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July 14, 1917

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Top 9 R H E
Cubs 3 12 1
Phillies 2 5 0
Top 9 R H E
Cubs 3 12 1
Phillies 2 5 0

Fred Merkle Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .264
OBP .500 .332
At Bats 3 280
Hits 1 74
• Singles 1 53
• Doubles 0 14
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 1 29
RBI’s 0 34

Chief Bender Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 0 0
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Baker Bowl - July 14, 1917
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Out
Chief Bender
Bill Killefer
Fred Luderus
Bert Niehoff
Milt Stock
Dave Bancroft
Possum Whitted
Dode Paskert
Gavvy Cravath
Fred Merkle
Les Mann
 
 
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Merkle hits a ball on the ground towards second. Niehoff scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Doyle hits a line drive into center field. Paskert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Mann takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Stock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wortman fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 8 Bancroft hits a popup in front of the plate. Dillhoefer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Paskert takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Flack hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. There goes Hendrix trying to get to home. Paskert throws the ball in to Killefer who tags Hendrix who's trying to score from second, for the out.
Top 8 Hendrix hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. There goes Wortman trying to get to home. Whitted throws the ball in to Killefer who tags Wortman, who's trying to score from second, for the out. Hendrix moves to second.
Top 8 Dillhoefer bunts towards the mound. Bender fields it and throws to first for the out. Wortman moves to second.
Top 8 Chief Bender now pitching. Wortman takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Frank Schulte pinch hits for Erskine Mayer. Schulte strikes out.
Bottom 7 Killefer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Niehoff moves to second.
Bottom 7 Niehoff takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Luderus hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Doyle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Whitted hits a line drive into left field. Mann settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 There goes Deal. The throw from Killefer and he is out, Bancroft applying the tag.
Top 7 Deal hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Mayer can't make a play. That's a base hit.
Top 7 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards first. Luderus scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Williams for the out.
Top 7 Merkle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Cravath hits a fly ball into left field. Mann settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Stock hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Dillhoefer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Bancroft hits a popup towards first. Merkle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Doyle hits a popup towards short. Bancroft settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Mann hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Mayer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Flack bunts towards the mound. Mayer fields it and throws to first for the out. Hendrix moves to second.
Top 6 Hendrix hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 There goes Paskert. The throw from Dillhoefer and he is out, Doyle applying the tag.
Bottom 5 Paskert takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Mayer strikes out.
Bottom 5 Killefer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Niehoff scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 5 Niehoff hits a line drive into center field. Williams picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Williams. Niehoff moves to third.
Top 5 Dillhoefer hits a line drive into center field. Paskert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Wortman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Stock fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Deal hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cravath. Deal reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Mayer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Luderus hits a fly ball into right field. Flack settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Whitted hits a fly ball into right field. Flack settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Cravath hits a line drive into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Merkle strikes out.
Top 4 Doyle hits a popup towards short. Bancroft settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Erskine Mayer now pitching. There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal.
Top 4 Mann hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Dillhoefer scores. Flack moves to second.
Top 4 Flack hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Dillhoefer moves to third.
Top 4 Hendrix bunts towards the mound. Oeschger fields it and throws to first for the out. Dillhoefer moves to second.
Top 4 Dillhoefer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Stock fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 Hendrix fires to first and picks off Stock.
Bottom 3 Stock hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Bancroft hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Doyle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Paskert hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wortman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Wortman 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 3 Deal hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Whitted. Deal reaches second base with a double. Merkle scores. Williams goes all the way around to score.
Top 3 Williams hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Merkle moves to third.
Top 3 Merkle takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Doyle strikes out.
Top 3 Mann hits a fly ball into left field. Whitted settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Oeschger strikes out.
Bottom 2 There goes Killefer. The throw from Dillhoefer and he is safe. Killefer steals second.
Bottom 2 Killefer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Luderus scores. Niehoff moves to third.
Bottom 2 Niehoff hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Luderus moves to second.
Bottom 2 Luderus takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Whitted hits a fly ball into right field. Flack settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Cravath hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Dillhoefer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Flack hits a fly ball into center field. Paskert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Hendrix takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Dillhoefer strikes out. There goes Wortman. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Top 2 Wortman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Deal hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Killefer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Stock hits a ball on the ground towards third. Deal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Bancroft strikes out.
Bottom 1 Paskert strikes out.
Top 1 Williams hits a fly ball into right field. Cravath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Merkle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Doyle moves to second.
Top 1 Doyle takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Mann hits a fly ball into center field. Paskert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Flack hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Niehoff scoops it up and throws to first for the out.