1960 Pittsburgh Pirates Replay

June 30. Gm#’s 67, 68. Forbes Field Pittsburgh 12, 3 San Francisco 11, 10

BUCS SCORE 15 RUNS IN TWINBILL, BUT GIANTS SCORE 21

Pittsburgh and San Francisco played to a split in yesterday’s doubleheader. The Pirates won the opener, 12-11 in a slugfest, scoring five times in the seventh, then holding off the Giants who tallied three runs in the top of the eighth.

Bill Virdon tied a Stratball single game record for runs batted in with 6. He had a solo homerun(6); a two run single and a bases clearing triple. Pittsburgh also got a homerun from Rocky Nelson(2). Elroy Face(2-2) earned the win. Willie Mays and Orlando Cepeda went deep for the Giants.

Game two was all San Francisco in a 10-3 laugher. Vern Law(6-4) had his second straight poor start, getting tagged for five runs(one unearned) in just three innings. Mike McCormick scattered eight hits in a complete game win for the Giants.

Pittsburgh next hosts the L.A. Dodgers before again heading out on the road. Here are the other National League Scores: Chicago 11 Milwaukee 5; Los Angeles 10 Philadelphia 6. Only games scheduled.

National League Standings

Milwaukee/65/41/24/.631/—

Pittsburgh/68/37/31/.544/5.5

San Francisco/70/38/32/.543/5.5

St. Louis/68/36/32/.529/6.5

Cincinnati/67/33/34/.493/9

Los Angeles/68/32/36/.471/10.5

Chicago/66/27/39/.409/14.5

Philadelphia/70/27/43/.386/16.5