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GM# 76 JUNE 28, 1971 AT ST. LOUIS CARDINALS HAGUE, MCNERTY EACH HOMER TWICE; CARDS WIN 6-4 IN 10 INNINGS Joe Hague and Jerry McNerty each clubbed a pair of solo home runs, Hague’s second was a walkoff two run shot in the bottom of the tenth, off Dave Giusti. Pittsburgh trailed 4-3, heading into…

GM#’S 74, 75. JUNE 27, 1971 AT PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES PHILLIES SWEEP TWINBILL; WIN SERIES, THREE GAMES TO ONE The Pittsburgh Pirates still have an eight game cushion over the second place, New York Mets, but some cracks are beginning to show in the Bucs armor. Philadelphia took three out of four against Pittsburgh, most recently,…

GM# 73 JUNE 26, 1971 AT PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES BUCS EDGE PHILLIES 3-2 ON ROBERTSON’S 2 RUN CLOUT Chris Short and the Phillies led Dock Ellis and the Pirates, 2-1, when Bob Robertson’s two run homer in the top of the seventh, put Pittsburgh ahead to stay. Ellis struggled in this one, only going five innings,…

GM# 72 JUNE 25, 1972 AT PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES PHILLIES NIP BUCCOS, 2-1 IN SERIES OPENER Steve Blass started against Jim Bunning. The starters each gave up a run, Pittsburgh’s coming on Bob Robertson’s sixteenth home run. The Phillies scored in the bottom of the sixth, when the Pirates traded a run for a double play.…

GM# 71 JUNE 23, 1971 VS NEW YORK METS PIRATES TAKE SERIES FROM METS WITH 7-1 IN IN FINALE Pittsburgh banged out seven extra base hits, including Jose Pagan’s first home run of the season, as the Pirates got a solid six innings from Luke Walker, to beat New York, 7-1. Walker gave up a…

GM# 70 JUNE 22, 1971 VS NEW YORK METS BUCS BULLPEN STUMBLES IN 4-3 LOSS TO METS The Pirates got a solid five innings out of Jim Nelson, who made his second start of the season. Nelson left the game with a 3-2 lead, but Bob Johnson stumbled, allowing two Mets runs, en route to…

GM# 69 JUNE 21, 1971 VS NEW YORK METS ELLIS GOES DISTANCE AS BUCS EDGE METS, 2-1 Dock Ellis pitched his fifth complete game and improved to 9 and 1 on the season, as Pittsburgh opened their most recent series with New York with a 2-1 win. Interestingly enough, all runs in the game were…

GM#’S 67, 68. JUNE 20, 1971 VS MONTREAL EXPOS PIRATES SUFFER WORST LOSS OF YEAR AS THEY SPLIT TWINBILL AND SERIES First, the good news. Pittsburgh won a high scoring, back and forth battle with the Montreal Expos in the first of two games, winning by a 10-8 score. Both starters, Bill Stoneman and Steve…

GM# 66 JUNE 19, 1971 VS MONTREAL EXPOS EXPOS END BUCS WIN STREAK IN CONVINCING FASHION All good things must come to an end. So it was for the Pittsburgh Pirates’ six game win streak, which ended at the hands of the Montreal Expos. The team from up north demolished the Pirates, 9-2. Pittsburgh actually…

GM# 65 JUNE 18, 1971 VS MONTREAL EXPOS STARGELL’S WALKOFF SINGLE STARTS HOMESTAND OFF WITH 4-3 WIN With the score tied 3-3, Roberto Clemente doubled with two outs in the bottom of the ninth, then Willie Stargell singled in the game winning run, as Pittsburgh defeated Montreal, 4-3, to earn their sixth straight victory. Clemente…