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July 17, 1917

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Fred Merkle Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .264
OBP .667 .329
At Bats 3 292
Hits 2 77
• Singles 2 56
• Doubles 0 14
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 29
RBI’s 1 35

Ferdie Schupp Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
11 3 0
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Polo Grounds - July 17, 1917
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Out
Ferdie Schupp
George Gibson
Walter Holke
Pete Kilduff
Heinie Zimmerman
Art Fletcher
George Burns
Benny Kauff
Dave Robertson
Fred Merkle
 
 
 
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Merkle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Zimmerman fields it and throws to first for the out.

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Bottom 8 Holke strikes out.
Bottom 8 There goes Robertson. The throw from Wilson and he is safe. Robertson steals second.
Bottom 8 Robertson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Fletcher strikes out.
Bottom 8 Zimmerman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wortman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Doyle strikes out.
Top 8 Mann hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Flack moves to second.
Top 8 Flack hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Hendrix hits a ball on the ground towards third. Zimmerman fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 8 Wilson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Kauff hits a ball on the ground towards first. Merkle scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kauff for the out.
Bottom 7 Kilduff hits a popup in front of the plate. Wilson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Burns strikes out.
Top 7 Wortman hits a fly ball into right field. Robertson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Deal hits a ball on the ground towards third. Zimmerman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Williams hits a fly ball into right field. Robertson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Schupp hits a line drive towards third. Deal reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Gibson hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Doyle reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Holke bunts towards the mound. Hendrix fields it and throws to first for the out. Robertson moves to second.
Bottom 6 Robertson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Merkle fields the ball and throws to Hendrix covering. Safe.
Top 6 Merkle strikes out.
Top 6 Doyle hits a fly ball into left field. Burns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Pete Kilduff now playing second base. Mann hits a fly ball into center field. Kauff settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Fletcher hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 There goes Zimmerman. The throw from Wilson and he is out, Wortman applying the tag.
Bottom 5 Zimmerman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Burns scores. Kilduff scores.
Bottom 5 There goes Kilduff. The throw from Wilson and he is safe. Kilduff steals second.
Bottom 5 Kauff hits a popup, foul, towards first. Merkle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Pete Kilduff pinch hits for Buck Herzog. Kilduff hits a ball on the ground towards first. Merkle fields the ball and throws to Hendrix covering. Safe. Schupp scores. Burns moves to third.
Bottom 5 Burns hits a line drive into right field. Flack picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Flack. Schupp moves to third. Burns moves to second.
Bottom 5 Claude Hendrix now pitching. Schupp hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Flack hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Rollie Zeider pinch hits for Al Demaree. Zeider hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Wilson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Gibson hits a fly ball into right field. Flack settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Art Wilson now catching. Holke hits a ball on the ground towards first. Merkle picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Merkle. Robertson scores. Holke moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 Robertson hits a line drive into left field. Mann picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Mann. Kauff goes all the way around to score. Robertson moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 Fletcher hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Zimmerman hits a fly ball into right field. Flack settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Kauff takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Wortman strikes out.
Top 4 Deal hits a fly ball into right field. Robertson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Williams bunts towards the mound. Schupp fields it and throws to first for the out. Merkle moves to second.
Top 4 Merkle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Herzog hits a fly ball into right field. Flack settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Burns hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Dillhoefer fires over to third and throws the ball away. That's an error on Dillhoefer. Holke scores.
Bottom 3 Schupp strikes out.
Bottom 3 There's a wild pitch. Holke moves to third. Gibson moves to second.
Bottom 3 Gibson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 There goes Holke. The throw from Dillhoefer and he is safe. Holke steals second.
Bottom 3 Holke hits a ball on the ground towards third. Deal fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards first. Holke scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Doyle for the out.
Top 3 Mann hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Flack hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schupp fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Robertson 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 2 Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Demaree fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Zimmerman hits a fly ball into left field. Mann settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Demaree hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Gibson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Dillhoefer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Deal moves to third.
Top 2 Wortman bunts towards the mound. Schupp fields it and throws to first for the out. Deal moves to second.
Top 2 Deal hits a ball on the ground towards first. Holke fields the ball and throws to Schupp covering. Safe.
Bottom 1 Kauff strikes out.
Bottom 1 Herzog hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wortman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Burns hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Williams hits a popup, foul, towards first. Holke settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 There goes Merkle. The throw from Gibson and he is safe. Merkle steals second.
Top 1 Merkle hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Flack scores.
Top 1 Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards second. Herzog scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. Flack moves to third.
Top 1 Mann hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schupp juggles the ball. That's an error on Schupp. Flack moves to second.
Top 1 Flack takes first base on ball four.