Cubs @ Giants
August 5, 1918

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Cubs 5 7 1
Giants 3 6 2
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Cubs 5 7 1
Giants 3 6 2

Fred Merkle Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .313
OBP .000 .356
At Bats 3 374
Hits 0 117
• Singles 0 87
• Doubles 0 24
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 0 25
RBI’s 0 62

Red Causey Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
9 2 2
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Polo Grounds - August 5, 1918
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Walk
Red Causey
Lew McCarty
Heinie Zimmerman
Larry Doyle
Ed Sicking
Art Fletcher
Jim Thorpe
George Burns
Ross Youngs
Fred Merkle
 
 
Dode Paskert
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Merkle takes first base on ball four.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Red Causey now pitching. Paskert hits a line drive to left field. Thorpe throws towards the plate. McCarty fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on McCarty. Hollocher scores. Mann scores. Paskert moves to third.
Top 8 Mann hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. Flack scores. Hollocher moves to third. Mann moves to second.
Top 8 Hollocher hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Wortman scores. Flack moves to second.
Top 8 Chuck Wortman pinch runs for Bob O'Farrell. Flack hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Killefer scores. Wortman moves to third.
Top 8 Bob O'Farrell pinch hits for Paul Carter. O'Farrell takes first base on ball four. Killefer moves to second.
Top 8 Killefer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Zeider hits a fly ball into center field. Burns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Pick hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. McCarty settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Burns hits a line drive into left field. Mann settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Toney hits a popup, foul, towards third. Pick settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 McCarty hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hollocher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Merkle hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. McCarty settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Paskert hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Mann hits a line drive into center field. Burns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Sicking hits a line drive into center field. Paskert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Thorpe hits a fly ball into center field. Paskert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Zimmerman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pick can't make a play. That's a base hit.
Bottom 6 Paul Carter now pitching. Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards first. Merkle scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Doyle for the out.
Top 6 Hollocher hits a popup, foul, towards first. Zimmerman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Flack hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Turner Barber pinch hits for Hippo Vaughn. Barber bunts towards first. Zimmerman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Barber for the out. Killefer moves to second.
Top 6 Killefer bunts towards third. Sicking fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 Fletcher strikes out.
Bottom 5 Youngs takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Burns hits a fly ball into center field. Paskert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Toney hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Flack. Toney reaches second base with a double. Sicking scores.
Bottom 5 McCarty hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zeider scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Sicking moves to third.
Bottom 5 Sicking hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Mann. Sicking reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 There goes Pick. The throw from McCarty and he is out, Doyle applying the tag.
Top 5 Zeider hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Doyle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Pick bunts towards the right side of the infield. Doyle fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 5 Merkle hits a ball on the ground towards first. Zimmerman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Merkle for the out.
Bottom 4 Thorpe hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hollocher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Zimmerman hits a popup towards first. Merkle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hollocher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Paskert is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Mann hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Hollocher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Fletcher strikes out.
Bottom 3 Youngs hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Zeider settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Burns hits a line drive into center field. Paskert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Flack hits a fly ball into center field. Burns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Vaughn hits a popup towards short. Fletcher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Killefer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Toney hits a fly ball into center field. Paskert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 McCarty hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Killefer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Sicking hits a popup, foul, towards first. Merkle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Zeider hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Pick hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. McCarty settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Merkle hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play.
Top 2 Paskert hits a fly ball into center field. Burns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Thorpe bunts towards the mound. Vaughn fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. There goes Doyle trying to get to home. Merkle throws to Killefer who tags Doyle for the out.
Bottom 1 Zimmerman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zeider scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Doyle hits a line drive to left field. Mann throws towards the plate. Killefer fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Killefer. Burns scores. Youngs scores. Doyle moves to second.
Bottom 1 Fletcher bunts towards the mound. Vaughn fields it and throws to first for the out. Burns moves to third. Youngs moves to second.
Bottom 1 Youngs hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Burns moves to second.
Bottom 1 Burns takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Mann hits a fly ball into right field. Youngs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Hollocher hits a fly ball into right field. Youngs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Flack hits a fly ball into right field. Youngs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.