100th Anniversary
BROOKLYN ROBINS
1920 National League Champions
Game #54: Wednesday, June 23, 1920 - BR
Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Brooklyn Robins
Ebbets Field
Brooks End Four Game Skid; Even Series With Pirates
The Borough of Brooklyn is forever thankful for Rube Marquard. Until his next start, that is. But on this day he is considered brilliant as ever - or at least as brilliant as the Robins and fans at Ebbets Field need him to be. The great, yes the still great 32-year old southpaw limits the Pirates to a pair of earned runs on eight hits and no walks with six strikeouts through nine innings complete. After yielding two runs in the first inning to the dismay of the crowd Marquard shuts out Pittsburgh the rest of the way. Brooklyn on the other hand strikes for five runs on twelve hits and three walks against Pirates starter Hal Carlson. Zack Wheat and Otto Miller lead the charge with each going three for four with a run batted in respectively. Jimmy Johnston is 2 for 4 with a walk, triple, and a run batted in. The Robins snap a four game losing streak, winning for only the second time in their last ten games. They reclaim second place one-half game ahead of the Chicago Cubs and 1.5 games back of the Cincinnati Reds.
- RECORD: 29-24 (.547)
- 2nd place; 1.5 GB
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