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Braves
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
May 27, 1920
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the Boston Braves, played on May 27, 1920 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | May 27, 1920 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Boston Braves
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| Home Team |
New York Giants
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 27, 1920 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Thu |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Boston Braves |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Jack Scott |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Jesse Barnes |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 15,000 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours |
| Umpires | HP: Cy Rigler 1B: Charlie Moran 2B: (none) 3B: (none) |
Boston Braves Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Ray Powell | Center Fielder |
| Charlie Pick | Second Baseman |
| Les Mann | Left Fielder |
| Walton Cruise | Right Fielder |
| Walter Holke | First Baseman |
| Tony Boeckel | Third Baseman |
| Rabbit Maranville | Shortstop |
| Mickey O'Neil | Catcher |
| Jack Scott | Pitcher |
| George Stallings | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| George Burns | Left Fielder |
| Ross Youngs | Right Fielder |
| Art Fletcher | Shortstop |
| Larry Doyle | Second Baseman |
| Benny Kauff | Center Fielder |
| Ed Sicking | Third Baseman |
| High Pockets Kelly | First Baseman |
| Earl Smith | Catcher |
| Jesse Barnes | Pitcher |
| John McGraw | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Braves
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
May 27, 1920
Top 1
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Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Powell vs. Barnes
Powell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kelly fields the ball and throws to Barnes covering. Safe. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pick vs. Barnes
Pick hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Barnes fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Barnes. Powell moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mann vs. Barnes
Mann hits a fly ball into right field. Youngs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cruise vs. Barnes
Cruise hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Powell scores. Pick moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Holke vs. Barnes
Holke bunts towards the mound. Barnes fields it and throws to first for the out. Pick moves to third. Cruise moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Boeckel vs. Barnes
Boeckel hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kelly scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Boeckel for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Braves, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Scott
Burns hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Pick settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngs vs. Scott
Youngs hits a popup towards first. Holke settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Scott
Fletcher strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Braves, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maranville vs. Barnes
Maranville hits a popup, foul, towards third. Sicking settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Neil vs. Barnes
O'Neil hits a fly ball into center field. Kauff settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scott vs. Barnes
Scott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Braves, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doyle vs. Scott
Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maranville picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Maranville. Doyle moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kauff vs. Scott
Kauff strikes out. There goes Doyle. Here's the throw, and he's safe. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Sicking vs. Scott
Sicking takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Kelly vs. Scott
Kelly hits a fly ball into center field. Powell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Smith vs. Scott
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maranville fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Braves, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Powell vs. Barnes
Powell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pick vs. Barnes
Pick hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Barnes fields it and throws to first for the out. Powell moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mann vs. Barnes
Mann is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cruise vs. Barnes
Cruise hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle fields it and throws to second for the out. Powell moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Holke vs. Barnes
Holke hits a line drive into right field. Youngs picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Youngs. Powell scores. Cruise goes all the way around to score. Holke moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Boeckel vs. Barnes
Boeckel hits a popup, foul, towards first. Kelly settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Braves, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barnes vs. Scott
Gene Bailey now playing left field.
Barnes hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burns vs. Scott
Burns is hit by the pitch. Barnes moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Youngs vs. Scott
Youngs hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maranville fields it and throws to third for the out. Burns moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Fletcher vs. Scott
Fletcher hits a popup, foul, towards first. Holke settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Doyle vs. Scott
Doyle hits a fly ball into left field. Bailey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Braves, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maranville vs. Barnes
Maranville hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
O'Neil vs. Barnes
O'Neil bunts towards the mound. Barnes fields it and throws to first for the out. Maranville moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Scott vs. Barnes
Scott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Maranville moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Powell vs. Barnes
Powell hits a line drive into center field. Kauff settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Braves, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kauff vs. Scott
Kauff hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sicking vs. Scott
Sicking hits a ball on the ground towards first. Holke scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Sicking for the out. Kauff moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kelly vs. Scott
Kelly is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Smith vs. Scott
Smith hits a fly ball into right field. Cruise settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Kauff moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Barnes vs. Scott
Barnes hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boeckel settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Braves, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pick vs. Barnes
