100 Years Ago Today 6/11/1920: St. Louis Cardinals Rout First Place Brooklyn Robins

From the desk of: FINGERPRINTS OF THE BUMS

100th Anniversary

BROOKLYN ROBINS
1920 National League Champions

Game #46: Friday, June 11, 1920 - BR
St. Louis Cardinals vs. Brooklyn Robins
Ebbets Field

Cardinals Win Finale, Take Series Three Games to One; Defending Champion Cincinnati Reds to Make First Visit at Ebbets Field

The St. Louis Cardinals charge to a second straight rout over the Robins and thus take the four game series at Ebbets Field three games to one.  Brooklyn's mound trio of Sherry Smith, Clarence Mitchell, and Johnny Miljus, receive rude treatment from the Cardinals whom rough them up for ten earned runs on 15 hits and one walk.  Second baseman Rogers Hornsby is 2 for 4 with two runs scored; third baseman Milt Stock is 4 for 4 with a pair of runs scored; and pinch hitter cashes in on a hit and three runs batted in.  Cardinals starter Marv Goodwin earns his second win of the season allowing two runs on eleven hits through nine innings pitched.  For Brooklyn Zack Wheat goes 0 for 4, and is now 1 for 13 since returning to the lineup.  Jimmy Johnston continues wielding a hot bat with three hits in four times to the plate, and Tommy Griffith goes 3 for 4 with a triple and one run batted in.  The Robins are just 3 for 11 with runners in scoring position.  However, Brooklyn maintains their slim 1.5 game lead over the Reds whom are rejected by the Giants at the Polo Grounds.  The defending champion Cincinnati Reds arrive this weekend for a first place showdown at Ebbets Field.

• RECORD: 27-18 (.600)
• 1st place; 1.5 GA