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MONDAY, AUGUST 15TH THRU WED, AUG 17TH. GM#’S 112-115 In their most recent series against the Philadelphia Phillies, the Pirates won 3 out of 4; on a very successful homestand in which they were 12-6. In the first game, Vinegar Bend Mizell(10-8) was out pitched by Art Mahaffey, who tossed a complete game, three hitter,…

THURS, AUG 11 THRU SUN, AUG 14. GM#’S 107-111 In a big, five game series with the first place St. Louis Cardinals, the Pirates ended up taking four out of five games. After getting bombed in the opening game of the series, the Battlin’ Bucs roared back to take the next four straight. Here’s how…

WED, AUGUST 10TH, 1960. GM #’S 105-106. FORBES FIELD. PITTSBURGH 6, 4 CHICAGO 1, 2 Pittsburgh beat up on the last place Chicago Cubs, winning both games of a two game set. They took the opener, 6-1, behind Vernon Law(11-4), who went seven strong. Roberto Clemente led the offense with a double and two singles…

NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDINGS AT END OF PLAY, MONDAY, AUGUST 8TH, 1960 The Pirates didn’t play. The only other games were: Cincinnati 4 San Francisco 3; Milwaukee 7 Los Angeles 6. St. Louis/104/62/42/.596/— Milwaukee/101/58/43/.574/2.5 San Francisco/104/56/48/.538/6 Pittsburgh/104/56/48/.538/6 Los Angeles/101/54/47/.535/6.5 Cincinnati/105/48/57/.457/14.5 Philadelphia/104/41/63/.394/21 Chicago/103/38/65/.369/23.5

SUNDAY, AUGUST 7TH, 1960. GM’S 103-104. FORBES FIELD. S.F. 7, 6 PITTSBURGH 4. 0 Willie Mays feasted on Pirate pitching all day, as he led the Giants to a double header sweep of Pittsburgh, 7-4 and 6-0. San Francisco’s all star centerfielder had a homerun, four triples, a double and two singles, in three games.…

SATURDAY, AUGUST 6TH, 1960. GM# 102 AT PITTSBURGH. GIANTS 16 PIRATES 3 The San Francisco Giants humbled the Buccos, handing them their worst defeat of the year in a 16- 3 mauling. Vinegar Bend Mizell(10-6) has one of his poorest starts, as he was tagged for five runs in just one an one third innings.…

FRIDAY, AUGUST 5TH, 1960. AT PITTSBURGH. PIRATES 5 SAN FRANCISCO 3 Rocky Nelson(5) was the hitting star in this game, belting a pair of homeruns and just missing a third, to lead Pittsburgh past San Francisco, 5-3. Bob Friend(11-3) took over as team leader in wins. In other National League games of the day, Milwaukee…

THURSDAY, AUGUST 4TH, 1960. AT PITTSBURGH. PIRATES 4 LOS ANGELES 3 Pirate fans bit their nails as Elroy Face was called upon to pitch to pinch hitter, Duke Snider, with the tying run at third and two out in the bottom of the ninth. Face came through, getting Snider to pop out and preserving a…

August 3. Gm# 99. Forbes Field. Los Angeles 3 Pittsburgh 2 14 innings MISSED CHANCES HAUNT BUCS IN 14 INNING, 3-2 LOSS TO DODGERS Incredibly, the Pirates had a baserunner reach third on four separate occasions and not once were they able to plate a run. 12 men were stranded by Pittsburgh as they dropped…

August 2. Gm# 98. Forbes Field. Pittsburgh 2 Los Angeles 1 SKINNER KNOCKS IN WINNING RUN IN BOTTOM OF 9TH AS BUCS WIN, 2-1 Pittsburgh kicked off a long homestand with a thrilling win by defeating Los Angeles in a close, 2-1 game. Stan Williams squared off against Vinegar Bend Mizell, with the latter not…