Author: david bancroft

GM# 69 JUNE 21, 1971 VS NEW YORK METS ELLIS GOES DISTANCE AS BUCS EDGE METS, 2-1 Dock Ellis pitched his fifth complete game and improved to 9 and 1 on the season, as Pittsburgh opened their most recent series with New York with a 2-1 win. Interestingly enough, all runs in the game were…

GM#’S 67, 68. JUNE 20, 1971 VS MONTREAL EXPOS PIRATES SUFFER WORST LOSS OF YEAR AS THEY SPLIT TWINBILL AND SERIES First, the good news. Pittsburgh won a high scoring, back and forth battle with the Montreal Expos in the first of two games, winning by a 10-8 score. Both starters, Bill Stoneman and Steve…

GM# 66 JUNE 19, 1971 VS MONTREAL EXPOS EXPOS END BUCS WIN STREAK IN CONVINCING FASHION All good things must come to an end. So it was for the Pittsburgh Pirates’ six game win streak, which ended at the hands of the Montreal Expos. The team from up north demolished the Pirates, 9-2. Pittsburgh actually…

GM# 65 JUNE 18, 1971 VS MONTREAL EXPOS STARGELL’S WALKOFF SINGLE STARTS HOMESTAND OFF WITH 4-3 WIN With the score tied 3-3, Roberto Clemente doubled with two outs in the bottom of the ninth, then Willie Stargell singled in the game winning run, as Pittsburgh defeated Montreal, 4-3, to earn their sixth straight victory. Clemente…

IDLE PIRATES BUILD 8 GAME LEAD AS CARDS LOSE TO CUBS The St. Louis Cardinals dropped a 7-6 decision to the Chicago Cubs, thereby giving the first place Pittsburgh Pirates an 8 game lead in the N.L. East. Here are the current standings: Pittsburgh/64/44/20/.688/— St. Louis/67/39/29/1/.552/8 New York/59/31/28/.525/10.5 Chicago/64/32/32/.500/12 Montreal/58/25/32/1/.431/15.5 Philadelphia/61/25/36/.410/17.5

GM# 64 JUNE 16, 1971 AT HOUSTON ASTROS PIRATES SWEEP ASTROS BEHIND ANOTHER DOMINANT ELLIS PERFORMANCE The season has a long way to go, but there’s no doubt, that Dock Ellis and Steve Blass are both early candidates for the N.L. Cy Young Award. Yesterday, Blass tossed a four hitter, narrowly losing a shutout in…

GM# 63 JUNE 15, 1971 AT HOUSTON ASTROS BUCS EDGE ASTROS, 2-1, BEHIND BLASS 3 HITTER A walk to Jesus Alou; a sacrifice bunt by Joe Morgan, then a single by Bob Watson cost Steve Blass his third shutout of the year, but he still came away with his ninth victory on a 2-1, three…

GM# 62 JUNE 14, 1971 AT HOUSTON ASTROS BUCCOS ROLL IN ASTRO’S OPENER WITH 9-3 WIN The Pirates had a relatively easy time in their opening game against the Astros, winning, 9-3, behind Bob Moose, who went six innings and Nelson Briles, who pitched the final three innings. Though no homeruns were hit by the…

BUCCOS TRAVEL TO HOUSTON TO FINISH ROAD TRIP AGAINST THE ASTROS Pittsburgh will end their current road trip with a three game series against the Houston Astros, in Houston. Bob Moose will pitch the opener for the Pirates, while Wade Blasingame toes the slab for Houston. After that, the team returns to Three Rivers Stadium,…

GM# 61 JUNE 13, 1971 AT ST. LOUIS CARDINALS PIRATES EDGE CARLTON TO BEAT CARDS AND TAKE SERIES It looked as if Steve Carlton would notch a victory, as he took a 2-1 lead into the top of the eighth, but Pittsburgh came through with two runs, to take a 3-2 lead, eventually winning by…