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Pittsburgh Pirates @ New York Giants

1920-09-16 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · 1:45

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated New York Giants 3–1. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 2 in the 6th. Earl Hamilton earned the win. Possum Whitted went 3-for-4 with 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Earl Hamilton L: Jesse Barnes SV: (none)

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

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

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	BB	SO
George Burns	4	0	1	0	0
Dave Bancroft	4	0	0	0	0
Ross Youngs	3	0	0	0	1
Frankie Frisch	3	1	1	1	0
High Pockets Kelly	3	0	1	1	0
Lee King	3	0	0	0	1
Roy Grimes	3	0	1	0	0
Frank Snyder	3	0	0	0	1
Jesse Barnes	2	0	0	0	0
Pug Griffin	1	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Earl Hamilton	9.0	4	2	4

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jesse Barnes	8.0	5	2	0
Phil Douglas	1.0	3	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Carson Bigbee: 9
George Cutshaw: E6/G.B-1
Billy Southworth: S4/G.1XH(35362);B-2
Fred Nicholson: 13

Bot 1

George Burns: E6/G.B-1
Dave Bancroft: 63.1-2
Ross Youngs: 23/SH.2-3
Frankie Frisch: 9

Top 2

Possum Whitted: D8/78
Charlie Grimm: 53/SH.2-3
Bill McKechnie: 3/G
Walter Schmidt: W
Earl Hamilton: CS2(263)

Bot 2

High Pockets Kelly: W
Lee King: 8
Roy Grimes: S/BR.1X2(4)
Frank Snyder: K

Top 3

Earl Hamilton: 43
Carson Bigbee: 43
George Cutshaw: W
Billy Southworth: 8

Bot 3

Jesse Barnes: 9
George Burns: 3/P
Dave Bancroft: 6/P

Top 4

Fred Nicholson: 9
Possum Whitted: 13
Charlie Grimm: 3/G

Bot 4

Ross Youngs: K
Frankie Frisch: S8/G1
High Pockets Kelly: 3/G.1-2
Lee King: 7

Top 5

Bill McKechnie: 31
Walter Schmidt: 5/L
Earl Hamilton: 8

Bot 5

Roy Grimes: 63
Frank Snyder: 4/P
Jesse Barnes: 53

Top 6

Carson Bigbee: S9
George Cutshaw: 13/SH.1-2
Billy Southworth: S9.2-H;B-2(TH)
Fred Nicholson: 9
Possum Whitted: S8.2-H;BX3(95)

Bot 6

George Burns: 4/P
Dave Bancroft: 53
Ross Youngs: 9

Top 7

Charlie Grimm: 3/G
Bill McKechnie: 8
Walter Schmidt: 9

Bot 7

Frankie Frisch: W
High Pockets Kelly: S7.1-3
Lee King: K+SB2;SBH
Roy Grimes: 8
Frank Snyder: 63

Top 8

Earl Hamilton: 43
Carson Bigbee: 7
George Cutshaw: 63

Bot 8

Pug Griffin: K
George Burns: S8
Dave Bancroft: CS2(26)
Dave Bancroft: 8

Top 9

Billy Southworth: S8
Fred Nicholson: S8.1-3
Possum Whitted: S6.3-H;1X2(36)
Charlie Grimm: 13.1-2
Bill McKechnie: 63

Bot 9

Ross Youngs: 5/P
Frankie Frisch: 63
High Pockets Kelly: 5/P

Notes & reviews

Cutshaw reached 3rd on infield single and then was thrown out trying to score when 3Bman threw to 1st after Southworth got in rundown after rounding 1st too far

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