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August 2, 1917

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Bottom 2	R	H	E
Giants	2	3	0
Pirates	0	1	1

Bottom 2	R	H	E
Giants	2	3	0
Pirates	0	1	1

Chuck Ward Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.246
OBP	.000	.312
At Bats	0	280
Hits	0	69
• Singles	0	59
• Doubles	0	8
• Triples	0	2
• Home Runs	0	0
Walks	0	24
RBI’s	0	29

Rube Benton Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
9	3	1

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Forbes Field - August 2, 1917

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Rube Benton

Bill Rariden

Walter Holke

Buck Herzog

Heinie Zimmerman

Art Fletcher

George Burns

Benny Kauff

Joe Wilhoit

Chuck Ward

Count: - , 0 Outs

Count: - , 1 Out

Ward hits a popup towards short. Fletcher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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Top 2 Benton strikes out.

Top 2 Rariden hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeBus has Wilhoit trapped. There's the throw to Schmidt and over to Boeckel, who tags Wilhoit for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.

Top 2 Holke bunts towards first. Wagner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Holke for the out. Wilhoit moves to third.

Top 2 Wilhoit hits a ball on the ground towards second. Ward picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Ward. Fletcher scores. Wilhoit moves to second.

Top 2 Fletcher hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Carey who is chasing the ball. Fletcher reaches third base with a triple. Zimmerman goes all the way around to score.

Top 2 Zimmerman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 1 Boeckel strikes out.

Bottom 1 King hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Carey hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Burns. Carey reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 1 Bigbee hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Herzog scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 1 Kauff hits a popup towards first. Wagner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Herzog hits a ball on the ground towards first. Wagner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Herzog for the out.

Top 1 Burns strikes out.

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