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New York Giants @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1920-09-01 · Day game · Forbes Field · Att: 7000 · 1:44

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated New York Giants 4–3. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 3 in the 5th. Wilbur Cooper earned the win. Fred Nicholson went 3-for-4 with 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NY1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	11
PIT	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0		4	10

W: Wilbur Cooper L: Rube Benton SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Hank O'Day · 1B: Ernie Quigley · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
George Burns	4	0	0	0	1	1
Dave Bancroft	4	0	2	0	0	1
Ross Youngs	4	0	1	0	0	0
Frankie Frisch	3	0	1	0	1	0
High Pockets Kelly	4	0	1	0	0	0
Lee King	4	1	1	0	0	1
Larry Doyle	2	0	2	0	0	0
Frank Snyder	3	1	2	2	1	0
Rube Benton	2	0	1	1	0	1
Roy Grimes	2	1	0	0	0	2
Fred Toney	1	0	0	0	0	0
Doug Baird	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Carson Bigbee	4	1	1	0	1
Walter Barbare	4	2	1	0	0
Billy Southworth	4	1	1	1	0
Fred Nicholson	4	0	3	3	0
Possum Whitted	4	0	0	0	0
Howdy Caton	4	0	2	0	0
Bill McKechnie	4	0	1	0	0
Bill Haeffner	3	0	1	0	0
Wilbur Cooper	3	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rube Benton	4.2	6	0	1
Fred Toney	3.1	4	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Wilbur Cooper	9.0	11	3	6

Play-by-play

Top 1

George Burns: K
Dave Bancroft: S8
Ross Youngs: 8
Frankie Frisch: 64(1)/FO

Bot 1

Carson Bigbee: K
Walter Barbare: S7
Billy Southworth: SB2
Billy Southworth: 31.2-3
Fred Nicholson: S5.3-H
Possum Whitted: 13

Top 2

High Pockets Kelly: 6/P
Lee King: K
Larry Doyle: S6
Frank Snyder: D7.1-3
Rube Benton: K

Bot 2

Howdy Caton: 3/FL
Bill McKechnie: 63
Bill Haeffner: 8

Top 3

George Burns: 3/FL
Dave Bancroft: K
Ross Youngs: S1
Frankie Frisch: S9.1-3
High Pockets Kelly: CSH(2526)

Bot 3

Wilbur Cooper: 7
Carson Bigbee: 63
Walter Barbare: 9/L

Top 4

High Pockets Kelly: 8
Lee King: S7/5
Larry Doyle: S8/78.1-3
Frank Snyder: T9/9LD.3-H;1-H
Rube Benton: S7/78.3-H
George Burns: W.1-2
Dave Bancroft: 8
Ross Youngs: 8

Bot 4

Billy Southworth: 3/P
Fred Nicholson: S9
Possum Whitted: 9/L
Howdy Caton: S8.1-3
Bill McKechnie: 13

Top 5

Frankie Frisch: 43
High Pockets Kelly: S8
Lee King: 9
Roy Grimes: K

Bot 5

Bill Haeffner: 4/P/9S
Wilbur Cooper: 8/L
Carson Bigbee: D7
Walter Barbare: E6.2-3;B-1
Billy Southworth: S7.3-H;1-3;B-2(TH)
Fred Nicholson: S8.3-H(UR);2-H(UR)
Possum Whitted: 5/P

Top 6

Frank Snyder: W
Fred Toney: 56(1)3/GDP/BG
George Burns: 63

Bot 6

Howdy Caton: 63
Bill McKechnie: S1
Bill Haeffner: S7/78.1-3
Wilbur Cooper: CS2(24)
Wilbur Cooper: 43

Top 7

Dave Bancroft: S7
Ross Youngs: 1(B)3(1)/LDP
Frankie Frisch: W
High Pockets Kelly: CS2(24)

Bot 7

Carson Bigbee: 8
Walter Barbare: 6/L
Billy Southworth: 13

Top 8

High Pockets Kelly: 63
Lee King: 8
Roy Grimes: K

Bot 8

Fred Nicholson: 7
Possum Whitted: 8
Howdy Caton: S8
Bill McKechnie: 64(1)/FO

Top 9

Frank Snyder: 3/P
Doug Baird: 13
George Burns: 9

Notes & reviews

Attempted double steal

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