100th Anniversary
BROOKLYN ROBINS
1920 National League Champions
Game #22: Friday, May 15, 1920 - BR
Brooklyn Robins vs. St. Louis Cardinals
Robison Field
Robins Take Second Straight at St. Louis; Al Mamaux After Shaky First Inning Whitewashes Cardinals Over Final Eight.
Brooklyn comes out swinging in game two at Robison Field. Center fielder Hi Myers drives home the first run of the game as the Robins muster four hits in the opening inning against Cardinals starter Elmer Jacobs. St. Louis promptly strikes back in the bottom half of the frame. Robins starter Al Mamaux yields a two out walk to third baseman Milt Stock who then scores on a double by Rogers Hornsby. First baseman Jim Fournier follows with a hit to left scoring Hornsby for a 2-1 Cardinals lead. Brooklyn answers in the second inning with four more runs. Shortstop Chuck Ward delivers home two runs, and another pair cross the plate when St. Louis center fielder Jack Smith mishandles Zack Wheat's liner to center. After which Cardinals manager Branch Rickey dispatches Elmer Jacobs to the showers. Taking his turn behind the plate catcher Otto Miller's run scoring double in the seventh off Cardinals reliever Jackie May gives Brooklyn a 6-2 lead. Hi Myers extends the lead to five in the eighth inning with his second run batted in of the game. Even Al Mamuax helps his own cause in the top of the ninth with a single and run batted in for an 8-2 final margin of victory. Making his second start of the season Mamaux yields two runs on five his and six walks with five strikeouts through nine innings full. At Chicago the Boston Braves bow to the Cubs thus Brooklyn slips back into second place behind Cincinnati.
- May 16 & 17: Rain postpones games three and four.
- RECORD: 12-9 (.571)
- 2nd place; 2 GB
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