Cardinals @ Giants
August 17, 1917

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Cardinals 5 10 5
Giants 2 6 3
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Cardinals 5 10 5
Giants 2 6 3

Benny Kauff Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .321
OBP .500 .384
At Bats 3 383
Hits 1 123
• Singles 1 103
• Doubles 0 13
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 1 41
RBI’s 0 49

Gene Packard Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
7 4 1
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Polo Grounds - August 17, 1917
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Out
Gene Packard
Frank Snyder
Gene Paulette
Dots Miller
Doug Baird
Rogers Hornsby
Walton Cruise
Jack Smith
Tom Long
Benny Kauff
 
 
George Burns

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
St. Louis Cardinals 5 10 5 6
New York Giants 2 6 3 10
Winning Pitcher Gene Packard
Losing Pitcher Pol Perritt
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Walton Cruise
Attendance 6,000
Time of Game 1 hour 55 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Kauff hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Miller scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Herzog strikes out. The ball gets by Snyder. He chases the ball to the backstop.
Bottom 9 Burns hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hornsby fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 9 Hans Lobert pinch hits for Fred Anderson. Lobert is hit by the pitch.
Top 9 Smith strikes out.
Top 9 Long hits a fly ball into left field. Burns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Packard bunts towards the mound. Anderson fields it and throws to first for the out. Snyder moves to second.
Top 9 Snyder takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Gibson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Paulette scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gibson for the out.
Bottom 8 Holke hits a line drive into center field. Smith picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Smith. Robertson moves to third. Holke moves to second.
Bottom 8 Robertson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Fletcher hits a popup towards short. Hornsby settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Zimmerman hits a line drive into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Baird strikes out.
Top 8 That's a pickoff. Cruise moves to third.
Top 8 Paulette strikes out.
Top 8 Cruise bunts in front of the plate. Gibson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Hornsby moves to third.
Top 8 Hornsby hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Burns. Hornsby reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Kauff hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Miller settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Herzog hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hornsby scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Burns hits a popup towards short. Hornsby settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Miller hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Herzog catches it and throws to second with Fletcher covering, to double up Long.
Top 7 Smith hits a popup towards short. Fletcher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 There's a wild pitch. Long moves to second.
Top 7 Fred Anderson now pitching. Long hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Red Murray pinch hits for Pol Perritt. Murray strikes out.
Bottom 6 Gibson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Smith. Gibson reaches second base with a double. Robertson goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 6 Holke hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Robertson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Fletcher hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Miller settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Packard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Snyder 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 6 Baird hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Herzog settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Zimmerman hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Snyder settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Kauff takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Herzog hits a fly ball into left field. Cruise settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 There goes Burns. The throw from Snyder and he is safe. Burns steals second.
Bottom 5 Burns hits a fly ball towards center. Smith settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Smith.
Bottom 5 Perritt hits a popup, foul, towards first. Paulette settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Paulette hits a ball on the ground towards third. Zimmerman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Cruise hits a ball on the ground towards first. Holke scoops it up and throws to first, with Perritt covering, for the out.
Top 5 Hornsby hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Herzog scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Gibson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hornsby scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Holke hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Miller scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Robertson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Miller scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Miller hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Fletcher fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 4 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Herzog fields it and throws to home to get Long. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 4 Long hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Kauff who is chasing the ball. Long reaches third base with a triple. Snyder scores.
Top 4 Packard bunts towards the mound. Perritt fields it and throws to first for the out. Snyder moves to second.
Top 4 Snyder hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Baird scores.
Top 4 There goes Baird. The throw from Gibson and he is safe. Baird steals second.
Top 4 Baird hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hornsby scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Zimmerman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hornsby scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Kauff hits a popup towards short. Hornsby settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Paulette 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 3 Cruise hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Perritt fields it, throws to the plate for one, and over to first for the double play. Miller moves to third. Hornsby moves to second.
Top 3 Hornsby takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Miller hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Burns. Miller reaches second base with a double. Smith moves to third.
Top 3 Smith hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Herzog strikes out.
Bottom 2 There goes Burns. The throw from Snyder and he is safe. Burns steals second.
Bottom 2 Burns hits a ball on the ground towards third. Baird fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Baird.
Bottom 2 Perritt hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Snyder settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Gibson strikes out.
Top 2 Long hits a ball on the ground towards third. Zimmerman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Packard hits a ball on the ground towards third. Zimmerman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Snyder strikes out.
Bottom 1 Holke strikes out.
Bottom 1 Gene Packard now pitching. Robertson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Paulette settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Fletcher takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Zimmerman hits a line drive into left field. Cruise picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Cruise. Herzog scores. Kauff moves to third. Zimmerman moves to second.
Bottom 1 Kauff hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Herzog moves to third.
Bottom 1 Herzog takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Burns hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Baird strikes out.
Top 1 Paulette hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Burns. Paulette reaches second base with a double. Cruise scores. That run is unearned.
Top 1 Cruise hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher fields the ball and throws to get the runner, and throws the ball away. Herzog picks up the ball and throws it to Gibson who tags the runner out. Smith scores. Miller scores. Cruise moves to second. Two runs are unearned. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 1 Hornsby hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Smith moves to third. Miller moves to second.
Top 1 Miller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Herzog fields it, and throws to get the runner. And he throws it away. That's an error on Herzog. Smith moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 1 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Fletcher fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 1 Long hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher misplays the ball. That's an error on Fletcher.