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October 2. Gm#’s 153, 154 Forbes Field Pittsburgh 5, 6 Cincinnati 4, 5 BUCS WIN TWICE; KINER FINISHES WITH 57 HR’S; CASTIGLIANTO HITS CYCLE What a wild way to finish the season. The Pirates, as a team, weren’t going anywhere. They finished in sixth place and have been there for quite a while. That being…

October 1. THE PIRATES ARE IDLE TODAY National League scores: Boston 3 New York 0; Chicago 3 St. Louis 1; Philadelphia 6 Brooklyn 4 Standing of the Clubs St. Louis/156/103/50/3/.670 Brooklyn/155/95/58/2/.619 Philadelphia/153/78/75/.510 New York/155/75/78/2/.490 Boston/156/73/80/3/.478 Pittsburgh/152/67/85/.441 Cincinnati/154/62/90/2/.409 Chicago/153/58/95/.379

September 30. Gm# 152 Forbes Field Pittsburgh 5 Cincinnati 4 KINER SLAMS HR #’S 54 AND 55 TO VAULT BUCS TO VICTORY OVER REDS Ralph Kiner, star slugger of the Pittsburgh Pirates, was at the top of his game, belting a pair of homeruns(54.55), and also adding a double and a single, for a five…

September 29. Gm# 151 Forbes Field St. Louis 2 Pittsburgh 1 BUCS BLOW CHANCE TO TIE GAME IN 9TH; CARDS WIN, 2-1 Ralph Kiner stood perched on third base, with two out in the bottom of the ninth, after his triple plated Dino Restelli with Pittsburgh’s first run of the game, but Ed Stevens grounded…

September 28. RAIN CANCELS MOST OF NATIONAL LEAGUE SLATE All but one game in the National League were rained out. Philadelphia beat the New York Giants, 2-0. Yesterday’s game will not be made up. The Cards and Pirates will meet today in the series finale. Standing of the Clubs St. Louis/153/102/48/3/.676 Brooklyn/152/93/57/2/.618 Philadelphia/152/77/75/.507 New York/154/75/77/2/.494…

September 27. Gm# 150 Forbes Field St. Louis 6 Pittsburgh 5 BOCKMAN’S GRAND SLAM NOT ENOUGH IN BUCS, 6-5 LOSS TO CARDS Eddie Bockman(9), who has been on the Pirate bench for over a week, picked out the splinters and belted an eighth inning, grand slam off Red Munger, but it wasn’t enough, as the…

September 25. Gm#’s 148, 149 Crosley Field Pittsburgh 7, 3 Cincinnati 5, 4 PIRATES-REDS SPLIT DOUBLEHEADER IN CINCINNATI Pittsburgh and Cincinnati each took a game in yesterday’s doubleheader at Crosley Field. Vic Lombardi(6-6) tossed three innings of scoreless relief, as the Pirates won the first game, by a score of 7-5. Ed Stevens belted a…

September 24. Gm# 147 Crosley Field Pittsburgh 5 Cincinnati 4 CHAMBERS GRINDS OUT COMPLETE GAME, 5-4 WIN OVER REDS With the Pirates bullpen struggling, Cliff Chambers (13-10) hung in and notched a complete game, 5-4 win over the Reds, despite allowing 11 hits. The Bucs opened the scoring with a run in the first, but…

September 22. Gm# 146 Forbes Field Boston 3 Pittsburgh 2 KINER HOMERS (53) BUT PIRATES SUFFER TOUGH LOSS Rip Sewell(7-12) outdueled Johnny Sain for most of the game, even taking a no hitter into the eighth inning, but his tank ran dry in the ninth, when Boston scored three runs to go on to a…

September 21. Gm# 145 Forbes Field Boston 5 Pittsburgh 3 11 innings BRAVES TIE IT IN NINTH, WIN IT IN ELEVENTH Pittsburgh lost again in extra innings. Dino Restelli committed a two base error in the top of the ninth, which allowed the Boston Braves to tie the game at 2-2. Two innings later, Boston…