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Pittsburgh Pirates @ St. Louis Cardinals

1920-08-15 · Day game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 12000 · 1:35

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 3–2. Mike Kircher earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Mike Kircher L: Jack Wisner SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Pete Harrison · 1B: Bob Hart · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Carson Bigbee	3	0	1	0	1	0
Max Carey	4	1	1	0	0	0
Fred Nicholson	4	1	3	0	0	0
Possum Whitted	4	0	2	1	0	0
George Cutshaw	3	0	0	1	0	0
Walter Barbare	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bill McKechnie	4	0	1	0	0	0
Cliff Lee	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Wisner	2	0	0	0	0	1
Billy Southworth	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Burt Shotton	4	1	2	0	0	0
Jack Fournier	3	0	0	0	0	0
Milt Stock	4	0	3	0	0	1
Rogers Hornsby	4	0	1	1	0	0
Joe Schultz	3	1	1	0	1	0
Doc Lavan	4	0	1	0	0	1
Cliff Heathcote	4	1	2	1	0	0
Pickles Dillhoefer	4	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Kircher	3	0	1	1	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jack Wisner	7.0	8	0	2
Sheriff Blake	1.0	3	1	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mike Kircher	9.0	8	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Carson Bigbee: W
Max Carey: 7
Fred Nicholson: CS2(24)
Fred Nicholson: S8
Possum Whitted: S9.1X3(95)

Bot 1

Burt Shotton: S4
Jack Fournier: 13/SH.1-2
Milt Stock: K/C
Rogers Hornsby: S7.2-H
Joe Schultz: S9/G4.1-3
Doc Lavan: CS2(26)

Top 2

George Cutshaw: 63
Walter Barbare: 53
Bill McKechnie: 9/L

Bot 2

Doc Lavan: 153
Cliff Heathcote: S4
Pickles Dillhoefer: 53.1-2
Mike Kircher: S8.2-H
Burt Shotton: 43

Top 3

Cliff Lee: 63
Jack Wisner: K
Carson Bigbee: S9
Max Carey: 8

Bot 3

Jack Fournier: 7
Milt Stock: S8
Rogers Hornsby: 9/9D
Joe Schultz: 9/L

Top 4

Fred Nicholson: 43
Possum Whitted: 63
George Cutshaw: 53

Bot 4

Doc Lavan: 9/L
Cliff Heathcote: 7
Pickles Dillhoefer: 43

Top 5

Walter Barbare: 13
Bill McKechnie: S8
Cliff Lee: 54(1)/FO
Jack Wisner: 3E1.1-2
Carson Bigbee: 9

Bot 5

Mike Kircher: 13
Burt Shotton: 8
Jack Fournier: 7

Top 6

Max Carey: S8
Fred Nicholson: D8/89.1-3
Possum Whitted: 9/9S
George Cutshaw: 8/SF/DP.3-H;2X3(85)

Bot 6

Milt Stock: S8
Rogers Hornsby: 8
Joe Schultz: E4.1-3(E4/TH);B-2
Doc Lavan: K/C
Cliff Heathcote: 4/P

Top 7

Walter Barbare: 7
Bill McKechnie: 63
Cliff Lee: 3/FL

Bot 7

Pickles Dillhoefer: 53
Mike Kircher: 3/FL
Burt Shotton: S9
Jack Fournier: BK.1-2
Jack Fournier: 8

Top 8

Billy Southworth: 63
Carson Bigbee: 1/P
Max Carey: 8

Bot 8

Milt Stock: S7
Rogers Hornsby: 7/LDP.1X1(731)
Joe Schultz: W
Doc Lavan: S9.1-2
Cliff Heathcote: S9.1-3;2-H
Pickles Dillhoefer: 8

Top 9

Fred Nicholson: S7.B-3(E7)
Possum Whitted: S9.3-H
George Cutshaw: 8/L
Walter Barbare: 8
Bill McKechnie: 54(1)/FO

Notes & reviews

SS Caton injured on play at 2nd and left game

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