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July 21. Gm# 83 Ebbets Field Brooklyn 4 Pittsburgh 3 10 innings HOMERS BY BROOKLYN TIE IT IN 9TH, WIN IT IN 10TH! Well this one was a gut wrencher. Pittsburgh was two outs away from a 3-2 win, when Duke Snider belted his second home run of the game, to send it into extra…

July 20. Gm# 84 Ebbets Field Pittsburgh 8 Brooklyn 3 BUCS EXPLODE FOR 7 RUNS IN ONE INNNG TO ROUT DODGERS A two run home run by Dino Restelli(8) and a grand slam by Clyde McCullough(4), in the same inning no less, were the highlights of a 7 run Pirates eighth inning, as the Bucs…

July 19. Gm# 83 Ebbets Field Brooklyn 4 Pittsburgh 3 11 innings PEE WEE REESE HITS GAME WINNING HR IN BOTTOM OF ELEVENTH INNING Brooklyn’s Pee Wee Reese hit a game winning home run off Huge Casey(0-3) in the bottom of the eleventh inning, as the Dodgers edged Pittsburgh, 4-3. The Pirates trailed 3-1, when…

July 18. Gm# 82 Shibe Park Philadelphia 6 Pittsburgh 3 5 RUN THIRD INNING SINKS CHAMBERS IN BUCS LOSS Cliff Chambers(7-4), the Pirates best moundsman ran into trouble against the Phillies yesterday, when he allowed five runs on six hits in the third inning, four of them in a row. Though the Bucs matched the…

July 17. Gm# 81 Forbes Field Pittsburgh 10 Philadelphia 8 PIRATES ARE VISITORS AT HOME; WIN 10-8 SLUGFEST AGAINST PHILLIES In an unprecedented situation, a game that was originally scheduled to be played in Philadelphia, had to be held at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, as Shibe Park was being occupied for another purpose. Pittsburgh was…

BULLETIN: Scheduling conflict causes Pirates-Phillies game to be held at Forbes Field, as Shibe Park is in use. The Philadelphia Phillies will be the designated home team.

July 16. Gm#’s 79-80. Polo Grounds N.Y. 6, 2; Pittsburgh 4, 4 BUCS-GIANTS SPLIT TWINBILL. Murray Livingston hit a two run, pinch hit home run off of Murray Dickson(4-8), as the New York Giants defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates, 6-4, in the first of two at the Polo Grounds. Wes Westrum also homered for the Giants.…

July 15. GIANTS-PIRATES RAINED OUT Other National League scores: Boston 6 Chicago 1; Brooklyn 6 Cincinnati 5; St. Louis 1 Philadelphia 0 Standing of the Clubs St. Louis/81/52/29/.642 Brkn/80/50/30/.625 New York/78/42/35/1/.545 Boston/82/42/39/1/.518 Philadelphia/81/40/41/.494 Pittsburgh/78/34/44/.436 Cincinnati/78/31/47/.397 Chicago/82/28/54/.341

Gm# 78 Polo Grounds New York 5 Pittsburgh 3 2 LATE HOME RUNS COST SEWELL GAME IN PIRATES’ 5-3 LOSS TO GIANTS Wes Westrum and Hank Thompson each hit a home run in the bottom of the seventh inning off Rip Sewell(4-8), helping the Giants break a three all tie and go on to win,…

July 10. Gm#’s 76-77. Forbes Field Pittsburgh 2, 12 Chicago 1, 5 DOUBLE HEADER IS A TALE OF TWO GAMES; BUT BUCS WIN BOTH The two games in the Pirates-Cubs most recent twinbill couldn’t have been more different. The opener was a squeaker, which Pittsburgh won 2-1, Ray Poat(1-3) getting the win in eleven innings,…