1949 Pittsburgh Pirates Replay

September 8. Gm# 133 Forbes Field Cincinnati 2 Pittsburgh 0

HERM WEHMEIER TOSSES SHUTOUT; REDS COMPLETE SWEEP OF PIRATES

Cincinnati’s Herman Wehmeier shutout the skidding Pittsburgh Pirates, 2-0 at Forbes Field, completing a three game sweep. The Bucs have lost 8 of their last 10 games.

Pittsburgh had runners in scoring position four different times, yet could not tally a run.

Cliff Chambers(11-10) was the losing pitcher.

National League scores: Philadelphia 3 Boston 1; Brooklyn 12 New York 7; St. Louis 8 Chicago 0

Standing of the Clubs

St. Louis/136/90/43/3/.673

Brooklyn/137/81/54/2/.599

Philadelphia/136/70/66/.515

New York/136/68/66/2/.507

Boston/138/65/71/2/.478

Pittsburgh/133/60/73/.451

Cincinnati/134/55/78/1/.414

Chicago/136/49/87/.360


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