Cubs @ Phillies
June 29, 1931

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Cubs 10 14 1
Phillies 11 14 4
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Cubs 10 14 1
Phillies 11 14 4

Fred Koster Season Stats

  Game Season
Average 1.000 .317
OBP 1.000 .379
At Bats 3 60
Hits 3 19
• Singles 3 18
• Doubles 0 1
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 6
RBI’s 1 4

Charlie Root Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 4 2
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Baker Bowl - June 29, 1931
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Walk
Charlie Root
Rollie Hemsley
Charlie Grimm
Rogers Hornsby
Billy Jurges
Woody English
Hack Wilson
Danny Taylor
Kiki Cuyler
Fred Koster
Pinky Whitney
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Koster takes first base on ball four.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Davis hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hornsby settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 There goes Whitney. The throw from Hemsley and he is safe. Whitney steals second.
Bottom 8 Whitney hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Klein scores.
Bottom 8 Klein hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Taylor, who is chasing the ball. Klein reaches third base with a triple. Brickell scores.
Bottom 8 Bartell bunts towards the mound. Root fields it and throws to first for the out. Brickell moves to third.
Bottom 8 Charlie Root now pitching. Brickell hits a ball on the ground towards second. Hornsby picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Hornsby. Brickell moves to second.
Top 8 English strikes out.
Top 8 Cuyler hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mallon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Riggs Stephenson pinch hits for Guy Bush. Stephenson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Koster. Stephenson reaches second base with a double. Grimm scores. Jurges moves to third.
Top 8 Jurges hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bolen fields it and throws to third for the out. Grimm moves to second.
Top 8 Grimm takes first base on ball four. Hemsley moves to second.
Top 8 Hemsley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Bolen hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bush fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Mallon hits a ball on the ground towards short. English fields it and has Koster trapped. There's the throw to Jurges and over to Hornsby, who tags Koster for the out. Mallon moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 7 Friberg bunts towards the mound. Bush fields it and throws to first for the out. Koster moves to second.
Bottom 7 Koster hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards first. Friberg scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Taylor for the out.
Top 7 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 7 Stew Bolen now pitching. Hornsby takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Davis hits a line drive into left field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Whitney strikes out.
Bottom 6 Klein hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 6 Bartell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Dudley moves to second.
Bottom 6 Brickell hits a fly ball into center field. Taylor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Guy Bush now pitching. Clise Dudley pinch hits for Dutch Schesler. Dudley hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 English hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mallon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Cuyler hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Koster. Cuyler reaches second base with a double. Grimm scores. Jurges scores. Moore moves to third. Two runs are unearned.
Top 6 Johnny Moore pinch hits for Lon Warneke. Moore hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mallon fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Hemsley scores. Grimm moves to third. Jurges moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 6 Dutch Schesler now pitching. Jurges takes first base on ball four. Hemsley moves to third. Grimm moves to second.
Top 6 Grimm hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Taylor scores. Hemsley moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 6 Hemsley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Taylor moves to second.
Top 6 Taylor hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mallon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. English scores. That run is unearned.
Top 6 Hornsby hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Cuyler scores. English moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 6 English hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Brickell. English reaches second base with a double. Cuyler moves to third.
Top 6 Cuyler hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Bartell.
Bottom 5 Mallon strikes out.
Bottom 5 Friberg hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hornsby fields it and throws to second for the out. Davis moves to third.
Bottom 5 Koster hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Davis moves to second.
Bottom 5 Davis takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Whitney hits a ball on the ground towards short. English scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Warneke strikes out.
Top 5 Jurges hits a line drive towards short. Bartell misplays the ball. That's an error on Bartell.
Top 5 Grimm hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Brickell. Grimm reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Hemsley hits a popup towards short. Bartell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Taylor hits a fly ball into center field. Brickell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Klein hits a fly ball into left field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Bartell takes first base on ball four. Mallon moves to second.
Bottom 4 Brickell hits a fly ball into left field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Collins strikes out.
Bottom 4 Lon Warneke now pitching. Mallon takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Wilson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Davis settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Hornsby takes first base on ball four. English moves to second.
Top 4 English hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mallon fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Cuyler hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Mallon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Les Sweetland pinch hits for Sheriff Blake. Sweetland hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Friberg hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hornsby settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Koster bunts in front of the plate. Hemsley fields it and throws to first for the out. Davis moves to second.
Bottom 3 Davis hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Klein scores.
Bottom 3 Whitney bunts in front of the plate. Hemsley fields it and throws to first for the out. Klein moves to second.
Bottom 3 Klein takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Jurges strikes out.
Top 3 Grimm hits a fly ball into left field. Klein settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Hemsley strikes out.
Top 3 Taylor hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Bartell hits a ball on the ground towards short. English scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Brickell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blake fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Collins hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hornsby scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mallon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Hornsby takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 English bunts towards the mound. Collins fields it and throws to first for the out. Blake moves to third. Cuyler moves to second.
Top 2 Cuyler hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Grimm scores. Jurges scores. Blake moves to second.
Top 2 Blake hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Grimm moves to third. Jurges moves to second.
Top 2 Jurges takes first base on ball four. Grimm moves to second.
Top 2 Grimm takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Hemsley strikes out.
Bottom 1 Mallon hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Hornsby catches it and throws to second with English covering, to double up Friberg.
Bottom 1 Sheriff Blake now pitching. Friberg hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cuyler. Friberg reaches second base with a double. Davis scores. Koster goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 1 Koster hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Whitney scores. Davis moves to second.
Bottom 1 Davis hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Whitney moves to second.
Bottom 1 Whitney hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Klein scores.
Bottom 1 There goes Klein. The throw from Hemsley and he is safe. Klein steals second.
Bottom 1 Klein hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Brickell scores.
Bottom 1 Bartell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grimm scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bartell for the out. Brickell moves to second.
Bottom 1 Brickell takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Taylor hits a popup towards short. Bartell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Bartell. Wilson moves to second.
Top 1 Hornsby hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 English hits a fly ball into center field. Brickell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Cuyler hits a line drive to center field. That will be extra bases. Brickell chases after the ball, picks it up, and throws towards Bartell. Bartell fumbles the ball. That's a triple and an error on Bartell. Cuyler moves all the way to home.