Reds @ Giants
August 3, 1914

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Bottom 2	R	H	E
Reds	0	1	0
Giants	0	1	0

Bottom 2	R	H	E
Reds	0	1	0
Giants	1	2	0

Fred Merkle Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.235
OBP	.000	.308
At Bats	0	272
Hits	0	64
• Singles	0	49
• Doubles	0	8
• Triples	0	4
• Home Runs	0	3
Walks	0	29
RBI’s	0	29

Rube Benton Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
5	6	1

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Polo Grounds - August 3, 1914

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Triple

Rube Benton

Tommy Clarke

Fritz Mollwitz

Heinie Groh

Bert Niehoff

Buck Herzog

George Twombly

Herbie Moran

Bert Daniels

Fred Merkle

Art Fletcher

Count: - , 1 Out

Count: - , 1 Out

Merkle hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Daniels who is chasing the ball. Merkle reaches third base with a triple. Fletcher goes all the way around to score.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 2 Fletcher hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Bottom 2 Snodgrass hits a ball on the ground towards short. Herzog scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 Moran hits a ball on the ground towards first. Merkle fields it, tags the runner, and races towards first, beating Moran, for the double play.

Top 2 Groh hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.

Top 2 Niehoff hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Meyers settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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

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

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

Top 1 Twombly hits a fly ball into right field. Snodgrass settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Herzog hits a popup towards the mound. Mathewson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Daniels hits a fly ball into right field. Snodgrass settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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