1960 Pittsburgh Pirates Replay

May 18. Gm# 30 Forbes Field St. Louis 3 Pittsburgh 2

CARDINALS EDGE PIRATES, 3-2 AT FORBES FIELD

The St. Louis Cardinals nipped the Pittsburgh Pirates, 3-2, when Alex Grammas and Bill White both doubled, breaking a two all tie.

It meant the first loss of the year for Vinegar Bend Mizell(4-1). Smokey Burgess collected his second homerun. Bill Virdon was 0-4 and is mired in an 0-25 slump.

Jim Umbricht will get a spot start today, going against rookie, Ray Sadecki, who is making his major league debut.

Other National League scores: Cincinnati 5 Los Angeles 4; Milwaukee 3 San Francisco 1; Chicago at Philadelphia ppd.

National League Standings

Milwaukee/24/15/9/.625/—

Pittsburgh/30/18/12/.600/—

San Francisco/30/18/12/.600/—

Cincinnati/30/17/13/.567/1

St. Louis/28/12/16/.429/5

Chicago/24/10/14/.416/5

Los Angeles/30/12/18/.400/6

Philadelphia/30/10/20/.333/8