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GM# 105 JULY 30, 1971 AT SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS ROOKIE KISON CONTINUES TO AMAZE BY TOSSING 3RD COMPLETE GAME Pirates rookie sensation, Bruce Kison, continues to be the story of the National League East. In his major league debut, Kison was bombed, allowing six runs in just an inning and a third. In his four…

GM# 104 JULY 29, 1971 AT LOS ANGELES DODGERS CLAUDE OSTEEN SPINS 5 HIT SHUTOUT TO END BUCS WIN STREAK Claude Osteen and the Dodgers won the final game of a three-game series, 7-0, as Osteen pitched a five hit shutout. The loss ends a seven game winning streak for Pittsburgh, who now head to…

GM# 103 JULY 28, 1971 AT LOS ANGELES DODGERS PIRATES BLOW 6 RUN LEAD, YET WIN, 8-7 IN 10TH INNING The Pirates made it seven wins in a row, in most improbable fashion. Luke Walker started and pitched six plus, quality innings, allowing just two runs on four hits. His teammates staked him to a…

GM# 102 JULY 27, 1971 AT LOS ANGELES DODGERS BUCS POST 3 SPOT IN 8TH TO NOTCH, 6-5 COMEBACK WIN VS L.A. Pittsburgh headed into the top of the eighth inning, trailing 5-3. Dock Ellis had started and gone six innings, but had been cuffed around, allowing four runs on eleven hits. Roberto Clemente kicked…

JULY 26, 1971 PIRATES ARE IDLE TODAY; CARDINALS ARE 5.5 GAMES BACK Pittsburgh did not play today, they next head to Los Angeles to play the Dodgers. Here are the other scores from July 26th and the current standings. TODAY’S OTHER N.L. EAST SCORES Chicago 5 Montreal 2 St. Louis 4 New York 0 Houston…

GM#’S 100, 101 JULY 25, 1971 VS SAN DIEGO PADRES BUCS NEARLY TOSS BACK TO BACK SHUTOUTS AS THEY SWEEP PADRES TWINBILL Things couldn’t have gone much better for the Pittsburgh Pirates, as they won all four games against San Diego, including a double header sweep, in which Bob Johnson pitched a 5-0 shutout and…

GM# 99 JULY 24, 1971 VS SAN DIEGO PADRES CLEMENTE HOMERS TWICE; STARGELL ONCE, AS BUCS BEAT PADRES, 7-2 Roberto Clemente hit a pair of solo homers and also singled twice and Willie Stargell, who had not homered since July 10th, hit his 29th, as Pittsburgh defeated San Diego, 7-2. Steve Blass started and pitched…

GM# 98 JULY 23, 1971 AT SAN DIEGO PADRES KISON TOSSES SECOND ONE HIT SHUTOUT THIS SEASON Pittsburgh’s Bruce Kison pitched his second one hit shutout of the season, in only his fourth major league start, defeating the San Diego Padres, 8-0. Kison allowed a fourth inning single to Don Mason as the only hit…

GM# 97 JULY 22, 1971 VS SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS BUCS HOLD OFF GIANTS, 3-2, TO SALVAGE FINAL GAME OF SERIES Dock Ellis went six innings plus and Gene Alley homered and doubled, as Pittsburgh defeated San Francisco, 3-2, to nab the final game in the series. Rennie Stennett, Rich Hebner and Al Oliver had two…

GM# 96 JULY 21, 1971 VS. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS MAYS HOMERS OFF GIUSTI AS GIANTS BEAT BUCS, 3-2 IN 10 INNINGS Willie Mays smacked a two out, home run off Dave Giusti, in the top of the tenth inning, as San Francisco beat Pittsburgh for the second straight day, this time, by a 3-2 margin.…