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August 12, 1914

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

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

Fred Merkle Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.225
OBP	.000	.299
At Bats	0	302
Hits	0	68
• Singles	0	51
• Doubles	0	9
• Triples	0	5
• Home Runs	0	3
Walks	0	32
RBI’s	0	33

Slim Sallee Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
7	6	1

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Polo Grounds - August 12, 1914

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Out

Slim Sallee

Frank Snyder

Lee Dressen

Miller Huggins

Zinn Beck

Dots Miller

Cozy Dolan

Lee Magee

Chief Wilson

Fred Merkle

Count: - , 2 Outs

Count: - , 0 Outs

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 2 Fletcher hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Huggins settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Snodgrass hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Huggins scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 There goes Wilson. The throw from Meyers and he is out, Fletcher applying the tag.

Top 2 Dressen hits a fly ball into center field. Bescher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Wilson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 2 Miller hits a line drive into left field. Burns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Burns strikes out.

Bottom 1 Sallee fires to first and picks off Doyle.

Bottom 1 Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Huggins fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 1 Bescher hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Huggins fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Huggins.

Top 1 Demaree fires to first and has Dolan trapped. There's the throw to Fletcher who tags Dolan for the out.

Top 1 Dolan takes first base on ball four.

Top 1 Magee hits a ball on the ground towards first. Merkle scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Magee for the out.

Top 1 There goes Huggins. The throw from Meyers and he is out, Fletcher applying the tag.

Top 1 Huggins takes first base on ball four.

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