Author: david bancroft

GM# 23 MAY 1, 1971 VS SAN DIEGO PADRES PIRATES COME FROM BEHIND IN 5-3 WIN OVER PADRES The Buccos have won six straight, this time doing it in come from behind fashion. They trailed Clay Kirby and the Padres 3-1, when Kirby ran into trouble in the bottom of the fifth. Kirby retired Bob…

APRIL RECAP Pittsburgh has shot to the top of the National League East standings, with a 15-7 record, as April comes to an end. On the pitching front, Dock Ellis(3-0 2.48); Steve Blass(3-0 2.48); Luke Walker(3-1 2.09) are leading the way. Though Nelson Briles has had only one start, he has allowed just one run…

GM# 22 APRIL 30, 1971 VS SAN DIEGO PADRES ROBERTSON BELTS TWO HOME RUNS TO LEAD PIRATES PAST PADRES The Pirates won their fifth straight game, thanks to Bob Robertson(7), who clubbed two homers and Bob Johnson(1-0), who pitched seven strong innings, as Pittsburgh defeated the San Diego Padres, 6-2, to open a three game…

GM# 21 APRIL 29, 1971 VS LOS ANGELES DODGERS BUCS STAVE OFF LATE RALLY WIN 6-4 TO COMPLETE SWEEP OF L.A. Luke Walker(3-1) pitched eight and a third innings off scoreless ball, but the Dodgers threatened with one out in the ninth. Steve Garvey reached on a Rich Hebner error, then Jim Lefebvre doubled, putting…

GM# 20 APRIL 28, 1971 VS LOS ANGELES DODGERS BLASS, CLEMENTE, LEAD PIRATES TO 6-2 WIN OVER L.A. Steve Blass(3-0) won his third straight decision and Roberto Clemente(1) went 2-4, with his first home run of the year, as the Pirates defeated the Dodgers, 6-2. Blass went seven innings in the victory. Along with Clemente,…

GM# 19 APRIL 27, 1971 VS LOS ANGELES DODGERS DOCK ELLIS TOSSES 4 HIT SHUTOUT AGAINST DODGERS Dock Ellis(2-0) breezed to victory today, pitching a four hit shutout against Los Angeles. No Dodger base runner made it past second base. Ellis struck out three batters and did not allow a single base on balls. The…

The Pirates did not play today, April 26, 1971. Here is how the rest of the National League East fared: New York 12 St. Louis 2 Philadelphia 2 Houston 1 only games played

GM# 18 APRIL 25, 1971 VS SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS BRILES SPINS COMPLETE GAME WIN TO SALVAGE LAST GAME OF GIANTS SERIES Nellie Briles(2-0) joins Steve Blass as the first two Pirate pitchers with complete games this year. Nellie went the distance in a 6-1 victory over San Francisco. He scattered seven hits along the way.…

GM# 17 APRIL 24, 1971 VS SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS PIRATES LOSE ANOTHER ONE RUN GAME TO GIANTS Having lost 2-1 in the opening game of the series, the Pirates again lost a one run heartbreaker to the Giants, this time by a score of, 3-2. Each club scored a single run in both the third…

GM# 16 APRIL 23, 1971 VS SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS GIANTS EDGE PIRATES, 2-1, IN SERIES OPENER The Pirates lost to the Giants by a score of 2-1, in game one of a three-game series. Luke Walker, though he went only five innings, worked out of jam after jam, stranding nine runners, three of them on…