June 22. Gm# 60. Forbes Field. St. Louis 5 Pittsburgh 2
LARRY JACKSON BEATS BOB FRIEND AS CARDINALS WIN AGAIN
St. Louis’ Larry Jackson went the distance, to beat Bob Friend(7-3) in a 5-2 decision. It was the Pirates second straight loss to the Cardinals and their third overall. The Cards move ahead of Pittsburgh in the standings by a half game as a result.
Roberto Clemente knocked a run in and Bill Mazeroski had a sacrifice fly, to account for Pittsburgh’s only runs. Hal Smith had a nice day filling in for Burgess, going 3-4 with a double.
The final game of the set takes place today, with Mizell against Kline.
Other National League scores: Milwaukee 7 San Francisco 4; Philadelphia 6 Chicago 3; Los Angeles vs Cincinnati was ppd.
National League Standings
Milwaukee/57/37/20/.649/—-
San Francisco/63/35/28/.556/5
St. Louis/61/33/28/.541/6
Pittsburgh/60/32/28/.533/6.5
Cincinnati/61/31/30/.508/8
Los Angeles/60/26/34/.433/12.5
Chicago/57/23/34/.404/14
Philadelphia/61/23/38/.377/16
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