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June 6. PIRATES IDLE TODAY There was just one game in the National League today. St. Louis beat Philadelphia, 5-2. National League Standings San Francisco/47/29/18/.617/— Milwaukee/38/24/14/.632/.5 Pittsburgh/45/24/21/.533/4 St. Louis/46/24/22/.522/4.5 Cincinnati/47/24/23/.511/5 Chicago/40/18/22/.450/7.5 Los Angeles/46/20/26/.435/8.5 Philadelphia/47/15/32/.319/14

June 5. Gm’s# 44, 45 Connie Mack Stadium Pittsburgh 8, 2 Philadelphia 5, 9 PIRATES SPLIT ERROR FILLED TWINBILL WITH PHILLIES Poor fielding was the highlight of a double header, which Pittsburgh split with Philadelphia. The Pirates took the opener, 8-5, while Philadelphia took the second game, 9-2. The Pirates committed a total of six…

June 4. RAIN CANCELS PIRATES-PHILLIES GAME. TWINBILL SCHEDULED SUN. Mother Nature put a halt on the Pirates game against the Phillies today, so the two teams will play a doubleheader tomorrow. Here are the other scores and standings: Milwaukee 5 Cincinnati 1; San Francisco 2 St. Louis 0; Los Angeles 12 Chicago 6. National League…

June 3. Gm# 43 Connie Mack Stadium Philadelphia 3 Pittsburgh 1 JIMMIE COKER’S 2 RUN HOMER SINKS PIRATES IN 3-1 LOSS Philadelphia backstop, Jimmie Coker broke a 1-1 tie by belting a two run homerun off Vinegar Bend Mizell(5-3), in the last of the fourth, as Pittsburgh fell to the Phillies, 3-2. The Phillies won…

TEAM HITTING & PITCHING/LEADERS & STATS THROUGH APRIL At Bats: Skinner-159; Hits-Groat-48; Batting Average-Stuart-.333; Runs-27; RBI’S-Stuart, Virdon-22; Doubles-Stuart-8; Triples-Skinner, Virdon-3; Homeruns-Stuart-8; Strikeouts-Stuart-27; Walks-Hoak-22; Sacrifice Flies- 3 tied with 2; Stolen Bases-Virdon-3; Errors-Groat, Stuart-4; Hit by Pitch- Groat-6; Sacrifices- Skinner-2. Stuart is leading the way on offense, slashing at a .333/369/.565 clip. Groat and Clemente follow,…

June 2. PIRATES DID NOT PLAY TODAY Here are the scores of those teams that did play and the standings: St. Louis 4 San Francisco 3; Milwaukee 9 Philadelphia 8; Chicago 10 Los Angeles 8. National League Standings San Francisco/44/27/17/.614/— Milwaukee/34/21/13/.618/1 Pittsburgh/42/23/19/.548/3 Cincinnati/43/23/20/.535/3.5 St. Louis/42/22/20/.525/6 Los Angeles/43/19/24/.442/7.5 Chicago/37/16/21/.432/7.5 Philadelphia/43/13/30/.302/13.5

June 1. Gm# 42. Forbes Field Pittsburgh 2 Cincinnati 1 BUCCOS WIN ANOTHER CLOSE ONE WITH CINCINNATI, 2-1 Bob Friend improved to (6-2), as Pittsburgh edged Cincinnati, 2-1. Bill Mazeroski led the way on offense, with three hits, scoring one of the Pirates runs and driving in the other. Friend went the distance, allowing six…

May 31. Gm# 41. Forbes Field Pittsburgh 7 Cincinnati 6 10 innings. BUCS BURN THROUGH FIVE PITCHERS BUT WIN 7-6, IN LAST OF TENTH Vern Law started, but was largely ineffective, giving up four runs in just four innings. The Pirates went through four more pitchers in a see saw battle with the Reds. Pittsburgh…

May 30. Gm# 40. Forbes Field Milwaukee 3 Pittsburgh 2 BRAVES WIN OPENER ON ADCOCK HR; GAME TWO IS WASHED OUT BY RAIN Milwaukee’s Joe Adcock hit an eighth inning solo homerun off of Tom Cheney(0-4), to snap a 2-2 tie, sending the Braves to a 3-2 win over Pittsburgh, in game one of a…

May 29. Gm# 39 Forbes Field Pittsburgh 10 Philadelphia 0 MIZELL BRILLIANT; BUCS BATS EXPLODE IN 10-0 ROUT OF PHILLIES Pittsburgh picked on last place Philadelphia for the second game in a row, again shutting out the Phils and scoring 10 runs themselves. Vinegar Bend Mizell(5-2) had himself a day. The lefty tossed a two…