100th Anniversary
BROOKLYN ROBINS
1920 National League Champions
Game #16: Wednesday, May 5, 1920 - BR
Brooklyn Robins vs. New York Giants
Polo Grounds
Robins Get Back in Win Column With Series Opening Victory Over Rival Giants at Polo Grounds
It is said around baseball circles get to the good ones early before they settle into a rhythm. After a sorely needed day off the rejuvenated Robins do just that against Giants starter Jesse Barnes in jumping out to a 3-0 lead in the top half of the first on four hits and runs batted in from Zack Wheat and Ed Konetchy. New York counters with a run in the bottom half of the frame with lead-off hitter George Burns singling against Robins starter Clarence Mitchell then scoring from third on a sac-fly off the bat of shortstop Art Fletcher. Brooklyn adds a crucial insurance run in the third which would prove to be the difference - with two on and one out Ed Konetchy doubles home Hi Myers from second base giving Brooklyn a 4-1 lead. But of course the Giants rally. Art Fletcher doubles home his second run of the game in the sixth, and second baseman Larry Doyle promptly follows with a hit scoring Fletcher making it a 3-4 Giants deficit. However the New Yorkers would score no more. Burleigh Grimes relieves Clarence Mitchell who he pitches himself into trouble to start off the eighth. Mitchell exits on the winning side of the contest having allowed three runs, two earned, on just five hits and two walks with two strikeouts through seven innings of work. Grimes faces nine batters over two scoreless innings for the save. Jesse "nubby" Barnes a 25-game winner last season for the Giants suffers his third defeat of the season against two victories. He yields four runs, three earned, on twelve hits but no walks, nor a strikeout through eight innings pitched. Brooklyn third baseman Jimmy Johnston is 4 for 5 with a run scored. Zack Wheat goes 3 for 5 with a double, a run scored, and a run batted in. Wheat (.357) has now hit safely in 15 of Brooklyn's first 16 games to start the season. Meanwhile Ed Konetchy extends his team lead with ten runs batted in.
- RECORD: 9-6
- 2nd place; 1 GB
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