Author: david bancroft

GM# 50 JUNE 2, 1971 VS ST. LOUIS CARDINALS BUCS EXPLODE FOR SIX RUNS IN EIGHTH INNING TO BEAT CARDS, 7-3 With the score tied 1-1, heading into the bottom of the eighth, St. Louis reliever, Chuck Taylor walked Dave Cash to begin the inning. He struck out Vic Davalillio, but Roberto Clemente singled, sending…

GM# 49 JUNE 1, 1971 VS ST. LOUIS CARDINALS STARGELL’S 2 RUN HR IN BOTTOM OF 9TH CAPS DRAMATIC 5-4 WIN OVER CARDS Willie Stargell had three straight strikeouts in his first three at bats. He finally reached on a walk in the seventh, but went one better, smashing a two run, game winning home…

MAY RECAP Pittsburgh still leads the National League Eastern Division, but find themselves in a dogfight with the St. Louis Cardinals, as May comes to an end. The Pirates record is 32-16 overall. They won 17 games and lost 9 in the month of May. St. Louis has a record of 32 17, with one…

GM# 48 MAY 31, 1971 VS CHICAGO CUBS BLASS SPINS SECOND STRAIGHT SHUTOUT. BUCS WIN, 3-0. Steve Blass tossed his second consecutive shutout, blanking the Chicago Cubs, 3-0, as Pittsburgh improves to 32-16. Blass now has a scoreless inning streak of 22. Blass allowed six hits and only struck out three, while walking two. He…

GM# 47 MAY 30, 1971 VS CHICAGO CUBS CUBS BAG A MOOSE IN 7-2 WIN OVER PIRATES The Chicago Cubs got to Bob Moose for five runs in four and a third innings pitched, as they defeated Pittsburgh, 7-2, in the third game of their current series. Billy Williams was three for five, with a…

GM# 46 MAY 29, 1971 VS CHICAGO CUBS STARGELL DRIVES IN FIVE, AS BUCS BEAT CUBS, 7-4 Willie Stargell and Al Oliver hit back to back home runs in the bottom of the second inning and later in the game, Stargell hit a sacrifice fly and then tripled and scored, as Pittsburgh won their second…

GM# 45 MAY 28, 1971 VS CHICAGO CUBS GRANT BAILS OUT GIUSTI AS BUCS COP NARROW WIN OVER CUBS Pittsburgh held a 3-1 lead heading into the top of the ninth inning, when Dave Giusti imploded. He surrendered back to back singles to Ken Rudolph and Jose Ortiz, with Rudolph moving to third on Ortiz’s…

GM# 44 MAY 27, 1971 VS CINCINNATI REDS BUCS WIN, 8-1, BUT CLEMENTE ERROR COSTS ELLIS A SHUTOUT The game was never in doubt, as Pittsburgh took the final game of the series against Cincinnati, by a score of 8-1. The Reds only run came in the top of the eighth inning, when Bernie Carbo…

GM# 43 MAY 26, 1971 VS CINCINNATI REDS BLASS, STARGELL EXCEL AS PIRATES ROUT REDS, 10-0 Steve Blass tossed a five hit shutout, his first whitewash of the year and was a stud at the plate as well, belting a double and a triple, as Pittsburgh battered Cincinnati, 10-0. Willie Stargell has his second multi…

GM# 42 MAY 25, 1971 VS CINCINNATI REDS PIRATES OUTHIT 14-6 IN 8 TO 4 LOSS TO REDS Bob Moose found himself in a 2-0 hole after the first half inning, but Pirate fans brightened when a red hot, Bob Robertson smacked a three run home run in the bottom of the first, giving his…