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June 10. Gm# 49 Polo Grounds Pittsburgh 8 New York 5 BUCS OPEN GIANTS SERIES WITH 8-5 WIN Ralph Kiner hit his (21) homerun, and is now ahead of the record pace of Babe Ruth(60), as well as being ahead of the pace of Hank Greenberg(58) and Jimmie Foxx(58). Ed Stevens, Danny Murtaugh and Dixie…

June 9. Gm# 48 Shibe Park Pittsburgh 9 Philadelphia 1 KINER LEADS PIRATE’S PASTING OF PHILLIES Ralph Kiner’s three run home run in the fifth, his (20th) of the season, was the key blow in a five run inning, as Pittsburgh leaves Philly with one win out of three. Six Pirates had at least two…

June 8. Gm# 47 Shibe Park Philadelphia 9 Pittsburgh 6 POOR PIRATE PITCHING + DEL ENNIS’ BAT LEADS TO PHILS WIN Pittsburgh had a 6-4 lead in the top of the eighth, but squandered it when reliever Hal Greer, walked two batters, threw two wild pitches, then surrendered a two run single allowing Philadelphia to…

June 7. Gm# 46 Shibe Park Philadelphia 11 Pittsburgh 7 PIRATES, CHAMBERS STOMPED BY PHILLIES The hits rattled off the outfield walls of Philadelphia’s Shibe Park like machine gun fire. In just one and a third innings, Pittsburgh’s Cliff Chambers(4-3), in his worst outing this year, gave up a home run, two triples, two doubles,…

June 6. Gm# 45 Ebbets Field Pittsburgh 5 Brooklyn 4 BUCS HOLD OFF DODGERS TO TAKE FINAL GAME OF SERIES, 5-4 Pittsburgh held off a late charge by Brooklyn to take the final game of the series after dropping the first two games. The Pirates did most of their damage in the sixth inning, when…

June 5. Gm# 44 Ebbets Field Brooklyn 9 Pittsburgh 3 DODGERS PUMMEL PIRATES, 9-3 Led by Carl Furillo, who went 4-4, with a home run, double and two singles, the Brooklyn Dodgers made easy work of the Pirates, in a 9-3 rout. Furillo had plenty of help, as Robinson, Hermansky and Edwards, all doubled. Duke…

June 4. Gm# 43 Ebbets Field Brooklyn 5 Pittsburgh 2 FIRST PLACE DODGERS ARE TOO MUCH FOR PIRATES TO HANDLE Jackie Robinson had a triple and a sacrifice fly; Tommy Brown had three hits and Bruce Edwards homered, as the first place Brooklyn Dodgers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 5-2 at Ebbets Field. In a losing…

June 3. Braves Field BUCS-BRAVES POSTPONED National League scores: Brooklyn 5 St. Louis 2; New York 15 Chicago 5; Cincinnati 3 Philadelphia 2; Philadelphia 3 Cincinnati 1 Standing of the Clubs Brooklyn/43/25/18/.581 St. Louis/40/23/27/.575 New York/44/24/19/1/.557 Boston/43/23/19/1/.547 Philadelphia/43/23/20/.535 Cincinnati/43/20/23/.465 Pittsburgh/42/17/25/.405 Chicago/40/13/27/.325

June 2. Gm# 42 Braves Field Pittsburgh 3 Boston 2 TINY BONHAM IS TERRIFIC IN SPOT START Usually used out of the bullpen, Tiny Bonham got a 3-2, complete game four hitter against Boston, to give Pittsburgh their second win against a tough opponent. Bonham was staked to a 3-0 lead in the first, when…

June 1. Gm# 41 Braves Field Pittsburgh 4 Boston 2 HAL GREER GETS WIN IN RELIEF AND KNOCKS IN WINNING RUN Pittsburgh’s Hal Greer(3-1) was a one man gang, getting credit for the win in the Pirates 4-3 victory over Boston. Greer also singled in what would prove to be the winning run in the…