Cubs @ Phillies
May 18, 1917

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Cubs 1 4 3
Phillies 3 9 1
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Cubs 1 4 3
Phillies 3 9 1

Fred Merkle Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .275
OBP .333 .362
At Bats 3 91
Hits 1 25
• Singles 1 19
• Doubles 0 4
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 11
RBI’s 0 10

Pete Alexander Season Stats

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5 2 0
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Baker Bowl - May 18, 1917
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Out
Pete Alexander
Bill Killefer
Fred Luderus
Bert Niehoff
Milt Stock
Dave Bancroft
Possum Whitted
Dode Paskert
Gavvy Cravath
Fred Merkle
 
 
 

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago Cubs 1 4 3 3
Philadelphia Phillies 3 9 1 8
Winning Pitcher Pete Alexander
Losing Pitcher Mike Prendergast
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Bert Niehoff
Attendance 7,000
Time of Game 1 hour 46 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Merkle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Stock fields it and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Alexander fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Flack hits a ball on the ground towards first. Luderus scoops it up and throws to first, with Alexander covering, for the out.
Bottom 8 Killefer hits a line drive into left field. Mann settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Niehoff hits a line drive into left field. Mann picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Mann. Stock scores. Luderus moves to third. Niehoff moves to second.
Bottom 8 Luderus is walked intentionally.
Bottom 8 Whitted strikes out.
Bottom 8 Cravath bunts towards the mound. Demaree fields it and throws to first for the out. Stock moves to second.
Bottom 8 Chuck Wortman now playing shortstop. Rollie Zeider now playing third base. Al Demaree now pitching. Stock hits a ball on the ground towards first. Merkle can't make a play. That's a base hit.
Top 8 Zeider hits a ball on the ground towards third. Stock fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Dutch Ruether pinch hits for Mike Prendergast. Ruether hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Niehoff scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Harry Wolter pinch hits for Charlie Deal. Wolter strikes out.
Bottom 7 Bancroft hits a fly ball into left field. Mann settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Paskert hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Wilson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Alexander bunts towards the mound. Prendergast fields it and throws to first for the out. Killefer moves to second.
Bottom 7 Killefer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Zeider can't make a play. That's a base hit.
Top 7 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Niehoff scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Mann hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cravath throws the ball in to Bancroft who tags Mann trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Williams moves to third.
Top 7 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards third. Stock fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Stock.
Top 7 Merkle strikes out.
Bottom 6 There goes Luderus. The throw from Wilson to Zeider and they have Luderus trapped. The throw over to Merkle, who applies the tag for the out.
Bottom 6 Niehoff hits a fly ball into right field. Flack settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Stock tags and scores.
Bottom 6 Luderus is walked intentionally.
Bottom 6 Whitted bunts towards first. Merkle scoops it up and throws to first, with Doyle covering, for the out. Stock moves to third. Cravath moves to second.
Bottom 6 Cravath hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Stock moves to second.
Bottom 6 Stock hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Doyle hits a popup towards first. Luderus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Flack hits a fly ball into center field. Paskert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Zeider hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 There go the runners. The throw from Wilson to Doyle covering second. The throw back to home, and Killefer is out at the plate. Bancroft moves to second.
Bottom 5 Bancroft hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle fields it and throws to second for the out. Killefer moves to third.
Bottom 5 Paskert hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Killefer moves to second.
Bottom 5 Alexander strikes out.
Bottom 5 Killefer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Prendergast hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Niehoff scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Deal hits a fly ball into right field. Cravath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Wilson strikes out.
Bottom 4 There goes Niehoff. The throw from Wilson and he is out, Zeider applying the tag.
Bottom 4 Niehoff takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Luderus hits a popup in front of the plate. Wilson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Whitted hits a line drive into right field. Flack settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Mann hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Williams strikes out.
Top 4 Merkle strikes out.
Bottom 3 Cravath strikes out.
Bottom 3 There goes Stock. The throw from Wilson and he is out, Doyle applying the tag.
Bottom 3 Stock takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Mike Prendergast now pitching. Bancroft hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Doyle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Flack hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Alexander fields it and throws to first for the out. Douglas moves to third. Zeider moves to second.
Top 3 Zeider hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Deal scores. Douglas moves to second.
Top 3 Douglas hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Alexander fields it and throws to third for the out. Deal moves to second.
Top 3 Deal hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Wilson moves to second.
Top 3 Wilson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Paskert hits a fly ball into right field. Flack settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Alexander strikes out.
Bottom 2 There's a wild pitch. Killefer moves to third.
Bottom 2 Killefer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Deal picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Deal. Killefer moves to second.
Bottom 2 Niehoff hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 2 Luderus hits a ball on the ground towards third. Deal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Mann hits a line drive towards short. Bancroft catches it and throws to first to double up Merkle.
Top 2 Williams strikes out.
Top 2 Merkle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Whitted hits a ball on the ground towards first. Merkle scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Whitted for the out.
Bottom 1 Cravath takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Stock hits a fly ball into left field. Mann settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 There goes Bancroft. The throw from Wilson and he is safe. Bancroft steals second.
Bottom 1 Bancroft hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle misplays the ball. That's an error on Doyle.
Bottom 1 Paskert hits a ball on the ground towards first. Merkle scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Paskert for the out.
Top 1 Doyle hits a popup, foul, towards third. Stock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Flack strikes out.
Top 1 Zeider hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Killefer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.