Author: david bancroft

April 22. Gm# 9 Forbes Field Milwaukee 3 Pittsburgh 2 DESPITE TWO DICK STUART HOME RUNS, BUCS LOSE TO BRAVES, 3-2 A pair of Dick Stuart(1,2) homers couldn’t make up for a key error by Bill Mazeroski, as the miscue lead to three unearned runs in the top of the fifth, allowing Milwaukee to edge…

April 21. Gm# 8 Forbes Field Pittsburgh 7 Philadelphia 1 BUCS COMPLETE SWEEP OF PHILLIES WITH STRONG PITCHING AND HITTING Vinegar Bend Mizzell(2-0) allowed an unearned run in the top of the first, but settled down quickly, and gave up no more runs and just three hits the rest of the way, as Pittsburgh completed…

April 20. Gm# 7 Forbes Field Pittsburgh 3 Philadelphia 1 PIRATES USE SIMILAR FORMULA TO BEAT PHILLIES AGAIN Yesterday, Vern Law pitched a shutout and Bill Virdon hit a three run homer to beat Philadelphia. Today, they nearly duplicated that feat. Bob Friend(2-0) won the game, just missing out on the whitewash when he allowed…

April 19. Gm# 6 Forbes Field Pittsburgh 4 Philadelphia 0 VIRDON’S BAT; LAW’S ARM, LEAD BUCS TO 4-0 WIN OVER PHILLIES Vernon Law(1-0) tossed a six hit shutout, for his first win of the season and Bill Virdon(1) belted a three run homerun, as Pittsburgh defeated Philadelphia, 4-0. Law fanned seven and did not walk…

April 17. Gm #’s 4, 5. Forbes Field Pittsburgh 9, 2 Cincinnati 0, 2 CLEMENTE OUT FOR 15 GAMES; REDS HAND BUCS THEIR FIRST LOSS OF YEAR Pirate right fielder, Roberto Clemente, struck by a Joe Nuxhall pitch in the first game of a double header at Forbes Field, will be out of the lineup…

BULLETIN: CLEMENTE HIT BY JOE NUXHALL PITCH; INJURED AND LEFT GAME Pittsburgh right fielder, Roberto Clemente was hit in the head by a pitch from Joe Nuxhall of the Cincinnati Reds. He collapsed to the ground and was carried off the field. Gino Cimoli replaced Clemente for the Pirates who were leading in the game,…

April 16. Gm# 3 Forbes Field Pittsburgh 8 Cincinnati 2 BUCCOS BANG OUT 17 HITS FOR 2SD STRAIGHT GAME Pittsburgh’s offense was firing on all cylinders as they rapped out seventeen hits against the Redlegs for the second straight game, this time, in an 8-2 win. Bob Skinner(1) and Bill Mazeroski(1) collected their first homers…

April 14. Gm# 2 Forbes Field Pittsburgh 10 Cincinnati 1 PIRATES TAKE HOME OPENER WITH 10-1 ROUT OF REDLEGS Bob Friend(1-0) pitched seven and two thirds strong innings and Don Hoak(1) led the offense with a single, double and three run homerun, as Pittsburgh routed Cincinnati in their home opener, 10-1. Friend fanned eight and…

April 12. Gm# 1 County Stadium Pittsburgh 5 Milwaukee 4 BUCS WIN OPENING DAY THRILLER, 5-4 IN TEN INNINGS The Pittsburgh Pirates have tallied their first victory of the 1960 season, beating the Milwaukee Braves, 5-4, in ten innings. The Bucs scored twice in the top of the tenth, once on a sacrifice fly by…

For those unfamiliar with this blog, I enjoy playing Strat-O-Matic baseball using the cards and dice version. I have several seasons to choose from, for what I call Stratball. I simply take one team from a particular season and play out their schedule just as that team did originally. It’s not an as played replay,…