Cubs @ Giants
August 5, 1918

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Top 2	R	H	E
Cubs	0	0	1
Giants	2	3	0

Top 2	R	H	E
Cubs	0	0	1
Giants	2	3	1

Fred Merkle Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.315
OBP	.000	.359
At Bats	0	371
Hits	0	117
• Singles	0	87
• Doubles	0	24
• Triples	0	3
• Home Runs	0	3
Walks	0	25
RBI’s	0	62

Fred Toney Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
6	11	2

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Polo Grounds - August 5, 1918

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Out

Fred Toney

Lew McCarty

Heinie Zimmerman

Larry Doyle

Ed Sicking

Art Fletcher

Jim Thorpe

George Burns

Ross Youngs

Fred Merkle

Count: - , 1 Out

Count: - , 1 Out

Merkle hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

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.

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