100 Years Ago Today 6/28/1920: Weary Brooklyn Robins Bow to Boston Braves

From the desk of: FINGERPRINTS OF THE BUMS

100th Anniversary

BROOKLYN ROBINS
1920 National League Champions

Game #61: Monday, June 28, 1920 - BR
Brooklyn Robins vs. Boston Braves
Braves Field

Al Mamaux Fans Eleven in Losing Effort as Bats Remain Missing in Action; Zack Wheat Struggles Worsen.

LATEST LOSING STREAK HITS FIVE GAMES

Back in Boston the travel weary Robins are unsurprisingly limited to just two runs on six hits and two walks over nine innings by Braves starter and game winner Hugh McQuillan.  Brooklyn mounts a 2-1 lead on runs batted in by Pete Kilduff in the third, and Ed Konetchy in the fourth, and hold it through the seventh.  But in the Boston eighth inning the Braves set about manufacturing the tying and winning runs in traditional fashion.  Leadoff hitter and center fielder Ray Powell opens the frame with a single hit back through the box.  He is successfully bunted over to second, and left fielder Eddie Eayrs then draws a base on balls.  Right fielder Walton Cruise singles home Powell, and first baseman Walter Holke singles home Eayrs for a 3-2 lead and final margin of victory.  Brooklyn's heart of the order, Zack Wheat, Hi Myers, and Ed Konetchy, are retired quietly in the ninth.  With yet another hitless day at the plate, the 32-year old Zack Wheat is batting a mere .138 (9 for 65) since returning from injury 18 games ago.  And in what is yet another hard luck loss, starter Al Mamaux yields three earned runs on just six hits and four walks, with eleven strikeouts through eight innings.  He is now 5-4 for the season with a 1.91 earned run average.  Uncle Robbie seems agreeably pleased with his pitching of late, but knows the team's hitting is simply not performing up to snuff.  As such the Robins continue preventing themselves over and again throughout the month of June from overtaking the first place Reds whom are presently experiencing their own troubles with a 5-6 record over their last eleven games.

• RECORD: 31-29 (.516)
• 3rd place; 2.5 GB