100th ANNIVERSAY
BROOKLYN ROBINS
1920 NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONS
1920 NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONS
GAME #1: Wednesday, April 14, 1920 - BR
Philadelphia Phillies vs. Brooklyn Robins
Ebbets Field
ROBINS OPEN REGULAR SEASON WITH VICTORY OVER PHILADELPHIA
Konetchy opens the scoring in the second with a base hit to left scoring center fielder Hi Myers from second base. With the bases jammed and one out in the fourth Zack Wheat singles home two runs. Big Ed then singles up the middle plating two more as the Robins build a 5-0 lead. The Robins add another in the sixth on Hi Myers' leadoff triple and a successful suicide squeeze executed by shortstop Chuck Ward.
Phillies starter Eppa Rixey helps his own cause in the top of the seventh with a run batted in to break up Leon Cadore's shutout bid. However Cadore answers with a run batted in of his own during a three run eighth for the Robins. On the mound Leon Cadore yields two earned runs on eight hits and no walks with two strikeouts through nine innings for the victory.
- The Robins opening day lineup averages 30-years of age. National League veteran Ed Konetchy, 33-years old, enters his second season with the Robins. Zack Wheat now 32-years old enters his twelfth season with Brooklyn. After winning the batting title in 1918, last season he fails to keep his average above the .300 mark. Looking to rebound Wheat opens the 1920 season going 2 for 4 with two runs batted in. Meanwhile Hi Myers who turns 31-years old later this month is coming off a 1919 regular season in which he leads the senior circuit with 14 triples, 73 runs batted in, a .436 slugging average, and 223 total bases.
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