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April 29. Gm# 10 Crosley Field Cincinnati 15 Pittsburgh 2 REDS OBLITERATE PIRATES, 15-2! The Pittsburgh Pirates were chewed up and spit out by a Cincinnati Reds team that was taking no prisoners. The ugly spectacle ended in a 15-2 rout, with the Reds clubbing four round trippers against Pirate pitching, including a grand slam…

April 28. Gm# 9 Sportman’s Park Pittsburgh 5 St. Louis 2 PIRATES CAPITALIZE ON MISTAKES IN 5-2 WIN OVER CARDINALS Errors by Marty Marion and Nippy Jones led to four of the five runs Pittsburgh scored, as they defeated St. Louis, 5-2. Ed Stevens drove in four of the runs on a pair of two…

April 27. Gm # 8 Sportsman Park St. Louis 2 Pittsburgh 1 CARDS EDGE BUCS, 2-1 ON SOLID EFFORT BY POLLETT Stan Musial tripled and scored what would prove to be the winning run on Ron Northey’s double in the sixth, as the Cards edged the Pirates, 2-1. St. Louis starter, Howie Powlett pitched a…

April 26. Pittsburgh- Chicago rained out BUCS-CUBS WASHED OUT FOR TODAY Mother Nature said no game today for the Pirates and Cubs. Here are the scores of the other games played: Brooklyn 5 Boston 2; Philadelphia 12 New York 11 STANDING OF THE CLUBS Pitt 7 6 1 0 .857 St. L. 6 4 2…

April 25 GM #7 Forbes Field Chicago 13 Pittsburgh 9 BUCS DROP FIRST GAME OF YEAR; LOSE SLUGFEST TO CUBS The Pirates lost for the first time this season, after a 6-0 start. Chicago beat Pittsburgh, 13-9 at Forbes Field. Harry Gumbert(0-1) took the loss in relief, after a poor start from Rip Sewell. Rip…

April 24 Gm #’s 5 and 6. Forbes Field Pitt 6 Cinn 2; Pitt 2 Cinn 1 PIRATES MOVE TO 6-0 WITH TWIN BILL SWEEP OF REDS Bucs third sacker, Wally Bockman(2) homered in both games of a double header against the Reds, helping the Pirates remain unbeaten, as they won, 6-2 and 2-1. Bockman’s…

April 23. Rained out. REDS-BUCS WASHED OUT. TEAMS WILL PLAY TWICE TOMORROW Today’s game was rained out. Here are the other N.L. scores and the current standings: New York 11 Boston 3; Brooklyn 8 Philadelphia 6; Chicago 11 St. Louis 7 Pittsburgh 4 4 0 1.000 Brooklyn 4 3 1 .750 Cincinnati 3 2 1…

April 22. Gm #4 Forbes Field Pittsburgh 10 Cincinnati 9 BUCS WIN HOME OPENER ON MC CULLOUGH’S 9TH INNING HIT KINER BELTS TWO MORE HOMERS; WESTLAKE ADDS ANOTHER The Pirates won their home opener in a wild slugfest with Cincinnati. When the dust cleared, Pittsburgh had a 10-9 victory, with catcher, Clyde McCullough singling in…

April 21 Gm #3 Wrigley Field Pittsburgh 5 Chicago 3 KINER, WESTLAKE POWER PIRATES TO SWEEP OF CUBS Ralph Kiner(3) and Wally Westlake both went deep, helping the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Chicago Cubs, 5-3, for a series sweep. Kiner has a home run in each of the first three games, while Westlake hit two…

April 20th. Gm #2 Wrigley Field Pittsburgh 5 Chicago 0 DICKSON IS ONE MAN GANG FOR PITTSBURGH Murray Dickson(1-0) had one whale of a game in Chicago. The Pirate hurler spun a five hit shutout against the Chicago Cubs and in addition, smacked two doubles and a single, scoring one of Pittsburgh’s five runs. Not…