1949 Pittsburgh Pirates Replay

May 29. Gm# 38 Sportsman’s Park St. Louis 4 Pittsburgh 3

PIRATES LAND IN CELLAR AFTER BEING SWEPT BY CARDS

The Pittsburgh Pirates have reached the depths of the National League, if only by a hundredth of a percentage point.

Yesterday was the seventh straight loss for the club, who, after being beat four in a row by St. Louis, is now last in the league.

Vic Lombardi(1-1) lost in relief when Red Schoendiest singled in the winning run in the bottom of the ninth.

Ralph Kiner’s(17) three run homer in the third accounted for all of the Pirate runs.

National League scores: Brooklyn 3 Boston 2; Cincinnati 4 Chicago 1; Chicago 10 Cincinnati 2; New York 4 Philadelphia 2; New York 3 Philadelphia 0

Standing of the Clubs

Brooklyn/37/22/15/.595

Boston/38/21/16/1/.566

New York/38/21/16/1/.566

St. Louis/35/19/16/.543

Philadelphia/36/19/17/.528

Cincinnati/37/19/18/.514

Chicago/35/12/23/.343

Pittsburgh/38/13/25/.342


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