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Chicago Cubs @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1920-09-06 · Day game · Forbes Field · Att: 19000 · 1:35

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Chicago Cubs 12–1. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 3 in the 3rd. Earl Hamilton earned the win. Possum Whitted went 3-for-5 with 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHN	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5
PIT	0	0	3	1	2	2	2	2		12	15

W: Earl Hamilton L: Sweetbread Bailey SV: (none)

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

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Max Flack	4	0	0	0	0
Zeb Terry	4	0	1	0	0
Dave Robertson	4	0	1	0	0
Fred Merkle	4	0	0	0	1
Dode Paskert	3	0	1	0	0
Charlie Deal	3	0	0	0	0
Bernie Friberg	3	1	1	0	0
Bob O'Farrell	2	0	1	1	0
Sweetbread Bailey	1	0	0	0	1
Paul Carter	1	0	0	0	0
Tom Daly	1	0	0	0	0
Joe Jaeger	1	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Carson Bigbee	3	1	0	1	2	0
George Cutshaw	4	3	4	2	0	0
Billy Southworth	5	1	0	0	0	0
Fred Nicholson	4	2	3	1	1	0
Possum Whitted	5	0	3	4	0	1
Charlie Grimm	4	2	3	1	0	0
Bill McKechnie	4	1	2	1	1	0
Walter Schmidt	3	1	0	0	1	0
Earl Hamilton	3	1	0	0	1	1

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sweetbread Bailey	3.0	6	1	0
Paul Carter	3.0	6	2	2
Joe Jaeger	2.0	3	3	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Earl Hamilton	9.0	5	0	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Max Flack: 13
Zeb Terry: 63
Dave Robertson: D9
Fred Merkle: 63

Bot 1

Carson Bigbee: W
George Cutshaw: 3/SH.1-2
Billy Southworth: 7/L
Fred Nicholson: 13

Top 2

Dode Paskert: 43
Charlie Deal: 8
Bernie Friberg: D7
Bob O'Farrell: D9.2-H
Sweetbread Bailey: K

Bot 2

Possum Whitted: S7
Charlie Grimm: 53/SH.1-2
Bill McKechnie: 6/P
Walter Schmidt: 8

Top 3

Max Flack: 43
Zeb Terry: 5/L
Dave Robertson: 3/G

Bot 3

Earl Hamilton: 13
Carson Bigbee: 53
George Cutshaw: S9
Billy Southworth: 6E3.1-2
Fred Nicholson: S1.1-2;2-3
Possum Whitted: T7.1-H(UR);2-H(UR);3-H(UR);BXH(762)

Top 4

Fred Merkle: 4/P
Dode Paskert: S8
Charlie Deal: 9
Bernie Friberg: CS2(26)

Bot 4

Charlie Grimm: T9/89
Bill McKechnie: S7.3-H
Walter Schmidt: HP.1-2
Earl Hamilton: K
Carson Bigbee: 64(1)/FO.2-3
George Cutshaw: CSH(262)

Top 5

Bernie Friberg: 43
Bob O'Farrell: 8
Paul Carter: 43

Bot 5

George Cutshaw: S7
Billy Southworth: 8
Fred Nicholson: T7.1-H
Possum Whitted: K
Charlie Grimm: S8.3-H
Bill McKechnie: S6.1-2
Walter Schmidt: 64(1)/FO

Top 6

Max Flack: 3/G
Zeb Terry: S7
Dave Robertson: 6(1)/FO
Fred Merkle: K

Bot 6

Earl Hamilton: 63
Carson Bigbee: W
George Cutshaw: SB2
George Cutshaw: T7/78.2-H
Billy Southworth: 4/P
Fred Nicholson: W
Possum Whitted: S4.1-2;3-H
Charlie Grimm: 6/L

Top 7

Dode Paskert: 53
Charlie Deal: 53
Bernie Friberg: 31

Bot 7

Bill McKechnie: 6/P
Walter Schmidt: W
Earl Hamilton: SB2
Earl Hamilton: SB3
Earl Hamilton: W
Carson Bigbee: 43.1-2;3-H
George Cutshaw: T7.2-H
Billy Southworth: 9

Top 8

Tom Daly: 53
Joe Jaeger: K
Max Flack: 7

Bot 8

Fred Nicholson: D7.BX3(74)
Possum Whitted: 2/FL
Charlie Grimm: S3
Bill McKechnie: SB2
Bill McKechnie: W
Walter Schmidt: PO1(E3).1-H(UR);2-H(UR)
Walter Schmidt: E6/TH.BX2(34)

Top 9

Zeb Terry: 8
Dave Robertson: 63
Fred Merkle: 63

Notes & reviews

Afternoon game of morning-afternoon double-header
Attempted double-steal
Nicholson overran 2nd base
Daly trapped McKechnie off first with a throw to Merkle but Merkle, in trying to get Grimm who started for third, threw wide to the stands.

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