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September 7, 1917

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Fred Merkle Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .249
OBP .333 .305
At Bats 3 486
Hits 1 121
• Singles 1 85
• Doubles 0 26
• Triples 0 8
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 37
RBI’s 1 51

Bob Steele Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 10 0
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Forbes Field - September 7, 1917
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Fielder's Choice
Bob Steele
Walter Schmidt
Fritz Mollwitz
Jake Pitler
Tony Boeckel
Chuck Ward
Carson Bigbee
Max Carey
Don Flinn
Fred Merkle
 
Charlie Deal
 
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Merkle hits a ball on the ground for an out. Merkle moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Schick bunts towards the mound. Steele fields it and throws to first for the out. Deal moves to second.
Top 9 Deal hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Mollwitz hits a popup, foul, towards first. Merkle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Bigbee is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 8 Steele hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kilduff scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Schmidt bunts towards third. Deal fields it and throws to first for the out. Pitler moves to second.
Bottom 8 Pitler hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kilduff misplays the ball. That's an error on Kilduff.
Top 8 Zeider hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ward scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Wolter hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Steele fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Kilduff strikes out.
Bottom 7 Ward hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Schick throws the ball in to Kilduff who tags Ward trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Bottom 7 Boeckel hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zeider scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Carey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zeider scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Flack hits a fly ball into center field. Carey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Carter hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Steele juggles the ball. That's an error on Steele. Carter moves to second.
Top 7 Wilson strikes out.
Top 7 Merkle hits a popup towards short. Ward settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Flinn hits a ball on the ground for a double play.
Bottom 6 Mollwitz bunts towards the mound. Carter fields it and throws to first for the out. Bigbee moves to second.
Bottom 6 Bigbee hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Schick strikes out. Schmidt drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Schick out.
Top 6 Deal hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boeckel fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Zeider hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ward scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Steele hits a ball on the ground towards third. Deal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Schmidt hits a popup in front of the plate. Wilson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 There goes Pitler. The throw from Wilson and he is safe. Pitler steals second.
Bottom 5 Pitler hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Ward hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zeider scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Wolter hits a fly ball into right field. Flinn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 There goes Kilduff. The throw from Schmidt and he is safe. Kilduff steals second.
Top 5 Kilduff takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Flack hits a fly ball into center field. Carey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Carter hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ward scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Boeckel hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Wilson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Carey hits a fly ball for a double play.
Bottom 4 Flinn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mollwitz moves to second.
Bottom 4 Mollwitz hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Wilson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Pitler settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Merkle hits a fly ball into left field. Bigbee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Schick hits a fly ball into right field. Flinn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Bigbee hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zeider scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Steele hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kilduff scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Schmidt hits a ball on the ground towards third. Deal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Deal hits a fly ball into center field. Carey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Zeider hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Flinn who is chasing the ball. Zeider reaches third base with a triple. Wolter scores.
Top 3 Wolter hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Bigbee. Wolter reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Kilduff hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ward fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Flack takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Pitler hits a ball on the ground towards third. Deal fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Ward hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Carey scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 2 Boeckel hits a fly ball towards right field. Flack fields the ball and throws to short. Kilduff drops the ball. That's an out and an error on Kilduff.
Bottom 2 Carey hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Flack. Carey reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Carter strikes out. Schmidt drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Carter out.
Top 2 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Steele fields it and throws to first for the out. Merkle moves to second.
Top 2 Merkle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Deal scores.
Top 2 Schick bunts towards the mound. Steele fields it and throws to first for the out. Deal moves to second.
Top 2 Deal hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Flinn hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Wilson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Mollwitz hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Carter fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Bigbee hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zeider scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Zeider strikes out.
Top 1 Wolter hits a popup towards short. Ward settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Kilduff hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Flinn. Kilduff reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Flack hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boeckel settles under it and makes the catch for the out.