Pick hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kelly scoops it up and throws to first, with Barnes covering, for the out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bailey vs. Barnes
Bailey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cruise vs. Barnes
Cruise hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Holke vs. Barnes
Holke hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Cruise moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Boeckel vs. Barnes
Boeckel hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Braves, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Scott
Burns hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maranville scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngs vs. Scott
Youngs hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boeckel fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Scott
Fletcher hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Powell, who is chasing the ball. Fletcher reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Doyle vs. Scott
Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Pick scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Braves, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maranville vs. Barnes
Maranville hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Neil vs. Barnes
O'Neil hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle misplays the ball. That's an error on Doyle. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Scott vs. Barnes
Scott hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sicking fields it and throws to first for the out. O'Neil moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Powell vs. Barnes
Powell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Braves, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kauff vs. Scott
Kauff hits a fly ball into right field. Cruise settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sicking vs. Scott
Sicking hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Scott fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kelly vs. Scott
Kelly hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cruise who is chasing the ball. Kelly reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Smith vs. Scott
Smith is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 7
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Braves, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pick vs. Barnes
Pick hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Kauff who is chasing the ball. Pick reaches third base with a triple. Kauff throws the ball in to Smith who tags Pick trying to catch an extra base, for the out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bailey vs. Barnes
Bailey hits a popup, foul, towards third. Sicking settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cruise vs. Barnes
Cruise hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Braves, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Holke vs. Barnes
Holke takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boeckel vs. Barnes
Boeckel hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher misplays the ball. That's an error on Fletcher. Holke moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Maranville vs. Barnes
Maranville hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Braves, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barnes vs. Scott
Barnes hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burns vs. Scott
Burns hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Pick fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Braves, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngs vs. Scott
Youngs hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Powell, who is chasing the ball. Youngs reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Braves, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Fletcher vs. Scott
Fletcher hits a fly ball into right field. Cruise settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Braves, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Neil vs. Barnes
O'Neil hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Youngs. O'Neil reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Braves, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Scott vs. Barnes
Scott hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. O'Neil moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Powell vs. Barnes
Powell hits a popup towards first. Kelly settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Pick vs. Barnes
Pick bunts towards first. Kelly scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Pick for the out. O'Neil scores. Scott moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bailey vs. Barnes
Bailey takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cruise vs. Barnes
Cruise hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Braves, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doyle vs. Scott
Doyle hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Pick settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kauff vs. Scott
Kauff hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sicking vs. Scott
Sicking hits a fly ball into right field. Cruise settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kelly vs. Scott
Kelly hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Kauff moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Smith vs. Scott
Smith strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Braves, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Holke vs. Barnes
Holke hits a fly ball into center field. Kauff settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boeckel vs. Barnes
Boeckel strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maranville vs. Barnes
Maranville hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
O'Neil vs. Barnes
O'Neil hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Braves, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barnes vs. Scott
Barnes hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Pick scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Scott
Burns hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maranville scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngs vs. Scott
Youngs hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boeckel settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Box Score
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Game of 5/27/1920, game 2 -- BSN at NY1 (D)
BSN AB R H RBI NY1 AB R H RBI
Ray Powell, cf 5 2 2 0 George Burns, lf 4 0 0 0
Charlie Pick, 2b 4 0 1 1 Ross Youngs, rf 5 0 1 0
Les Mann, lf 1 0 0 0 Art Fletcher, ss 4 0 1 0
Gene Bailey, lf 2 0 0 0 Larry Doyle, 2b 4 0 1 0
Walton Cruise, rf 5 2 3 2 Benny Kauff, cf 4 0 2 0
Walter Holke, 1b 3 0 2 1 Ed Sicking, 3b 3 0 0 0
Tony Boeckel, 3b 5 0 0 0 George Kelly, 1b 3 0 2 0
Rabbit Maranvill, ss 5 0 2 0 Earl Smith, c 4 0 0 0
Mickey O'Neil, c 4 1 1 0 Jess Barnes, p 4 0 2 0
Jack Scott, p 4 0 1 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
38 5 12 4 35 0 9 0
BSN 102 000 110 -- 5
NY1 000 000 000 -- 0
BSN IP H R ER BB SO
Jack Scott (W) 9.0 9 0 0 1 4
NY1 IP H R ER BB SO
Jess Barnes (L) 9.0 12 5 3 2 1
E -- Jess Barnes, Rabbit Maranville, Ross Youngs, Larry Doyle, Art Fletcher
DP -- BSN 1
LOB -- BSN 12, NY1 11
2B -- Mickey O'Neil
3B -- Art Fletcher, George Kelly, Charlie Pick, Ross Youngs
HR -- Walton Cruise
SB -- Larry Doyle
SH -- Walter Holke, Mickey O'Neil, Charlie Pick
HBP -- by Jess Barnes (Les Mann), by Jack Scott (George Burns), by Jack Scott (George Kelly)
T -- 2:00
A -- 15000
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