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July 26, 1912

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Cubs 2 4 0
Giants 2 7 2
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Cubs 2 4 0
Giants 2 7 2

Fred Merkle Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .340
OBP .333 .401
At Bats 3 259
Hits 1 88
• Singles 0 67
• Doubles 0 11
• Triples 1 5
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 0 23
RBI’s 1 53

Ed Reulbach Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
6 3 0
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Polo Grounds - July 26, 1912
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Ed Reulbach
Jimmy Archer
Vic Saier
Johnny Evers
Heinie Zimmerman
Joe Tinker
Jimmy Sheckard
Tommy Leach
Frank Schulte
Fred Merkle
 
 
Josh Devore
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Becker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Evers scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Devore moves to third.
Bottom 8 Shafer bunts towards third. Zimmerman fields it and throws to first for the out. Devore moves to second.
Bottom 8 Ed Reulbach now pitching. Devore hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 There goes Sheckard. The throw from Wilson and he is safe. That is a stolen base for Sheckard. There goes Evers. The throw and he's out.
Top 8 Tillie Shafer now playing second base. Art Wilson now catching. Sheckard hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Shafer fields it and throws to second for the out. Evers moves to third.
Top 8 Ward Miller pinch hits for Lew Richie. Miller hits a ball on the ground towards first. Merkle fields it and throws to home. Meyers drops the ball. Saier scores. Evers moves to second. That run is unearned. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 8 Archer hits a fly ball into right field. Murray settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Evers hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Saier moves to third.
Top 8 Saier hits a ball on the ground towards first. Merkle fields the ball and throws to Mathewson covering. Safe.
Bottom 7 Mathewson hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Evers catches it and throws to first to double up Fletcher.
Bottom 7 Fletcher bunts towards third. Zimmerman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Meyers hits a ball on the ground towards third. Zimmerman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Leach hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Zimmerman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Tinker hits a ball on the ground towards third. Herzog fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Herzog hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Evers scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Murray hits a fly ball into right field. Schulte settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Merkle hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Richie fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Schulte hits a popup, foul, towards first. Merkle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Sheckard hits a fly ball into right field. Murray settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Richie hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Becker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Evers fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Doyle hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Archer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Devore hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mathewson moves to second.
Bottom 5 Mathewson bunts towards third. Zimmerman fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Fletcher takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Archer strikes out.
Top 5 Meyers fires over to third and throws the ball away. That's an error on Meyers. Saier scores. Evers moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 5 Evers hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Saier moves to third.
Top 5 Saier hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Leach hits a fly ball into left field. Devore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Zimmerman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Herzog fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Meyers hits a ball on the ground towards third. Zimmerman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Herzog strikes out.
Bottom 4 Murray hits a popup towards short. Tinker settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Tinker hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Doyle reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Schulte hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Meyers settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Sheckard hits a fly ball into right field. Murray settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Merkle hits a popup towards short. Tinker settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Becker hits a fly ball into center field. Leach settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Devore tags and scores.
Bottom 3 Doyle hits a fly ball into right field. Schulte settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Devore moves to third.
Bottom 3 Devore hits a popup into left field, out of the reach of Sheckard. Devore reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Richie hits a popup towards first. Merkle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Archer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Herzog fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Evers hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Mathewson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Mathewson strikes out.
Bottom 2 The umpire calls a balk on Richie Meyers moves to second.
Bottom 2 Fletcher hits a fly ball into right field. Schulte settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Meyers hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Herzog hits a popup towards short. Tinker settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Saier hits a ball on the ground towards first. Merkle scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Saier for the out.
Top 2 Leach hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Zimmerman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Murray hits a line drive into center field. Leach settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Merkle hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Leach who is chasing the ball. Merkle reaches third base with a triple. Doyle scores.
Bottom 1 Becker hits a fly ball into right field. Schulte settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Doyle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. There goes Devore trying to get to third. Sheckard throws the ball in to Zimmerman, who tags Devore for the out. Doyle moves to second.
Bottom 1 Devore takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Tinker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Schulte hits a popup towards short. Fletcher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Sheckard hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle scoops it up and throws to first for the out.