Pirates @ Giants
July 29, 1916

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Top 8	R	H	E
Pirates	0	5	2
Giants	4	9	1

Top 8	R	H	E
Pirates	0	5	2
Giants	4	9	1

Max Carey Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average
OBP
At Bats
Hits
• Singles
• Doubles
• Triples
• Home Runs
Walks
RBI’s

Fred Anderson Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
8	8	2

FIRST PREVIOUS PLAY/PAUSE REPLAY NEXT LAST/BOX

Polo Grounds - July 29, 1916

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Stolen Base

Fred Anderson

Bill Rariden

Fred Merkle

Larry Doyle

Hans Lobert

Buck Herzog

George Burns

Benny Kauff

Dave Robertson

Max Carey

Doug Baird

Count: - , 2 Outs

There goes Baird. The throw from Rariden and he is safe. Baird steals third.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Top 8 Baird hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Kauff. Baird reaches second base with a double.

Top 8 Joe Schultz pinch hits for Erv Kantlehner. Schultz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lobert fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 8 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lobert fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 7 Merkle strikes out.

Bottom 7 Kauff hits a ball on the ground towards third. Baird fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 7 Robertson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Farmer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 7 Johnston strikes out. Rariden drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Johnston out.

Top 7 Costello strikes out.

Top 7 Farmer strikes out.

Bottom 6 Herzog hits a ball on the ground towards third. Baird fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 6 There's a wild pitch. Anderson moves to third. Burns moves to second.

Bottom 6 Doyle hits a fly ball into center field. Carey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Burns hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Farmer misplays the ball. That's an error on Farmer. Lobert scores. Anderson moves to second. That run is unearned.

Bottom 6 Anderson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Farmer misplays the ball. That's an error on Farmer. Lobert moves to third.

Bottom 6 Rariden hits a ball on the ground towards first. Johnston scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rariden for the out. Lobert moves to second.

Bottom 6 Lobert hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 6 Hinchman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 6 Wagner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Herzog can't make a play. That's a base hit. Carey moves to third.

Top 6 Carey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 6 Baird hits a popup towards third. Lobert settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Kantlehner hits a fly ball into left field. Burns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Merkle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Baird fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 5 Kauff takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 5 Robertson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Hinchman who is chasing the ball. Robertson reaches third base with a triple. Anderson scores. Herzog goes all the way around to score.

Bottom 5 Herzog hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. Anderson moves to third.

Bottom 5 Doyle hits a popup, foul, towards first. Johnston settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Burns hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Farmer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Anderson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 5 Wilson strikes out.

Top 5 Johnston bunts towards first. Merkle picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Merkle. Johnston moves to second.

Top 5 Costello hits a ball on the ground towards short. Herzog scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.

Top 5 Farmer hits a ball on the ground towards second. Doyle can't make a play. That's a base hit.

Bottom 4 Rariden hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wagner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 4 Lobert hits a fly ball into right field. Hinchman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Merkle hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Costello. Merkle reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 4 Kauff hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kantlehner fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 4 There goes Carey. The slide. Rariden applies the tag. Carey is out.

Top 4 Hinchman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Merkle scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hinchman for the out. Carey moves to third.

Top 4 Wagner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Herzog scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Carey moves to second.

Top 4 Carey takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 3 Robertson hits a fly ball into left field. Costello settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Herzog hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Carey who is chasing the ball. Herzog reaches third base with a triple. Doyle goes all the way around to score.

Bottom 3 Doyle hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Bottom 3 Burns hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Farmer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 3 Anderson hits a line drive into right field. Hinchman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Baird hits a ball on the ground towards short. Herzog fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 3 Kantlehner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 3 Wilson is hit by the pitch.

Top 3 Johnston hits a ball on the ground towards first. Merkle scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Johnston for the out.

Bottom 2 Rariden hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wagner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 2 Lobert hits a popup towards short. Wagner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Merkle hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kantlehner fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Kauff moves to second.

Bottom 2 Kauff is hit by the pitch.

Bottom 2 Robertson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Johnston scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Robertson for the out.

Top 2 Costello hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lobert fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 Farmer hits a fly ball into right field. Robertson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Hinchman strikes out.

Bottom 1 There goes Herzog. The throw from Wilson and he is out, Wagner applying the tag.

Bottom 1 Herzog hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 1 Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Farmer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Burns hits a fly ball into left field. Costello settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Wagner strikes out.

Top 1 Carey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Merkle scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Carey for the out.

Top 1 Baird hits a ball on the ground towards short. Herzog scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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There goes Baird. The throw from Rariden and he is safe. Baird steals third.

Pirates @ Giants
July 29, 1916