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July 31. Gm#’s 93-94 Forbes Field Pittsburgh 0,5 Boston 7, 4 BUCS SPLIT TWINBILL ON BACK OF FITZGERALD’S 3 RUN, GAME WINNING HR The Pirates earned a split with the Boston Braves, thanks to a game winning, three run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning, by catcher, Ed Fitzgerald(1). The Buc backstop…

July 30. BRAVES-BUCS RAINED OUT FOR SECOND STRAIGHT DAY Mother Nature said the call of “Play Ball” will have to wait, as Boston and Pittsburgh were rained out yet again. The two clubs will try to squeeze in a double header tomorrow. National League scores: Philadelphia 4 Chicago 3, Philadelphia 9 Chicago 1; New York…

July 29. TWO GAMES PPD INCL BUCS; CARDS-DODGERS TIE; REDS BEAT GIANTS Boston at Pittsburgh and Philadelphia at Chicago were both rained out. Cincinnati defeated the New York Giants, 3-0. St. Louis at Brooklyn ended in an official 3-3 tie, due to a curfew. Standing of the Clubs St. Louis/95/61/32/2/.653 Brooklyn/94/56/36/2/.606 New York/93/49/43/1/.532 Boston/96/48/47/1/.505 Philadelphia/94/46/48/.489…

July 28. Gm# 92 Forbes Field Pittsburgh 6 New York 4 BUCS BEAT GIANTS, 6-4; KINER HOMERS TWICE TO REACH # 40 Slugger Ralph Kiner(39,40) hit a pair of two run homers, as the Pirates defeated the New York Giants, 6-4. Ed Stevens chipped in with two singles and a double. It was Kiner’s third…

July 27. Gm# 91 Forbes Field Pittsburgh 7 New York 6 11 innings PIRATES WIN IN EXTRA INNINGS ON WALK OFF WALK Boy, this game had everything. And finished in the eleventh inning when Wally Westlake walked to force in Pete Castigilano with the winning run. Pittsburgh quickly got up 4-0 in the bottom of…

July 26. Gm# 90 Forbes Field New York 1 Pittsburgh 0 ANDY HANSEN BLANKS BUCS 1-0. The Pirates managed seven hits, though no runs off New York’s Andy Hansen, who shutout Pittsburgh, 1-0. Loser, Murray Dickson(4-9) matched up fairly well against Hansen, but gave up the game’s only run in the top of the fourth,…

BUCS IDLE; ONLY GAME ON SLATE, CARDS-DODGERS, CALLED A TIE AFTER 9 INN Pittsburgh didn’t play today. The only game on the National League slate was Dodgers-Cardinals game, which was called at the end of regulation, tied 4-4, so that both teams could catch trains. Standing of the Clubs St. Louis/91/58/32/1/.643 Brooklyn/90/54/35/1/.606 New York/89/48/40/1/.545 Philadelphia/91/46/45/.505…

July 24th. Gm#’s 88-89 Braves Field Pittsburgh 6,2 Boston 2, 1 KINER, SEWELL, BONHAM ARE KEY COGS IN PIRATES’ DH SWEEP OF BOSTON Pittsburgh took both ends of a double header from the Boston Braves, winning, 6-2 and 2-1. The big bat of Ralph Kiner was instrumental in both games. In the opener, Ralph smacked…

July 23. Gm# 87 Braves Field Boston 10 Pittsburgh 0 SPAHN + 10 = WIN As equations for victory go, this is about as good as it gets. Warren Spahn spun a four hit shutout, while the Boston Braves offense pounded Pirate pitching for ten runs. Pittsburgh’s best pitcher, Cliff Chambers(7-5) has stumbled of late,…

July 22. Gm# 86 Braves Field Pittsburgh 4 Boston 2 A RALPH KINER DOUBLE, AND A LUCKY ROLL FOR RESTELLI In the first game of the Braves series, the score was 1-1, when Ralph Kiner knocked in the go ahead run in the top of the eighth, with a timely double. With two out, and…