Cubs @ Phillies
August 20, 1917

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Fred Merkle Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .251
OBP .667 .313
At Bats 3 406
Hits 2 102
• Singles 2 71
• 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
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Out
Joe Oeschger
Jack Adams
Fred Luderus
Bert Niehoff
Milt Stock
Dave Bancroft
Possum Whitted
Frank Schulte
Gavvy Cravath
Fred Merkle
 
 
 
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Merkle hits a fly ball into center field. Schulte settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Doyle 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 There's a wild pitch. Mann scores.
Top 8 Mann hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Schulte who is chasing the ball. Mann reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 7 There goes Stock. The throw from Elliott and he is out, Doyle applying the tag.
Bottom 7 Cravath strikes out.
Bottom 7 Stock takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Bancroft hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Douglas, and towards Kilduff, who fields it and throws to first for the out. Schulte moves to third.
Bottom 7 Schulte hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Williams. Schulte reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Bert Niehoff now playing second base. Flack hits a ball on the ground towards third. Stock fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Douglas hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Adams settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Elliott takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Kilduff strikes out.
Bottom 6 Oeschger strikes out.
Bottom 6 Adams hits a fly ball into right field. Flack settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Evers hits a ball on the ground towards third. Deal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Deal hits a popup towards short. Bancroft settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Evers scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Merkle hits a popup towards short. Bancroft settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Doyle hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 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 5 Luderus hits a ball on the ground towards third. Deal fields it, throws to home for one, and over to first - double play. Stock moves to third. Cravath moves to second.
Bottom 5 Cravath takes first base on ball four. Bancroft moves to third. Stock moves to second.
Bottom 5 Stock takes first base on ball four. Bancroft moves to second.
Bottom 5 Bancroft hits a ball on the ground towards first. Merkle can't make a play. That's a base hit.
Top 5 Mann hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Flack strikes out.
Top 5 Douglas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Schulte hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Oeschger hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Adams hits a line drive towards first. Merkle reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Evers strikes out.
Top 4 Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Kilduff strikes out.
Top 4 Deal strikes out.
Bottom 3 Whitted hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kilduff scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Luderus hits a popup towards the mound. Douglas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Cravath hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Williams. Cravath reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Stock strikes out.
Top 3 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Evers scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Merkle hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Doyle moves to third.
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.