Author: david bancroft

June 10. Gm# 49 Busch Stadium Pittsburgh 5 St. Louis 4 11inn. BUCS EDGE CARDS IN ELEVEN INNINGS Trailing 3-1, Pittsburgh scored twice in the top of the ninth, when they tagged St. Louis starter, Larry Jackson for four straight hits. Dick Stuart’s(9) two run clout in the top of the eleventh, put the Bucs…

June 9. Gm# 48. Wrigley Field Pittsburgh 3 Chicago 2 HOAK’S 3 RUN HOMER HELPS PIRATES TO COMPLETE SWEEP OF CUBS Pittsburgh won their third straight game against Chicago. Don Hoak(6) belted a three run homerun in the top of the fourth, to lead the Pirates past the Cubs, 3-2. Bob Friend improves to (6-3).…

The June 7th game was mistakenly not posted. Here is the result of that game. LAW & FACE TEAM UP TO BEAT CUBS, 3-2 Vernon Law(5-1) and Elroy Face combined to defeat the Chicago Cubs, 3-2. The two moundsman allowed just four hits between them. Dick Schofield led the way off the bench with three…

June 8. Gm# 46. Wrigley Field. Pittsburgh 8 Chicago 2 DICK GROAT JOINS BILL VIRDON AS SECOND BUC TO HIT FOR THE CYCLE In an 8-2 win over the Cubs, Dick Groat become the second Pirate this year and the sixth overall in Stratball, to hit for the cycle. He joins Bill Virdon, who turned…

June 6. PIRATES IDLE TODAY There was just one game in the National League today. St. Louis beat Philadelphia, 5-2. National League Standings San Francisco/47/29/18/.617/— Milwaukee/38/24/14/.632/.5 Pittsburgh/45/24/21/.533/4 St. Louis/46/24/22/.522/4.5 Cincinnati/47/24/23/.511/5 Chicago/40/18/22/.450/7.5 Los Angeles/46/20/26/.435/8.5 Philadelphia/47/15/32/.319/14

June 5. Gm’s# 44, 45 Connie Mack Stadium Pittsburgh 8, 2 Philadelphia 5, 9 PIRATES SPLIT ERROR FILLED TWINBILL WITH PHILLIES Poor fielding was the highlight of a double header, which Pittsburgh split with Philadelphia. The Pirates took the opener, 8-5, while Philadelphia took the second game, 9-2. The Pirates committed a total of six…

June 4. RAIN CANCELS PIRATES-PHILLIES GAME. TWINBILL SCHEDULED SUN. Mother Nature put a halt on the Pirates game against the Phillies today, so the two teams will play a doubleheader tomorrow. Here are the other scores and standings: Milwaukee 5 Cincinnati 1; San Francisco 2 St. Louis 0; Los Angeles 12 Chicago 6. National League…

June 3. Gm# 43 Connie Mack Stadium Philadelphia 3 Pittsburgh 1 JIMMIE COKER’S 2 RUN HOMER SINKS PIRATES IN 3-1 LOSS Philadelphia backstop, Jimmie Coker broke a 1-1 tie by belting a two run homerun off Vinegar Bend Mizell(5-3), in the last of the fourth, as Pittsburgh fell to the Phillies, 3-2. The Phillies won…

TEAM HITTING & PITCHING/LEADERS & STATS THROUGH APRIL At Bats: Skinner-159; Hits-Groat-48; Batting Average-Stuart-.333; Runs-27; RBI’S-Stuart, Virdon-22; Doubles-Stuart-8; Triples-Skinner, Virdon-3; Homeruns-Stuart-8; Strikeouts-Stuart-27; Walks-Hoak-22; Sacrifice Flies- 3 tied with 2; Stolen Bases-Virdon-3; Errors-Groat, Stuart-4; Hit by Pitch- Groat-6; Sacrifices- Skinner-2. Stuart is leading the way on offense, slashing at a .333/369/.565 clip. Groat and Clemente follow,…

June 2. PIRATES DID NOT PLAY TODAY Here are the scores of those teams that did play and the standings: St. Louis 4 San Francisco 3; Milwaukee 9 Philadelphia 8; Chicago 10 Los Angeles 8. National League Standings San Francisco/44/27/17/.614/— Milwaukee/34/21/13/.618/1 Pittsburgh/42/23/19/.548/3 Cincinnati/43/23/20/.535/3.5 St. Louis/42/22/20/.525/6 Los Angeles/43/19/24/.442/7.5 Chicago/37/16/21/.432/7.5 Philadelphia/43/13/30/.302/13.5