The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-07
PIRATES FEAST ON
M'GRAW'S PITCHERS
Bat Hard Behind 'Adams's
Fine Twirling and Defeat
Giants by 2 to 1.
Special Despd.ch to TIE sus.

PiTTsBuRo, June 6.-The Giants
opened their FIRST Western trip OF the
year here to-day and met exactly the
same fate as they did a year ago when
they came to Pittsburg with eighteen
victories and only one defeat and suf-
fered a stunning reverse. The Pirates
trail the National League in team bat
ting and the Giants are on top in that
department. but It didn't look that way
at Forbes Field this afternoon.
The Pirates hammered the ball to all
corners OF the field. while the best the
Giants could do was to get FIVE sparse
singles of the veteran Babe Adams.
Pittsburg won the first game of its
series with the Giants with yards to
spare, the score being Z to 1.
The defeat was the third in q row
suffered by the Giants. and 1t constitutes
the longest losing streak the league
leaders have known this season.
McGraw threw in nearly an entire
pitching stan to stop the Pirate bats
men. RUDE Benton. usually effective
against Pittsburg. was bumped from the
slab In the third inning. Old Pat Raglan,
who tried to save him. yielded a triple
and two bases on balls, when McGraw
pulled him out. Poll Perritt then was
called in and Pittsburg also found him
easy. Jesse Winters finished the gsme
after Leo King batted for Poll in the
nrst half of the seventh.
Pirates Hit Rail Hard.
Tho Pirates lit on the quartet for
eleven hits, including three triples and
three doubles. Their hits totalled twenty
bases As the Giant pitchers also tossed
In six bases on balls and the Giants
made three errors It was not particularly
hard for Pittsburg to score runs
Billy Southworth got to Benton for
pair Of doubles before McGraw re-
moved him and Terry and Mollwit each
bit triple and q single.
Outside the second Inning. when New
York punched three of its five hits, the
Giants had no real chance to score.
Adams was 80 effective that only three
New Workers. reached base on him out
side of this inning. '"'
New York was the first to score, pick
ing up its stray run in the second IN
ning. Kaun opened with a single to
left and advanced to second when Terry
threw out Zimmerman at first. Fletcher
cracked single to right, scoring Benny.
and Art galloped around TO third when
McCarty rocked a single to centre. Ben
ton hit to Adams and Fletcher was run
down on the base line. while Burns
forced RUDE at second
In the Pirate half Of the Same inning
the Buccos filled the bases with one out
on Southworths first double, a tumble
by Doyle and pass. but RUDE got out
81 the hole unscathed when Adams
tanned and B!gbee lifted to Doyle.
Pirates Score 3 Runs on benton.
Benton did not get by so lucky in the
third. when Pittsburg scored three runs.
With one out the Carolina left handler
walked Stengel and when the fourth oall
was wild pitch Casey pulled up at
second. RUDE continued to be wild and
also passed Boeckel. Southworth then
Inserted his second double and 1t sent in
both Stengel and BoeckeL o..
That finished Benton for the day. but
Pat Ragan. his successor. was little i'm
provement He got rid of Cutshaw on
. bounder to Fletcher, but Mollwitz
waited a triple to left, scoring South
worth. Pat then proceeded to fill the
bases again by walking the Pittsburg
oattery-Lee and Adams. Perritt then
stepped in, and for the second time Big
bee was the third out with the bases full.
But Pittsburg Jumped on the Louisiana
oil magnate In the next two innings, In
the fourth inning Terry opened with a
triple and scored on Stengel's sacrifice
ay. In the fifth Lee crashed a single
through Fletcher with two out and
Adams sent him home with a triple to
right Bisbee slid a single to right
scoring Babe.
The Pirates closed with q run Off
Winters in the eighth. Terry walked
and Baird. who had replaced Zimm at
:hird. fumbled Stengeis bunt. Boeckel
,rove in Terry with a double to left.
The score: