Monday, April 26, 1920
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Brooklyn pitcher George
Mohart was injured (?) on 04/25/1920
Philadelphia (NL) pitcher Huck Betts
made his Major League Debut on 04/26/1920
Washington 10 New York (AL) (H) 5
Two errors by catcher Muddy Ruel
in the top of the second led to six unearned runs and the Senators easily
romped to the win in New York. Eric
Erickson (2-0, 3.32) gave up some runs late, but the game had already been
decided. Babe Ruth
made a pinch-hit appearance, his first appearance in almost a week.
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| Joe Dugan |
Scott Perry (1-3, 4.10) twirled a three-hit shutout for his first win of the season as the Red Sox could never get their offense started. Second baseman Joe Dugan led the A's offense with a 4-for-4 day with two runs scored and an RBI.
Detroit 3 St. Louis (AL) (H) 1
Both teams scored a run in the first and
there the score stayed until shortstop Donie
Bush rolled one to the wall and was able to scoot all the way around the
bases for a homerun (#1) in the top of the fifth. Red
Oldham (1-1, 2.50) got the win over Elam
Vangilder (0-1, 1.80).
Philadelphia (NL) 5 Boston (NL) (H) 3
The Phillies scored three unearned runs in
the top of the fifth to regain the lead and Eppa Rixey
(3-0, 3.81) was able to go all the way for the win.
Brooklyn (H) 4 New York (NL) 3 (11)
Center fielder Hi Myers
stroked a two-out RBI single to score third baseman Jimmy Johnston in the
bottom of the eleventh to give the hometown Robins a 4-3 victory over their
crosstown rivals. Jesse
Winters (0-1, 3.38) took the loss with Rube
Marquard (2-2, 5.54) picking up the win.
Tuesday, April 27, 1920
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New York (NL) outfielder Lee King
was injured (?) on 04/26/1920
Chicago (AL) 8 Cleveland (H) 3
Both teams could sense this was going to be
an important game and they both had their best pitchers lined up for the occasion,
but it was the White Sox who jumped on Stan
Coveleski (2-2, 4.78) for five runs in the top of the third, the big hits
being a two-run single by second baseman Eddie
Collins and then a two-run homerun (#1) by right fielder Happy
Felsch. Red Faber
(2-0, 1.00) gave up a few runs late but was never threatened.
Cincinnati (H) 3 St. Louis (NL) 1
Dutch
Ruether (4-0, 0.50) picked up his fourth win of the young season - all in
April - as he kept the visiting Cardinals off the scoreboard until the ninth
inning. Both teams ended up with five hits on the day, but the Reds bunched
their hits in a three-run fifth.
Wednesday, April 28, 1920
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Chicago (AL) 3 Cleveland (H) 1
Center fielder Happy
Felsch got ahold of a pitch in the top of the ninth and sent it over the
wall for a two-run homerun (#2) and Dickey Kerr
(1-0, 1.98) was able to go all the way for the win.
Boston (AL) 7 Philadelphia (AL) (H) 7 (14)
(Tie Game)
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| George Sisler |
The Browns scored three times in the bottom of the first and then poured it on from there, building up a 7-0 lead by the end of the fourth. First baseman George Sisler led the way by going 4-for-4 (.581) with two runs scored and two RBI's, allowing Urban Shocker (3-0, 3.33) to go all the way for the win.
Chicago (NL) (H) 2 Pittsburgh 1
Pete
Alexander (1-3, 1.59) had been suffering from a lack of run support so
today he took things into his own hands and slugged a homerun (#1) in the
bottom of the seventh that put the Cubs ahead to stay. Alexander held the
Pirates to only three hits on the day.
Thursday, April 29, 1920
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Chicago (AL) 8 Cleveland (H) 0
The White Sox took their third in a row from
the Indians as Lefty
Williams (2-2, 4.33) held the hometown team to only four hits on the day.
Chicago had sixteen hits, plus Cleveland chipped in with three errors as well.
New York (AL) (H) 2 Washington 0
Babe Ruth
was back in the starting lineup for the first time in a week and his two-run
double in the bottom of the third was the difference in this game. Jack
Quinn (2-0, 0.72) went all the way and gave up six hits, while Walter Johnson
(1-2, 1.04) gave up only three hits in taking the loss.
Boston (AL) 6 Philadelphia (AL) (H) 1
Bullet Joe
Bush (2-1, 2.63) had another strong outing as the A's could only score
one run in the seventh. Right fielder Harry
Hooper went 3-for-5 with two runs scored and two RBI's batting in the
leadoff spot.
Detroit 7 St. Louis (AL) (H) 6
St. Louis spotted Detroit a three-run lead
after the top of the third, but by the bottom of the fifth, the Browns were on
top 6-3. After a run in the sixth, the Tigers then scored three runs in the top
of the ninth as Allen
Sothoron (0-3, 10.24) couldn’t get the third out. Right fielder Ira
Flagstead had the big hit, a two-run single, that put the Tigers ahead in
the ninth to stay.
