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August 10. Gm# 104 Wrigley Field Pittsburgh 4 Chicago 3 JUNIOR WALSH RETURNS TO BUCS WITH IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCE James “Junior’ Walsh, pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates, returned from the disabled list, to make his season debut in fine fashion. In relief of Rip Sewell, Walsh(1-0) earned the win in a 4-3 victory over the Chicago…

August 9 Gm# 103 Wrigley Field Pittsburgh 7 Chicago 2 CHAMBERS GETS BACK TO FORM IN BUCS 7-2 WIN OVER CUBS Having struggled of late, Cliff Chambers(9-6) returned to form with a solid performance in Pittsburgh’s 7-2 win over Chicago. Chambers went 7 innings, allowing 0 earned runs(1 unearned), on five hits. He fanned six…

August 8. PIRATES HAVE THE DAY OFF The Bucs did not play. In other National League action, Brooklyn defeated New York, 2-1 and St. Louis beat Cincinnati, 9-3. Standing of the Clubs St. Louis/105/68/35/2/.657 Brooklyn/105/63/40/2/.610 New York/104/56/47/1/.543 Philadelphia/105/53/53/.495 Boston/106/51/54/1/.486 Pittsburgh/102/46/56/.451 Cincinnati/105/43/62/.410 Chicago/106/37/69/.349

August 7. Gm#’s 101, 102 Philadelphia 9,5 Pittsburgh 6, 3 BUCS DROP BOTH ENDS OF TWINBILL; PHILS TAKE 3 OF 4 IN SERIES The Philadelphia Phillies won both ends of a double header against Pittsburgh, taking the first game, 9-6 and winning the night cap, 5-3. Philadelphia ended up winning three out of four in…

August 6. Gm# 100 Forbes Field Pittsburgh 5 Philadelphia 1 PHILLIP’S PINCH HIT DOUBLE SPARKS 5 RUN RALLY IN PIRATE WIN Murray Dickson(5-9) and Ken Heintzelman traded zeroes for six innings, until the Phillies broke through with a run in the top of the seventh. In the bottom of the seventh, Jack Phillips, pinch hitting…

August 5. Gm# 99 Forbes Field Philadelphia 5 Pittsburgh 4 FOUR RUN SEVENTH INNING COSTS BUCS IN 5-4 LOSS TO PHILLIES Starter, Rip Sewell, pitched well early, carrying a 2-1 lead into the seventh, but then faltered. He gave up a lead off triple to Del Ennis, who scored on Buddy Blattner’s sac fly. Two…

August 4. Gm# 98 Forbes Field Pittsburgh 4 Brooklyn 3 BUCS HOLD OFF DODGERS, 4-3; EARN SPLIT OF SERIES An Ed Stevens double, singles by Stan Rojek, Wally Westlake and Dixie Walker, plus an error by Jackie Robinson, led to 3 Pirate runs in the first. The Bucs had a 3-2 lead when Phil Masi…

August 3. Gm# 97 Forbes Field Brooklyn 13 Pittsburgh 3 DODGERS EMBARRASS PIRATES; KINER HOMERS The Brooklyn Dodgers gave the Pittsburgh Pirates a through shellacking, winning a 13-3 decision at Forbes Field. As has been the case much of the year, the Pirates only bright spot was Ralph Kiner, who hit a two run home…

August 2. Gm# 96. Forbes Field Brooklyn 4 Pittsburgh 2 HARRY GUMBERT FOLDS IN 9TH AS BUCS DROP 4-2 DECISION Heading into the ninth, the score between Brooklyn and Pittsburgh was tied at 2 all. All four runs came on home runs. Brooklyn’s Jackie Robinson got the scoring started with a two run shot in…

August 1. Gm# 95 Forbes Field Pittsburgh 14 Brooklyn 10 PIRATES SET SEASON HIGH RUN MARK IN 14-10 WIN OVER DODGERS Pittsburgh poured on the offense, setting a new season high with 14 runs, as they defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers in a slugfest, 14-10. The game also set a new season high for total runs…