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August 24, 1917

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Cubs 10 15 0
Giants 2 8 1
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Cubs 10 16 0
Giants 2 8 2

Fred Merkle Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .248
OBP .500 .307
At Bats 4 428
Hits 2 106
• Singles 2 75
• Doubles 0 22
• Triples 0 7
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 35
RBI’s 2 47

Fred Anderson Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
6 8 1
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Polo Grounds - August 24, 1917
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Single
Fred Anderson
Red Murray
Walter Holke
Buck Herzog
Hans Lobert
Art Fletcher
George Burns
Benny Kauff
Dave Robertson
Fred Merkle
Rollie Zeider
 
 
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Merkle hits a line drive to center field. Kauff throws towards third. Lobert fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Lobert. Zeider moves to third. Merkle moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Zeider hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Hans Lobert now playing third base. Mann hits a fly ball into left field. Burns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Robertson hits a popup towards short. Kilduff settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Fletcher hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Zeider settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Pickles Dillhoefer now catching. Zimmerman hits a popup towards third. Deal settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Flack hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Anderson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Vaughn strikes out.
Top 8 Fred Anderson now pitching. Red Murray now catching. Elliott is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Kauff hits a popup, foul, towards third. Deal settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Herzog hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Zeider settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Burns hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kilduff fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Red Murray pinch hits for Al Demaree. Murray hits a popup towards first. Merkle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 There goes Deal. The throw from Rariden and he is out, Zimmerman applying the tag.
Top 7 Kilduff hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Merkle scores. Deal moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 7 Deal hits a ball on the ground towards third. Zimmerman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Zeider scores. Merkle moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 7 Wolter bunts towards the mound. Demaree fields it and throws to first for the out. Zeider moves to third. Merkle moves to second.
Top 7 Merkle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Flack scores. Mann scores. Zeider moves to second.
Top 7 Zeider takes first base on ball four. Vaughn scores. Flack moves to third. Mann moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 7 Mann hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Elliott scores. Vaughn moves to third. Flack moves to second.
Top 7 Flack hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Demaree fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Kilduff scores. Elliott moves to third. Vaughn moves to second.
Top 7 Vaughn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher misplays the ball. That's an error on Fletcher. Kilduff moves to third. Elliott moves to second.
Top 7 Elliott hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kilduff moves to second.
Top 7 Kilduff hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Deal hits a fly ball into center field. Kauff settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Rariden hits a fly ball into right field. Flack settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Holke hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mann throws the ball in to Kilduff who tags Holke trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Bottom 6 Robertson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zeider scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Wolter hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Herzog fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Merkle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Zimmerman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 6 Zeider hits a fly ball into left field. Burns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Fletcher hits a fly ball into center field. Wolter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Zimmerman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zeider fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Kauff hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zeider fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 Herzog bunts towards the mound. Vaughn fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Mann hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Herzog settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Flack hits a fly ball into center field. Kauff settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Vaughn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Deal scores. Kilduff scores.
Top 5 Elliott bunts towards third. Zimmerman fields it and throws to first for the out. Deal moves to third. Kilduff moves to second.
Top 5 Kilduff hits a ball on the ground towards first. Holke fields the ball and throws to Demaree covering. Safe. Deal moves to second.
Top 5 Deal hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Burns hits a popup towards third. Deal settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Demaree hits a popup towards the mound. Vaughn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Rariden takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Holke hits a fly ball into center field. Wolter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Demaree fires to first and picks off Wolter.
Top 4 Wolter hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Merkle hits a fly ball into left field. Burns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Zeider hits a fly ball into left field. Burns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Robertson bunts towards first. Merkle scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Robertson for the out.
Bottom 3 Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Vaughn fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Burns scores. Herzog moves to third.
Bottom 3 Zimmerman hits a fly ball into right field. Flack settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Demaree tags and scores. Burns tags and moves to third. Herzog tags and moves to second.
Bottom 3 Kauff strikes out.
Bottom 3 Herzog bunts towards the right side of the infield. Zeider fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Demaree moves to third. Burns moves to second.
Bottom 3 Burns hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Demaree moves to second.
Bottom 3 Les Mann now playing left field. Harry Wolter now playing center field. Demaree hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Mann hits a popup towards short. Fletcher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Flack hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Kauff who is chasing the ball. Flack reaches third base with a triple. Vaughn scores.
Top 3 Vaughn hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Kauff who is chasing the ball. Vaughn reaches third base with a triple.
Top 3 Elliott hits a fly ball into center field. Kauff settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Kilduff hits a ball on the ground towards first. Holke scoops it up and throws to first, with Demaree covering, for the out.
Bottom 2 Rariden strikes out.
Bottom 2 There goes Robertson. The throw from Elliott and he is safe. Robertson steals second.
Bottom 2 Holke hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Zeider settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Robertson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zeider fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Fletcher hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Deal bunts towards the mound. Demaree fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Wolter hits a fly ball into center field. Kauff settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Merkle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Zimmerman strikes out.
Bottom 1 Kauff strikes out.
Bottom 1 Herzog strikes out.
Bottom 1 Burns takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Zeider strikes out.
Top 1 Mann strikes out.
Top 1 Flack hits a fly ball into center field. Kauff settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.