1960 Pittsburgh Pirates Replay

July 29. Gm# 95. Wrigley Field. Pittsburgh 9 Chicago 1

PIRATES THROTTLE CUBS IN SERIES OPENER

Pittsburgh took care of last place Chicago rather easily, banging out 12 hits in a 9-1 victory. Dick Stuart and Roberto Clemente had three hit days, with Stuart(13) and Hal Smith(4), clubbing homers.

Harvey Haddix(6-5) spun a complete game four hitter, narrowly missing a shutout, when Frank Thomas hit a solo homerun in the bottom of the ninth.

Vernon Law faces Glen Hobbie in the next game.

Other National League scores: Los Angeles 7 Milwaukee 3; San Francisco 2 Cincinnati 1; St. Louis 3 Philadelphia 0.

National League Standings

Milwaukee/92/54/38/.587/—

St. Louis/94/54/40/.574/1

Pittsburgh/95/52/43/.547/3.5

Los Angeles/92/50/42/.543/4

San Francisco/93/50/43/.538/4.5

Cincinnati/94/44/50/.468/11

Philadelphia/94/37/57/.394/18

Chicago/94/33/61/.351/22


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