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April 20, 1912

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Bottom 9	R	H	E
Dodgers	3	5	1
Giants	2	8	5

Bottom 9	R	H	E
Dodgers	3	5	1
Giants	4	9	5

Art Wilson Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.000
OBP	.000	.000
At Bats	0	2
Hits	0	0
• Singles	0	0
• Doubles	0	0
• Triples	0	0
• Home Runs	0	0
Walks	0	0
RBI’s	0	0

Nap Rucker Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
1	2	0

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Polo Grounds - April 20, 1912

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Home Run

Nap Rucker

Tex Erwin

Jake Daubert

Red Downs

Red Smith

Dolly Stark

Jud Daley

Hub Northen

Herbie Moran

Art Wilson

Heinie Groh

Final Stats

	Runs	Hits	Errors	LOB
Brooklyn Dodgers	3	5	1	9
New York Giants	4	9	5	6
Winning Pitcher	Jeff Tesreau
Losing Pitcher	Nap Rucker
Save	Rube Marquard
Game Winning RBI	Art Wilson
Attendance	17,000
Time of Game	2 hours 10 minutes

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Count: - , 1 Out

End of Game

Wilson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 9 Groh hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 9 Nap Rucker now pitching. Herzog hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 9 Smith hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Shafer catches it and throws to second with Groh covering, to double up Daubert.

Top 9 Daubert hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Marquard fields it and throws to home. Wilson drops the ball. Erwin scores. Phelps scores. Daubert moves to second. Two runs are unearned. Score that a fielder's choice.

Top 9 Rube Marquard now pitching. Moran bunts towards the mound. Marquard fields it and throws to first for the out. Erwin moves to third. Phelps moves to second.

Top 9 Ed Phelps pinch hits for Eddie Stack. Phelps hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Stark scores. Erwin moves to second.

Top 9 Art Wilson now catching. Erwin takes first base on ball four. Stark moves to second.

Top 9 Stark takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 8 Merkle strikes out.

Bottom 8 There goes Snodgrass. The throw from Erwin and he is safe. Snodgrass steals second.

Bottom 8 Murray hits a popup towards third. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Snodgrass hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 8 Shafer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 8 Downs hits a fly ball into right field. Murray settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Daley takes first base on ball four. Smith moves to second.

Top 8 Northen strikes out.

Top 8 Smith takes first base on ball four.

Top 8 Daubert hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Shafer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 7 There goes Devore. The throw from Erwin and he is out, Stark applying the tag.

Bottom 7 Devore takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 7 Tesreau hits a fly ball into center field. Northen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Meyers hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 7 Moran hits a popup, foul, towards third. Herzog settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Stack strikes out. There goes Stark. Here's the throw, and he's safe.

Top 7 Erwin hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Shafer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Stark hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 6 Groh hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stack fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 6 Herzog hits a ball on the ground towards first. Daubert scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Herzog for the out.

Bottom 6 Merkle hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stack fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 6 Downs hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groh scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.

Top 6 Daley hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Smith moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.

Top 6 Northen strikes out.

Top 6 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groh fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Bottom 5 Murray hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 5 Snodgrass hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stack fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 5 Shafer strikes out.

Top 5 Daubert strikes out.

Top 5 Moran hits a fly ball into left field. Devore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Stack strikes out.

Bottom 4 Devore hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 4 Tesreau hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stack fields it and throws to first for the out. Groh moves to third. Meyers moves to second.

Bottom 4 Meyers hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Merkle scores. Groh moves to second.

Bottom 4 Groh hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Merkle moves to third.

Bottom 4 Herzog hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out. Merkle moves to second.

Bottom 4 Merkle takes first base on ball four.

Top 4 Erwin strikes out.

Top 4 Stark hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Meyers settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Downs hits a fly ball into right field. Murray catches it for the out, and throws it away. That's an error on Murray. Daley moves to third.

Top 4 Daley hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Devore. Daley reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 3 Murray hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 3 Snodgrass strikes out.

Bottom 3 There goes Shafer. The throw from Erwin and he is safe. Shafer steals third.

Bottom 3 There goes Shafer. The throw from Erwin and he is safe. Shafer steals second.

Bottom 3 Shafer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Daubert fields the ball and throws to Stack covering. Safe.

Bottom 3 Devore hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 3 Northen hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Meyers settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Smith hits a popup towards short. Groh settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Daubert takes first base on ball four.

Top 3 Moran strikes out.

Bottom 2 Tesreau hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Erwin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Meyers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stark fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Herzog scores. There goes Groh trying to get to third. Daley throws the ball in to Smith, who tags Groh for the out. Meyers moves to second. That run is unearned.

Bottom 2 Groh hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stark fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Herzog moves to third.

Bottom 2 There goes Herzog. The throw from Erwin, and Downs drops the ball. That's a stolen base and an error.

Bottom 2 Herzog hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 2 Merkle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 Stack hits a popup, foul, towards third. Herzog settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Erwin strikes out.

Top 2 Stark bunts towards the mound. Tesreau fields it and throws to first for the out. Downs moves to second.

Top 2 Downs hits a fly ball towards center. Snodgrass settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Snodgrass.

Bottom 1 Murray hits a fly ball into right field. Moran settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Snodgrass is hit by the pitch.

Bottom 1 Shafer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stack fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Devore hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 1 Daley is called out on strikes.

Top 1 There goes Northen. The throw from Meyers and he is safe. Northen steals second.

Top 1 That's a pickoff.

Top 1 Northen takes first base on ball four.

Top 1 Smith is called out on strikes.

Top 1 Daubert hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Shafer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Moran moves to third.

Top 1 Moran hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Devore. Moran reaches second base with a double.

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