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GM#151 SEPTEMBER 16, 1971 VS ST. LOUIS CARDINALS CARDS GET REVENGE. RALLY LATE TO BEAT BUCS, 6-5 Luke Walker left after pitching the Pirates to a 5-2 lead after six innings. That lead would go up like a puff of smoke as the Cardinals got a run each off Bruce Kison and Mudcat Grant; then…

GM# 150 SEPTEMBER 15, 1971 VS. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS PIRATES WIN NAIL BITER AGAINST ARCH RIVAL, CARDS, 3-2 With the National League East Division winding down, the Pittsburgh Pirates won a one run game against their arch rivals, the St. Louis Cardinals, 3-2, in a game packed with drama. Sore armed, Dock Ellis, who has…

GM# 149 SEPTEMBER 14, 1971 AT CHICAGO CUBS CUBS TOO MUCH FOR BUCS IN 8-3 LOSS The Pirates were held to just five hits by Ferguson Jenkins and two relievers, as the Chicago Cubs won, 8-3. Pittsburgh got solo homers from Al Oliver and Rennie Stennett, but it wasn’t nearly enough. Chicago’s, Billy Williams was…

GM# 148 SEPTEMBER 13, 1971 AT CHICAGO CUBS CLINES IS HERO AS BUCS BEAT CUBS, 5-3, IN TWELVE INNINGS After each team missed golden opportunities to score in the later innings; Gene Clines, who had replaced Al Oliver in center field; after the latter left the game in the ninth; stroked a two run home…

STANDINGS, END OF PLAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1971 Pittsburgh/147/89/58/.605/— St. Louis/147/85/61/1/.578/3.5 Chicago/145/74/71/.510/14 New York/144/72/72/.500/15.5 Montreal/144/63/80/1/.438/24 Philadelphia/146/62/84/.425/26.5

GM# 147 SEPTEMBER 12, 1971 AT MONTREAL EXPOS BUCS TALLY 3 RUNS IN TOP OF 10TH TO TOPPLE EXPOS, 6-3 After a long stretch of win one, lose one, the Pittsburgh Pirates have put together a two game winning streak, defeating the Montreal Expos, 6-3, in ten innings. Despite getting a home run and a…

GM# 146 SEPTEMBER 11, 1971 AT MONTREAL EXPOS KISON SPINS 4TH SHUTOUT; STARGELL, HEBNER HOMER, IN 4-0 BUCS WIN Bruce Kison pitched his fourth shutout of the season and Willie Stargell and Richie Hebner both hit home runs, as Pittsburgh beat Montreal, 4-0. The pattern of losing a game, then winning the next continues, but…

GM# 145 SEPTEMBER 10, 1971 AT MONTREAL EXPOS CARDINALS HOT ON PIRATES TAIL AFTER BUCS LOSE 6-3 TO EXPOS The Division race is heating up, with the St. Louis Cardinals now just 2.5 games behind the Pirates. The Cards got by the Cubs, 8-7; while Pittsburgh was losing to Montreal, 6-3. Bob Johnson started and…

GM# 144 SEPTEMBER 8, 1971 VS CHICAGO CUBS BUCS PUT UP SEASON HIGH 15 RUNS AGAINST CUBS The Pittsburgh Pirates won the third and final game in their most recent series with Chicago, putting up fifteen runs in a 15-8 slugfest. Willie Stargell and Milt May both had monster games. Stargell scored five runs and…

SEPTEMBER 7, 1971 CARDINALS SHAVE PIRATES LEAD TO JUST 3 GAMES Pittsburgh didn’t play today, but St. Louis did, taking both games of a double header against Philadelphia. As a result, they have closed the gap to just three games back of the league leading Pirates. There are just two games in the East on…