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Philadelphia Phillies @ St. Louis Cardinals

1920-07-17 · Day game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 7000 · 2:00

Philadelphia Phillies defeated St. Louis Cardinals 1–0. George Smith earned the win and Eppa Rixey picked up the save.

Line score

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

W: George Smith L: Ferdie Schupp SV: Eppa Rixey

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

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Gene Paulette	4	0	1	0	0	0
Dots Miller	4	0	1	0	0	0
Cy Williams	4	0	1	0	0	0
Casey Stengel	1	1	0	0	2	0
Irish Meusel	3	0	2	0	1	0
Art Fletcher	2	0	0	0	0	0
Russ Wrightstone	4	0	0	1	0	3
Mack Wheat	2	0	1	0	0	0
George Smith	3	0	0	0	0	3
Bevo LeBourveau	1	0	0	0	1	0

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Jack Smith	4	2	0	0
Jack Fournier	4	2	0	0
Milt Stock	4	3	0	0
Rogers Hornsby	3	0	1	1
Doc Lavan	1	0	0	0
Verne Clemons	4	0	0	0
Cliff Heathcote	3	1	0	0
Austin McHenry	3	0	0	1
Ferdie Schupp	3	0	0	1
Mike Knode	0	0	1	0
Hal Janvrin	1	0	0	1

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
George Smith	8.0	8	2	2
Eppa Rixey	1.0	0	0	2

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ferdie Schupp	9.0	6	4	6

Play-by-play

Top 1

Gene Paulette: D7
Dots Miller: 1(B)4(2)/LDP
Cy Williams: 43

Bot 1

Jack Smith: S8
Jack Fournier: S/BG.1-2
Milt Stock: CS3(25)
Milt Stock: CS2(24)
Milt Stock: S7
Rogers Hornsby: 43

Top 2

Casey Stengel: 8/F
Irish Meusel: D9
Art Fletcher: 63
Russ Wrightstone: K

Bot 2

Doc Lavan: 3E1
Verne Clemons: 64(1)3/GDP
Cliff Heathcote: D8
Austin McHenry: K

Top 3

Mack Wheat: D8
George Smith: K/C
Gene Paulette: 8/L
Dots Miller: 9/F

Bot 3

Ferdie Schupp: 5/P
Jack Smith: 9/L
Jack Fournier: 3/G

Top 4

Cy Williams: S6
Casey Stengel: 53/SH.1-2
Irish Meusel: W
Art Fletcher: 54(1)/FO.2-3
Russ Wrightstone: CSH(262)

Bot 4

Milt Stock: S
Rogers Hornsby: CS2(24)
Rogers Hornsby: 99
Doc Lavan: HP
Verne Clemons: 99

Top 5

Russ Wrightstone: K
Mack Wheat: HP
George Smith: 99/SH.1-2
Gene Paulette: 99

Bot 5

Cliff Heathcote: 99
Austin McHenry: 99
Ferdie Schupp: 99

Top 6

Dots Miller: S
Cy Williams: PO1(13)#
Cy Williams: 99
Casey Stengel: W
Irish Meusel: 99

Bot 6

Jack Smith: 99
Jack Fournier: S
Milt Stock: SB2
Milt Stock: 3/P
Rogers Hornsby: IW
Mike Knode: W.2-3;1-2
Verne Clemons: 7/F

Top 7

Bevo LeBourveau: W
Russ Wrightstone: SB2#
Russ Wrightstone: K
Mack Wheat: 99
George Smith: K

Bot 7

Cliff Heathcote: 99
Austin McHenry: 99
Ferdie Schupp: K#

Top 8

Gene Paulette: 99
Dots Miller: 99
Cy Williams: 99

Bot 8

Jack Smith: S
Jack Fournier: 16(1)/FO/BG
Milt Stock: CS2(24)#
Milt Stock: S7
Rogers Hornsby: CS2(24)#

Top 9

Casey Stengel: W
Irish Meusel: S8.1-3
Bevo LeBourveau: 13.1-2
Russ Wrightstone: 13.3-H;2-3
Mack Wheat: HP
George Smith: SB2#
George Smith: K/C

Bot 9

Rogers Hornsby: K
Hal Janvrin: K
Verne Clemons: 3/G

Notes & reviews

attempted double-steal
Lavan hit in head; knocked out but recovered
Lavan ejected by HP umpire Klem for throwing bat after close pitches; brawl ensued
Fletcher and Phillies manager Cravath ejected by HP umpire Klem for arguing balls and strikes
Schupp knocked down come-backer and then threw to 1st allowing Stengel to score from 3rd
Smith ejected by HP umpire Klem for arguing called third strike

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