100th Anniversary
BROOKLYN ROBINS
1920 National League Champions
Game #96: Wednesday, July 28, 1920 - BR
Cincinnati Reds vs. Brooklyn Robins
Ebbets Field
Burleigh Grimes Whitewashes Defending Champs
Brooklyn counters Tuesday's opening defeat agains Reds with a strong performance both at the plate and on the mound in game two. Burleigh Grimes gets the bats going with a one out double in the third, and scores on a hit to right from Ivy Olson, who winds up on third after a throwing error by catcher Ivey Wingo. Jimmy Johnson follows with a hit that drives home Olson for a 2-0 Robins lead. Brooklyn then erupts against Reds starter Jimmy Ring in the fifth with four runs on six hits, including triples by Pete Kilduff and Ivy Olson. The Robins finally get their fill with three more runs in the seventh. Burleigh Grimes, once again coming to his own aid, singles and drives in the Robins seventh run. Jimmy Johnston drives in two more runs for a 9-0 final margin of victory. The top of the Robins line-up is too much for Cincinnati to handle. Lead-off batter Ivy Olson is 3 for 4 with three runs batted in; Jimmy Johnston is 2 for 5 also with three runs batted in; and batting third, Tommy Griffith drives in one. Otto Miller with two hits also drives in his 19th run of the season. With a bat in his hand Burleigh Grimes goes 3 for 4 with a double, three runs scored, and a run batted in. In fact, Grimes is now batting .354 for the season, with thirteen runs batted in. On the mound, Grimes hurls a gem too hot for Cincinnati to handle. He allows just five hits and two walks with four strikeouts in a nine inning whitewashing of the defending champs. Grimes improves to 15-6 with a 2.11 earned run average. Elsewhere, the New York Giants defeat the Cardinals in extra innings at Sportsman's Park, and thus finally graduate into the first division with a modest 45-44 record.
- RECORD: 55-40 (.578)
- First Place; 2.5 GA
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