Cardinals @ Giants
August 9, 1916

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Top 1	R	H	E
Cardinals	1	1	0
Giants	0	0	1

Top 1	R	H	E
Cardinals	3	1	0
Giants	0	0	1

Chief Wilson Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.242
OBP	.000	.294
At Bats	0	227
Hits	0	55
• Singles	0	48
• Doubles	0	6
• Triples	0	0
• Home Runs	0	1
Walks	0	14
RBI’s	0	17

Rube Benton Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
10	4	2

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Polo Grounds - August 9, 1916

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Out

Rube Benton

Bill Rariden

Fred Merkle

Larry Doyle

Buck Herzog

Art Fletcher

George Burns

Benny Kauff

Dave Robertson

Chief Wilson

Bob Bescher

Roy Corhan

Count: - , 1 Out

Count: - , 2 Outs

Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Merkle scoops it up and throws to first, with Benton covering, for the out. Corhan scores. Bescher scores. Two runs are unearned.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Top 1 Hornsby hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Corhan moves to third. Bescher moves to second.

Top 1 Bescher hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Smith scores. Corhan moves to second.

Top 1 Corhan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Herzog juggles the ball. That's an error on Herzog. Smith moves to second.

Top 1 Smith takes first base on ball four.

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