Author: david bancroft

MONDAY, AUG 29 TO TUES AUG 30. GM#’S 126, 127. L.A. COLISEUM, LOS ANGELES The red hot Pirates continue their winning ways, earning their ninth straight victory, as they swept the Los Angeles Dodgers, in a two game series. Pittsburgh got two clutch homeruns from Roberto Clemente in the series, as well as long balls…

FRIDAY, AUG 26TH TO SUNDAY, AUG 28TH. GM#’S 123-125 BUSCH STADIUM, ST. LOUIS Things could not have gone any better for the Pittsburgh Pirates as they swept the St. Louis Cardinals three straight and now have sole possession of first place in the National League. The red hot Bucs have won seven in a row.…

TUES, AUG 23 TO THURS, AUG 25TH. GM#’S 120-122. WRIGLEY FIELD, CHICAGO. The Pirates took advantage of playing a last place team by sweeping the Chicago Cubs, three straight games. Two of those were shutouts. The first game was a 6-4 Pittsburgh win, with the Bucs scoring three runs in the top of the eighth…

THURS, AUG 18 THRU SUN, AUG 21ST. GM#’S 116-119 CROSLEY FIELD, CINN. The Pirates kicked off their road trip with a four game series with the Cincinnati Reds. The Bucs and Reds ended up splitting the series. The first two games were close, one run games; the latter two games were more one sided. Here’s…

MONDAY, AUGUST 15TH THRU WED, AUG 17TH. GM#’S 112-115 In their most recent series against the Philadelphia Phillies, the Pirates won 3 out of 4; on a very successful homestand in which they were 12-6. In the first game, Vinegar Bend Mizell(10-8) was out pitched by Art Mahaffey, who tossed a complete game, three hitter,…

THURS, AUG 11 THRU SUN, AUG 14. GM#’S 107-111 In a big, five game series with the first place St. Louis Cardinals, the Pirates ended up taking four out of five games. After getting bombed in the opening game of the series, the Battlin’ Bucs roared back to take the next four straight. Here’s how…

WED, AUGUST 10TH, 1960. GM #’S 105-106. FORBES FIELD. PITTSBURGH 6, 4 CHICAGO 1, 2 Pittsburgh beat up on the last place Chicago Cubs, winning both games of a two game set. They took the opener, 6-1, behind Vernon Law(11-4), who went seven strong. Roberto Clemente led the offense with a double and two singles…

NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDINGS AT END OF PLAY, MONDAY, AUGUST 8TH, 1960 The Pirates didn’t play. The only other games were: Cincinnati 4 San Francisco 3; Milwaukee 7 Los Angeles 6. St. Louis/104/62/42/.596/— Milwaukee/101/58/43/.574/2.5 San Francisco/104/56/48/.538/6 Pittsburgh/104/56/48/.538/6 Los Angeles/101/54/47/.535/6.5 Cincinnati/105/48/57/.457/14.5 Philadelphia/104/41/63/.394/21 Chicago/103/38/65/.369/23.5

SUNDAY, AUGUST 7TH, 1960. GM’S 103-104. FORBES FIELD. S.F. 7, 6 PITTSBURGH 4. 0 Willie Mays feasted on Pirate pitching all day, as he led the Giants to a double header sweep of Pittsburgh, 7-4 and 6-0. San Francisco’s all star centerfielder had a homerun, four triples, a double and two singles, in three games.…

SATURDAY, AUGUST 6TH, 1960. GM# 102 AT PITTSBURGH. GIANTS 16 PIRATES 3 The San Francisco Giants humbled the Buccos, handing them their worst defeat of the year in a 16- 3 mauling. Vinegar Bend Mizell(10-6) has one of his poorest starts, as he was tagged for five runs in just one an one third innings.…