100th Anniversary
BROOKLYN ROBINS
1920 National League Champions
Brooklyn Robins vs. Boston Braves
Braves Field
Robins in Free Fall Heading Into Showdown With Giants at Polo Grounds
Brooklyn's June swoon continues as the Robins lose a season high sixth game in a row, five of which have come against the Boston Braves. Tuesday's game is ponderously similar to so many others played this month where the competition's poorest arms keep getting rich at the expense of Brooklyn's lineup. For Uncle Robbie, Zack Wheat's first inning run batted in is not a hopeful harbinger of things to come. Instead Boston starter Jack Scott puts forth an effort Wilbert Robinson would soon rather forget. Brooklyn musters twelve hits but go 1 for 12 with runners in scoring position. Otherwise Scott surrenders just one earned run and one walk through nine complete innings pitched. Batting leadoff this day Jimmy Johnston goes 3 for 5 with a run scored; Zack Wheat with two hits drives in his 20th run for the season. Starter Leon Cadore's season record is now even at 5-5 with a 1.99 ERA. He yields five earned runs on twelve hits and two walks in six innings. George Mohart follows in relief and surrenders another three runs on five hits in two innings pitched. Braves shortstop Rabbit Maranville is 3 for 4 with a triple and a run batted in. Second baseman Charlie Pick and first baseman Walter Holke likewise register three hit apiece. Jack Scott helps himself with two hits and two runs batted in. Brooklyn this month has lost at least four games in a row on three separate occasions. They are now just one game over .500 and 10-16 in June which tomorrow draws to a close. Out of first place by 3.5 games marks Brooklyn's largest deficit of the season to date.
- RECORD: 31-30 (.508)
- 4th place; 3.5 GB
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