Pirates @ Giants
August 6, 1912

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Bottom 9 R H E
Pirates 7 8 2
Giants 2 10 3
Bottom 9 R H E
Pirates 7 8 2
Giants 2 10 3

Fred Merkle Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .334
OBP .250 .400
At Bats 4 296
Hits 1 99
• Singles 0 75
• Doubles 1 12
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 0 7
Walks 0 28
RBI’s 0 56

Howie Camnitz Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
14 8 1
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Polo Grounds - August 6, 1912
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Out
Howie Camnitz
George Gibson
Dots Miller
Alex McCarthy
Bobby Byrne
Honus Wagner
Max Carey
Mike Donlin
Chief Wilson
Fred Merkle
Red Murray
Josh Devore
 

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Pittsburgh Pirates 7 8 2 6
New York Giants 2 10 3 12
Winning Pitcher Howie Camnitz
Losing Pitcher Jeff Tesreau
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Alex McCarthy
Attendance 10,000
Time of Game 1 hour 55 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Merkle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Byrne fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Murray hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Devore moves to second.
Bottom 9 Snodgrass hits a popup towards short. Wagner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Doyle hits a line drive into right field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Devore hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wagner fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 9 Wagner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Herzog fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Donlin hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Snodgrass who is chasing the ball. Donlin reaches third base with a triple. Gibson scores. Carey goes all the way around to score.
Top 9 Carey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Merkle fields it and throws to second for the out. Gibson moves to third.
Top 9 Byrne hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Wilson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Camnitz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Shafer misplays the ball. That's an error on Shafer. Gibson moves to second.
Top 9 Tillie Shafer now playing shortstop. Art Wilson now catching. Gibson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Crandall hits a fly ball into left field. Carey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Tillie Shafer pinch runs for Chief Meyers. Beals Becker pinch hits for Art Fletcher. Becker hits a ball on the ground towards first. Miller fields the ball and throws to Camnitz covering. Safe. Herzog moves to third. Shafer moves to second.
Bottom 8 Meyers takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Herzog hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Donlin. Herzog reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Merkle strikes out.
Bottom 8 Murray hits a popup, foul, towards third. Byrne settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 McCarthy hits a popup towards third. Herzog settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Wilson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Carey scores. Wagner moves to third.
Top 8 Miller hits a popup towards short. Fletcher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Wagner takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Donlin bunts towards the mound. Crandall fields it and throws to first for the out. Carey moves to second.
Top 8 Carey takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Snodgrass hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Gibson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Doyle hits a fly ball into right field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Devore takes first base on ball four. Fletcher moves to second.
Bottom 7 Crandall hits a fly ball into center field. Donlin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wagner fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 There goes Byrne. The throw from Meyers and he is out, Doyle applying the tag.
Top 7 Byrne hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Camnitz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Gibson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Meyers hits a line drive towards first. Miller catches it and throws to second to double up Merkle.
Bottom 6 Herzog strikes out.
Bottom 6 Merkle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Byrne fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Byrne. Merkle moves to second.
Top 6 McCarthy strikes out.
Top 6 Wilson 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 6 Miller hits a ball on the ground towards third. Herzog fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Murray hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McCarthy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 There goes Doyle. The throw from Gibson and he is safe. Doyle steals second.
Bottom 5 Snodgrass hits a popup, foul, towards short. Wagner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Doyle takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Devore hits a ball on the ground towards first. Miller scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Devore for the out.
Top 5 Wagner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Donlin hits a popup, foul, towards third. Herzog settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Doc Crandall now pitching. Carey strikes out.
Bottom 4 Moose McCormick pinch hits for Jeff Tesreau. McCormick strikes out. There goes Meyers. The throw from Gibson and Meyers is out.
Bottom 4 Fletcher hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Meyers moves to second.
Bottom 4 Meyers hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Herzog hits a fly ball into right field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Merkle tags and scores.
Bottom 4 Merkle hits a fly ball into left field. That will be extra bases. Carey picks up the ball and throws it away. That's a double and an error on Carey. Merkle moves to third.
Top 4 Byrne hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Camnitz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. McCarthy scores. That run is unearned.
Top 4 Gibson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Tesreau fields it and throws to first for the out. McCarthy moves to third.
Top 4 McCarthy hits a ball on the ground towards first. Merkle fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Merkle. McCarthy moves to second.
Top 4 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Herzog fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Murray strikes out.
Bottom 3 Snodgrass takes first base on ball four. Devore moves to third. Doyle moves to second.
Bottom 3 Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wagner fields it and throws to home to get Tesreau. Devore moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 3 Devore takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Tesreau hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Wilson who is chasing the ball. Tesreau reaches third base with a triple. Fletcher goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 3 Fletcher takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Meyers strikes out.
Top 3 Miller hits a line drive into right field. Murray settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 There goes Wagner. The throw from Meyers and he is safe. Wagner steals second.
Top 3 Wagner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Donlin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Carey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Camnitz fires to first and picks off Herzog.
Bottom 2 Herzog is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 2 Merkle hits a line drive into left field. Carey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Murray hits a popup, foul, towards short. Wagner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Byrne hits a ball on the ground towards second. Doyle scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 2 Camnitz hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. McCarthy scores. Gibson moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 2 Gibson hits a ball on the ground towards the catcher. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. McCarthy moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 2 McCarthy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Miller scores. Wilson scores. McCarthy moves to second. Two runs are unearned.
Top 2 Wilson hits a fly ball towards left. Devore settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Devore. Miller moves to third. Wilson moves to second.
Top 2 Miller hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Doyle fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 2 Wagner takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Snodgrass hits a popup towards short. Wagner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Doyle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Donlin throws the ball in to McCarthy who tags Doyle trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Bottom 1 Devore hits a line drive into center field. Donlin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Donlin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Carey bunts towards the mound. Tesreau fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Byrne hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.