Author: david bancroft

FRIDAY, AUGUST 5TH, 1960. AT PITTSBURGH. PIRATES 5 SAN FRANCISCO 3 Rocky Nelson(5) was the hitting star in this game, belting a pair of homeruns and just missing a third, to lead Pittsburgh past San Francisco, 5-3. Bob Friend(11-3) took over as team leader in wins. In other National League games of the day, Milwaukee…

THURSDAY, AUGUST 4TH, 1960. AT PITTSBURGH. PIRATES 4 LOS ANGELES 3 Pirate fans bit their nails as Elroy Face was called upon to pitch to pinch hitter, Duke Snider, with the tying run at third and two out in the bottom of the ninth. Face came through, getting Snider to pop out and preserving a…

August 3. Gm# 99. Forbes Field. Los Angeles 3 Pittsburgh 2 14 innings MISSED CHANCES HAUNT BUCS IN 14 INNING, 3-2 LOSS TO DODGERS Incredibly, the Pirates had a baserunner reach third on four separate occasions and not once were they able to plate a run. 12 men were stranded by Pittsburgh as they dropped…

August 2. Gm# 98. Forbes Field. Pittsburgh 2 Los Angeles 1 SKINNER KNOCKS IN WINNING RUN IN BOTTOM OF 9TH AS BUCS WIN, 2-1 Pittsburgh kicked off a long homestand with a thrilling win by defeating Los Angeles in a close, 2-1 game. Stan Williams squared off against Vinegar Bend Mizell, with the latter not…

July 31. Gm# 97. Wrigley Field. Chicago 10 Pittsburgh 4 CHICAGO CUBS END LONG LOSING STREAK IN STYLE BY POUNDING PIRATES After scoring only two runs over the first two games; the Chicago Cubs took the final game of the series and put an end to a ten game skid at the same time, by…

July 30. Gm# 96. Wrigley Field. Pittsburgh 5 Chicago 1. HAPLESS CUBS FALL TO PIRATES AGAIN The free falling Chicago Cubs, who have dropped 10 straight games, lost again to the Pittsburgh Pirates, this time by a 5-1 score. Chicago scored first, when George Altman homered off Vern Law(10-4) in the bottom of the fourth.…

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…

July 28. BUCS ARE OFF TODAY; SCORES AND STANDINGS FOLLOW Philadelphia 3 Chicago 2; Los Angeles 8 Cincinnati 6; San Francisco 3 Milwaukee 2 National League Standings Milwaukee/91/54/37/.593/— St. Louis/93/53/40/.570/2 Pittsburgh/94/51/43/.543/4.5 Los Angeles/91/49/42/.538/5 San Francisco/92/49/43/.533/5.5 Cincinnati/93/44/49/.473/11 Philadelphia/93/37/56/.398/18 Chicago/94/33/61/.351/22

July 27. Gm# 94. Busch Stadium. Pittsburgh 1 St. Louis 0. BUCS TAKE SERIES WITH CARDS ON MIZELL MASTERPIECE Pittsburgh won it’s latest series with St. Louis, three games to one, thanks to Vinegar Bend Mizell(10-5), who pitched one of the best games by a Pirate this year. Mizell threw a two hit shutout, his…

July 26. Gm# 93. Busch Stadium. St. Louis 2 Pittsburgh 1 SIMMONS BEATS FRIEND IN 2-1 PITCHER’S DUEL Bob Friend(10-6) lost a tough game to Curt Simmons of the Cardinals. Despite allowing only four hits, the Pirates fell to St. Louis, 2-1. Simmons gave up one run on six hits to Pittsburgh. The Cardinals struck…