Cubs @ Giants
September 22, 1914

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Bottom 9 R H E
Cubs 5 10 1
Giants 0 3 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Cubs 5 10 1
Giants 0 3 1

Fred Merkle Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .240
OBP .333 .312
At Bats 3 429
Hits 1 103
• Singles 1 71
• Doubles 0 19
• Triples 0 6
• Home Runs 0 7
Walks 0 45
RBI’s 0 45

Larry Cheney Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
17 12 6
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Polo Grounds - September 22, 1914
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Out
Larry Cheney
Jimmy Archer
Vic Saier
Heinie Zimmerman
Art Bues
Red Corriden
Frank Schulte
Tommy Leach
Wilbur Good
Fred Merkle
 
 
 

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago Cubs 5 10 1 4
New York Giants 0 3 1 7
Winning Pitcher Larry Cheney
Losing Pitcher Christy Mathewson
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Wilbur Good
Attendance 22,000
Time of Game 1 hour 35 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Grant hits a popup, foul, towards third. Bues settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Robertson strikes out.
Top 9 Cheney is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Archer hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. McLean settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Corriden hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Fletcher hits a fly ball into left field. Schulte settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Burns hits a ball on the ground towards short. Corriden fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Doyle hits a popup towards short. Corriden settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Snodgrass takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Bues hits a line drive into center field. Snodgrass settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Schulte hits a ball on the ground towards first. Merkle fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play.
Top 8 Marty O'Toole now pitching. Zimmerman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Bob Bescher pinch hits for Christy Mathewson. Bescher hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zimmerman fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 McLean hits a fly ball towards center. Leach settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Leach. Merkle moves to second.
Bottom 7 Merkle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Grant hits a fly ball into center field. Leach settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Robertson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bues fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 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 7 Good hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Leach strikes out.
Bottom 6 Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Corriden scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 There goes Burns. The throw from Archer and he is safe. Burns steals second.
Bottom 6 Burns hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Doyle strikes out.
Bottom 6 Snodgrass hits a fly ball into left field. Schulte settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Larry McLean now catching. Cheney strikes out.
Top 6 Archer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Corriden moves to third.
Top 6 Corriden hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Robertson. Corriden reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Bues hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Mathewson strikes out.
Bottom 5 Meyers hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bues fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 Merkle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bues fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Grant strikes out.
Top 5 Schulte 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 5 Zimmerman hits a popup towards short. Fletcher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Saier hits a line drive into right field. Robertson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Robertson is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Fletcher hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Archer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Burns hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zimmerman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Good hits a fly ball into right field. Robertson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Leach hits a ball on the ground towards first. Merkle scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Leach for the out. Cheney moves to second.
Top 4 Cheney hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Archer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Merkle scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Archer for the out.
Bottom 3 Doyle hits a fly ball into center field. Leach settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Snodgrass hits a ball on the ground towards short. Corriden fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Mathewson strikes out.
Bottom 3 Meyers is hit by the pitch.
Top 3 Corriden hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 3 Bues hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Burns. Bues reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Schulte is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Zimmerman hits a fly ball into center field. Snodgrass settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Merkle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bues fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Grant hits a ball on the ground towards short. Corriden scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Robertson strikes out.
Top 2 Saier hits a fly ball into right field. Robertson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Good hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Leach hits a fly ball into left field. Burns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Cheney hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Fletcher hits a fly ball into center field. Leach settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Burns strikes out.
Bottom 1 Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zimmerman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Snodgrass moves to third.
Bottom 1 Snodgrass takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Archer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Mathewson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Corriden strikes out.
Top 1 There's a wild pitch. Bues goes all the way around to score. That run is unearned.
Top 1 Bues hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Saier scores. Zimmerman scores.
Top 1 Schulte hits a fly ball into center field. Snodgrass settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Zimmerman hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Burns. Zimmerman reaches second base with a double. Good scores. Saier moves to third.
Top 1 Saier hits a ball on the ground towards first. Merkle fields the ball and throws to Mathewson covering. Safe.
Top 1 Good hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Snodgrass, who is chasing the ball. Good reaches third base with a triple. Leach goes all the way around to score.
Top 1 Leach hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.