Boston (NL) (H) 13 Philadelphia (NL) 5
The Phillies scored twice in the top of the
first but by the end of the second they were losing 4-2, and then by the end of
the fifth they were down 6-3. Then the Braves got hot and scored six times in
the bottom of the seventh to lock the game up for Dana
Fillingim (2-0, 2.50). Shortstop Rabbit
Maranville went 4-for-5, scored three runs, drove in one, and hit a triple
to lead the Boston offense.
New York (NL) 3 Brooklyn (H) 1
Twice Clarence
Mitchell (1-1, 1.50) experienced control issues but was able to wriggle out
of bases-loaded situations, but when he did it a third time a two-run single by
left fielder Ross Youngs
in the top of the ninth gave the Giants their first lead of the game. Fred Toney
(2-1, 0.72) pitched well, kept the game close, and got the win.
St. Louis (NL) 4 Chicago (NL) (H) 3 (11)
Left fielder Dave
Robertson spoiled the shutout and the win for Bill Doak
when he lifted a two-run homerun (#1) in the bottom of the ninth, eventually
sending the game into extra innings. St. Louis scored twice in the top of the
eleventh, but Robertson doubled and came around to score and make it close, but
that was all they could do in the game today.
Cincinnati 12 Pittsburgh (H) 11 (11)
The hometown Pirates fans got their money's
worth today when the Pirates led 10-5 after the second inning thanks to a
seven-spot in the second. With both teams now well into their bullpen, the Reds
kept chipping away that that lead and managed to tie the score at 10-10 after
the sixth. Both teams scored in the eighth, and the game eventually moved into
extras. The Reds pushed across a run in the eleventh thanks to an unfortunate
passed ball by catcher Cliff Lee
and Slim
Sallee came in for an innings work to secure the victory.
Friday, April 30, 1920
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Chicago (NL) pitcher Abraham
"Sweetbread" Bailey made his season debut on 05/01/1920. Chicago
(NL) infielder Bill McCabe
made his Season Debut on 05/01/1920
St. Louis (AL) pitcher Bill
Burwell made his Major League Debut on 05/01/1920
Boston (AL) pitcher Gary
Fortune made his Season Debut on 05/01/1920
New York (AL) (H) 4 Boston (AL) 0
Carl Mays
(3-0, 0.33) delivered his second shutout in his three starts and the Yankees
walked away with the home win. Babe Ruth
belted his second homerun (#2) of the season.
Philadelphia (AL) 5 Washington (H) 3
The Senators hopped on the board first with a
three-run third, a two-run double by center fielder Sam Rice
being the big hit. Washington couldn't hold the lead as the A's scored four
times in the top of the fifth, with two critical errors that opened the
floodgates. Walt Kinney
(1-1, 1.71) went all the way for the win and chipped in with a 3-for-4 day at
the plate.
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| Hugh McQuillan |
The Braves broke open a 1-1 tie with two runs in the bottom of the fifth, but the Robins slowly came back to tie the score and were looking forward to extra-innings, but Hugh McQuillan (1-0, 2.45) came to the plate with runners on second and third and stroked a long fly ball that allowed third baseman Tony Boeckel to score the game-winning from third.
Philadelphia (NL) (H) 5 New York (NL) 4 (11)
Phillies catcher Mack Wheat
got ahold of a two-out fastball in the bottom of the eleventh and sent it over
the hitting friendly right field wall (#1) of the Baker Bowl much to the
delight of the hometown fans.
Saturday, May 1, 1920
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Cleveland 5 Detroit (H) 3
Center fielder Tris
Speaker started things off with a bang when he hit a three-run homerun (#2)
in the top of the third and then Stan
Coveleski (3-2, 4.39) pitched another strong game as he didn’t allow a hit
until the seventh, allowed the three Tigers' runs in the eighth but finished
with a 1-2-3 ninth.
New York (AL) (H) 1 Boston (AL) 0
The Yankees continued their hot start as Bob Shawkey
(3-1, 1.54) threw a one-hit shutout for the close win. Herb
Pennock (0-3, 2.74) scattered six hits in the loss, but one of the hits was
a solo homerun by left fielder Duffy Lewis
(#1) in the bottom of the fourth and that was the difference in the game.
Chicago (AL) 7 St. Louis (AL) (H) 1
The White Sox were determined to not let the
Yankees run away with the AL pennant and continued on their charge to the top
today as well. Third baseman Buck Weaver
extended his hitting streak to ten games as he has now hit in every Chicago
game this season, going 3-for-4 today (.475), his final hit of the day being a three-run homerun (#3) in
the top of the eighth that iced the game for Red Faber
(3-0, 1.00).
Washington (H) 5 Philadelphia (AL) 4 (10)
Both teams held the lead during the early
game but neither could hold it and the game went into extra innings. In the
bottom of the tenth left fielder Clyde Milan
led off with a double and was then promptly singled home on center fielder Sam Rice's
single for the game-winner.
Brooklyn 1 Boston (NL) (H) 1 (26) (Tie Game!)
