Cubs @ Phillies
September 18, 1920

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Cubs 9 13 2
Phillies 7 13 1
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Cubs 9 13 2
Phillies 7 13 1

Fred Merkle Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .284
OBP .250 .328
At Bats 4 320
Hits 1 91
• Singles 1 64
• Doubles 0 20
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 0 23
RBI’s 1 39

Huck Betts Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 1 0
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Baker Bowl - September 18, 1920
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Strikeout
Huck Betts
Frank Withrow
Dots Miller
Johnny Rawlings
Russ Wrightstone
Art Fletcher
Irish Meusel
Cy Williams
Casey Stengel
Fred Merkle
 
 
 
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Merkle strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Robertson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Miller scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Robertson for the out.
Top 9 Huck Betts now pitching. Russ Wrightstone now playing third base. Terry hits a fly ball into left field. Meusel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Gavvy Cravath pinch hits for George Smith. Cravath hits a fly ball into right field. Flack settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Withrow hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Fletcher scores.
Bottom 8 Russ Wrightstone pinch hits for Ralph Miller. Wrightstone hits a ball on the ground towards first. Merkle scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Wrightstone for the out.
Bottom 8 Miller hits a ball on the ground towards short. Terry scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Fletcher moves to third.
Bottom 8 The ball gets by O'Farrell for a passed ball. Fletcher moves to second.
Bottom 8 Fletcher hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Flack hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Rawlings reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Martin hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 8 Marriott takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Deal hits a fly ball into left field. Meusel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 O'Farrell hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Stengel. O'Farrell reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Paskert hits a ball on the ground towards third. Miller fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Meusel hits a popup in front of the plate. O'Farrell can't reach the ball in time. That's a base hit. Meusel is thrown out after the base hit.
Bottom 7 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Marriott scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Speed Martin now pitching. Rawlings hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Marriott scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 George Smith now pitching. Merkle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Miller fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Top 7 Robertson takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 There goes Terry. The throw from Withrow and he is safe. Terry steals second.
Top 7 Babe Twombly pinch runs for Lefty Tyler. Terry hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Twombly scores. Flack moves to third.
Top 7 Flack hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Tyler moves to second.
Top 7 There's a wild pitch. Marriott scores.
Top 7 Tyler takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 The ball gets by Withrow for a passed ball. Marriott moves to third.
Top 7 Marriott hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Stengel. Marriott reaches second base with a double. Paskert scores.
Top 7 Deal hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Paskert moves to third.
Top 7 O'Farrell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Rawlings settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Paskert hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Stengel. Paskert reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Stengel hits a ball on the ground towards first. Merkle scoops it up and throws to first, with Tyler covering, for the out.
Bottom 6 Meadows hits a ball on the ground towards short. Terry scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Withrow moves to third.
Bottom 6 Withrow hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Robertson. Withrow reaches second base with a double. Fletcher scores. Miller scores.
Bottom 6 Miller bunts towards third. Deal fields it and throws to first for the out. Fletcher moves to third. Miller moves to second.
Bottom 6 Miller hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Fletcher moves to second.
Bottom 6 Fletcher hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Merkle hits a popup towards third. Miller settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Robertson hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Terry hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Rawlings settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Meusel hits a ball on the ground towards short. Terry scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Williams hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Rawlings hits a fly ball into left field. Robertson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Stengel hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. O'Farrell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 There goes Flack. The throw from Withrow and he is out, Rawlings applying the tag.
Top 5 Flack hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Tyler hits a popup towards third. Miller settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Marriott hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rawlings scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Meadows strikes out.
Bottom 4 Withrow hits a ball on the ground towards third. Deal fields it and throws to first for the out. Miller moves to third.
Bottom 4 Miller hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Paskert. Miller reaches second base with a double. Fletcher scores. Miller goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 4 Miller hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Williams scores. Fletcher moves to second.
Bottom 4 Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Terry fields it and throws to second for the out. Williams moves to third.
Bottom 4 Meusel hits a ball on the ground towards short. Terry fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Williams moves to second.
Bottom 4 Williams hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Deal hits a fly ball into left field. Meusel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 O'Farrell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Paskert hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball 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.
Bottom 3 Stengel strikes out.
Bottom 3 Meadows hits a ball on the ground towards short. Terry scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Merkle hits a popup in front of the plate. Withrow settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Robertson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Terry hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Flack hits a line drive towards first. Miller reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Withrow hits a ball on the ground towards short. Terry scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Miller hits a ball on the ground towards third. Deal fields it and throws to first for the out. Miller moves to second.
Bottom 2 Miller hits a ball on the ground towards third. Deal fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Fletcher hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Tyler hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Stengel throws the ball in to Fletcher who tags Tyler trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Paskert scores. O'Farrell scores.
Top 2 Marriott strikes out.
Top 2 Deal bunts towards first. Miller scoops it up and throws to first, with Rawlings covering, for the out. Paskert moves to third. O'Farrell moves to second.
Top 2 O'Farrell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Paskert moves to second.
Top 2 Casey Stengel now playing right field. Irish Meusel now playing left field. Paskert hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rawlings fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 1 Meusel hits a line drive into left field. Robertson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Casey Stengel pinch runs for Bevo LeBourveau. Williams strikes out. There goes Rawlings. The throw from O'Farrell to Terry, and Rawlings is out.
Bottom 1 Rawlings hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Marriott misplays the ball. That's an error on Marriott. LeBourveau moves to third.
Bottom 1 LeBourveau hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Marriott fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 Meadows fires to first and has Merkle trapped. There's the throw to Fletcher who tags Merkle for the out.
Top 1 Merkle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Terry scores. That run is unearned.
Top 1 Robertson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Miller scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Robertson for the out. Terry moves to third.
Top 1 Terry hits a line drive into right field. Meusel picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Meusel. Terry moves to second.
Top 1 Flack hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rawlings scoops it up and throws to first for the out.