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New York Giants @ St. Louis Cardinals

1920-05-23 · Day game · Robison Field · Att: 10000 · sunny, dry · 1:59

St. Louis Cardinals defeated New York Giants 6–4. St. Louis Cardinals put up 4 in the 3rd. Bill Doak earned the win and Bill Sherdel picked up the save. Burt Shotton went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Bill Doak L: Jesse Barnes SV: Bill Sherdel

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	5	0	1	0	0	0
Ross Youngs	4	1	0	0	1	1
Art Fletcher	2	1	0	0	1	0
Larry Doyle	2	1	2	1	1	0
Benny Kauff	3	0	1	1	0	0
Fred Lear	2	0	0	0	0	1
High Pockets Kelly	4	1	1	0	0	0
Earl Smith	4	0	2	0	0	1
Jesse Barnes	3	0	1	1	0	0
Lew McCarty	1	0	0	0	0	0
Lee King	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Sicking	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jigger Statz	1	0	0	0	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Burt Shotton	4	2	2	2	0	0
Jack Smith	4	1	1	0	0	0
Milt Stock	3	1	1	0	1	0
Rogers Hornsby	4	1	1	3	0	1
Jack Fournier	4	0	0	1	0	0
Austin McHenry	3	0	0	0	0	2
Doc Lavan	2	1	1	0	1	0
Pickles Dillhoefer	3	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Doak	2	0	0	0	0	1
Bill Sherdel	1	0	0	0	0	1

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jesse Barnes	8.0	6	2	5

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Doak	5.1	8	1	1
Bill Sherdel	3.2	0	2	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

George Burns: S7
Ross Youngs: 99(1)/FO
Art Fletcher: HP.1-2
Larry Doyle: S9.2-H;1-3
Benny Kauff: FC5.3-3(E2/TH3);1-2;B-1
Fred Lear: K
High Pockets Kelly: 64(1)/FO

Bot 1

Burt Shotton: 99
Jack Smith: 99
Milt Stock: W
Rogers Hornsby: SB2
Rogers Hornsby: K

Top 2

Earl Smith: 99
Jesse Barnes: 99
George Burns: 99

Bot 2

Jack Fournier: 99
Austin McHenry: 99
Doc Lavan: W
Pickles Dillhoefer: 99

Top 3

Ross Youngs: 99
Art Fletcher: 99
Larry Doyle: S5/G
Benny Kauff: SB2.1-3(E2/TH)
Benny Kauff: E4/TH.3-H(NR)(UR)
Fred Lear: 99

Bot 3

Bill Doak: K
Burt Shotton: S8/L
Jack Smith: S8/L.1-2
Milt Stock: S1/G.2-3;1-2
Rogers Hornsby: T/78.3-H;2-H;1-H
Jack Fournier: 43.3-H
Austin McHenry: K

Top 4

High Pockets Kelly: 99
Earl Smith: S
Jesse Barnes: 6(1)3/GDP#

Bot 4

Doc Lavan: S2/G
Pickles Dillhoefer: WP.1-2
Pickles Dillhoefer: 63
Bill Doak: 13.2-3
Burt Shotton: HR89/L/IPHR.3-H
Jack Smith: 99

Top 5

George Burns: 99
Ross Youngs: 99
Art Fletcher: W
Larry Doyle: HP.1-2
Benny Kauff: D9/89.2-H;1XH(962)

Bot 5

Milt Stock: 99
Rogers Hornsby: 99
Jack Fournier: 99

Top 6

Lew McCarty: 4/P
High Pockets Kelly: S8
Earl Smith: S7.1-2
Jesse Barnes: S7.2-H;1-2
George Burns: 7/L.2X2(7E6)
Ross Youngs: PO2(165)

Bot 6

Austin McHenry: K
Doc Lavan: 99
Pickles Dillhoefer: 99

Top 7

Ross Youngs: W
Art Fletcher: 6(1)3/GDP#
Larry Doyle: W
Lee King: 99

Bot 7

Bill Sherdel: K
Burt Shotton: 99
Jack Smith: 99

Top 8

Ed Sicking: 99
High Pockets Kelly: 99
Earl Smith: K

Bot 8

Milt Stock: 99
Rogers Hornsby: 99
Jack Fournier: 99

Top 9

Jigger Statz: K
George Burns: 8/L
Ross Youngs: K

Notes & reviews

Fletcher in rundown made it back to third on throwing error.
Doyle scored on Hornsby's bad throw to first base.
Shotten drove the ball all the way to the fence on a line.
Smith caught off second but Lavan dropped the throw.
Barnes retired last 13 St. Louis batters in a row.

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