100th Anniversary
BROOKLYN ROBINS
1920 National League Champions
1920 National League Champions
Game #28: Tuesday, May 25, 1920 - BR
Brooklyn Robins vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
Forbes Field
Pittsburgh's Hal Carlson Tosses Three-Hitter; Robins Slip to Fourth Place
Following the leads of teammate Elmer Ponder on Sunday, and Brooklyn's Al Mamaux in yesterday's match, Pirates right-hander Hal Carlson takes his turn denying the opposition any meaningful production in a series so far marked by superb starting efforts on behalf of both clubs. Carlson faces just 31 batters, allowing the Robins no runs on just three hits and one walk with four strikeouts for his third victory of the season. Leon Cadore is Brooklyn's hard luck loser, yielding two runs, one earned, on five hits and two walks with five strikeouts through eight innings pitched. Cadore also accounts for one of Brooklyn's three scattered hits, Zack Wheat and Pete Kilduff the others. Wheat triples to right leading off the top of the fifth, but when Ed Konetchy grounds into a fielder's choice Wheat is thrown out at home by third baseman Possum Whitted. Pirates second baseman George Cutshaw reaches safely leading off the bottom of the fifth when Ivy Olson mishandles a ground ball to the right side. Right fielder Billy Southworth's sacrifice bunt advances Cutshaw to second, who then races home on catcher Walter Schmidt's ground ball single to left. The Pirates resort to thievery for an insurance run in the sixth. Max Carey leads off with a double, and is then bunted over to third by Southworth. With Possum Whitted at the plate, Carey puts his wheels in motion as Cadore delivers to the plate. Whitted successfully completes the suicide squeeze with a bunt up the first base line. With the loss Brooklyn slips down to fourth place one half game behind the Cubs, while the Pirates and Reds remain tied for first place.
- RECORD: 15-12
- 4th place; 1.5 GB
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