100th Anniversary
BROOKLYN ROBINS
1920 National League Champions
Game #91: Friday, July 23, 1920 - BR
Brooklyn Robins vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
Forbes Field
Pirates Mistakes Clear Way For Robins Victory
The Pirates take Brooklyn's 4-2 lead after seven and throw it overboard with a three run burst in the bottom of the eighth. Starter Al Mamaux is on the hook for all five Pittsburgh runs. He exits on the losing side of a 5-2 score having allowed five earned runs on twelve hits and two walks through 7.1 innings pitched. Pete Kilduff back in the second inning ties the game at one with a base hit to right scoring Hi Myers. The Robins score twice more in the fourth on runs batted in from their battery, catcher Otto Miller and Mamaux. Pittsburgh scores in the bottom half of the frame making the score 3-2 in Brooklyn's favor. After which Right fielder Billy Southworth's mishandling of Al Mamaux's fly ball in the sixth - one of two outfield errors in the inning - permits Ed Konetchy to score from second base for a 4-2 Robins lead. Mamaux then runs into trouble in the eighth. After yielding four hits to five batters, Wilbert Robinson relieves his starter with Sherry Smith. Pittsburgh takes a 5-4 lead into the ninth, but it's fleeting. Brooklyn retakes the lead on runs batted in from Tommy Griffith and Bernie Neis. Sherry Smith in the bottom of the ninth retires the Pirates in order to close out his sixth victory of the season. Al Mamaux is taken off the hook with a no decision. The first place Robins maintain their three game lead as the second place Reds whitewash the New York Giants at Redland Field.
- RECORD: 53-37 (.588)
- First Place; 3.0 GA
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