Pirates @ Cubs
September 1, 1918

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

Fred Merkle Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .305
OBP .000 .355
At Bats 3 466
Hits 0 142
• Singles 0 109
• Doubles 0 25
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 0 35
RBI’s 0 70

Ralph Comstock Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 6 2
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Cubs Park - September 1, 1918
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Single
Ralph Comstock
Walter Schmidt
Fritz Mollwitz
George Cutshaw
Bill McKechnie
Luke Boone
Tommy Leach
Max Carey
Billy Southworth
Fred Merkle
 
Les Mann
Charlie Hollocher
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Merkle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hollocher scores. Mann scores.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Paskert hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mollwitz scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Paskert for the out. Mann moves to second.
Bottom 8 Mann bunts towards the mound. Comstock fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Hollocher moves to third.
Bottom 8 Ralph Comstock now pitching. Hollocher hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Southworth. Hollocher reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Leach hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Pick scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Red Smith pinch hits for Carmen Hill. Smith hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Tyler fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Schmidt hits a fly ball into center field. Paskert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Flack hits a fly ball into center field. Carey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Tyler hits a popup, foul, towards third. McKechnie settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 O'Farrell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Deal scores.
Bottom 7 Deal hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Carey, who is chasing the ball. Deal reaches third base with a triple. Pick scores.
Bottom 7 There goes Pick. The throw from Schmidt and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Bottom 7 Pick takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Merkle strikes out.
Top 7 McKechnie hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hollocher fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Mollwitz hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Cutshaw hits a fly ball into right field. Flack settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Southworth hits a fly ball into left field. Mann settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Paskert hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cutshaw scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Mann hits a popup towards first. Mollwitz settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Hollocher hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hill fields it and throws to first for the out. Flack moves to second.
Bottom 6 Flack takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Carey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Deal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Boone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hollocher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Bob O'Farrell now catching. Leach hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hollocher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Tyler hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hill fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Killefer hits a fly ball into center field. Carey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Deal hits a fly ball into left field. Leach settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Hill strikes out.
Top 5 Schmidt hits a ball on the ground towards third. Deal fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Deal. Schmidt moves to second.
Top 5 McKechnie hits a fly ball into center field. Paskert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Lefty Tyler now pitching. Mollwitz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Pick scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Pick hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cutshaw scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Merkle hits a fly ball into center field. Carey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Paskert takes first base on ball four. Hollocher moves to second.
Bottom 4 Mann hits a fly ball into center field. Carey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Hollocher takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 There goes Cutshaw. The throw from Killefer and he is out, Hollocher applying the tag.
Top 4 Cutshaw hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Pick fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Southworth hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Pick misplays the ball. That's an error on Pick.
Top 4 Carey hits a popup towards short. Hollocher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Flack hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Schmidt settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Vaughn hits a fly ball into left field. Leach settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Killefer bunts towards the mound. Hill fields it and throws to first for the out. Deal moves to second.
Bottom 3 Deal hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boone misplays the ball. That's an error on Boone.
Top 3 Boone hits a fly ball into center field. Paskert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Leach hits a fly ball into center field. Paskert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Hill takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Schmidt hits a ball on the ground towards third. Deal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 There goes Pick. The throw from Schmidt and he is out, Cutshaw applying the tag.
Bottom 2 Pick takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Merkle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boone scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Paskert hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boone scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 McKechnie hits a fly ball into left field. Mann settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Mollwitz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Merkle scoops it up and throws to first, with Pick covering, for the out.
Top 2 Cutshaw hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Paskert who is chasing the ball. Cutshaw reaches third base with a triple.
Top 2 Southworth hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Pick scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Mann hits a popup, foul, towards short. Boone settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Hollocher hits a popup towards third. McKechnie settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Flack hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hill fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Carey strikes out.
Top 1 Boone hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Killefer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 There goes Leach. The throw from Killefer and he is out, Hollocher applying the tag.
Top 1 Leach hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hollocher misplays the ball. That's an error on Hollocher.