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July 8, 1918

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Tigers 6 9 5
Athletics 11 15 2
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Tigers 6 9 5
Athletics 13 16 2

Merito Acosta Season Stats

  Game Season
Average 1.000 .395
OBP 1.000 .490
At Bats 4 43
Hits 4 17
• Singles 4 15
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 1 8
RBI’s 1 5

George Cunningham Season Stats

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2 3 0
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Shibe Park - July 8, 1918
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Single
George Cunningham
Archie Yelle
Oscar Stanage
Ty Cobb
Bob Jones
Donie Bush
Bobby Veach
Frank Walker
George Harper
Merito Acosta
Merlin Kopp
Bob Geary
Joe Dugan
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Acosta hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Dugan scores. Geary scores. Kopp moves to third.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Kopp hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stanage fields it and throws to home to get Dykes. Dugan moves to third. Geary moves to second.
Bottom 8 Jamieson strikes out.
Bottom 8 Geary takes first base on ball four. McAvoy scores. Dykes moves to third. Dugan moves to second.
Bottom 8 Dugan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. McAvoy moves to third. Dykes moves to second.
Bottom 8 Dykes takes first base on ball four. McAvoy moves to second.
Bottom 8 McAvoy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 8 Yelle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dugan fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Walker hits a popup towards short. Dugan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Harper hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Veach moves to third.
Top 8 Stanage hits a fly ball into center field. Acosta settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Cobb tags and scores.
Top 8 Veach hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Jones scores. Cobb moves to third.
Top 8 Cobb hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bush scores. Jones moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 8 Jones hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bush moves to second.
Top 8 Bush hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dugan misplays the ball. That's an error on Dugan.
Bottom 7 Gardner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cobb scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Burns hits a fly ball into center field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Kopp moves to third. Acosta moves to second.
Bottom 7 Acosta hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kopp moves to second.
Bottom 7 Kopp hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stanage juggles the ball. That's an error on Stanage. Geary scores.
Bottom 7 Jamieson hits a fly ball into right field. Harper settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Geary moves to third.
Bottom 7 There's a wild pitch. Geary moves to second.
Bottom 7 Geary hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Cunningham hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gardner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Yelle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dugan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Walker hits a fly ball into right field. Jamieson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Dugan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Dykes hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bush scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 McAvoy hits a fly ball into left field. Veach settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Harper hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dykes scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Stanage strikes out.
Top 6 Veach hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Acosta. Veach reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Cobb hits a fly ball into center field. Acosta settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Gardner hits a fly ball into center field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Burns hits a fly ball into right field. Harper settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Acosta hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cobb fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Jamieson scores.
Bottom 5 Kopp hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cobb scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Jamieson moves to third.
Bottom 5 There goes Jamieson. The throw from Yelle and he is safe. Jamieson steals second.
Bottom 5 George Cunningham now pitching. Jamieson takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Jones hits a fly ball into center field. Acosta settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Bush hits a popup towards first. Burns settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 George Cunningham pinch hits for Rudy Kallio. Cunningham hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. McAvoy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Geary hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Kallio, and towards Bush, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Dugan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gardner scores. McAvoy moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 Dykes hits a popup towards third. Jones settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 McAvoy hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Acosta scores. Gardner moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 Gardner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bush misplays the ball. That's an error on Bush. Kopp scores. Acosta moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 Burns hits a popup towards short. Bush fields the ball and throws home. Yelle drops the ball. That's an out and an error on Yelle. Jamieson scores. Kopp moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 Acosta bunts towards the mound. Kallio fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Jamieson moves to third. Kopp moves to second.
Bottom 4 Kopp hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bush misplays the ball. That's an error on Bush. Jamieson moves to second.
Bottom 4 Jamieson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Yelle hits a line drive towards left. Kopp catches it and throws to home to double up Walker.
Top 4 Walker hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Acosta who is chasing the ball. Walker reaches third base with a triple.
Top 4 Bob Geary now pitching. Harper hits a popup, foul, towards third. Gardner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Watson strikes out.
Bottom 3 Dugan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gardner scores. McAvoy moves to third.
Bottom 3 Dykes strikes out.
Bottom 3 McAvoy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Acosta scores. Gardner moves to second.
Bottom 3 Gardner takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Burns hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out. Acosta moves to third.
Bottom 3 There's a wild pitch. Acosta moves to second.
Bottom 3 Acosta bunts towards first. Stanage fields the ball and throws to Kallio covering. Safe.
Top 3 Stanage hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dugan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Veach hits a fly ball into right field. Jamieson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Jones tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Top 3 There goes Cobb. The throw from McAvoy and he is out, Dugan applying the tag.
Top 3 Cobb hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Jones moves to third.
Top 3 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dykes misplays the ball. That's an error on Dykes.
Bottom 2 Kopp strikes out.
Bottom 2 There goes Jamieson. The throw from Yelle and he is safe. Jamieson steals second.
Bottom 2 Jamieson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cobb fields it and throws to second for the out. Dykes scores.
Bottom 2 Watson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Dykes moves to third.
Bottom 2 Dugan bunts in front of the plate. Yelle fields it and throws to first for the out. Dykes moves to second.
Bottom 2 Dykes takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Bush hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dugan fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Kallio hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dykes fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Yelle takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Walker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dykes scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 McAvoy hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kallio fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Gardner hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Walker. Gardner reaches second base with a double. Acosta scores. Burns moves to third.
Bottom 1 Burns hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Acosta moves to third.
Bottom 1 Acosta takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 There goes Kopp. The throw from Yelle and he is out, Bush applying the tag.
Bottom 1 Kopp hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cobb misplays the ball. That's an error on Cobb.
Bottom 1 Jamieson strikes out.
Top 1 Harper hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dykes scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Stanage hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Jones scores. Cobb scores. Stanage moves to second.
Top 1 Veach hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dykes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Jones moves to third. Cobb moves to second.
Top 1 Cobb bunts towards the mound. Watson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Jones moves to second.
Top 1 Jones takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Bush hits a popup towards short. Dugan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.