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August 20, 1917

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Fred Merkle Season Stats

  Game Season
Average 1.000 .250
OBP 1.000 .312
At Bats 1 404
Hits 1 101
• Singles 1 70
• Doubles 0 22
• Triples 0 7
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 35
RBI’s 1 43

Joe Oeschger Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
12 9 1
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Baker Bowl - August 20, 1917
Joe Oeschger
Jack Adams
Fred Luderus
Johnny Evers
Milt Stock
Dave Bancroft
Possum Whitted
Frank Schulte
Gavvy Cravath
Fred Merkle
Larry Doyle
 
 
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Merkle hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Doyle moves to third.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 3 Doyle takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Mann strikes out.
Top 3 Flack hits a popup towards third. Stock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Bancroft strikes out.
Bottom 2 Schulte is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 2 Oeschger hits a ball on the ground towards first. Merkle scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Oeschger for the out. Whitted scores. Adams moves to second.
Bottom 2 Adams hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Whitted moves to third.
Bottom 2 Evers hits a popup towards first. Merkle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Whitted hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Douglas strikes out. There goes Kilduff. The throw from Adams and Kilduff is out.
Top 2 Elliott hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Williams scores. Kilduff moves to second.
Top 2 Kilduff hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft can't make a play. That's a base hit. Williams moves to third.
Top 2 Deal hits a popup towards first. Luderus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Williams hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Schulte. Williams reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Luderus hits a popup towards short. Kilduff settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Cravath takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Stock hits a fly ball into right field. Flack settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Bancroft strikes out.
Bottom 1 There goes Schulte. The throw from Elliott and he is safe. Schulte steals second.
Bottom 1 Schulte hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle misplays the ball. That's an error on Doyle.
Top 1 There goes Merkle. The throw from Adams and he is out, Bancroft applying the tag.
Top 1 Merkle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mann scores. That run is unearned.
Top 1 There's a wild pitch. Mann moves to second.
Top 1 Doyle hits a fly ball into left field. Whitted settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Mann hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play.
Top 1 Flack hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Evers scoops it up and throws to first for the out.