100th Anniversary
BROOKLYN ROBINS
1920 NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONS
Game #93: Sunday, July 25, 1920 - BR
Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Brooklyn Robins
Ebbets Field
Brooklyn Robins Return Home to Cheers But Ebbets Field Crowd Exit Beside Themselves
Sleeping in their own beds for the first time in over three weeks proves little relief nor remedy against the insurgent Pirates, whom seize their fourth game in five days from the Robins. Upwards of 22,000 fans pack Ebbets Field showering their first place Robins with a heroes welcome upon returning from a triumphant 16-7 road trip, including an all important series victory at Cincinnati. However the Borough's trolley dodging faithful are sent home in a somewhat despondent state after their team blows a 3-2 lead after seven. After trading runs in the first inning, Brooklyn takes a 3-1 lead with a pair of runs in the fifth. But the Pirates close to within a run in the top of the sixth. Pittsburgh finally squares up starter Clarence Mitchell for three runs in the eighth for a late 5-3 lead. The Robins score one run in the bottom of the ninth but ultimately fall short. Clarence Mitchell loses his first game of the season against five victories and a climbing 2.98 earned run average. He allows all five earned runs on eight hits and two walks through 7.1 innings. Leon Cadore pitches 1.2 scoreless innings in relief of Mitchell. Pittsburgh third baseman Possum Whitted is 2 for 4 with a triple and two runs batted in. Notorious thief Max Carey steals his 34th base of the season, while going 2 for 3 with a walk, two runs scored, and one run batted in. For Brooklyn Tommy Griffith is 2 for 4 with a run batted in, and Jimmy Johnston drives in his 27th run for the season. Out in Cincinnati, the New York Giants defeat the Reds and claim victory in that series three games against two. Meanwhile the Pirates now sit just five games out of first.
- RECORD: 53-39 (.576)
- First Place; 2.0 GA
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