Author: david bancroft

GM# 60 JUNE 12, 1971 AT ST. LOUIS CARDINALS NELSON BRILES SPINS 5 HIT SHUTOUT AS BUCS BEAT CARDS, 5-0 Some quality pitching and some luck, helped Nellie Briles throw a five hit shutout against the Cardinals, as Pittsburgh took a 2-1 lead in the series. Three times the Cards had a runner on third…

GM# 59 JUNE 11, 1971 AT ST. LOUIS CARDINALS CARDINALS HAND ELLIS 1ST LOSS AS THEY DEFEAT BUCS, 6-4 The game had a bad feel to it, when Dock Ellis gave up singles to the first three batters he faced. All three of those batters would score and Ellis found himself quickly behind, 3-0. He…

GM# 58 JUNE 10, 1971 AT ST. LOUIS CARDINALS BUCS TAKE OPENER OVER CARDS BEHIND BLASS AND CO., 4-1 Steve Blass went six and two thirds innings and Willie Stargell paced the offense with a double and two singles, as Pittsburgh won the first of four games against the St. Louis Cardinals. Gene Clines and…

GM# 57 JUNE 9, 1971 AT CHICAGO CUBS STARGELL’S TWO HOMERS POWER PITTSBURGH PAST CHICAGO Willie Stargell homered twice and drove in five runs, as the Pirates salvaged the final game of their series with Chicago, by a score of 7-3. The Bucs broke a 3-3 tie by scoring four times in the top of…

GM# 56 JUNE 8, 1971 AT CHICAGO CUBS BILLY WILLIAMS’ THREE RUN HR PUSHES CUBS PAST PIRATES Sweet swinging, Billy Williams, belted a three run home run in the bottom of the sixth inning, breaking a 4 all tie, to lead the Chicago Cubs past Pittsburgh, 7-4. It was a rough start for Jim Nelson,…

GM# 55 JUNE 7, 1971 AT CHICAGO CUBS DESPITE 15 HITS, PIRATES ARE CURB STOMPED BY CUBS, 10-3 Nellie Briles started and Al Oliver’s three run homer in the top of the third put the Buccos on top, 3-0, but things quickly unraveled from there. Chicago scored ten runs over the next four innings, to…

GM# 54 JUNE 6, 1971 VS HOUSTON ASTROS DOCK ELLIS WHITEWASHES ASTROS TO COMPLETE SWEEP One day after Steve Blass narrowly missed pitching a shutout against the Houston Astros, Dock Ellis turned the trick, winning a 2-0 decision. The Pirates were actually outhit, 5-4, but one of Pittsburgh’s four hits, was Willie Stargell’s seventeenth home…

GM# 53 JUNE 5, 1971 VS HOUSTON ASTROS BLASS NARROWLY MISSES 3RD STRAIGHT SHUTOUT IN BUCS’ 5-1 WIN Steve Blass saw a 28 consecutive scoreless innings streak come to an end yesterday, but he improves to 7 and 1 and he led his team to a 5-1 win over the Houston Astros. The red hot…

GM# 52 JUNE 4, 1971 VS HOUSTON ASTROS ASTROS BULLPEN BUCKLES AS BUCS PULL OUT 3-1 WIN Bob Moose went up against Jack Billingham of the Astros and held his own for 7.1 innings. He left the game trailing 1-0. Bob Miller took over and got Bob Watson to hit into a double play in…

GM# 51 JUNE 3, 1971 VS ST. LOUIS CARDINALS BUCS DROP FINAL GAME OF SERIES TO CARDS, 7-5 Pittsburgh battled, getting three hits each from Dave Cash and Gene Clines, but the Cardinals never trailed in this game, eventually pulling out a 7-5 victory in the third and final game of the series. Nellie Briles…