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April 17. Gm #’s 4, 5. Forbes Field Pittsburgh 9, 2 Cincinnati 0, 2 CLEMENTE OUT FOR 15 GAMES; REDS HAND BUCS THEIR FIRST LOSS OF YEAR Pirate right fielder, Roberto Clemente, struck by a Joe Nuxhall pitch in the first game of a double header at Forbes Field, will be out of the lineup…

BULLETIN: CLEMENTE HIT BY JOE NUXHALL PITCH; INJURED AND LEFT GAME Pittsburgh right fielder, Roberto Clemente was hit in the head by a pitch from Joe Nuxhall of the Cincinnati Reds. He collapsed to the ground and was carried off the field. Gino Cimoli replaced Clemente for the Pirates who were leading in the game,…

April 16. Gm# 3 Forbes Field Pittsburgh 8 Cincinnati 2 BUCCOS BANG OUT 17 HITS FOR 2SD STRAIGHT GAME Pittsburgh’s offense was firing on all cylinders as they rapped out seventeen hits against the Redlegs for the second straight game, this time, in an 8-2 win. Bob Skinner(1) and Bill Mazeroski(1) collected their first homers…

April 14. Gm# 2 Forbes Field Pittsburgh 10 Cincinnati 1 PIRATES TAKE HOME OPENER WITH 10-1 ROUT OF REDLEGS Bob Friend(1-0) pitched seven and two thirds strong innings and Don Hoak(1) led the offense with a single, double and three run homerun, as Pittsburgh routed Cincinnati in their home opener, 10-1. Friend fanned eight and…

April 12. Gm# 1 County Stadium Pittsburgh 5 Milwaukee 4 BUCS WIN OPENING DAY THRILLER, 5-4 IN TEN INNINGS The Pittsburgh Pirates have tallied their first victory of the 1960 season, beating the Milwaukee Braves, 5-4, in ten innings. The Bucs scored twice in the top of the tenth, once on a sacrifice fly by…

For those unfamiliar with this blog, I enjoy playing Strat-O-Matic baseball using the cards and dice version. I have several seasons to choose from, for what I call Stratball. I simply take one team from a particular season and play out their schedule just as that team did originally. It’s not an as played replay,…

SEASON IN REVIEW It was certainly a successful and exciting season for the 1949 Boston Red Sox. The club won the American League pennant, with a record of 100-55, for a winning percentage of .645. They finished 5.5 games ahead of the New York Yankees. In first place for most of the year, the Red…

October 2. Gm# 155 Yankee Stadium Boston 10 New York 3 RED SOX END SEASON WITH A BANG; ROUT YANKEES FOR 100TH WIN WILLIAMS HITS 50TH HR IN LAST AT BAT; PERNELL WINS 23RD GAME After enduring a long losing streak to wind down the season, the Boston Red Sox finally broke through, with a…

October 1. Gm# 154 Yankee Stadium New York 4 Boston 0 ALLIE REYNOLDS HANDS SOX FIFTH STRAIGHT DEFEAT WITH 4-0 SHUTOUT The “Super Chief”, Allie Reynolds, has whitewashed the Boston Red Sox for the second time this season. The Red Sox clinched the pennant on September 25th and have not won a game since, dropping…

September 30. Gm# 153 Griffith Stadium Washington 7 Boston 6 WASHINGTON COMPLETES SWEEP OF BOSTON; SOX HAVE DROPPED 4 IN A ROW The Washington Senators defeated the Boston Red Sox, 7-6, sweeping the Crimson Hose in a three game series. Thankfully, Boston built up a big lead in the standings and was able to comfortably…