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WED, SEPT 14 TO THURS, SEPT 15. GM’S 140-141. FORBES FIELD, PITTSBURGH Milwaukee won twice and Pittsburgh could only manage a split with Los Angeles, so the Pirates lead drops to four games. The Bucs won a 3-1 decision on Wednesday, behind Harvey Haddix(13-6). The Pirates certainly made the most of their three hits in…

MON, SEPT 12 TO TUES, SEPT 13. GM’S 138, 139. FORBES FIELD, PITTSBURGH A poor series against the San Francisco Giants drops Pittsburgh’s lead against Milwaukee to five games. Pittsburgh lost both games of a short, two game set against the Giants. Elroy Face blew a save opportunity in the first game by giving up…

WED, AUG 7TH THROUGH SUN, AUG 11TH. GM’S 135-137. FORBES FIELD, PITTSBURGH The Pirates scheduled Sunday doubleheader with the Chicago Cubs has been rained out. Before that, Pittsburgh beat St. Louis 7-2 in a single game on Wednesday. Vinegar Bend Mizell(13-8) earned a complete game win. Smokey Burgess hit his (9th) homer of the year.…

MON, SEPT 5TH TO TUES, SEPT 6TH. GM’S 132-134, FORBES FIELD, PITTSBURGH The Pirates record setting fifteen game win streak finally ended at the hands of their arch rival, Milwaukee Braves, but not before the Bucs took both ends of the Labor Day doubleheader at Forbes Field. They took the opener easily, behind Bob Friend(17-6),…

SAT, SEPT 3RD, TO SUN, SEPT 4TH. GM’S 130-131. FORBES FIELD, PITTSBURGH The Pittsburgh Pirates continued their record setting winning streak by taking both games from the Philadelphia Phillies, 5-4 and 9-2. That is 13 straight wins by the ’60 Pirates, which is a new Stratball record for consecutive wins. In the first game, Pittsburgh…

WED, AUGUST 31ST, TO THURS, SEPT 1ST. GM#’S 128, 129. CANDLESTICK PARK, S.F. The Pirates extended their win streak to 11 games, by finishing up their road trip, (on which they went 12-2), by sweeping a short, two game set from the Giants. The Bucs won a close, 4-3 decision in game one. They trailed…

MONDAY, AUG 29 TO TUES AUG 30. GM#’S 126, 127. L.A. COLISEUM, LOS ANGELES The red hot Pirates continue their winning ways, earning their ninth straight victory, as they swept the Los Angeles Dodgers, in a two game series. Pittsburgh got two clutch homeruns from Roberto Clemente in the series, as well as long balls…

FRIDAY, AUG 26TH TO SUNDAY, AUG 28TH. GM#’S 123-125 BUSCH STADIUM, ST. LOUIS Things could not have gone any better for the Pittsburgh Pirates as they swept the St. Louis Cardinals three straight and now have sole possession of first place in the National League. The red hot Bucs have won seven in a row.…

TUES, AUG 23 TO THURS, AUG 25TH. GM#’S 120-122. WRIGLEY FIELD, CHICAGO. The Pirates took advantage of playing a last place team by sweeping the Chicago Cubs, three straight games. Two of those were shutouts. The first game was a 6-4 Pittsburgh win, with the Bucs scoring three runs in the top of the eighth…

THURS, AUG 18 THRU SUN, AUG 21ST. GM#’S 116-119 CROSLEY FIELD, CINN. The Pirates kicked off their road trip with a four game series with the Cincinnati Reds. The Bucs and Reds ended up splitting the series. The first two games were close, one run games; the latter two games were more one sided. Here’s…