Author: david bancroft

GM# 146 SEPTEMBER 11, 1971 AT MONTREAL EXPOS KISON SPINS 4TH SHUTOUT; STARGELL, HEBNER HOMER, IN 4-0 BUCS WIN Bruce Kison pitched his fourth shutout of the season and Willie Stargell and Richie Hebner both hit home runs, as Pittsburgh beat Montreal, 4-0. The pattern of losing a game, then winning the next continues, but…

GM# 145 SEPTEMBER 10, 1971 AT MONTREAL EXPOS CARDINALS HOT ON PIRATES TAIL AFTER BUCS LOSE 6-3 TO EXPOS The Division race is heating up, with the St. Louis Cardinals now just 2.5 games behind the Pirates. The Cards got by the Cubs, 8-7; while Pittsburgh was losing to Montreal, 6-3. Bob Johnson started and…

GM# 144 SEPTEMBER 8, 1971 VS CHICAGO CUBS BUCS PUT UP SEASON HIGH 15 RUNS AGAINST CUBS The Pittsburgh Pirates won the third and final game in their most recent series with Chicago, putting up fifteen runs in a 15-8 slugfest. Willie Stargell and Milt May both had monster games. Stargell scored five runs and…

SEPTEMBER 7, 1971 CARDINALS SHAVE PIRATES LEAD TO JUST 3 GAMES Pittsburgh didn’t play today, but St. Louis did, taking both games of a double header against Philadelphia. As a result, they have closed the gap to just three games back of the league leading Pirates. There are just two games in the East on…

GM#’S 142, 143 SEPTEMBER 6, 1971 VS CHICAGO CUBS CUBS-BUCS SPLIT TWINBILL CARDS SPLIT WITH PHILS AND REMAIN 4 BACK Pittsburgh took the opener, 5-2, getting a pair of homers from Bob Robertson and one from Roberto Clemente. WP-Nellie Briles(10-9). LP-Juan Pizzaro. SV-Miller(6). HR-Bob Robertson 2(31), Roberto Clemente(10); Billy Williams. Chicago roared back to take…

GM# 141 SEPTEMBER 5, 1971 VS MONTREAL EXPOS EXPOS WIN SERIES BY THROTTLING PIRATES, 15-7 For the second time this season, the Montreal Expos have hung 15 runs, the most of any opponent, on the Pittsburgh Pirates, winning the last of a three-game series, by a score of 15-7. Bruce Kison started and though he…

GM# 140 SEPTEMBER 4, 1971 VS MONTREAL EXPOS BUCS BOUNCE BACK TO GET 4-2 WIN OVER EXPOS Both teams scored a pair of runs in the first inning. Pittsburgh broke the tie, when Manny Sanguillen scored on a passed ball in the bottom of the seventh. Rennie Stennett singled in Dave Cash for the second…

GM# 139 SEPTEMBER 3, 1971 VS MONTREAL EXPOS EXPOS EDGE BUCS, 3-2, IN TEN INNINGS Montreal scored two quick runs in the top of the first, behind Steve Renko, who shut Pittsburgh down over the next seven innings. However, the Pirates would rally in the eighth, when Rennie Stennett, Roberto Clemente and Vic Davallilo all…

GM# 138 SEPTEMBER 1, 1971 VS PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES ELLIS HOLDS ON FOR WIN DESPITE POOR COMMAND Pittsburgh defeated Philadelphia, 3-1 and Dock Ellis was the winning pitcher, but even Dock himself would say he was very fortunate to come away with the “W”. Ellis issued two walks and hit three batters, but was able to…

AUGUST REVIEW August was the worst month of the season for the Pittsburgh Pirates, thus far. They finished the month with a winning record, but just barely, winning 16 out of 31 games. The red hot St. Louis Cardinals are hot on their trail and have shaved the Bucs lead to just four games. At…