Author: david bancroft

NATIONAL LEAGUE EAST STANDINGS Pittsburgh/15/10/5/.667 St. Louis/16/10/6/.625 Montreal/9/5/4/.556 New York/11/5/6/.455 Philadelphia/12/5/7/.417 Chicago/15/5/10/.333 BLASS NOTCHES COMPLETE GAME AS BUCS SWEEP SERIES WITH BRAVES Steve Blass(2-0) earned his first complete game of the season, as Pittsburgh defeated Atlanta, 6-1, completing a three-game sweep of the Braves. The win puts the Pirates atop the N.L. east division, with…

GM#14 APRIL 21, 1971 VS ATLANTA BRAVES STARGELL’S 2 HR’S TRUMP ALLEY’S 3 ERRORS, AS BUCS WIN, 5-4 Willie Stargell(7) belted two home runs, his second, in the bottom of the eighth, was the eventual game winner, as Pittsburgh edged the Atlanta Braves for the second straight day, 5-4. It was a very rough day…

GM#13 APRIL 20, 1971 VS ATLANTA BRAVES BUCS OPEN 12 GAME HOMESTAND WITH 10-1 LAUGHER OVER BRAVES It’s not often that the Pirates put up ten runs without hitting a home run, but that was the case yesterday, as Pittsburgh routed the Atlanta Braves, 10-1, to begin a twelve game homestand. Atlanta knuckleballer, Phil Niekro…

GM’S # 11, 12. APRIL 18, 1971 AT NEW YORK METS PIRATES SPLIT WITH METS IN FIRST DOUBLE HEADER OF THE YEAR The Pittsburgh Pirates split a doubleheader with the New York Mets, winning the opener, 5-3, behind Luke Walker(2-1), but dropping the second game, 5-4, when Cleon Jones belted a three run homer, to…

GM# 10 APRIL 17, 1971 AT NEW YORK BUCCOS WIN 6-5 IN THIRTEEN INNINGS OVER METS The Pittsburgh Pirates have defeated the New York Mets, for the second straight day, both games went extra innings. This time around, the Buccos pulled out a 6-5 win over the Mets, when Willie Stargell doubled off Charlie Williams,…

GM# 9 APRIL 16, 1971 PITTSBURGH AT NEW YORK STARGELL’S 11TH INNING HOMER ENDS CLASSIC PITCHER’S DUEL Dock Ellis and Tom Seaver hooked up in one of the best pitcher’s duels seen in some time. Seaver went a full ten innings, allowing no runs, on just two hits and fanning 10, before being pulled for…

N.L. EAST STANDINGS New York/5/3/2/.600/ Philadelphia/7/4/3/.571/ Pittsburgh/8/4/4/.500/ St. Louis/9/4/5/.444/ Montreal/5/2/3/.400/ Chicago/5/2/3/.400/ N.L. EAST SCORES Los Angeles 2 St. Louis 1 Chicago 4 San Diego 3 Only games scheduled

GM# 8 PITTSBURGH AT PHILADELPHIA, APRIL 14, 1971 DERON JOHNSON LEADS PHILS TO 4-3 WIN IN LAST GAME OF SERIES Philadelphia first baseman, Deron Johnson had a home run, two singles and scored two of his team’s four runs, as the Phillies took the final game in their most recent series with Pittsburgh, by a…

GM# 7 APRIL 13, 1971 AT PHILADELPHIA STARGELL HOMERS FOR THIRD STRAIGHT GAME; BUCS WIN, 3-2 Willie Stargell(4) homered for the third game in a row and Manny Sanguillen(1) hit his first of the season, as Pittsburgh edged the Philadelphia Phillies, 3-2. The Pirates used four pitchers, but in the end, held the Phillies to…

GM# 6 APRIL 12, 1971 AT PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES BUCS OPEN SECOND PHILLIES SERIES WITH 4-2 WIN Willie Stargell hit his third homerun and drove in three runs and Bob Robertson also belted his third homer, as the Pirates defeated the Philadelphia Phillies, 4-2. Bob Johnson started and worked six innings, but left trailing, 2-1. Robertson’s…