Dodgers @ Giants
September 6, 1916

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Dodgers 1 4 1
Giants 6 8 0
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Dodgers 1 4 1
Giants 6 8 0

Fred Merkle Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .239
OBP .333 .308
At Bats 3 439
Hits 1 105
• Singles 1 75
• Doubles 0 20
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 7
Walks 0 36
RBI’s 0 44

Rube Benton Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
10 7 2
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Polo Grounds - September 6, 1916
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Out
Rube Benton
Lew McCarty
Walter Holke
Heinie Zimmerman
Hans Lobert
Art Fletcher
George Burns
Benny Kauff
Dave Robertson
Fred Merkle
 
 
 
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Myers hits a fly ball into left field. Burns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Benton hits a popup towards short. Olson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 McCarty hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Mails fields it and throws to first for the out. Holke moves to second.
Bottom 8 Holke hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Kauff hits a ball on the ground towards short. Olson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Duster Mails now pitching. Fletcher hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 8 Jim Hickman pinch runs for Chief Meyers. Johnston hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lobert fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Chief Meyers pinch hits for Wheezer Dell. Meyers is hit by the pitch. Miller moves to second.
Top 8 Miller hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Olson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Hans Lobert now playing third base. Heinie Zimmerman now playing second base. Mowrey strikes out.
Bottom 7 Zimmerman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Olson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Robertson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Myers. Robertson reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Lobert hits a fly ball into left field. Wheat settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Hans Lobert pinch hits for Buck Herzog. There goes Burns. The throw from Miller and he is out, Cutshaw applying the tag.
Bottom 7 Burns takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Cutshaw hits a fly ball into right field. Robertson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Wheat hits a ball on the ground towards first. Holke scoops it up and throws to first, with Benton covering, for the out.
Top 7 Merkle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Zimmerman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Benton hits a popup towards third. Mowrey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 McCarty hits a fly ball into center field. Myers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Holke hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Wheezer Dell now pitching. Kauff hits a fly ball into right field. Johnston settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Myers hits a fly ball into right field. Robertson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Johnston hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. McCarty fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Gus Getz pinch hits for Larry Cheney. Getz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Zimmerman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cutshaw scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Zimmerman strikes out.
Bottom 5 Robertson hits a fly ball into left field. Wheat settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Miller strikes out.
Top 5 Olson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Wheat scores. Cutshaw moves to third.
Top 5 Mowrey takes first base on ball four. Wheat moves to third. Cutshaw moves to second.
Top 5 Cutshaw hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Wheat moves to second.
Top 5 Wheat hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Herzog hits a ball on the ground towards short. Olson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Burns hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cutshaw scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Benton hits a fly ball into left field. Wheat settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Merkle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Myers strikes out.
Top 4 Johnston hits a fly ball into left field. Burns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 McCarty hits a fly ball into left field. Wheat settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 There go the runners. The throw from Miller and Olson drops the ball. That's a double steal and an error.
Bottom 3 There goes Fletcher. The throw from Miller and he is safe. Fletcher steals third.
Bottom 3 Holke takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Kauff hits a fly ball into left field. Wheat settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 There goes Fletcher. The throw from Miller and he is safe. Fletcher steals second.
Bottom 3 Fletcher hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Zimmerman hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Cutshaw settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Cheney hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Miller hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Olson hits a fly ball into right field. Robertson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Robertson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Olson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Herzog hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Johnston. Herzog reaches second base with a double. Holke scores. Benton scores. Burns moves to third.
Bottom 2 Burns takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 There goes Benton. The throw from Miller and he is safe. Benton steals second.
Bottom 2 Benton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Olson fields it and throws to second for the out. Kauff scores. Holke moves to third.
Bottom 2 McCarty is walked intentionally.
Bottom 2 Holke hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Wheat. Holke reaches second base with a double. Fletcher scores. Kauff moves to third.
Bottom 2 There's a wild pitch. Fletcher moves to third.
Bottom 2 Kauff hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Fletcher moves to second.
Bottom 2 Fletcher is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 2 Zimmerman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Olson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Mowrey hits a popup, foul, towards third. Zimmerman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Cutshaw hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Herzog scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Wheat strikes out.
Bottom 1 Robertson strikes out.
Bottom 1 Herzog hits a popup towards the mound. Cheney settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Burns hits a fly ball into left field. Wheat settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 There goes Merkle. The throw from McCarty and he is out, Fletcher applying the tag.
Top 1 Merkle hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Myers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Johnston hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. McCarty settles under it and makes the catch for the out.