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July 16, 1918

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Bottom 9 R H E
Phillies 7 13 2
Cubs 5 10 3
Bottom 9 R H E
Phillies 7 13 2
Cubs 5 10 3

Fred Merkle Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .315
OBP .250 .364
At Bats 4 292
Hits 1 92
• Singles 0 67
• Doubles 1 20
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 22
RBI’s 1 48

Elmer Jacobs Season Stats

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2 3 0
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Cubs Park - July 16, 1918
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Out
Elmer Jacobs
Jack Adams
Fred Luderus
Ed Hemingway
Milt Stock
Dave Bancroft
Irish Meusel
Cy Williams
Gavvy Cravath
Fred Merkle
 
 
 

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Philadelphia Phillies 7 13 2 10
Chicago Cubs 5 10 3 8
Winning Pitcher Brad Hogg
Losing Pitcher Hippo Vaughn
Save Elmer Jacobs
Game Winning RBI (none)
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Time of Game 0 hours
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Merkle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Stock fields it and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Mann hits a line drive towards first. Luderus catches it and steps on first to double up Hollocher.
Bottom 9 Elmer Jacobs now pitching. Hollocher hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Adams 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 9 Hemingway hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zeider misplays the ball. That's an error on Zeider. Luderus scores. Meusel scores. Cravath moves to third. Hemingway moves to second. Two runs are unearned.
Top 9 Cravath is walked intentionally.
Top 9 Meusel hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. There goes Stock trying to get to home. Paskert throws the ball in to Killefer who tags Stock who's trying to score from second, for the out. Luderus moves to third. Meusel moves to second.
Top 9 Luderus takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Stock hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Fitzgerald scores. Bancroft scores. Stock moves to second.
Top 9 There's a wild pitch. Fitzgerald moves to third. Bancroft moves to second.
Top 9 Hippo Vaughn now pitching. Williams bunts towards the mound. Vaughn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Bancroft hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Fitzgerald moves to second.
Top 9 Mike Fitzgerald pinch hits for Brad Hogg. Fitzgerald hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 There goes Flack. The throw from Adams and he is out, Bancroft applying the tag.
Bottom 8 Flack hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Douglas hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hemingway scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Killefer hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Adams 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 8 Hemingway hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Douglas fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Cravath takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Meusel hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zeider scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Luderus scores.
Top 8 Luderus hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Paskert who is chasing the ball. Luderus reaches third base with a triple. Stock goes all the way around to score.
Top 8 Stock hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Zeider hits a popup towards third. Stock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Deal hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Paskert hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Paskert hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. Adams settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Adams.
Top 7 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards first. Merkle scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Williams for the out.
Top 7 Bancroft hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Hogg hits a fly ball into right field. Flack settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Adams hits a line drive towards short. Hollocher reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Merkle strikes out.
Bottom 6 Mann hits a popup towards short. Bancroft settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Hollocher takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Flack hits a ball on the ground towards third. Stock fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Hemingway hits a ball on the ground towards third. Deal fields it, steps on third, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 6 Cravath takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Meusel hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Douglas fields it and throws to first for the out. Luderus moves to second.
Top 6 Luderus 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 5 Douglas hits a fly ball into left field. Meusel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Killefer is walked intentionally.
Bottom 5 There's a wild pitch. Mann scores. Paskert moves to third. Zeider moves to second.
Bottom 5 Zeider takes first base on ball four. Mann moves to third. Paskert moves to second.
Bottom 5 Deal hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hemingway settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Paskert hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Mann moves to second.
Bottom 5 Merkle hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Mann hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Stock hits a fly ball into right field. Flack settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Williams hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Killefer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Bancroft hits a popup, foul, towards third. Deal settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Hogg hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Mann. Hogg reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Hollocher hits a line drive into right field. Cravath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Flack takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Douglas bunts towards the mound. Hogg fields it and throws to first for the out. Killefer moves to second.
Bottom 4 Killefer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Zeider hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hogg fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Adams hits a fly ball into center field. Paskert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Hemingway bunts towards third. Deal fields it and throws to first for the out. Meusel moves to third.
Top 4 Cravath hits a ball on the ground towards first. Merkle scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cravath for the out. Meusel moves to second.
Top 4 Meusel hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hollocher misplays the ball. That's an error on Hollocher.
Bottom 3 Deal hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Paskert hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Merkle hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hemingway settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Luderus hits a line drive into left field. Mann settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Stock hits a ball on the ground towards first. Merkle scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Stock for the out. Bancroft moves to third. Williams moves to second.
Top 3 Williams takes first base on ball four. Bancroft moves to second.
Top 3 Bancroft hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hogg scores.
Top 3 Hogg hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Paskert. Hogg reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Adams hits a popup, foul, towards first. Merkle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Mann strikes out.
Bottom 2 Hollocher hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Williams who is chasing the ball. Hollocher reaches third base with a triple. Douglas scores. Flack goes all the way around to score. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 2 Flack hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Douglas moves to second.
Bottom 2 Douglas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Zeider scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 2 Killefer hits a fly ball towards cemter. Williams catches it and throws to home to double up Deal. Zeider moves to second.
Bottom 2 There goes Deal. The throw from Adams and he is safe. Deal steals third.
Bottom 2 Zeider bunts and there's an error on the play. Deal moves to second.
Bottom 2 Deal hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Hemingway hits a line drive towards third. Deal catches it and steps on third to double up Luderus.
Top 2 Cravath hits a fly ball into center field. Paskert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Luderus moves to third.
Top 2 Meusel hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Luderus moves to second.
Top 2 Luderus hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Paskert hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Merkle hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Meusel. Merkle reaches second base with a double. Mann goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 1 Mann takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Hollocher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Flack hits a line drive into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Stock hits a ball on the ground towards third. Deal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Williams strikes out. There goes Bancroft. The throw from Killefer to Hollocher, and Bancroft is out.
Top 1 Bancroft hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.