Author: david bancroft

July 3. Gm# 69 Wrigley Field Chicago 5 Pittsburgh 2 SAUER’S BAT HURTS PIRATES ONCE AGAIN For the second straight game, Chicago’s Hank Sauer hurt the Pirates with his big bat. This time, it was a two run homer off Hugh Casey in the sixth inning, that did the damage in a 5-2 Cubs win.…

July 2. Gm# 68 Chicago 6 Pittsburgh 3 DICKSON’S ROUGH START COSTS BUCS IN 6-3 LOSS TO CUBS Murray Dickson(4-6) had a rough go of it. He got through the first two innings unscathed, but after getting two outs in the third, he allowed two singles, a double and a a three run home run…

Bulletin: VIC LOMBARDI TO REPLACE BILL WERLE IN STARTING ROTATION Effective immediately, Vic Lombardi will replace Bill Werle in the starting rotation for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Werle, of course, heads to the bullpen. Werle, who was not pleased with the decision, has struggled this season. In 66.5 innings pitched, he has a record of 3-8…

July 1. Gm# 67 Wrigley Field Pittsburgh 1 Chicago 0 SEWELL-GREGG COMBINE TO WHITE WASH CUBS Rip Sewell(4-6) tossed eight innings of shutout ball and Hal Gregg finshed up the final inning to earn a save, as Pittsburgh blanked Chicago, 1-0. Sewell fannned ten in eight innings, while walking three. The two pitchers combined allowed…

June 30. Gm# 66 Forbes Field Pittsburgh 6 Cincinnati 4 BUCS USE TEAM EFFORT TO DEFEAT REDS Cliff Chambers pitched a solid six innings; Ralph Kiner didn’t homer, but had a two run triple and a sacrifice fly, and Stan Rojek, Dino Restelli and Clyde McCullough all had two hits in Pittsburgh’s 6-5 defeat of…

June 29. Gm# 65 Forbes Field Cincinnati 5 Pittsburgh 4 KINER HITS 30TH HOMER BUT PIRATES LOSE TO REDS, 5-4 Ralph Kiner hit his league leading(30th) home run, a three run blast in the third inning off Erraut, but Jimmy Bloodworth’s two run shot in the top of the eighth proved to be the difference…

June 28. REDS-PIRATES GAME RAINED OUT The opening game in the Cincinnati-Pittsburgh series was rained out at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh. Here are the other National League scores: New York 2 Boston 1; Brooklyn 5 Philadelphia 3; St. Louis 5 Chicago 4 Standing of the Clubs Brooklyn/65/41/24/.631 St. Louis/65/41/24/.631 New York/65/35/29/1/.546 Philadelphia/68/35/33/.515 Boston/68/34/33/1/.507 Pittsburgh/64/27/37/.422 Cincinnati/63/26/37/.413…

June 27. NO GAME TODAY CHICAGO 6 ST. LOUIS 4 This was the only game scheduled in the National League today. Standing of the Clubs Brooklyn/64/40/24/.623 St. Louis/64/40/24/.623 New York/64/34/29/1/.539 Philadelphia/67/35/32/.522 Boston/67/34/22/1/.514 Pittsburgh/64/27/37/.422 Cincinnati/63/26/37/.413 Chicago/65/22/43/.338

June 26. Gm# 64 Forbes Field Brooklyn 6 Pittsburgh 1 GIL HODGES’ 3RD HOMER IN SERIES PART OF 6-1 DODGER WIN OVER BUCS After hitting two home runs yesterday, Gil Hodges blasted a three run homer in today’s game, as Brooklyn beat Pittsburgh, 6-1, to take two out of three from the Buccos. Don Newcombe…

June 25. Gm# 63 Forbes Field Pittsburgh 9 Brooklyn 8 KINER BAILS OUT BUCS WITH GAME WINNING, 11TH INNING BLAST The Pirates blew a 7 run lead against Brooklyn, having scored five runs in the first and three more in the second, then watching the Dodgers storm their way back to tie the game at…