Author: david bancroft

GM# 127 AUGUST 21, 1971 AT CINCINNATI REDS ELLIS ROUGHED UP AS REDS ROUT BUCS, 9-3 Dock Ellis was pounded by Cincinnati hitters, to the tune of six runs allowed in just an inning and two thirds. Pete Rose hit the very first pitch of the game out of Riverfront Stadium and it just got…

GM# 126 AUGUST 20, 1971 AT CINCINNATI REDS TONY PEREZ’S 3 RUN HOMER IN 7TH INNING SINKS PIRATES IN 5-2 LOSS Cincinnati’s Tony Perez smashed a three run home run off Bob Moose, in the bottom of the seventh, breaking a 2-2 tie, and leading the Reds to a 5-2 win over Pittsburgh. Bruce Kison…

GM# 125 AUGUST 19, 1971 AT CINCINNATI REDS ROBERTSON BELTS 2 HR’S; RED COMMIT 5 ERRORS IN 7-1 BUCS WIN Pittsburgh got a big day from first baseman, Bob Robertson, who clubbed a pair of homers and Cincinnati pitched in with a very sloppy defensive performance, as the Pirates took the opener of a four…

GM# 124 AUGUST 18, 1971 VS HOUSTON ASTROS GIUSTI BLOWS SAVE; ASTROS SCORE 4 RUNS IN 9TH TO WIN, 7-5 One day after collecting his fourth win, reliever Dave Giusti imploded, blowing a 5-3 lead by Steve Blass and Nellie Briles. Giusti started the top of the ninth inning by allowing a single to Johnny…

GM# 123 AUGUST 17, 1971 VS HOUSTON ASTROS ALLEY HITS GAME WINNING TRIPLE AS BUCS WIN 3-2, IN BOTTOM OF NINTH Gene Alley was the hero, lacing a triple into the corner, while Manny Sanguillen raced home with the winning run, as Pittsburgh defeated the Houston Astros, 3-2. Luke Walker started and went six and…

GM# 122 AUGUST 16, 1971 VS HOUSTON ASTROS BUCS END LOSING STREAK BY PULVERIZING ASTROS, 13-0 After dropping five straight games, the last four to the second place, St. Louis Cardinals; Pittsburgh had to take its frustration out on some poor team and the Houston Astros were the unlucky group. Dock Ellis spun his fourth…

GM#121 AUGUST 15, 1971 VS ST. LOUIS CARDINALS CARDS WIN, 9-4, TO COMPLETE FOUR GAME SWEEP OF PIRATES If Pittsburgh ends up losing the N.L. East crown, this series may well be looked back on as the turning point. St. Louis defeated Pittsburgh, 9-4, thereby taking all four games at Three Rivers Stadium. They have…

GM# 120 AUGUST 14, 1971 VS ST. LOUIS CARDINALS GIBSON GOES DISTANCE AS CARDS BEAT PIRATES, 4-1 Bob Gibson tossed a complete game, five hitter, as St. Louis defeated Pittsburgh for the third straight game, 4-1. Bob Johnson started for the Pirates and pitched fairly well into the sixth inning, leaving the game, trailing, 2-1.…

GM# 119 AUGUST 13, 1971 VS ST. LOUIS CARDINALS CARDS WIN SLOPPY DEFENSIVE GAME; NOW HAVE 2-0 SERIES LEAD The Cardinals committed two errors, the Pirates three, none worse than Gene Alley’s bobble off the bat of Dal Maxvill, which was part of a three-run, top of the ninth for St. Louis. St. Louis would…

GM# 118 AUGUST 12,1971 VS ST. LOUIS CARDINALS CARDS OVERCOME POOR START FROM CARLTON TO BEAT BUCS, 7-4 It was not the start the Cardinals were looking for from Steve Carlton, who gave up four runs in just three innings, but St. Louis battled back, scoring twice in the fifth and three more times in…