Cubs @ Pirates
June 26, 1920

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Top 9 R H E
Cubs 4 10 2
Pirates 9 17 1
Top 9 R H E
Cubs 4 10 2
Pirates 9 17 1

Fred Merkle Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .323
OBP .500 .356
At Bats 4 93
Hits 2 30
• Singles 1 23
• Doubles 1 5
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 6
RBI’s 1 8

Elmer Ponder Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 3 0
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Forbes Field - June 26, 1920
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Elmer Ponder
Bill Haeffner
Charlie Grimm
Walter Barbare
Possum Whitted
Howdy Caton
Carson Bigbee
Max Carey
Billy Southworth
Fred Merkle
Zeb Terry
Charlie Hollocher
Dode Paskert

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago Cubs 4 10 2 9
Pittsburgh Pirates 9 17 1 10
Winning Pitcher Elmer Ponder
Losing Pitcher Hippo Vaughn
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Billy Southworth
Attendance 12,000
Time of Game 2 hours 7 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Merkle hits a fly ball into left field. Bigbee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Terry takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 There goes Hollocher. The throw from Haeffner and he is safe. Hollocher steals second.
Top 9 Hollocher hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Paskert moves to third.
Top 9 Flack hits a ball on the ground towards short. Caton scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Paskert moves to second.
Top 9 Vaughn strikes out.
Top 9 Bill Haeffner now catching. Paskert hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Caton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Herzog fields it, steps on third, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 8 Grimm hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Whitted scores. Ponder moves to second.
Bottom 8 Ponder hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Carey scores. Southworth scores. Whitted moves to second.
Bottom 8 Whitted is walked intentionally.
Bottom 8 There goes Southworth. The throw from O'Farrell and he is safe. Southworth steals second.
Bottom 8 Southworth hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Barbare scores. Bigbee scores. Carey moves to third.
Bottom 8 Carey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Caton scores. Barbare moves to third. Bigbee moves to second.
Bottom 8 Bigbee hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Barbare hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Caton moves to third. Barbare moves to second.
Bottom 8 Bill McKechnie pinch hits for Cliff Lee. McKechnie bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3.
Bottom 8 Caton takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Herzog hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Lee settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 There goes O'Farrell. The throw from Lee and he is safe. O'Farrell steals second.
Top 8 O'Farrell takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 There's a wild pitch. Merkle moves to third.
Top 8 Barber hits a popup, foul, towards short. Caton settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Merkle hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Bigbee. Merkle reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Elmer Ponder now pitching. Terry hits a ball on the ground towards short. Caton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Grimm hits a fly ball into right field. Flack settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Fred Nicholson pinch hits for Johnny Meador. Nicholson strikes out.
Bottom 7 Whitted hits a fly ball into center field. Paskert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Southworth bunts towards the mound. Vaughn fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 Hollocher hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Barbare reaches out and makes the catch 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 Vaughn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Caton fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Paskert hits a ball on the ground towards short. Caton can't make a play. That's a base hit.
Bottom 6 Carey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Herzog fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 There goes Bigbee. The throw from O'Farrell and he is safe. Bigbee steals second.
Bottom 6 Bigbee hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Terry fields it and throws to second for the out. Lee scores.
Bottom 6 Barbare hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Caton scores. Lee moves to third.
Bottom 6 Lee hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Barber. Lee reaches second base with a double. Caton moves to third.
Bottom 6 Caton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Grimm hits a popup, foul, towards first. Merkle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Cliff Lee now catching. Herzog hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Southworth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 O'Farrell hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Carey who is chasing the ball. O'Farrell reaches third base with a triple.
Top 6 Barber hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Barbare scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Merkle hits a fly ball into center field. Carey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Meador strikes out.
Bottom 5 Whitted hits a fly ball into left field. Barber settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Southworth hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Flack who is chasing the ball. Southworth reaches third base with a triple. Flack throws the ball in to Herzog who tags Southworth trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Top 5 Terry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Barbare scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Hollocher hits a fly ball into right field. Southworth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Flack hits a fly ball into left field. Bigbee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Vaughn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Carey hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. O'Farrell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Bigbee hits a popup towards short. Hollocher settles under it and makes the catch for the out. Schmidt moves to third. Barbare moves to second.
Bottom 4 Barbare hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Schmidt moves to second.
Bottom 4 Schmidt hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Caton hits a popup, foul, towards third. Herzog settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Paskert hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Schmidt settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Herzog hits a ball on the ground towards short. Caton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 O'Farrell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Caton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Grimm hits a fly ball into center field. Paskert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Meador hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Terry misplays the ball. That's an error on Terry. Whitted moves to second.
Bottom 3 Whitted hits a line drive into right field. Flack picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Flack. Southworth goes all the way around to score. That run is unearned.
Bottom 3 Southworth hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Carey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Herzog fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Bigbee is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Barber hits a ball on the ground towards short. Caton fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Merkle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Walter Barbare now playing second base. Johnny Meador now pitching. Terry hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Meador fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Walter Barbare pinch hits for Earl Hamilton. Barbare hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. There goes Cutshaw trying to get to home. Paskert throws the ball in to O'Farrell who tags Cutshaw who's trying to score from second, for the out. Caton moves to second.
Bottom 2 Schmidt hits a fly ball into center field. Paskert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Caton takes first base on ball four. Cutshaw moves to second.
Bottom 2 Grimm hits a popup towards short. Hollocher settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Cutshaw takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Hollocher hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hamilton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Flack hits a fly ball into center field. Carey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Paskert tags and scores.
Top 2 Vaughn hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hamilton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Paskert hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Carey, who is chasing the ball. Paskert reaches third base with a triple. O'Farrell scores. Herzog goes all the way around to score.
Top 2 Herzog takes first base on ball four. O'Farrell moves to second.
Top 2 O'Farrell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Whitted hits a fly ball into left field. Barber settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Southworth hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Carey hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Vaughn fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Bigbee hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hollocher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Barber hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hamilton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Merkle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cutshaw scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Flack scores. That run is unearned.
Top 1 Terry hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Schmidt settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Hollocher bunts towards third. Whitted fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Whitted. Flack moves to third. Hollocher moves to second.
Top 1 Flack hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.