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July 7. Gm# 76. Crosley Field. Pittsburgh 5 Cincinnati 0 PIRATES SHUT OUT REDS AGAIN; THIS TIME IT TAKES JUST ONE PITCHER One day after four Pirate pitchers combined to shut out Cincinnati, 2-0; Harvey Haddix(5-5) turned the trick himself, with a four hit, 5-0 whitewash of the Reds. Haddix struck out six and walked…

July 6. Gm# 75. Crosley Field. Pittsburgh 2 Cincinnati 0. 4 PIRATE PITCHERS COMBINE TO SHUTOUT REDS IN 10 INNINGS Four different Pirate pitchers combined to hold the Cincinnati Reds scoreless, in a 2-0 win at Crosley Field. A lack of being able to push a run across the plate kept the score zero to…

July 5. Gm# 74 County Stadium. Pittsburgh 5 Milwaukee 4 PIRATES WITHIN TWO GAMES AFTER SWEEPING MILWAUKEE Pittsburgh wrapped up a three game sweep of the first place Milwaukee Braves over the holiday weekend, thereby moving to within two games of the top spot. The Pirates won, 5-4, in the finale. Elroy Face(3-2) took over…

July 4. Gm#’s 72, 73. Pittsburgh 5, 4 Milwaukee 1, 3 BUCS TAKE BOTH ENDS OF HOLIDAY TWINBILL WITH BRAVES Pittsburgh cut Milwaukee’s lead in the National League by two full games, winning both games of the Independence Day doubleheader. The Pirates captured game one with a fantastic pitching performance by Vernon Law(7-4), in a…

July 3. Gm# 71. Forbes Field Los Angeles 4 Pittsburgh 3 DODGERS SCORE 3 RUNS IN TOP OF THE 8TH TO BEAT BUCS, 4-3 L.A. took 3 out of 4 from Pittsburgh, winning the final game in the series by a 4-3 score, after the Dodgers rallied for three runs in the top of the…

July 2. Gm# 70. Forbes Field. Los Angeles 3 Pittsburgh 0. STAN WILLIAMS TURNS TABLES ON BUCS WITH TWO HIT SHUTOUT L.A.’s Stan Williams first saw Bob Friend’s fine pitching performance yesterday, then raised him one, by tossing a 3-0, two hit shutout against Pittsburgh. Roberto Clemente was the only Pirate to get hits off…

July 1. Gm# 69. Forbes Field. Pittsburgh 6 Los Angeles 1. FRIEND IS SOLID IN 6-1 COMPLETE GAME WIN OVER DODGERS Bob Friend(9-3) delivered again, tossing a five hit, complete game win as the Buccos took the opening game of a three game series with the Dodgers, by a score of 6-1. Bob Skinner was…

June 30. Gm#’s 67, 68. Forbes Field Pittsburgh 12, 3 San Francisco 11, 10 BUCS SCORE 15 RUNS IN TWINBILL, BUT GIANTS SCORE 21 Pittsburgh and San Francisco played to a split in yesterday’s doubleheader. The Pirates won the opener, 12-11 in a slugfest, scoring five times in the seventh, then holding off the Giants…

June 29. PIRATES-GIANTS TILT IS WASHED OUT. The Pirates Giants game was postponed by rain. Here are the scores of the games which were played: Chicago 3,1 Milwaukee 2,3; St. Louis 5 Cincinnati 2; Los Angeles 6,5 Philadelphia 3,2. National League Standings Milwaukee/64/41/23/.641/— Pittsburgh/66/36/30/.545/6 San Francisco/68/37/31/.544/6 St. Louis/68/36/32/.529/7 Cincinnati/67/33/34/.493/9.5 Los Angeles/67/31/36/.463/11.5 Chicago/65/26/39/.400/15.5 Philadelphia/69/27/42/.391/16.5

June 28. Gm# 66. Forbes Field. Pittsburgh 5 San Francisco 1 TOM CHENEY COMES UP BIG IN 5-1, SPOT START WIN FOR PIRATES Tom Cheney(2-4) went seven strong innings, allowing just one hit on four runs. His effort allowed the bullpen some much needed rest and also gave Harvey Haddix, the Bucs next starter, an…