100th Anniversary
BROOKLYN ROBINS
1920 National League Champions
Game #17: Thursday, May 6, 1920 - BR
Brooklyn Robins vs. New York Giants
Polo Grounds
Giants Take Middle Game; Starter Phil Douglas Outlasts Brooks at Polo Grounds
Ivy Olson's grounder to the right side leading off the game is mishandled by Giants second baseman Larry Doyle. Jimmy Johnson then singles up the middle putting runners on the corners. Next up Pete Kilduff bounces into a 6-4-3 double play while Olson crosses the plate giving the Robins a prompt 1-0 lead. A dismayed throng at the Polo Grounds numbering upwards of 10,000 sound off disapprovingly. But the Giants quickly reconcile the matter with three hits and two runs in the bottom half of the frame. Potential goat Larry Doyle and center fielder Benny Kauff each drive in a run. After which, neither team would score again. For the next eight innings starting pitchers Al Mamaux for the Robins and Phil Douglas for New York decorate the scoreboard with goose eggs. Making his first start of the season Al Mamaux a former 20-game winner for Pittsburgh yields two earned runs on five hits and no walks with five strikeouts through eight innings in a hard luck loss. Acquired last year midway through the season by the Giants veteran Phil Douglas allows one unearned run on seven hits and one walk with one strikeout through nine innings for his first victory of the season. Zack Wheat strokes two doubles in four times at-bat. He has now hit safely in eight straight, and 16 of Brooklyn's first 17 games to start the season. The Robins go 0 for 7 with runners in scoring position.
- RECORD: 9-7 (.562)
- 3rd place; 1 GB
POLO GROUNDS
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