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Pittsburgh was idle today. Brooklyn beat New York, 6-4 and Boston defeated Philadelphia, 7-6. Standing of the Clubs: Brooklyn/40/24/16/.600 New York/41/22/18/1/.549 Boston/41/23/17/1/.573 St. Louis/37/21/16/.568 Philadelphia/39/20/19/.513 Cincinnati/39/19/20/.487 Pittsburgh/40/15/25/.375 Chicago/37/12/25/.324

May 30 Forbes Field Gm#’s 39 and 40 Pitt 6 Chic 3; Pitt 1 Chic 0 BUCS END SKID WITH MEMORIAL DAY DOUBLE HEADER SWEEP OF CUBS It was Memorial Day, and in the big leagues, that means double headers. The Pittsburgh Pirates marked the holiday by ending an ugly 7 game losing skid with…

May 29. Gm# 38 Sportsman’s Park St. Louis 4 Pittsburgh 3 PIRATES LAND IN CELLAR AFTER BEING SWEPT BY CARDS The Pittsburgh Pirates have reached the depths of the National League, if only by a hundredth of a percentage point. Yesterday was the seventh straight loss for the club, who, after being beat four in…

May 28. Gm# 37 Sportsman’s Park St. Louis 4 Pittsburgh 0 CARDS’ STALEY HANGS SECOND STRAIGHT SHUTOUT ON BUCS One day after Al Brazle’s 5-0 whitewash of Pittsburgh; Gerry Staley followed with one of his own, beating the hapless Pirates, 4-0. Pittsburgh has not scored a single run in 19 innings. The Cards got all…

May 27. Gm# 36 Sportsman’s Park St. Louis 5 Pittsburgh 0 BRAZLE BLANKS BUCS WITH FIVE HIT SHUTOUT St. Louis moundsman, Al Brazle, dispatched Pittsburgh with ease, spinning a five hit shutout, as the Cardinals won, 5-0. Brazle, who fanned only two and walked one, got great help from his stellar infield defense of Marion…

May 26. Gm# 35 Sportsman’s Park St. Louis 9 Pittsburgh 4 RECURRING THEME. KINER HOMERS; PIRATES LOSE In what is becoming a redundant theme for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Ralph Kiner managed to hit a home run, and the Pirates managed to lose another game. Kiner(16)homered in the top of the sixth, but the Buccos were…

May 25. Gm# 34 Forbes Field Brooklyn 10 Pittsburgh 3 DODGERS DEMOLISH PIRATES, 10-3 The Bucs only trailed 4-3 with Bill Werle(1-5) on the hill. Tiny Bonham was brought in to try and keep it close, but instead, he gave up five runs.. Brooklyn added another in the top of the ninth for good measure.…

May 24. Gm# 33 Forbes Field Brooklyn 7 Pittsburgh 2 DODGERS SPANK BUCS 7-2 The game was tied early, at two all, but Brooklyn scored three in the eighth and two more in the ninth to win going away. Eddie Miskis’ got the party started. Murray Dickson(1-4) was the losing pitcher. The only bright spot…

May 23. Pittsburgh was idle today. In fact, the only game on the schedule was Boston vs Chicago. Boston won, 11-4. Standing of the Clubs: Boston 33 20 12 1 .621 New York 32 19 12 1 .607 Philadelphia 30 17 13 .567 Brooklyn 32 18 14 .563 Cincinnati 31 15 16 .484 St. Louis…

May 22. Gm# 32 Forbes Field Philadelphia 4 Pittsburgh 2 PHIL’S ROBIN ROBERTS GOES DISTANCE, TRIPLES IN 4-2 VICTORY Robin Roberts gutted out a complete game win, despite allowing eight hits and four walks. He also chipped in with the bat, smacking an rbi triple in the third inning. Del Ennis clubbed a two run…