Braves @ Giants
October 3, 1914

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Bottom 9 R H E
Braves 4 15 4
Giants 1 7 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Braves 4 15 4
Giants 1 7 0

Fred Merkle Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .245
OBP .667 .315
At Bats 3 473
Hits 2 116
• Singles 1 82
• Doubles 1 21
• Triples 0 6
• Home Runs 0 7
Walks 0 48
RBI’s 0 50

Otto Hess Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 4 0
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Polo Grounds - October 3, 1914
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Out
Otto Hess
Fred Tyler
Possum Whitted
Oscar Dugey
Red Smith
Rabbit Maranville
Les Mann
Josh Devore
Ted Cather
Fred Merkle
Milt Stock
Fred Snodgrass
Art Fletcher

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Boston Braves 4 15 4 9
New York Giants 1 7 0 6
Winning Pitcher Otto Hess
Losing Pitcher Art Fromme
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Red Smith
Attendance 15,000
Time of Game 1 hour 50 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Stock takes first base on ball four. Fletcher moves to third. Snodgrass moves to second.
Bottom 9 Snodgrass hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maranville has Burns trapped. There's the throw to Tyler and over to Smith, who tags Burns for the out. Fletcher moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 9 Fletcher hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Burns moves to third.
Bottom 9 Burns hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maranville fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 9 Les Mann now playing left field. Ted Cather now playing right field. Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards first. Whitted scoops it up and throws to first, with Hess covering, for the out.
Top 9 Whitted hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Ted Cather pinch hits for Joe Connolly. Cather hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Snodgrass. Cather reaches second base with a double. Hess scores. Dugey scores.
Top 9 Dugey hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Burns. Dugey reaches second base with a double. Hess moves to third.
Top 9 Les Mann pinch hits for Herbie Moran. Mann hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Hess hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Ferdie Schupp now pitching. Harry Smith now catching. Tyler strikes out.
Bottom 8 Bescher hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hess fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 8 Red Murray pinch hits for Art Fromme. Sandy Piez pinch runs for Elmer Johnson. Murray hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Merkle scores. Piez moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 8 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dugey misplays the ball. That's an error on Dugey. Merkle moves to third.
Bottom 8 Merkle hits a line drive into center field. Devore picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Devore. Merkle moves to second.
Bottom 8 Stock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maranville scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Maranville hits a fly ball into left field. Bescher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Smith takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Devore hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Connolly moves to third. Devore moves to second.
Top 8 Whitted hits a fly ball into left field. Bescher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Connolly hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Dugey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Snodgrass hits a fly ball into center field. Devore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dugey scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Burns moves to second.
Bottom 7 Burns hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maranville fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Doyle hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Moran hits a fly ball into center field. Snodgrass settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Hess hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Tyler hits a line drive towards first. Merkle reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Maranville 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 Bescher hits a ball on the ground towards first. Whitted scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bescher for the out.
Bottom 6 Fromme hits a ball on the ground for a double play.
Bottom 6 Johnson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Hess spins and fires to second and throws the ball away. That's an error on Hess. Merkle moves to third.
Bottom 6 Merkle hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Devore. Merkle reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards third. Stock fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Devore hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Snodgrass. Devore reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Whitted hits a line drive towards short. Fletcher reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Milt Stock now playing third base. Connolly hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Burns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 There goes Fletcher. The throw from Tyler and he is out, Dugey applying the tag.
Bottom 5 Milt Stock pinch hits for Eddie Grant. Stock hits a fly ball into center field. Devore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Snodgrass hits a fly ball into center field. Devore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dugey misplays the ball. That's an error on Dugey.
Top 5 There goes Dugey. The throw from Johnson and he is out, Doyle applying the tag.
Top 5 Dugey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Grant fields it and throws to second for the out. Hess moves to third.
Top 5 Moran hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hess moves to second.
Top 5 Hess hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Tyler hits a ball on the ground towards third. Grant fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Burns hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hess fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Doyle hits a line drive towards short. Maranville catches it and throws to first to double up Bescher.
Bottom 4 Otto Hess now pitching. Bescher hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Maranville hits a ball on the ground towards third. Grant fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Whitted scores. There goes Smith trying to get to third. Merkle throws to Grant who tags Smith for the out.
Top 4 There goes Whitted. The throw from Johnson and he is safe. Whitted steals third.
Top 4 Smith hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Connolly scores. Whitted moves to second.
Top 4 Devore strikes out.
Top 4 Whitted hits a ball on the ground towards third. Grant fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Connolly moves to second.
Top 4 Connolly takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Dugey hits a popup towards first. Merkle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Fromme hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dugey scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Merkle hits a popup towards short. Maranville settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Moran hits a ball on the ground towards third. Grant fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 James hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Tyler strikes out.
Bottom 2 Grant hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maranville scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Snodgrass hits a fly ball into left field. Connolly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Fletcher strikes out.
Top 2 Maranville hits a ball on the ground for a double play.
Top 2 Smith hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Snodgrass. Smith reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Elmer Johnson now catching. Devore hits a ball on the ground towards first. Merkle scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Devore for the out.
Bottom 1 Burns hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dugey scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Bescher hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dugey scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Whitted strikes out.
Top 1 There goes Dugey. The throw from Meyers and he is safe. Dugey steals second.
Top 1 Connolly hits a popup towards short. Fletcher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Dugey hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Moran hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle scoops it up and throws to first for the out.