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Giants 6 @ Pirates 7
Forbes Field
May 17, 1920

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the New York Giants, played on May 17, 1920 at Forbes Field. The home team Pirates beat the visiting Giants with a score of 7 to 6.

Game Summary

DateMay 17, 1920 
Visiting Team
New York Giants
R: 6 H: 12 E: 3 LOB: 10
Runs: 6
Hits: 12
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 10
Home Team
Pittsburgh Pirates
R: 7 H: 13 E: 3 LOB: 10
Runs: 7
Hits: 13
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 10
Winning PitcherElmer Ponder  
Losing PitcherPhil Douglas  
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Game Winning RBICharlie Grimm 

Game Info

DateMay 17, 1920 
Day of WeekMon 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamNew York Giants 
Home TeamPittsburgh Pirates 
Visiting Starting PitcherFred Toney  
Home Starting PitcherWilbur Cooper  
BallparkForbes Field 
CityPittsburgh 
StatePA 
Attendance6,000 
Time of Game2 hours 43 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Bill Klem
1B: Bob Emslie
2B: (none)
3B: (none)

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
George Burns  Left Fielder 
Ross Youngs  Right Fielder 
Art Fletcher  Shortstop 
Larry Doyle  Second Baseman 
Jigger Statz  Center Fielder 
Fred Lear  Third Baseman 
High Pockets Kelly  First Baseman 
Frank Snyder  Catcher 
Fred Toney  Pitcher 
John McGraw  Manager 

Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup 

Name  Position 
Carson Bigbee  Left Fielder 
Max Carey  Center Fielder 
Billy Southworth  Right Fielder 
Possum Whitted  Third Baseman 
George Cutshaw  Second Baseman 
Howdy Caton  Shortstop 
Charlie Grimm  First Baseman 
Walter Schmidt  Catcher 
Wilbur Cooper  Pitcher 
George Gibson  Manager 

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Giants 6 @ Pirates 7
Forbes Field
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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 5/17/1920 -- NY1 at PIT (D)

  NY1                AB  R  H RBI    PIT                AB  R  H RBI
George Burns, lf      5  1  2  1   Carson Bigbee, lf     7  1  3  0   
Ross Youngs, rf       4  0  1  1   Max Carey, cf         5  0  1  0   
Art Fletcher, ss      6  1  2  1   Billy Southworth, rf  6  1  0  0   
Larry Doyle, 2b       4  0  1  1   Possum Whitted, 3b    7  2  3  0   
Ed Sicking, 2b        2  0  0  0   George Cutshaw, 2b    4  1  0  0   
Jigger Statz, cf      3  0  0  0   Howdy Caton, ss       7  0  2  0   
Benny Kauff, cf       4  1  0  0   Charlie Grimm, 1b     6  1  2  1   
Fred Lear, 3b         7  0  1  0   Walter Schmidt, c     5  1  1  3   
George Kelly, 1b      7  1  3  0   Wilbur Cooper, p      1  0  0  0   
Frank Snyder, c       5  1  1  0   Bill Hinchman, ph     1  0  1  1   
Fred Toney, p         2  1  1  0   Hal Carlson, p        3  0  0  0   
Phil Douglas, p       4  0  0  0   Fred Nicholson, ph    1  0  0  0   
Jesse Barnes, p       0  0  0  0   Elmer Ponder, p       0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     53  6 12  4                        53  7 13  5

NY1              001 030 000 000 002 --  6
PIT              000 040 000 000 003 --  7
  2 outs when winning run was scored.

  NY1                  IP  H  R ER BB SO
Fred Toney            4.1  4  4  4  3  3
Phil Douglas (L)     10.0  7  3  0  4  5
Jesse Barnes          0.1  2  0  0  0  0

  PIT                  IP  H  R ER BB SO
Wilbur Cooper         5.0  8  4  4  1  4
Hal Carlson           9.0  3  0  0  3  2
Elmer Ponder (W)      1.0  1  2  0  0  0

E -- Ed Sicking, Hal Carlson, Elmer Ponder, Charlie Grimm, Art Fletcher 2
DP -- NY1 3
LOB -- NY1 10, PIT 10
2B -- Art Fletcher, Carson Bigbee, George Burns
3B -- Fred Toney, Possum Whitted, Walter Schmidt, Carson Bigbee
SB -- Max Carey
CS -- Fred Lear, Billy Southworth, George Burns
SH -- Ross Youngs, Frank Snyder, George Cutshaw, Ed Sicking
HBP -- by Hal Carlson (Art Fletcher)
T -- 2:43
A -- 6000

    

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