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St. Louis Cardinals @ New York Giants

1920-06-15 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 6000 · 2:05

St. Louis Cardinals defeated New York Giants 8–7. St. Louis Cardinals put up 4 in the 3rd. Jesse Haines earned the win. High Pockets Kelly went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	1	0	4	0	0	2	0	0	1	8	13
NY1	0	2	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	7	13

W: Jesse Haines L: Rube Benton SV: (none)

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

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jack Smith	3	1	1	1	1	0
Cliff Heathcote	5	2	2	0	0	0
Milt Stock	4	1	2	0	0	0
Rogers Hornsby	4	1	2	3	0	0
Jack Fournier	5	0	1	0	0	0
Joe Schultz	5	2	2	1	0	0
Doc Lavan	3	1	1	0	0	1
Pickles Dillhoefer	4	0	1	1	0	1
Marv Goodwin	3	0	0	0	0	2
Jesse Haines	1	0	0	0	0	0
Austin McHenry	1	0	0	0	0	0
Hal Janvrin	1	0	1	1	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
George Burns	5	0	0	0	0	1
Dave Bancroft	3	1	2	0	2	0
Ross Youngs	5	1	1	0	0	0
Larry Doyle	5	0	0	0	0	0
Benny Kauff	4	3	2	0	1	1
Ed Sicking	1	0	0	0	0	0
High Pockets Kelly	4	1	3	4	0	0
Earl Smith	4	0	2	0	0	0
Fred Toney	3	0	1	0	0	0
Frankie Frisch	2	1	1	1	0	0
Fred Lear	2	0	1	2	0	0
Rube Benton	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Marv Goodwin	5.1	8	2	0
Elmer Jacobs	1.1	4	1	0
Jesse Haines	2.1	1	0	2

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Fred Toney	7.0	10	1	3
Rube Benton	2.0	3	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jack Smith: 63
Cliff Heathcote: 9
Milt Stock: S7/5
Rogers Hornsby: D8.1-H
Jack Fournier: 6/P

Bot 1

George Burns: 9
Dave Bancroft: 8
Ross Youngs: 2/FL

Top 2

Joe Schultz: E6/TH.B-1
Doc Lavan: 13/SH.1-2
Pickles Dillhoefer: 8
Marv Goodwin: 63

Bot 2

Larry Doyle: 8
Benny Kauff: D9/9D
Ed Sicking: 7
High Pockets Kelly: HR/7.2-H
Earl Smith: S8
Fred Toney: S7/5.1-2
George Burns: 64(1)/FO

Top 3

Jack Smith: W
Cliff Heathcote: S5/BG.1-2
Milt Stock: 13/SH.2-3;1-2
Rogers Hornsby: D8/78.3-H;2-H
Jack Fournier: 8
Joe Schultz: S7.2-H;B-H(E6/TH)(NR)(UR)
Doc Lavan: K

Bot 3

Dave Bancroft: W
Ross Youngs: 43.1-2
Larry Doyle: 2/P
Benny Kauff: 8

Top 4

Pickles Dillhoefer: 5/P
Marv Goodwin: K/C
Jack Smith: 8

Bot 4

Frankie Frisch: 63
High Pockets Kelly: 5/P
Earl Smith: S6
Fred Toney: 64(1)/FO

Top 5

Cliff Heathcote: 3/G
Milt Stock: 4/P
Rogers Hornsby: 5/FL

Bot 5

George Burns: 53
Dave Bancroft: S8
Ross Youngs: 4(B)3(1)/LDP

Top 6

Jack Fournier: 63
Joe Schultz: S7
Doc Lavan: S9.1-3
Pickles Dillhoefer: S8.3-H;1-2
Marv Goodwin: K/C
Jack Smith: S9.2-H;1-3(TH);B-2
Cliff Heathcote: 7

Bot 6

Larry Doyle: 8
Benny Kauff: W
Frankie Frisch: T7.1-H
High Pockets Kelly: S7.3-H
Earl Smith: 2/FL
Fred Toney: 43

Top 7

Milt Stock: 8
Rogers Hornsby: 53
Jack Fournier: S3
Joe Schultz: SB2
Joe Schultz: 7

Bot 7

George Burns: 3/G
Dave Bancroft: W
Ross Youngs: S7/78.1-2
Larry Doyle: 7
Benny Kauff: S6.2-3;1-2;B-1
Fred Lear: S8.3-H;2-H;1-3
High Pockets Kelly: S8.3-H;1-3(TH);B-2
Earl Smith: 43

Top 8

Doc Lavan: 53
Pickles Dillhoefer: K
Jesse Haines: 63

Bot 8

Rube Benton: 2/FL
George Burns: K
Dave Bancroft: S9
Ross Youngs: 43

Top 9

Austin McHenry: 7
Cliff Heathcote: S7
Milt Stock: S9.1-2
Hal Janvrin: D7.2-H;1-3
Jack Fournier: FC1/THH.3-3;2X3(125);B-2
Joe Schultz: 63

Bot 9

Larry Doyle: 6/FL
Benny Kauff: K
Fred Lear: 13

Notes & reviews

On Kauff's hit, Lavan and Hornsby both dived for 2B yet Lavan's throw hit Hornsby in head and he left game.
Stock escaped rundown and returned safely to 3rd where Janvrin had advanced to. Both were tagged and Janvrin declared out.

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