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Fred Anderson now pitching. Deal hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Anderson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Paskert hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Kauff. Paskert reaches second base with a double. Merkle scores.
Bottom 3 Merkle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Zimmerman fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. Merkle moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 3 Mann hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Flack scores. Mann moves to second.
Bottom 3 Hollocher bunts towards the mound. Perritt fields it and throws to first for the out. Flack moves to second.
Bottom 3 Flack bunts towards third. Zimmerman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 McCarty hits a popup towards first. Merkle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Holke hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Flack. Holke reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Fletcher strikes out.
Top 3 Zimmerman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hollocher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Hendrix hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Perritt fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Killefer hits a fly ball into left field. Burns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Paskert tags and scores. Zeider tags and moves to second.
Bottom 2 Zeider hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Paskert moves to third.
Bottom 2 Deal strikes out.
Bottom 2 Paskert hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Burns hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Zeider reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Kauff hits a line drive into center field. Paskert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Niehoff tags and scores.
Top 2 Youngs bunts towards the mound. Hendrix fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Niehoff moves to third. Perritt moves to second.
Top 2 Perritt bunts towards the mound. Hendrix fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Niehoff moves to second.
Top 2 Niehoff hits a ball on the ground towards third. Deal fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 2 McCarty hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hollocher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Merkle strikes out.
Bottom 1 Mann hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Hollocher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 1 Flack takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Holke strikes out.
Top 1 The ball gets by Killefer for a passed ball. Fletcher moves to second.
Top 1 Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hollocher fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 Zimmerman hits a fly ball into center field. Paskert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Kauff tags and scores.
Top 1 Burns bunts towards third. Deal fields it and throws to first for the out. Kauff moves to third.
Top 1 Kauff hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Paskert. Kauff reaches second base with a double. Youngs scores.
Top 1 Youngs hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Paskert. Youngs reaches second base with a double.