1960 Pittsburgh Pirates Replay

May 23. Gm# 35 Forbes Field Los Angeles 5 Pittsburgh 2

DODGERS SCORE 4 RUNS IN 7TH TO BEAT SKIDDING PIRATES

The Pittsburgh Pirates poor offensive output continues, as they couldn’t hold a 2-1 lead, eventually losing, 5-2, when Los Angeles scored four times in the top of the seventh. Sandy Koufax got the win, dropping Vinegar Mizell to (4-2).

Don Hoak(5) homered, but Bob Skinner, who only pinch hit in this one, is 0-18; Dick Groat is 0-8 and Bill Virdon, who is in danger of being benched, is 0-31, with seven strikeouts in that span.

Other National League scores: Chicago 7 Cincinnati 6. Only other game scheduled.

(There was a mathematical error in the previous standings calculations)

Here are the updated National League Standings:

San Francisco/33/21/12/.636/—

Milwaukee/26/17/9/.654/.5

Cincinnati/36/19/17/.528/3.5

Pittsburgh/35/18/17/.514/4

St. Louis/33/16/17/.485/5

Los Angeles/34/15/19/.441/6.5

Chicago/28/12/16/.429/6.5

Philadelphia/33/11/22/.333/10