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GM# 133 AUGUST 27, 1971 AT HOUSTON ASTROS ASTROS HAND BOB MILLER FIRST LOSS OF YEAR The Houston Astros edged the Pittsburgh Pirates, 2-1, ending the unbeaten pitching run of Bob Miller, who took the loss, after allowing eighth inning doubles to Bob Watson and Johnny Edwards. Miller had a 9-0 win streak for the…

AUGUST 26, 1971 There are no games scheduled in the National League East today. Here are the current standings: Pittsburgh/132/81/51/.614/— St. Louis/131/74/56/1/.565/6 Chicago/128/68/60/.531/11 New York/127/60/67/.472/18.5 Philadelphia/128/58/70/.453/21 Montreal/128/54/73/1/.422/24.5

GM# 132 AUGUST 25, 1971 AT ATLANTA BRAVES PIRATES PUT UP SEASON HIGH 14 RUNS, AS THEY WIN SERIES WITH BRAVES At first it seemed as if Pittsburgh was headed for a loss in the final game of their four game series with Atlanta. Bruce Kison trailed 4-1 and left after just four innings. However…

GM# 131 AUGUST 24, 1971 AT ATLANTA BRAVES EVANS’ TWO RUN SMASH IS DIFFERENCE IN BRAVES, 6-4 WIN OVER BUCS Darrell Evans belted a two run homerun off reliever, Nellie Briles in the bottom of the seventh, breaking a 4-4 tie and leading Atlanta past Pittsburgh, 6-4. Bob Johnson started for Pittsburgh and went six…

GM#’S 129, 130 AUGUST 23, 1971 AT ATLANTA BRAVES BUCS SWEEP TWINBILL WITH BRAVES; BLASS PITCHES C.G. IN OPENER STARGELL, ROBERTSON BOTH HOMER IN SECOND GAME Pittsburgh won both ends of their doubleheader with Atlanta. Steve Blass pitched his sixth complete game of the season, in a 4-1 win; then in the second contest, both…

GM# 128 AUGUST 22, 1971 AT CINCINNATI REDS ROBERTSON HR GIVES BUCS 1-0 WIN IN 11 INNING, PITCHER’S DUEL Luke Walker and Gary Nolan hooked up in one of the best pitcher’s duels of the year. In the end, the Pirates claimed a 1-0 victory on a top of the eleventh inning home run by…

GM# 127 AUGUST 21, 1971 AT CINCINNATI REDS ELLIS ROUGHED UP AS REDS ROUT BUCS, 9-3 Dock Ellis was pounded by Cincinnati hitters, to the tune of six runs allowed in just an inning and two thirds. Pete Rose hit the very first pitch of the game out of Riverfront Stadium and it just got…

GM# 126 AUGUST 20, 1971 AT CINCINNATI REDS TONY PEREZ’S 3 RUN HOMER IN 7TH INNING SINKS PIRATES IN 5-2 LOSS Cincinnati’s Tony Perez smashed a three run home run off Bob Moose, in the bottom of the seventh, breaking a 2-2 tie, and leading the Reds to a 5-2 win over Pittsburgh. Bruce Kison…

GM# 125 AUGUST 19, 1971 AT CINCINNATI REDS ROBERTSON BELTS 2 HR’S; RED COMMIT 5 ERRORS IN 7-1 BUCS WIN Pittsburgh got a big day from first baseman, Bob Robertson, who clubbed a pair of homers and Cincinnati pitched in with a very sloppy defensive performance, as the Pirates took the opener of a four…

GM# 124 AUGUST 18, 1971 VS HOUSTON ASTROS GIUSTI BLOWS SAVE; ASTROS SCORE 4 RUNS IN 9TH TO WIN, 7-5 One day after collecting his fourth win, reliever Dave Giusti imploded, blowing a 5-3 lead by Steve Blass and Nellie Briles. Giusti started the top of the ninth inning by allowing a single to Johnny…