May 6. Gm# 19 Candlestick Park Pittsburgh 7 San Francisco 4
PIRATES HAVE NICE, BOUNCEBACK WIN TO OPEN GIANTS SERIES
After dropping three straight, the Pittsburgh Pirates had a nice bounce back win, defeating the San Francisco Giants, 7-4, to begin their west coast run.
Vern Law(3-0) went the distance. Though he allowed 4 runs, he limited the Giants to only five hits. Give San Francisco credit for making the most out of their hits. Willie Mays tripled and scored on a Willie McCovey sacrifice fly. McCovey himself, homered and Orlando Cepeda also doubled.
For the Pirates, Rocky Nelson gave Dick Stuart a break, and had three hits and two runs batted in. Dick Groat, Bill Mazeroski, Don Hoak and Smoky Burgess all chipped in with two hits apiece.
A five run, seventh inning against Sam Jones was the death knell for the Giants.
Other National League scores: Cincinnati 1 St. Louis 0; Philadelphia 6 Los Angeles 2. Only games scheduled.
National League Standings
Milwaukee/16/11/5/.688/—
Pittsburgh/19/11/8/.579/1.5
San Francisco/19/11/8/.579/1.5
Cincinnati/20/10/10/.500/3
St. Louis/18/9/9/.500/3
Los Angeles/20/8/12/.400/5
Chicago/18/7/11/.389/5
Philadelphia/20/7/13/.350/6
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