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Notes: This is it, that game you have read
about or at least heard about at some point in your world of baseball
historical fantasy. Twenty-six innings, a 1-1 tie, two pitchers, two complete
games, and no winner or loser. And the whole thing took only three hours and
fifty minutes to complete.
Brooklyn's Leon Cadore
allowed fifteen hits on the day and faced a total of 96 batters and had twelve
assists in the game. Boston (NL) hurler Joe Oeschger
scattered nine hits and faced "only" 90 batters as he shut out the
Robins for the final twenty-one innings, breaking a record of twenty
consecutive scoreless frames in a game that had been set in 1918 by Art Nehf.
Boston's Walter
Holke had a busy day at first base as he collected a total of forty-two
putouts for the game.
If that wasn't bad enough, Brooklyn then lost
in thirteen innings at home on Sunday to Philadelphia, and then returned to
Boston for a game on Monday that they lost in nineteen innings. Three days,
fifty-eight innings played, and nothing to show for their efforts but an 0-2
record.
Chicago (NL) (H) 8 St. Louis (NL) 3
The Cubs exploded for eight runs in the
middle innings and ran away with this one for the easy win. First baseman Turner
Barbare went 4-for-5 with two runs scored, two RBI's, and a double to lead
the offense while third baseman Charlie Deal
chipped in with two doubles and three RBI's.
New York (NL) 12 Philadelphia (NL) (H) 0
(Grand Slam!)
All season manager John McGraw
had been grousing about the Giants' propensity for putting runners on base but
then not being able to score them, but that was not the case today as first
baseman George
"Highpockets" Kelly got the scoring started with a Grand Slam
(#1) in the second and then a scoring onslaught ensued. Jesse
Barnes (2-1, 0.53) happily accepted the run support as he limited the
Phillies to only four hits on the day.
Pittsburgh (H) 4 Cincinnati 2
The Reds scored a run in the top of the
first, but the Pirates answered back with three runs in the bottom half of the
inning. Babe
Adams (2-2, 1.01) outdueled Dutch
Ruether (4-1, 1.26) for the remainder of the game and picked up the tough
win.
Sunday, May 2, 1920
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Detroit pitcher Red Cox
made his Major League Finale on 05/01/1920
Boston (AL) pitcher Gary
Fortune was injured (?) on 05/01/1920
Pittsburgh catcher Bill
Haeffner was injured (?) on 05/01/1920
Washington pitcher Jim Shaw
was injured (?) on 05/01/1920
Brooklyn pitcher Sherry
Smith made his Season Debut on 05/03/1920
Cleveland 7 Detroit (H) 6
Jim Bagby
(3-1, 2,43) and the Indians led 6-2 after the third, but the pesky Tigers never
gave up and managed to make it close all the way through the bottom of the
ninth, but eventually fell short. Right fielder Smoky Joe
Wood picked up three RBI's on the day, center fielder Tris
Speaker drove in two more, and Bagby had a 3-for-5 day at the plate with
two runs scored.
New York (AL) (H) 9 Boston (AL) 3
The Yankees exploded for five runs in the
bottom of the fourth and they never looked back from there. Four different New
Yorkers had a pair of RBI's in this game, none of them Babe Ruth
though, although Ruth did go 3-for-3 (.314) with two walks, two runs scored,
and two doubles (#6, #7).
St. Louis (AL) (H) 6 Chicago (AL) 5
Chicago led 4-0 after the second, but St.
Louis came back with four runs of their own in the bottom of the third to tie
the score at 4-4. The White Sox regained the lead with a run in the top of the
seventh, but again the Browns responded with two runs in the bottom half of the
inning, the big play being an uncharacteristic error by second baseman Eddie
Collins. Elam
Vangilder came to face the minimum in the eighth and ninth innings to
preserve the lead and the win.
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| Braggo Roth |
Three Philadelphia errors opened the door to eight unearned runs as the Washington bats were able to take advantage of the extra opportunities provided to them. Right fielder Braggo Roth came through with a two-out three-run triple in the third and then a two-run single in the fifth, giving him five RBI's on the day. Eric Erickson (3-1, 3.34) had to pitch out of a couple of tight spots during the game but was never really threatened.
Brooklyn (H) 2 Boston (NL) 0
The Robins pushed across two unearned runs in
the bottom of the third and Burleigh
Grimes (1-2, 2.77) made that lead stand up for his first win.
Both pitchers only allowed four hits on the day, with George
Smith (2-1, 3.81) being the hard-luck loser.
Chicago (NL) (H) 10 St. Louis (NL) 3
The Cubs scored seven runs in the bottom of
the fifth when Cardinals starter Jakie May's
(0-1, 9.39) control got the better of him and Chicago took full advantage.
After a horrid start to the season, second baseman Rogers
Hornsby went 3-for-4 today and now has his average up to .245.
Pittsburgh 5 Cincinnati (H) 1
The Pirates scored three runs in the top of
the sixth, the big hit being a two-run double off the bat of right fielder Billy
Southworth. Now armed with a 4-1 lead, Wilbur
Cooper (3-1, 3.09) shut down the Reds for the complete-game victory.
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