100th Anniversary
BROOKLYN ROBINS
1920 National League Champions
Game #25: Saturday, May 22, 1920 - BR
Brooklyn Robins vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
Forbes Field
Brooklyn Robins Sending Early Season Tremors Through National League Standings
Facing his former team Burleigh Grimes puts his maturing brilliance on full display as Brooklyn takes Saturday's series opener at Forbes Field. Now 26-years old and in his physical prime, Grimes who last pitched eight days ago goes the distance yielding just one run on nine hits and no walks with four strikeouts. After three scoreless frames the Robins break through in the fourth against Pittsburgh crafty veteran Wilbur Cooper. With one out Zack Wheat and Hi Myers reach on consecutive hits. Ed Konetchy plates them both with a double into deep left. Pete Kilduff follows with a single scoring Konetchy. With two outs and Kilduff standing at second base, Burleigh Grimes helps his own cause with a triple to right for a 4-0 Robins lead. Pittsburgh ruins the shutout in the eighth on second baseman and ironically former Brooklyn Robin George Cutshaw's sacrifice fly to center scoring the speedy Max Carey from third. Grimes improves to 4-2 with a stingy 1.27 ERA. After splitting a pair at Cincinnati, the Robins victory over Pittsburgh forces a first place tie between the Pirates and Reds who today lose their game at Redland Field. Meanwhile Brooklyn is now just one-half game out of first. The Robins are in Pittsburgh for five games (actually Saturday's game will be at Ebbets Field), while Cincinnati hosts the Boston Braves. Brooklyn is thus far 6-6-1 in May, but 5-2 over their last seven games.
- RECORD: 14-10 (.583)
- 3rd place; 0.5 GB
FORBES FIELD
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