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September 16, 1920

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Cubs 9 12 2
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Phillies 5 13 1

Fred Merkle Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .750 .289
OBP .750 .333
At Bats 4 311
Hits 3 90
• Singles 3 63
• Doubles 0 20
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 0 23
RBI’s 3 38

Red Causey Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
7 12 2
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Baker Bowl - September 16, 1920
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Strikeout
Red Causey
Frank Withrow
Ralph Miller
Johnny Rawlings
Dots Miller
Art Fletcher
Gavvy Cravath
Cy Williams
Irish Meusel
Fred Merkle
 
 
 
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Merkle strikes out. Withrow drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Merkle out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Robertson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 9 Terry hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 9 Flack hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Causey fields it and throws to third for the out. Alexander moves to second.
Top 9 William Marriott pinch runs for Bernie Friberg. Alexander takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Ralph Miller now playing first base. Friberg hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Williams. Friberg reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Pete Alexander now pitching. Meusel hits a fly ball into center field. Paskert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Mack Wheat pinch runs for Gene Paulette. Williams hits a ball on the ground towards first. Merkle fields it and throws to home to get Wheat. Rawlings moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 8 Rawlings hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Paulette moves to third.
Bottom 8 Paulette hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Causey strikes out.
Top 8 Deal hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 8 O'Farrell hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 8 Gavvy Cravath now playing left field. Paskert hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 7 Withrow strikes out.
Bottom 7 Miller hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 7 Gavvy Cravath pinch hits for Bevo LeBourveau. Cravath hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Williams moves to third. Fletcher moves to second.
Bottom 7 Fletcher hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Williams moves to second.
Bottom 7 Meusel hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 7 Williams hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Merkle hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 7 Robertson hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 7 Terry hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 6 Rawlings hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 6 Paulette hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. Causey scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 6 Causey bunts towards the mound. Vaughn fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Vaughn. Miller goes all the way around to score. Causey moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 6 Withrow hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 6 Miller hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Flack hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 6 Vaughn hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 6 Friberg hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Deal hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 5 LeBourveau strikes out.
Bottom 5 Fletcher hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 5 Meusel hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 5 There goes Williams. The throw from O'Farrell and he is safe. Williams steals second.
Bottom 5 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Terry fields it and throws to third to get the runner. Rawlings is safe. Rawlings moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 5 Rawlings hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Paskert. Rawlings reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 O'Farrell strikes out.
Top 5 Paskert hits a ball on the ground towards second. Rawlings scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. Robertson moves to third.
Top 5 Red Causey now pitching. Merkle hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Flack scores. Terry scores. Robertson moves to second.
Top 5 Robertson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Vaughn scores. Flack moves to third. Terry moves to second.
Top 5 Terry hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Vaughn moves to third. Flack moves to second.
Top 5 Flack hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Vaughn moves to second.
Top 5 Vaughn takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Paulette hits a ball on the ground towards short. Terry fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Enzmann takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Withrow hits a fly ball into right field. Flack settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Friberg hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Deal strikes out.
Top 4 O'Farrell hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Miller strikes out.
Bottom 3 LeBourveau bunts towards third. Deal fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Fletcher moves to second.
Bottom 3 Fletcher hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Meusel scores.
Bottom 3 There goes Meusel. The throw from O'Farrell and he is safe. Meusel steals second.
Bottom 3 Meusel takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Williams hits a popup in front of the plate. O'Farrell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Rawlings hits a ball on the ground towards short. Terry scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Paskert is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Johnny Enzmann now pitching. Merkle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Williams throws the ball in to Paulette who tags Merkle trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Terry scores. Robertson moves to third.
Top 3 Robertson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Vaughn scores. Terry moves to third.
Top 3 Terry hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher misplays the ball. That's an error on Fletcher. Friberg scores. Vaughn moves to third.
Top 3 Flack bunts towards the mound. Hubbell fields it and throws to first for the out. Friberg moves to third. Vaughn moves to second.
Top 3 Vaughn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Friberg moves to second.
Top 3 Friberg takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Paulette hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Friberg scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Hubbell strikes out.
Bottom 2 Withrow strikes out.
Bottom 2 Withrow hits a popup, foul, in back of first. Friberg settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Friberg.
Top 2 Deal hits a popup towards third. Miller settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 O'Farrell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Paskert hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Merkle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Miller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Friberg fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 LeBourveau hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Fletcher moves to second.
Bottom 1 Fletcher hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Meusel hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 1 There goes Williams. The throw from O'Farrell and he is safe. Williams steals second.
Bottom 1 Williams hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Rawlings hits a fly ball into left field. Robertson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Paulette hits a ball on the ground towards short. Terry scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Robertson hits a fly ball into left field. LeBourveau settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Terry hits a line drive towards short. Fletcher reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Flack hits a ball on the ground towards third. Miller fields it and throws to first for the out.