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August 30. Gm# 124 Ebbets Field Brooklyn 3 Pittsburgh 2 DODGERS NIP PITTSBURGH, 3-2 3 singles and 2 walks against Rip Sewell(7-9) in the fifth inning, led to a 3-2 Brooklyn win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Eddie Bockman(7) homered in the top of the fifth and Wally Westlake had an rbi triple. Murray Dickson held…

August 29. Gm# 123 Ebbetts Field Pittsburgh 8 Brooklyn 3 PIRATES ONCE AGAIN STUN DODGERS; KINER SETS SEASON RBI RECORD For the second day in a row, the Pittsburgh Pirates delivered a huge blow to the pennant hopes of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Pittsburgh pummeled Brooklyn, 8-3, with Ralph Kiner setting a new Stratball season high…

August 28. Gm# 122 Ebbetts Field Pittsburgh 9 Brooklyn 4 KINER TIES STRATBALL RBI RECORD; PIRATES ROLL PAST DODGERS, 9-4 Ralph Kiner collected his 46th homerun, leaving him just 4 short of setting a new Stratball record. The two run homer and an rbi single give him 114 runs batted in for the year, tying…

August 27. Gm# 121 Shibe Park Pittsburgh 6 Philadelphia 3 BUCS TAKE 3 OF 4 FROM PHILLIES The Pirates beat the Phillies, 6-3, in the finale of their four game series, of which Pittsburgh won three games. Tiny Bonham(5-3) won in a spot start appearance. He pitched fairly well, but put the Bucs in a…

August 26. Gm# 120 Shibe Park Pittsburgh 8 Philadelphia 6 FOUR RUN 8TH HELPS WERLE GET WIN IN RELIEF Junior Walsh started, and as in his previous start, ran into early trouble. The Pirates had scored a run in the top of the first inning, but Walsh gave up two runs in the bottom of…

August 25. Gm#’s 118, 119. Shibe Park Pittsburgh 1,2 Philadelphia 2,1 BUCS SPLIT TWIN BILL WITH PHILS; KINER HERO IN SECOND GAME Pittsburgh won one of two against Philadelphia, both low scoring affairs. Not one relief pitcher was used in either game, with Cliff Chambers(9-9) dropping a hard luck loss in game one. Chambers battled…

August 24. Gm# 117 Braves Field Boston 5 Pittsburgh 2 CHESNES SURRENDERS TWO HOME RUNS IN 5-2 LOSS TO BRAVES Jim Russell and Jeff Heath both took Bob Chesnes(7-6) offerings out of the park, in a 5-2 loss to the Boston Braves. With each club having won a game in this short two game series,…

August 23. Gm# 116 Braves Field Pittsburgh 6 Boston 2 LOMBARDI GRINDS OUT COMPLETE GAME WIN FOR PIRATES Pittsburgh used a series of doubles, six in total, and a gutsy pitching effort from Vic Lombardi(4-5), to stop the Boston Braves, 6-2 Tom Saffell, Ed Stevens, Ralph Kiner, Danny Murtaugh and Phil Masi all hit two…

August 22. Pirates did not play. Only one game in the National League BOSTON BEATS BROOKLYN IN ONLY GAME TODAY Boston 7 Brooklyn 6 Standing of the Clubs St. Louis/117/76/39/2/.658 Brooklyn/117/68/47/2/.590 New York/117/61/54/2/.530 Philadelphia/118//59/59/.500 Boston/118/59/58/2/.500 Pittsburgh/115/52/63/.452 Cincinnati/117/48/69/.410 Chicago/119/43/76/.361

August 21. Gm#’s 114, 115 Forbes Field Pittsburgh 5, 2 St. Louis 4, 17 CARDS-BUCS SPLIT; KINER ENDS HR DROUGHT; PIRATES SHELLED IN GAME TWO The Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals split a double header at Forbes Field. The Buccos won a close first game, 5-4, then were demolished in game two, 17-2. Ralph…