100th Anniversary
BROOKLYN ROBINS
1920 National League Champions
Game #52: Sunday, June 20, 1920 - BR
Chicago Cubs vs. Brooklyn Robins
Ebbets Field
Brooklyn's June Swoon Continues
Not even Burleigh Grimes can stem the rising tide of defeatism seeping into Brooklyn's locker room. A despondent albeit large crowd of 20,000 donning in their Sunday best witness the Robins' continuing turn for the worse as the Chicago Cubs take the series finale by a 4-2 final. It's Brooklyn's third loss in a row and the seventh loss in their last eight games, all contributing to a 7-10 record to date for the month of June. They are indeed still five games above .500 and in second place, but in truth they're trending the complete other way. Alas the Robins have been in this situation before. Uncle Robbie knows it, and there's the rub. With a roster virtually unchanged from last season Wilbert this season makes Jimmy Johnston his starting third baseman and likewise inserts Pete Kilduff at second. So far so good. Kilduff is 2 for 4 with a double, and Johnston drives home Brooklyn's only two runs for the game. But what more can Wilbert do? Zack Wheat after another 0 for 4 day sees his average dip to .263 with just two hits in his last 34 at-bats. Meanwhile Burleigh Grimes is ineffective for a third straight appearance. He surrenders four runs on eight hits with five walks and two walks through nine. His record now stands at 8-2 with a rising 2.12 earned run average. Burleigh's counterpart Hippo Vaughn does what he does best - wins. The Cubs 32-year old southpaw yields two runs on nine hits and five walks with one strikeout while improving to 9-2 with a 1.38 ERA.
- RECORD: 28-23
- 2nd place; 2 GB
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