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May 18. Gm# 30 Forbes Field St. Louis 3 Pittsburgh 2 CARDINALS EDGE PIRATES, 3-2 AT FORBES FIELD The St. Louis Cardinals nipped the Pittsburgh Pirates, 3-2, when Alex Grammas and Bill White both doubled, breaking a two all tie. It meant the first loss of the year for Vinegar Bend Mizell(4-1). Smokey Burgess collected…

May 17. Gm# 29. Forbes Field Pittsburgh 5 Chicago 2 BUCS SURVIVE 9TH INNING RALLY BY CUBS; HOLD ON FOR 5-2 WIN After putting up eight zeroes and with a 5-0 lead, Bob Friend(4-1) gave up four straight singles in the top of the ninth. With the score 5-1 and the bases loaded, Pittsburgh went…

May 16. PIRATES ARE IDLE TODAY. HERE ARE SOME SCORES AND THE STANDINGS Other National League scores: Cincinnati 9 San Francisco 2; St. Louis 5 Philadelphia 3; Los Angeles- Milwaukee ppd. National League Standngs Milwaukee/22/14/8/.636/— Pittsburgh/28/17/11/.607/— San Francisco/28/17/11/.607/— Cincinnati/28/16/12/.571/1 Chicago/23/10/13/.435/4.5 St. Louis/27/11/16/.407/5.5 Los Angeles/28/11/17/.393/6 Philadelphia/30/10/20/.333/8

May 15. Gm#’s 27, 28. County Stadium Pittsburgh 2, 6 Milwaukee 1, 2 STELLAR PIRATE PITCHING LEADS TO DOUBLE HEADER SWEEP OF BRAVES Harvey Haddix(2-1) and Vernon Law(4-0) both won decisions in a twinbill sweep of the Milwaukee Braves. Haddix led the troops in a 2-1 win in the opener, losing a shutout bid in…

May 14. Gm# 26. County Stadium Milwaukee 9 Pittsburgh 8 13 innings BRAVES BEAT PIRATES 9 TO 8, IN 13 INNINGS Milwaukee finally put Pittsburgh away after 13 long innings, when Bill Bruton and Eddie Mathews each doubled in the final frame. Fred Green(2-2) was sacked with the defeat. Green was the fifth Pirate pitcher…

May 13. Gm# 25. County Stadium Pittsburgh 4 Milwaukee 3 PIRATES DECIDE WINNING IN THE 9TH IS MORE FUN THAN LOSING IN 9TH The Pirates decided to try something novel, winning a game in the ninth inning, rather than losing one, which they have done several times this year. They beat Milwaukee, 4-3, really, the…

May 12. PIRATES IDLE TODAY Other National League scores: Cincinnati 14 Chicago 1; Milwaukee 4 St. Louis 2 National League Standings Milwaukee/18/13/5/.722/— San Francisco/24/15/9/.625/1 Pittsburgh/24/14/10/.583/2 Cincinnati/23/13/10/.565/2.5 St. Louis/22/9/13/.409/6 Los Angeles/25/10/15/.400/6.5 Chicago/19/7/12/.368/6.5 Philadelphia/25/8/17/.320/8.5

May 11. Gm# 21 Dodger Stadium Pittsburgh 5 Los Angeles 3 BUCS CHASE KOUFAX EARLY IN 5-3 WIN Pittsburgh won their latest series with Los Angeles, two games to three. They beat fireballer, Sandy Koufax and the Dodgers, 5-3 in the last of three games at Dodger Stadium. The Pirates tagged Koufax for five runs,…

May 10. Gm# 23 Dodger Stadium Los Angeles 5 Pittsburgh 4 PIRATES SUFFER STUNNING LOSS IN BOTTOM OF 9TH FOR THE FOURTH TIME Vernon Law seemed poised to collect his fourth win, having toiled six and a third innings, before turning the ball over to Jim Umbricht, with a 5-3 lead. In the bottom of…

May 9. Gm# 22 Dodger Stadium Pittsburgh 15 Los Angeles 5 VIRDON HITS FOR RARE CYCLE; CLEMENTE BELTS 2 HR’S IN 15-5 ROUT OF L.A. Bill Virdon became just the fifth player in Stratball history to hit for the cycle, a single, double, triple and homerun in one game. Roberto Clemente(2) had his best game…