Cubs @ Giants
July 27, 1912

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Bottom 9 R H E
Cubs 7 13 1
Giants 6 9 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Cubs 7 13 1
Giants 6 9 1

Fred Merkle Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .342
OBP .750 .404
At Bats 3 263
Hits 2 90
• Singles 2 69
• Doubles 0 11
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 1 24
RBI’s 0 53

Ed Reulbach Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
7 3 0
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Polo Grounds - July 27, 1912
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Strikeout
Ed Reulbach
Jimmy Archer
Vic Saier
Johnny Evers
Heinie Zimmerman
Joe Tinker
Jimmy Sheckard
Tommy Leach
Frank Schulte
Fred Merkle
 
 
 

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago Cubs 7 13 1 9
New York Giants 6 9 1 7
Winning Pitcher Jimmy Lavender
Losing Pitcher Rube Marquard
Save Ed Reulbach
Game Winning RBI Johnny Evers
Attendance 30,000
Time of Game 2 hours 15 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Merkle strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Becker hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Reulbach fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Doyle hits a popup towards short. Tinker settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Evers strikes out.
Top 9 Saier hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ames spins to throw to second. Safe. The throw to home, and Zimmerman is out. Leach moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 9 Leach hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Zimmerman moves to third. Leach moves to second.
Top 9 Zimmerman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Red Ames now pitching. Tinker hits a ball on the ground towards third. Herzog fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Fred Snodgrass pinch runs for Moose McCormick. Devore strikes out.
Bottom 8 Moose McCormick pinch hits for Hooks Wiltse. McCormick hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Sheckard. McCormick reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards third. Zimmerman fields it and throws to first for the out. Herzog scores.
Bottom 8 Ed Reulbach now pitching. Meyers hits a fly ball into left field. Sheckard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Murray tags and scores. Herzog tags and moves to third.
Bottom 8 Herzog hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Sheckard. Herzog reaches second base with a double. Becker scores. Merkle scores. Murray moves to third.
Bottom 8 Murray takes first base on ball four. Merkle moves to second.
Bottom 8 Merkle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Becker moves to third.
Bottom 8 Becker hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Leach. Becker reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Schulte strikes out.
Top 8 The ball gets by Meyers for a passed ball. Sheckard moves to second.
Top 8 Sheckard hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Doyle fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. Evers moves to third.
Top 8 Lavender hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Evers moves to second.
Top 8 Archer hits a line drive towards short. Fletcher reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Hooks Wiltse now pitching. Evers hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lavender fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Devore hits a fly ball into left field. Sheckard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Tillie Shafer pinch hits for Rube Marquard. Shafer hits a fly ball into right field. Schulte settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Fletcher bunts towards third. Zimmerman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 Saier hits a ball on the ground for a double play.
Top 7 Leach hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Zimmerman scores.
Top 7 Zimmerman hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Devore. Zimmerman reaches second base with a double. Schulte scores.
Top 7 Tinker bunts towards first. Merkle scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Tinker for the out. Schulte moves to second.
Top 7 Schulte hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Meyers hits a ball on the ground towards the mound, deflecting off of Lavender's glove, towards the right side of the infield. Evers fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Herzog hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tinker fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Murray hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tinker fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Merkle takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Sheckard hits a fly ball into right field. Murray settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Lavender hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Meyers settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Archer hits a fly ball into center field. Becker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Evers tags and scores.
Top 6 Evers hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Murray who is chasing the ball. Evers reaches third base with a triple. Leach scores. Saier goes all the way around to score.
Top 6 Saier bunts and there's an error on the play. Leach moves to third.
Top 6 Leach hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Devore. Leach reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 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.
Bottom 5 Doyle is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 5 Devore hits a fly ball into center field. Leach settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Marquard bunts towards the right side of the infield. Evers scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Fletcher moves to second.
Bottom 5 Fletcher hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Zimmerman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Herzog fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Tinker strikes out.
Top 5 Schulte hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Sheckard strikes out.
Bottom 4 Meyers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tinker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 There's a wild pitch. Murray scores.
Bottom 4 Herzog is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Murray hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Sheckard who is chasing the ball. Murray reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 4 Merkle hits a popup, foul, towards third. Zimmerman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Lavender strikes out.
Top 4 Archer hits a line drive towards first. Merkle reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Evers hits a fly ball into left field. Devore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Becker hits a popup towards short. Tinker settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Doyle hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Archer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Devore hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tinker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 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 3 Leach takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 There goes Zimmerman. The throw from Meyers and he is safe. Zimmerman steals second.
Top 3 Zimmerman takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Tinker hits a fly ball into left field. Devore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Schulte hits a popup, foul, towards first. Merkle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Marquard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tinker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lavender fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Meyers hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Evers misplays the ball. That's an error on Evers.
Top 2 Sheckard hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Doyle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Lavender hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Archer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Marquard fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Herzog hits a ball on the ground towards first. Saier scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Herzog for the out.
Bottom 1 Murray hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tinker fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Doyle scores. Merkle moves to second.
Bottom 1 Merkle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tinker fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Doyle moves to third.
Bottom 1 Becker hits a line drive into right field. Schulte settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Doyle moves to second.
Bottom 1 Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Evers fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Devore takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Evers strikes out.
Top 1 Saier strikes out.
Top 1 Leach hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Murray. Leach reaches second base with a double. Sheckard scores. Schulte scores. Zimmerman moves to third.
Top 1 Zimmerman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Herzog fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Sheckard moves to third. Schulte moves to second.
Top 1 Tinker hits a popup, foul, towards first. Merkle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Schulte takes first base on ball four. Sheckard moves to second.
Top 1 Sheckard hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.