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June 16. Gm# 55. Candlestick Park. Pittsburgh 4 San Francisco 3 13 innings. GROAT’S 2 RUN SINGLE IN TOP OF 13TH WINS WILD GAME AGAINST GIANTS It was a marathon session which wrapped up a three game series for Pittsburgh at Candlestick Park. Pittsburgh was able to take the series, 2 games to 1, winning…

June 15. Gm# 54. Candlestick Park Pittsburgh 5 San Francisco 3 BUCS SNAP 4 GAME SKID WITH LAW ON THE MOUND Pittsburgh ended a four game losing streak by defeating San Francisco, 5-3. Vernon Law(6-2) was the winning pitcher. It was by no means Law’s best performance. The Giants outhit the Pirates, 12-8 and he…

June 14. Gm# 53 Candlestick Park San Francisco 1 Pittsburgh 0 ORLANDO CEPEDA’S SOLO HOMER IS DIFFERENCE IN PITCHER’S DUEL San Francisco defeated Pittsburgh 1-0, on a solo homer by Orlando Cepeda. Sam Jones got credit for the shutout, going the distance, while scattering five hits along the way. Harvey Haddix(3-3) took the L. He…

June 13. THE PIRATES DID NOT PLAY TODAY There was only one game in the National League today. Milwaukee beat San Francisco, 12-5. These two teams have been swapping first and second place with each other for the past week. National League Standings Milwaukee/45/28/17/.622/— San Francisco/54/32/22/.593/.5 Pittsburgh/52/28/24/.538/3.5 St. Louis/52/27/25/.519/4.5 Cincinnati/53/27/26/.509/5 Los Angeles/52/23/29/.442/8.5 Chicago/46/20/26/.435/8.5 Philadelphia/52/18/34/.346/13.5

June 12. Gm#’s 51, 52. Busch Stadium St. Louis 4,2 Pittsburgh 3, 1 PIRATES LOSE BOTH GAMES OF DOUBLE HEADER IN BOTTOM OF THE NINTH Pittsburgh suffered two crushing defeats against St. Louis and both games were near mirror images of each other. The Cards won game one, 4-3, stunning the Bucs with three runs…

June 11. Gm# 50 Busch Stadium St. Louis 5 Pittsburgh 1 CARDINALS BEAT VERNON LAW The St. Louis Cardinals stopped Pittsburgh’s Vernon Law, who drops to (5-2). Law allowed three runs, one unearned, over the first two innings. Ken Boyer homered again, his second of the series for the Cardinals. St. Louis tacked on two…

June 10. Gm# 49 Busch Stadium Pittsburgh 5 St. Louis 4 11inn. BUCS EDGE CARDS IN ELEVEN INNINGS Trailing 3-1, Pittsburgh scored twice in the top of the ninth, when they tagged St. Louis starter, Larry Jackson for four straight hits. Dick Stuart’s(9) two run clout in the top of the eleventh, put the Bucs…

June 9. Gm# 48. Wrigley Field Pittsburgh 3 Chicago 2 HOAK’S 3 RUN HOMER HELPS PIRATES TO COMPLETE SWEEP OF CUBS Pittsburgh won their third straight game against Chicago. Don Hoak(6) belted a three run homerun in the top of the fourth, to lead the Pirates past the Cubs, 3-2. Bob Friend improves to (6-3).…

The June 7th game was mistakenly not posted. Here is the result of that game. LAW & FACE TEAM UP TO BEAT CUBS, 3-2 Vernon Law(5-1) and Elroy Face combined to defeat the Chicago Cubs, 3-2. The two moundsman allowed just four hits between them. Dick Schofield led the way off the bench with three…

June 8. Gm# 46. Wrigley Field. Pittsburgh 8 Chicago 2 DICK GROAT JOINS BILL VIRDON AS SECOND BUC TO HIT FOR THE CYCLE In an 8-2 win over the Cubs, Dick Groat become the second Pirate this year and the sixth overall in Stratball, to hit for the cycle. He joins Bill Virdon, who turned…