Braves @ Giants
April 29, 1915

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

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

Fred Merkle Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.333
OBP	.000	.405
At Bats	0	36
Hits	0	12
• Singles	0	11
• Doubles	0	1
• Triples	0	0
• Home Runs	0	0
Walks	0	5
RBI’s	0	5

Bill James Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
0	0	0

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Polo Grounds - April 29, 1915

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Strikeout

Bill James

Hank Gowdy

Butch Schmidt

Ed Fitzpatrick

Red Smith

Rabbit Maranville

Ted Cather

Sherry Magee

Herbie Moran

Fred Merkle

George Burns

Hans Lobert

Count: - , 2 Outs

Count: - , 0 Outs

Merkle strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 1 There goes Burns. The throw from Gowdy and he is safe. Burns steals second.

Bottom 1 Burns hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. James fields it and throws to home to get Doyle. Lobert moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.

Bottom 1 Fletcher bunts towards the mound. James fields it and throws to first for the out. Doyle moves to third. Lobert moves to second.

Bottom 1 Lobert hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Murray scores. Doyle moves to second.

Bottom 1 Doyle is hit by the pitch.

Bottom 1 Murray hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Magee who is chasing the ball. Murray reaches third base with a triple.

Top 1 Schmidt 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 1 Magee hits a popup towards first. Merkle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Cather hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is bouncing around. Murray is chasing the ball. Cather rounds third and comes all way home with an inside-the-park two run home run..

Top 1 Cather hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. Meyers settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Meyers.

Top 1 Fitzpatrick strikes out.

Top 1 Moran hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Murray who is chasing the ball. Moran reaches third base with a triple.

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