Phillies @ Giants
September 1, 1915

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Bottom 8 R H E
Phillies 5 7 1
Giants 5 8 3
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Phillies 5 7 1
Giants 5 8 3

Fred Merkle Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .295
OBP .333 .344
At Bats 3 366
Hits 1 108
• Singles 0 90
• Doubles 1 17
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 30
RBI’s 0 49

Erskine Mayer Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
17 12 2
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Polo Grounds - September 1, 1915
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Walk
Erskine Mayer
Ed Burns
Fred Luderus
Bert Niehoff
Milt Stock
Dave Bancroft
Dode Paskert
Possum Whitted
Beals Becker
Fred Merkle
 
Larry Doyle
Dave Robertson
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Erskine Mayer now pitching. Merkle takes first base on ball four.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Doyle hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Whitted. Doyle reaches second base with a double. Grant scores. Robertson moves to third.
Bottom 8 Beals Becker now playing right field. Robertson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Thorpe scores. Burns scores. Grant moves to second.
Bottom 8 Grant takes first base on ball four. Thorpe moves to third. Burns moves to second.
Bottom 8 Burns hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Thorpe moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 8 Thorpe bunts towards the mound. McQuillan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 8 Schang hits a fly ball into left field. Paskert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Niehoff hits a fly ball into right field. Robertson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 There goes Whitted. The throw from Schang and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. Luderus scores. Whitted goes all the way around to score. Two runs are unearned.
Top 8 Whitted hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Luderus moves to third.
Top 8 Luderus hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Thorpe. Luderus reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Cravath strikes out.
Top 8 Paskert hits a ball on the ground towards third. Grant fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Ritter strikes out.
Bottom 7 Fletcher hits a fly ball into left field. Paskert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Merkle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Stock fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Bancroft hits a ball on the ground towards third. Grant fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Stock hits a popup towards first. Merkle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 McQuillan hits a popup towards short. Fletcher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Doyle hits a fly ball into left field. Paskert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Robertson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Luderus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Grant hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McQuillan fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Burns hits a fly ball into left field. Burns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Niehoff strikes out.
Top 6 Whitted strikes out.
Bottom 5 There goes Burns. The throw from Burns and he is out, Niehoff applying the tag.
Bottom 5 Burns hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Fletcher scores. Thorpe scores.
Bottom 5 Thorpe hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Whitted. Thorpe reaches second base with a double. Fletcher moves to third.
Bottom 5 Schang hits a popup towards short. Bancroft settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Ritter hits a popup in front of the plate. Burns settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Fletcher hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Luderus hits a fly ball into right field. Robertson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Cravath hits a popup, foul, towards third. Grant settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Paskert strikes out.
Bottom 4 Merkle hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Paskert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Doyle hits a popup towards short. Bancroft settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Robertson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Niehoff scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Bancroft strikes out.
Top 4 Stock strikes out.
Top 4 McQuillan bunts and there's an error on the play.
Top 4 Jim Thorpe now playing center field. Fred Merkle now playing first base. Hank Ritter now pitching. Burns 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 3 Grant hits a popup towards short. Bancroft settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Burns strikes out.
Bottom 3 There goes Thorpe. The throw from Burns and he is safe. Thorpe steals second.
Bottom 3 Jim Thorpe pinch hits for Sailor Stroud. Thorpe hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Schang hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Niehoff settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Niehoff hits a fly ball into right field. Robertson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Whitted hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Cravath moves to second.
Top 3 Luderus hits a fly ball into left field. Burns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Cravath hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Paskert hits a line drive to center field. That will be extra bases. Merkle chases after the ball, picks it up, and throws towards Fletcher. Fletcher fumbles the ball. That's a triple and an error on Fletcher. Stock scores. Bancroft scores. Paskert moves all the way to home.
Top 3 Bancroft hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Merkle. Bancroft reaches second base with a double. Stock moves to third.
Top 3 Stock takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 McQuillan hits a fly ball into center field. Merkle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Brainard hits a ball on the ground towards first. Luderus scoops it up and throws to first, with McQuillan covering, for the out.
Bottom 2 Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Merkle hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Whitted. Merkle reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Doyle hits a fly ball into right field. Cravath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Burns hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Niehoff takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Whitted hits a fly ball into center field. Merkle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Luderus hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Merkle. Luderus reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Cravath hits a fly ball into center field. Merkle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Robertson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Niehoff scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Grant hits a fly ball into right field. Cravath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Burns strikes out.
Top 1 Paskert hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Bancroft hits a fly ball into left field. Burns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Stock hits a fly ball into center field. Merkle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.