Giants @ Reds
August 21, 1914

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Top 9 R H E
Giants 2 6 1
Reds 3 7 2
Top 9 R H E
Giants 2 6 1
Reds 3 7 2

Fred Merkle Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .222
OBP .333 .294
At Bats 3 329
Hits 1 73
• Singles 1 54
• Doubles 0 10
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 0 4
Walks 0 34
RBI’s 0 34

Rube Benton Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
6 7 1
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Crosley Field - August 21, 1914
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Out
Rube Benton
Mike Gonzalez
Bill Kellogg
Heinie Groh
Bert Niehoff
Buck Herzog
George Twombly
Herbie Moran
Bert Daniels
Fred Merkle
 
 
 

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Giants 2 6 1 4
Cincinnati Reds 3 7 2 4
Winning Pitcher Rube Benton
Losing Pitcher Christy Mathewson
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI George Twombly
Attendance
Time of Game 1 hour 51 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Fletcher hits a fly ball into left field. Twombly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Snodgrass hits a fly ball into right field. Daniels settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Niehoff hits a ball on the ground towards third. Stock fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Twombly hits a fly ball into right field. Burns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Herzog strikes out.
Top 8 Burns hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Groh scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Doyle hits a fly ball into right field. Daniels settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Bert Niehoff now playing third base. Bescher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Herzog scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Demaree fires to first and has Moran trapped. There's the throw to Fletcher who tags Moran for the out.
Bottom 7 Moran takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Benton hits a fly ball into left field. Snodgrass settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Al Demaree now pitching. Chief Meyers now catching. Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Stock fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Chief Meyers pinch hits for Christy Mathewson. Meyers hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Groh scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Sandy Piez pinch runs for Larry McLean. Stock hits a fly ball into center field. Moran settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 McLean hits a ball on the ground towards third. Von Kolnitz fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Von Kolnitz. McLean moves to second.
Top 7 Merkle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Von Kolnitz fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Kellogg hits a popup, foul, towards first. Merkle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Daniels hits a ball on the ground towards third. Stock fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Groh hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Herzog scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Snodgrass hits a ball on the ground towards third. Von Kolnitz fields it and throws to first for the out. Bescher moves to third. Burns moves to second.
Top 6 Burns takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 The umpire calls a balk on Benton Bescher moves to second.
Top 6 Doyle hits a fly ball into left field. Twombly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bescher hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Von Kolnitz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Stock fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Twombly hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Herzog hits a ball on the ground towards third. Stock fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Mathewson strikes out.
Top 5 There goes Stock. The throw from Gonzalez and he is out, Herzog applying the tag.
Top 5 Stock takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 McLean strikes out.
Bottom 4 Moran hits a fly ball into left field. Snodgrass settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Benton strikes out.
Bottom 4 Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play.
Bottom 4 Kellogg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Merkle strikes out.
Top 4 There goes Fletcher. The throw from Gonzalez and he is out, Groh applying the tag.
Top 4 Fletcher hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Snodgrass hits a popup towards short. Herzog settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Daniels strikes out.
Bottom 3 Groh hits a ball on the ground towards third. Stock fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Von Kolnitz hits a fly ball into right field. Burns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 There goes Burns. The throw from Gonzalez and he is out, Herzog applying the tag.
Top 3 Burns hits a ball on the ground towards third. Von Kolnitz fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Doyle hits a popup towards short. Herzog settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Bescher hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Groh fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Twombly hits a fly ball into right field. Burns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Herzog hits a line drive into center field. Bescher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Moran hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gonzalez moves to second.
Bottom 2 Benton strikes out.
Bottom 2 Gonzalez bunts towards the mound. Mathewson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 2 Mathewson hits a fly ball into left field. Twombly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal.
Top 2 There goes Merkle. The throw from Gonzalez and he is safe. Merkle steals third.
Top 2 Stock strikes out.
Top 2 McLean takes first base on ball four. Merkle moves to second.
Top 2 Merkle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Fletcher hits a line drive into left field. That will be extra bases. Twombly fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Twombly. Twombly throws the ball in to Von Kolnitz who tags Fletcher trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Snodgrass goes all the way around to score. That run is unearned.
Top 2 Snodgrass hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Kellogg strikes out. McLean drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Kellogg out.
Bottom 1 There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal.
Bottom 1 Daniels hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Groh moves to third.
Bottom 1 There goes Groh. The throw from McLean and he is safe. Groh steals second.
Bottom 1 Groh hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Twombly scores.
Bottom 1 Von Kolnitz hits a fly ball into center field. Bescher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Twombly hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Bescher, who is chasing the ball. Twombly reaches third base with a triple. Herzog goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 1 Herzog hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Moran bunts in front of the plate. McLean fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Burns hits a fly ball into right field. Daniels settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 There goes Bescher. The throw from Gonzalez and he is out, Herzog applying the tag.
Top 1 Doyle hits a fly ball into right field. Daniels settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Bescher takes first base on ball four.