Giants @ Cardinals
May 17, 1916

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Giants 8 11 0
Cardinals 1 5 4
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Giants 8 11 0
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Fred Merkle Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .228
OBP .333 .351
At Bats 3 79
Hits 1 18
• Singles 0 9
• Doubles 0 5
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 1 3
Walks 0 14
RBI’s 2 13

Bob Steele Season Stats

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Robison Field - May 17, 1916
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Out
Bob Steele
Tony Brottem
Dots Miller
Art Butler
Rogers Hornsby
Roy Corhan
Bob Bescher
Jack Smith
Chief Wilson
Fred Merkle
 
 
 
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Art Butler now playing second base. Merkle hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 6 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 There goes Hornsby. The throw from Rariden and he is safe. Hornsby steals second.
Bottom 6 Miller strikes out.
Bottom 6 Hornsby hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Doyle fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. Smith scores. Butler moves to third.
Bottom 6 Bescher takes first base on ball four. Smith moves to third. Butler moves to second.
Bottom 6 Art Butler pinch hits for Bruno Betzel. Butler hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Smith moves to second.
Bottom 6 Smith bunts towards the mound. Anderson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 6 There goes Fletcher. The throw from Brottem and he is out, Corhan applying the tag.
Top 6 Fletcher hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 There goes Kauff. The throw from Brottem and he is out, Betzel applying the tag.
Top 6 Kauff hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hornsby juggles the ball. That's an error on Hornsby.
Top 6 Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hornsby fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Steele strikes out.
Bottom 5 Brottem hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Corhan strikes out.
Bottom 5 Wilson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Robertson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Miller scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Robertson for the out.
Top 5 There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal.
Top 5 Burns hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Rariden moves to second.
Top 5 Anderson strikes out.
Top 5 Rariden hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Tony Brottem now catching. McKechnie hits a ball on the ground towards short. Corhan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Miller hits a fly ball into right field. Robertson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Hornsby strikes out.
Bottom 4 Bescher 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 4 Merkle strikes out.
Top 4 Fletcher hits a fly ball into left field. Bescher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Kauff tags and scores.
Top 4 Kauff hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Bescher who is chasing the ball. Kauff reaches third base with a triple. Robertson scores. Doyle scores.
Top 4 Doyle hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Bescher. Doyle reaches second base with a double. Robertson moves to third.
Top 4 Robertson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Betzel misplays the ball. That's an error on Betzel.
Top 4 Burns hits a fly ball into right field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Betzel strikes out.
Bottom 3 Smith hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Snyder moves to third.
Bottom 3 Steele hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Anderson fields it and throws to first for the out. Snyder moves to second.
Bottom 3 Snyder hits a ball on the ground towards first. Merkle fields the ball and throws to Anderson covering. Safe.
Bottom 3 Corhan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Anderson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Anderson strikes out.
Top 3 Rariden takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Snyderdrops the ball. It gets behind him. There goes McKechnie. The throw to Steele covering the plate. The slide. McKechnie is out.
Top 3 Bob Steele now pitching. McKechnie hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Bescher who is chasing the ball. McKechnie reaches third base with a triple.
Top 3 Merkle hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 3 Fletcher hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Smith who is chasing the ball. Fletcher reaches third base with a triple. Doyle scores. Kauff scores.
Top 3 There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal.
Top 3 Kauff takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Doyle hits a line drive to right field. Wilson throws towards Betzel. Betzel fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Betzel. Wilson throws the ball in to Betzel who tags Doyle trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Doyle moves to second.
Top 3 Lee Meadows now pitching. Robertson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Snyder settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Wilson 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 2 Miller hits a ball on the ground towards third. McKechnie fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Hornsby hits a fly ball into right field. Robertson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Burns hits a ball on the ground towards short. Corhan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Anderson bunts towards the mound. Doak fields it and throws to first for the out. Rariden moves to second.
Top 2 Rariden hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Merkle scores. That run is unearned.
Top 2 There goes Merkle. The throw from Snyder and he is safe. Merkle steals second.
Top 2 McKechnie hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Merkle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Corhan fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Corhan.
Bottom 1 Bescher strikes out. Rariden drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Bescher out.
Bottom 1 Betzel hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Anderson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Smith 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 Fletcher hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Snyder fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 There goes Kauff. The throw from Snyder and he is safe. Kauff steals second.
Top 1 Kauff hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Doyle moves to third.
Top 1 The ball gets by Snyder for a passed ball. Doyle moves to second.
Top 1 Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Corhan fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Robertson takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Burns hits a fly ball into left field. Bescher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.