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September 15, 1919

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Fred Merkle Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .262
OBP .250 .312
At Bats 4 454
Hits 1 119
• Singles 1 91
• Doubles 0 20
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 0 33
RBI’s 0 56

George Smith Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 12 0
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Cubs Park - September 15, 1919
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Out
George Smith
Jack Adams
Gene Paulette
Ed Sicking
Lena Blackburne
Dave Bancroft
Bevo LeBourveau
Cy Williams
Irish Meusel
Fred Merkle
 
Charlie Hollocher
 
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Merkle hits a popup in front of the plate. Adams settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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Bottom 10 There goes Hollocher. The throw from Adams and he is safe. Hollocher steals second.
Bottom 10 George Smith now pitching. Herzog hits a popup in front of the plate. Adams settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Hollocher takes first base on ball four.
Top 10 Williams hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Barber. Williams reaches second base with a double. There goes Meadows trying to get to home. Barber throws the ball in to Hollocher who relays the ball to Killefer, who tags Meadows, who came all the way from first, for the out.
Top 10 Blackburne strikes out.
Top 10 LeBourveau hits a fly ball into left field. Barber settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Paul Carter now pitching. Charlie Deal now playing third base. Bernie Friberg now playing center field. Meadows 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.
Bottom 9 McCabe hits a fly ball towards left. LeBourveau catches it and throws to home to double up Killefer.
Bottom 9 Tom Daly pinch runs for Dave Robertson. Charlie Deal pinch hits for Hippo Vaughn. Deal hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Daly scores. Killefer moves to third. Deal moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 9 Killefer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft misplays the ball. That's an error on Bancroft. Robertson moves to second.
Bottom 9 Bernie Friberg pinch runs for Lee Magee. Dave Robertson pinch hits for Dode Paskert. Robertson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Meadows fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 9 Ed Sicking now playing second base. Gene Paulette now playing first base. Magee hits a ball on the ground towards third. Blackburne fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 9 Adams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hollocher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Killefer fires to third and picks off Paulette.
Top 9 Paulette hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Paskert who is chasing the ball. Paulette reaches third base with a triple. Meusel scores. Bancroft goes all the way around to score.
Top 9 Ed Sicking pinch runs for Fred Luderus. Bancroft hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hollocher fields it and throws to second for the out. Meusel moves to third.
Top 9 Luderus hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Meusel moves to second.
Top 9 Meusel takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Barber hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Paulette fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Merkle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft fields the ball and can't make a play. That's a base hit. There goes Hollocher trying to get to home. Bancroft throws to Adams who tags Hollocher for the out.
Bottom 8 Herzog bunts towards the mound. Meadows fields it and throws to first for the out. Hollocher moves to second.
Bottom 8 Hollocher hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Herzog scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Blackburne hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 8 LeBourveau strikes out.
Top 8 Meadows hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hollocher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 McCabe strikes out.
Bottom 7 Vaughn hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Barber scores. Killefer moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 7 Killefer takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Paskert hits a popup towards short. Bancroft settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Magee bunts towards the mound. Meadows fields it and throws to first for the out. Barber moves to second.
Bottom 7 Jack Adams now catching. Barber hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Meadows juggles the ball. That's an error on Meadows.
Top 7 Gavvy Cravath pinch hits for Walt Tragesser. Cravath strikes out.
Top 7 Paulette takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 There's a wild pitch. Luderus moves to third. Bancroft moves to second.
Top 7 Bancroft takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 There goes Meusel. The throw from Killefer and he is out, Magee applying the tag. Luderus moves to second.
Top 7 Luderus hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Meusel moves to second.
Top 7 Meusel hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Williams strikes out.
Bottom 6 Merkle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Herzog hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Meadows fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Hollocher strikes out.
Top 6 Blackburne strikes out.
Top 6 There goes LeBourveau. The throw from Killefer and he is safe. LeBourveau steals second.
Top 6 LeBourveau takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Meadows strikes out.
Top 6 Tragesser hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Killefer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 McCabe strikes out.
Bottom 5 Vaughn strikes out.
Bottom 5 Killefer hits a line drive towards short. Bancroft reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Paulette hits a popup, foul, towards first. Merkle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Bancroft hits a ball on the ground towards third. Magee fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Luderus strikes out.
Bottom 4 Paskert hits a popup towards short. Bancroft settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 There goes Magee. The throw from Tragesser and he is safe. Magee steals second.
Bottom 4 Magee hits a ball on the ground towards third. Blackburne fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Barber hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 4 Merkle strikes out.
Top 4 Meusel hits a fly ball into right field. McCabe settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Williams hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Killefer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Blackburne strikes out.
Bottom 3 Herzog strikes out.
Bottom 3 Hollocher strikes out.
Bottom 3 McCabe hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of LeBourveau. McCabe reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Vaughn strikes out.
Top 3 LeBourveau is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Meadows strikes out.
Top 3 Tragesser hits a fly ball into left field. Barber settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Killefer hits a fly ball into left field. LeBourveau settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Paskert strikes out.
Bottom 2 Magee takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Barber hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Paulette scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Paulette hits a fly ball into right field. McCabe settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Bancroft hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Herzog settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Luderus is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Merkle strikes out.
Bottom 1 Herzog hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Herzog is thrown out after the base hit. Hollocher scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 1 Hollocher bunts towards the mound. Meadows picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Meadows. Hollocher moves to second.
Bottom 1 McCabe hits a ball on the ground towards first. Luderus scoops it up and throws to first, with Meadows covering, for the out.
Top 1 Meusel hits a fly ball towards right. McCabe catches it and throws to second to double up Blackburne.
Top 1 Williams bunts towards the mound. Vaughn fields it and throws to third for the out. Blackburne moves to second.
Top 1 Blackburne bunts towards the pitcher. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. LeBourveau moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 1 LeBourveau takes first base on ball four.