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May 21. Gm# 31 Forbes Field Pittsburgh 8 Boston 1 BRAVES COMMIT 3 ERRORS IN ONE INNING IN 8-1 LOSS TO BUCS The Boston Braves set a strat record for errors in one inning with 3, as they lost to the Pittsburgh Pirates, 8-1. Alvin Dark had two miscues, while Marv Rickert added the third.…

May 20. Gm# 30 Forbes Field Boston 11 Pittsburgh 9 PIRATES BLOW TWO BIG LEADS; LOSE IN SHOCKING FASHION TO BRAVES The Pittsburgh Pirates led 5-1, when the Boston Braves put up five runs, all unearned, in the top of the sixth. Then when the Bucs battled back to score four times in the bottom…

May 19. Gm #29 Forbes Field Boston 5 Pittsburgh 4 PIRATE COMEBACK FALLS SHORT IN 5-4 LOSS TO BRAVES Trailing 5-1, Pittsburgh scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh and had runners on second and third with two out, yet failed to score again, therefore falling to Boston, 5-4. It was the Pirates…

May 18. Gm# 28 Forbes Field New York 3 Pittsburgh 2 GIANTS SCORE IN TOP OF NINTH TO EDGE PIRATES, 3-2 Ralph Kiner(14) hit a home run in the first inning, giving Murray Dickson a two run advantage. Dickson made that hold up until Bobby Thomson smacked a two run bomb in the seventh. Ray…

May 17. Gm# 27 Forbes Field Pittsburgh 3 New York 2 KINER HOMERS TWICE; WESTLAKE ONCE, AS BUCS DOWN GIANTS Ralph Kiner hit his 12th and 13th home runs in the second and sixth innings respectively and also doubled to help lead Pittsburgh past the New York Giants, 3-2. Wally Westlake added his sixth homer,…

May 16 NO GAMES SCHEDULED IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE

May 15. Gm #26 Forbes Field Pittsburgh 7 St. Louis 1 BUCCOS TURN TABLES ON CARDINALS IN 7-1 WIN The score was exactly the same as yesterday’s game, but this time, Pittsburgh pulled out the victory, defeating St. Louis, 7-1 at Forbes Field. Wally Bockman(4) had a three run homer and Stan Rojek had three…

May 14. Gm# 24 Forbes Field St. Louis 7 Pittsburgh 1 CARDINALS POUND PIRATES, 7-1 Red Schoendiest had three hits and Jim Northey homered, but it was the season high, 11 walks that really put the Pirates behind the eight ball, in a 7-1 loss to St. Louis. One day after Harry Breechen’s near no…

May 13. Gm # 24. Forbes Field St. Louis 5 Pittsburgh 0 CARDS HARRY “THE CAT” BREECHEN LOSES NO HIT BID IN 9TH St. Louis lefty, Harry Breechen just missed a no hitter when Bucs catcher, Clyde McCullough singled to start the bottom of the ninth inning, but settled for a one hit, 5-0 shutout.…

May 12. Gm#23 Ebbets Field. Brooklyn 8 Pittsburgh 1 KINER HOMERS; PIRATES LOSE It’s beginning to look as if that might be the headline for the season, as lately, Ralph Kiner’s big stick has been the only thing Pirate fans have to cheer. Brooklyn dispatched Pittsburgh 8-1, with Kiner’s(11) first inning solo blast, the Pirates…