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May 8, 1918

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Cubs 7 11 1
Pirates 0 4 3
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Cubs 7 11 1
Pirates 0 4 3

Fred Merkle Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .333
OBP .667 .338
At Bats 3 66
Hits 2 22
• Singles 1 17
• Doubles 0 3
• Triples 1 1
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 1
RBI’s 2 12

Bob Steele Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 0 1
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Forbes Field - May 8, 1918
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Walk
Bob Steele
Jimmy Archer
Fritz Mollwitz
George Cutshaw
Bill McKechnie
Howdy Caton
Lee King
Max Carey
Casey Stengel
Fred Merkle
Dode Paskert
 
Max Flack
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Merkle takes first base on ball four. Paskert moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 7 Paskert hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Steele can't make a play. That's a base hit. Hollocher scores. Flack moves to third.
Top 7 Mann bunts towards the mound. Steele fields it and throws to first for the out. Hollocher moves to third. Flack moves to second.
Top 7 Flack takes first base on ball four. Hollocher moves to second.
Top 7 Hollocher hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Cutshaw hits a fly ball into center field. Paskert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Stengel hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Tyler fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Carey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Deal fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Tyler hits a line drive towards the mound. Steele reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Killefer strikes out.
Top 6 Deal hits a ball on the ground towards short. Caton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Mollwitz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hollocher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Caton hits a popup towards first. Merkle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Steele hits a popup, foul, towards first. Merkle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Archer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. McKechnie moves to third.
Bottom 5 McKechnie hits a fly ball towards left. Mann settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Mann.
Top 5 Kilduff hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cutshaw scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 There goes Merkle. The throw from Archer and he is safe. Merkle steals second.
Top 5 Merkle hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Paskert strikes out.
Top 5 Mann hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is bouncing around. Carey is chasing the ball. Mann rounds third and comes all way home with an inside-the-park home run.
Top 5 Flack hits a popup, foul, towards third. McKechnie settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 King hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Tyler fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Cutshaw hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Tyler fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Stengel strikes out.
Top 4 There goes Hollocher. The throw from Archer and he is out, Cutshaw applying the tag.
Top 4 Hollocher hits a ball on the ground towards third. McKechnie juggles the ball. That's an error on McKechnie.
Top 4 Tyler hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Steele fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 Killefer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Carey hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Killefer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Mollwitz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kilduff scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Caton hits a fly ball into center field. Paskert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Deal hits a ball on the ground towards third. McKechnie fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Bob Steele now pitching. Kilduff hits a popup, foul, towards first. Mollwitz settles under it and makes the catch for the out. Merkle tags and scores.
Top 3 Merkle hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Carey who is chasing the ball. Merkle reaches third base with a triple. Flack scores. Mann goes all the way around to score.
Top 3 Paskert is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Mann hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Flack moves to third.
Top 3 Flack hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Carey. Flack reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Tyler fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Archer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Deal fields it, throws to home for one, and over to first - double play. King moves to third. McKechnie moves to second.
Bottom 2 McKechnie hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cutshaw moves to third. King moves to second.
Bottom 2 King takes first base on ball four. Cutshaw moves to second.
Bottom 2 Cutshaw hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hollocher fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 2 Hollocher hits a line drive into right field. Stengel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Tyler hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cutshaw scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Killefer bunts in front of the plate. Archer fields it and throws to first for the out. Deal moves to third.
Top 2 Deal hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Carey. Deal reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Stengel hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Tyler fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Carey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Deal fields it and throws to first for the out. Mollwitz moves to second.
Bottom 1 Mollwitz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Caton hits a line drive towards first. Merkle reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Kilduff strikes out.
Top 1 Merkle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Caton misplays the ball. That's an error on Caton. Paskert scores. That run is unearned.
Top 1 Paskert hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of King who is chasing the ball. Paskert reaches third base with a triple. Mann scores.
Top 1 Mann hits a line drive into center field. Carey picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Carey. Mann moves to second.
Top 1 Flack hits a fly ball into left field. King settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Hollocher hits a fly ball into right field. Stengel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.