Cubs @ Pirates
September 8, 1917

Back Home
Visual
Play By Play
Text
Play By Play
Audio
Play By Play
Box
Score
Lineups
and Summary
Top 8 R H E
Cubs 3 8 1
Pirates 2 6 1
Top 8 R H E
Cubs 3 8 1
Pirates 2 6 1

Fred Merkle Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .247
OBP .000 .302
At Bats 3 490
Hits 0 121
• Singles 0 85
• Doubles 0 26
• Triples 0 8
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 37
RBI’s 0 51

Burleigh Grimes Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 15 0
 FIRSTPLAY/PAUSE  REPLAYLAST/BOX  
Close
1 ▲ ▼ 2 ▲ ▼ 3 ▲ ▼ 4 ▲ ▼ 5 ▲ ▼ 6 ▲ ▼ 7 ▲ ▼ 8 ▲ ▼ 9 ▲ ▼
Forbes Field - September 8, 1917
•
Intentional Walk
Burleigh Grimes
William Fischer
Fritz Mollwitz
Jake Pitler
Tony Boeckel
Chuck Ward
Carson Bigbee
Max Carey
Lee King
Fred Merkle
 
Cy Williams
Charlie Deal
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Burleigh Grimes now pitching. Merkle is walked intentionally.

Return to all plays in text
PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Williams hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of King. Williams reaches second base with a double. Wolter scores. Deal moves to third.
Top 8 Deal hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Wolter moves to third.
Top 8 Doyle hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Pitler reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Wolter hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Bigbee. Wolter reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Carey hits a fly ball into left field. Wolter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 King hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Wilson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Hippo Vaughn now pitching. Mollwitz strikes out.
Bottom 7 Bigbee hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Miller moves to second.
Bottom 7 Miller hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Kilduff hits a fly ball into right field. King settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Flack hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Carey who is chasing the ball. Flack reaches third base with a triple.
Top 7 Hendrix hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Miller fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Wilson hits a fly ball into right field. King settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Fischer strikes out.
Bottom 6 Pitler hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kilduff scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Boeckel hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Wilson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Merkle hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Pitler settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Williams hits a popup towards first. Mollwitz settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Deal hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Pitler settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Ward hits a fly ball into right field. Flack settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Carey is walked intentionally. King moves to second.
Bottom 5 King hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mollwitz scores.
Bottom 5 Mollwitz hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Wolter. Mollwitz reaches second base with a double. Fischer scores.
Bottom 5 Bigbee hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hendrix fields it and throws to first for the out. Fischer moves to third.
Bottom 5 Miller hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hendrix fields it and throws to first for the out. Fischer moves to second.
Bottom 5 Fischer takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Doyle hits a fly ball into right field. King settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Wolter hits a fly ball towards left field. Bigbee fields the ball and throws to home. Fischer drops the ball. That's an out and an error on Fischer. Hendrix tags and scores. Kilduff moves to third.
Top 5 Kilduff hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Pitler fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Hendrix moves to third.
Top 5 Flack bunts towards third. Boeckel fields it and throws to first for the out. Hendrix moves to second.
Top 5 Hendrix hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Pitler hits a fly ball into right field. Flack settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 The ball gets by Wilson for a passed ball. Boeckel moves to third.
Bottom 4 Boeckel hits a line drive towards left. Wolter chases it down, and drops it. That's an error on Wolter. Boeckel moves to second.
Bottom 4 Ward strikes out.
Bottom 4 Carey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kilduff scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Wilson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Mollwitz settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Merkle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boeckel fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Williams hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boeckel settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 King strikes out.
Bottom 3 Mollwitz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Merkle scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mollwitz for the out. Fischer moves to third. Bigbee moves to second.
Bottom 3 Bigbee takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Miller bunts in front of the plate. Wilson fields it and throws to first for the out. Fischer moves to second.
Bottom 3 Fischer bunts towards the mound. Hendrix fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 Deal hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ward scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Doyle hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Pitler settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Wolter hits a line drive into right field. King settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Pitler hits a ball on the ground towards third. Deal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Boeckel strikes out.
Bottom 2 There goes Ward. The throw from Wilson and he is safe. Ward steals second.
Bottom 2 Ward hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Carey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Merkle scoops it up and throws to first, with Hendrix covering, for the out.
Top 2 Kilduff hits a fly ball into center field. Carey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Flack takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Hendrix strikes out. There goes Williams. Here's the throw, and he's safe. There goes Wilson. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Top 2 Wilson is hit by the pitch. Williams moves to second.
Top 2 Merkle hits a popup towards short. Ward settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Williams hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 King hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Doyle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Mollwitz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Bigbee hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Deal hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ward fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Doyle takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Wolter hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Pitler scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Kilduff scores. That run is unearned.
Top 1 The ball gets by Fischer for a passed ball. Kilduff moves to third.
Top 1 Kilduff hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Flack hits a fly ball into center field. Carey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.