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New York Giants @ Chicago Cubs

1920-07-11 · Day game · Wrigley Field · Att: 20000 · 1:55

New York Giants defeated Chicago Cubs 3–2. New York Giants put up 2 in the 7th. Rube Benton earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NY1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	9
CHN	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8

W: Rube Benton L: Hippo Vaughn SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Klem · 1B: Bob Emslie · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
George Burns	5	0	2	2	0	1
Dave Bancroft	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ross Youngs	3	0	1	0	1	2
Frankie Frisch	4	1	2	0	0	0
High Pockets Kelly	3	0	1	0	0	0
Lee King	3	0	0	1	0	1
Larry Doyle	2	0	1	0	0	1
Frank Snyder	4	1	1	0	0	1
Rube Benton	4	1	0	0	0	2
Al Lefevre	2	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Babe Twombly	4	1	2	0	0	0
Charlie Hollocher	4	0	1	0	0	0
Zeb Terry	3	0	1	0	1	1
Fred Merkle	4	0	1	2	0	0
Dave Robertson	4	0	2	0	0	0
Dode Paskert	4	0	0	0	0	1
Buck Herzog	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Killefer	4	0	0	0	0	0
Hippo Vaughn	3	1	1	0	0	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rube Benton	9.0	8	1	2

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hippo Vaughn	9.0	9	1	8

Play-by-play

Top 1

George Burns: 9
Dave Bancroft: 63
Ross Youngs: DGR
Frankie Frisch: 6/P

Bot 1

Babe Twombly: 9
Charlie Hollocher: 9
Zeb Terry: 53

Top 2

High Pockets Kelly: S
Lee King: K
Larry Doyle: S.1-2
Frank Snyder: K
Rube Benton: K

Bot 2

Fred Merkle: 99
Dave Robertson: S
Dode Paskert: K
Buck Herzog: 99(1)/FO

Top 3

George Burns: K
Dave Bancroft: D
Ross Youngs: K
Frankie Frisch: 3/P

Bot 3

Bill Killefer: 63
Hippo Vaughn: S8
Babe Twombly: S7.1-2
Charlie Hollocher: 43.2-3;1-2
Zeb Terry: W
Fred Merkle: DGR/9.3-H;2-H;1-3
Dave Robertson: 3/G

Top 4

High Pockets Kelly: 99
Lee King: 99
Larry Doyle: K/C

Bot 4

Dode Paskert: 99
Buck Herzog: 99
Bill Killefer: 99

Top 5

Frank Snyder: 99
Rube Benton: 99
George Burns: D
Dave Bancroft: 99

Bot 5

Hippo Vaughn: 99
Babe Twombly: S
Charlie Hollocher: CS2(99)
Charlie Hollocher: D
Zeb Terry: K

Top 6

Ross Youngs: W
Frankie Frisch: S.1-2
High Pockets Kelly: 5(2)3/GDP.1-2
Lee King: 99

Bot 6

Fred Merkle: 99
Dave Robertson: S
Dode Paskert: WP.1-2
Dode Paskert: E6.2-3
Buck Herzog: CSH(99).1-2
Buck Herzog: 99

Top 7

Al Lefevre: 53
Frank Snyder: S5/BG
Rube Benton: E5/G.1-3;B-2
George Burns: DGR/9.3-H;2-H(UR)
Dave Bancroft: 6/P
Ross Youngs: K

Bot 7

Bill Killefer: 99
Hippo Vaughn: 99
Babe Twombly: 99

Top 8

Frankie Frisch: DGR/9
High Pockets Kelly: 99/SH.2-3
Lee King: 8/SF.3-H
Al Lefevre: 4/P

Bot 8

Charlie Hollocher: 99
Zeb Terry: S
Fred Merkle: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 9

Frank Snyder: 99
Rube Benton: K
George Burns: 99

Bot 9

Dave Robertson: 13
Dode Paskert: E8/F.B-1
Buck Herzog: 164(1)/FO
Bill Killefer: 53

Notes & reviews

Overflow crowd encircled outfield behind ropes leading to many ground rule doubles
Doyle ejected by HP umpire Klem for arguing called third strike

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