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June 30. Gm# 66 Forbes Field Pittsburgh 6 Cincinnati 4 BUCS USE TEAM EFFORT TO DEFEAT REDS Cliff Chambers pitched a solid six innings; Ralph Kiner didn’t homer, but had a two run triple and a sacrifice fly, and Stan Rojek, Dino Restelli and Clyde McCullough all had two hits in Pittsburgh’s 6-5 defeat of…

June 29. Gm# 65 Forbes Field Cincinnati 5 Pittsburgh 4 KINER HITS 30TH HOMER BUT PIRATES LOSE TO REDS, 5-4 Ralph Kiner hit his league leading(30th) home run, a three run blast in the third inning off Erraut, but Jimmy Bloodworth’s two run shot in the top of the eighth proved to be the difference…

June 28. REDS-PIRATES GAME RAINED OUT The opening game in the Cincinnati-Pittsburgh series was rained out at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh. Here are the other National League scores: New York 2 Boston 1; Brooklyn 5 Philadelphia 3; St. Louis 5 Chicago 4 Standing of the Clubs Brooklyn/65/41/24/.631 St. Louis/65/41/24/.631 New York/65/35/29/1/.546 Philadelphia/68/35/33/.515 Boston/68/34/33/1/.507 Pittsburgh/64/27/37/.422 Cincinnati/63/26/37/.413…

June 27. NO GAME TODAY CHICAGO 6 ST. LOUIS 4 This was the only game scheduled in the National League today. Standing of the Clubs Brooklyn/64/40/24/.623 St. Louis/64/40/24/.623 New York/64/34/29/1/.539 Philadelphia/67/35/32/.522 Boston/67/34/22/1/.514 Pittsburgh/64/27/37/.422 Cincinnati/63/26/37/.413 Chicago/65/22/43/.338

June 26. Gm# 64 Forbes Field Brooklyn 6 Pittsburgh 1 GIL HODGES’ 3RD HOMER IN SERIES PART OF 6-1 DODGER WIN OVER BUCS After hitting two home runs yesterday, Gil Hodges blasted a three run homer in today’s game, as Brooklyn beat Pittsburgh, 6-1, to take two out of three from the Buccos. Don Newcombe…

June 25. Gm# 63 Forbes Field Pittsburgh 9 Brooklyn 8 KINER BAILS OUT BUCS WITH GAME WINNING, 11TH INNING BLAST The Pirates blew a 7 run lead against Brooklyn, having scored five runs in the first and three more in the second, then watching the Dodgers storm their way back to tie the game at…

June 24. Gm# 62 Forbes Field Brooklyn 10 Pittsburgh 8 DODGERS-PIRATES SET NEW STRAT HOME RUN RECORD WITH 8 IN ONE GAME The ball was flying out of Forbes Field, as Brooklyn won a 10-8 slugfest in a game featuring eight total home runs. That sets a new Strat record for home runs in one…

June 23. Gm# 61 Forbes Field Pittsburgh 2 Philadelphia 0 CHAMBERS’ SHUTOUT COMPLETES SWEEP OF PHILLIES BY BUCS The Pittsburgh Pirates have won four in a row, completing a 4 game sweep of the Philadelphia Phillies. The final 2-0 win was a 3 hit shutout by Cliff Chambers(5-3). Chambers fanned nine and walked four in…

June 22. Gm# 60 Forbes Field Pittsburgh 2 Philadelphia 1 10 innings STAN ROJEK SINGLES IN WINNING RUN IN BOTTOM OF 10TH For the second day in a row, the Pirates have scored late to win a thriller. Yesterday, Phil Masi tripled in the winning run in the bottom of the ninth, today, it was…

June 20. Gm# 21 Forbes Field Pittsburgh 4 Philadelphia 3 PHIL MASI WINS IT FOR BUCS WITH 2 RUN TRIPLE IN NINTH With Pittsburgh trailing, 3-2, Phil Masi stroked a two run triple in the bottom of the ninth inning, giving the Pirates a dramatic win over Philadelphia. Harry Gumbert(1-1) was the winner out of…