Phillies @ Cubs
July 16, 1918

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Bottom 9 R H E
Phillies 4 12 2
Cubs 3 11 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Phillies 4 12 2
Cubs 3 11 1

Fred Merkle Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .313
OBP .250 .362
At Bats 4 297
Hits 1 93
• Singles 1 68
• Doubles 0 20
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 22
RBI’s 1 49

Mike Prendergast Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
8 8 1
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Cubs Park - July 16, 1918
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Out
Mike Prendergast
Ed Burns
Fred Luderus
Ed Hemingway
Milt Stock
Dave Bancroft
Irish Meusel
Cy Williams
Gavvy Cravath
Fred Merkle
Les Mann
Charlie Hollocher
Max Flack

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Philadelphia Phillies 4 12 2 6
Chicago Cubs 3 11 1 10
Winning Pitcher Mike Prendergast
Losing Pitcher Claude Hendrix
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Irish Meusel
Attendance
Time of Game 0 hours
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Merkle hits a fly ball into left field. Meusel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Mann takes first base on ball four. Flack moves to third. Hollocher moves to second.
Bottom 9 Hollocher hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Flack moves to second.
Bottom 9 Flack hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 9 Turner Barber pinch hits for Claude Hendrix. Barber hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Bob O'Farrell pinch hits for Bill Killefer. O'Farrell hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 9 Bancroft hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 9 Prendergast hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 9 Burns hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Hemingway hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 8 Zeider hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 8 Deal hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 8 Paskert hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Merkle hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 8 Cravath hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 8 Meusel hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Paskert. Meusel reaches second base with a double. Williams scores. Luderus goes all the way around to score.
Top 8 Luderus hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. There goes Bancroft trying to get to home. Paskert throws the ball in to Killefer who tags Bancroft for the out. Williams moves to third.
Top 8 Stock bunts for an out with unknown description. Bancroft moves to third. Williams moves to second.
Top 8 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zeider fields it, and throws to get the runner. And he throws it away. That's an error on Zeider. Bancroft moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 8 Bancroft hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Mann hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 7 Hollocher hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Flack hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 7 Hendrix hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 7 Prendergast hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 7 Burns hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 7 Hemingway hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 6 Killefer hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 6 Zeider hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft misplays the ball. That's an error on Bancroft.
Bottom 6 Deal hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 6 Paskert hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 6 Cravath hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 6 Meusel hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Stock scores. Luderus moves to second.
Top 6 Luderus hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Prendergast scores. Stock moves to second.
Top 6 Stock hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Prendergast moves to second.
Top 6 Williams hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 6 Bancroft strikes out.
Top 6 Prendergast hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Merkle hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 5 Mann hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 5 Hollocher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Bancroft. Hollocher moves to second.
Bottom 5 Flack hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 5 Burns hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 5 Hemingway hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 5 Cravath hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 4 Hendrix hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 4 Killefer hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 4 Zeider bunts for an out with unknown description. Deal moves to second.
Bottom 4 Deal hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Meusel hits a ball on the ground towards first. Merkle fields the ball, tags the runner, and throws to second to catch Luderus for the double play.
Top 4 Luderus hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Stock hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 3 Paskert hits a fly ball into right field. Cravath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal.
Bottom 3 Merkle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Flack scores. Hollocher moves to second.
Bottom 3 Mann hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Flack moves to third.
Bottom 3 Hollocher hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Flack moves to second.
Bottom 3 Flack hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Zeider scores. Killefer scores.
Bottom 3 Hendrix bunts towards the mound. Prendergast fields it and throws to first for the out. Zeider moves to third. Killefer moves to second.
Bottom 3 Killefer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Zeider moves to second.
Bottom 3 Zeider hits a ball on the ground towards first. Luderus fields the ball and throws to Prendergast covering. Safe.
Top 3 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 3 Bancroft hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zeider scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Prendergast moves to second.
Top 3 Prendergast hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Burns moves to third.
Top 3 Burns hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Hemingway hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hollocher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Deal hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Paskert hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Prendergast fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Merkle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Cravath hits a fly ball towards right. Flack catches it and throws to first to double up Luderus.
Top 2 Meusel hits a fly ball into right field. Flack settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Luderus hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Mann hits a fly ball into right field. Cravath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Hollocher hits a ball on the ground towards first. Luderus scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hollocher for the out.
Bottom 1 Flack hits a line drive into right field. Cravath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Stock hits a line drive towards short. Hollocher reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Williams 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 1 Bancroft hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hollocher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.