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IDLE PIRATES BUILD 8 GAME LEAD AS CARDS LOSE TO CUBS The St. Louis Cardinals dropped a 7-6 decision to the Chicago Cubs, thereby giving the first place Pittsburgh Pirates an 8 game lead in the N.L. East. Here are the current standings: Pittsburgh/64/44/20/.688/— St. Louis/67/39/29/1/.552/8 New York/59/31/28/.525/10.5 Chicago/64/32/32/.500/12 Montreal/58/25/32/1/.431/15.5 Philadelphia/61/25/36/.410/17.5

GM# 64 JUNE 16, 1971 AT HOUSTON ASTROS PIRATES SWEEP ASTROS BEHIND ANOTHER DOMINANT ELLIS PERFORMANCE The season has a long way to go, but there’s no doubt, that Dock Ellis and Steve Blass are both early candidates for the N.L. Cy Young Award. Yesterday, Blass tossed a four hitter, narrowly losing a shutout in…

GM# 63 JUNE 15, 1971 AT HOUSTON ASTROS BUCS EDGE ASTROS, 2-1, BEHIND BLASS 3 HITTER A walk to Jesus Alou; a sacrifice bunt by Joe Morgan, then a single by Bob Watson cost Steve Blass his third shutout of the year, but he still came away with his ninth victory on a 2-1, three…

GM# 62 JUNE 14, 1971 AT HOUSTON ASTROS BUCCOS ROLL IN ASTRO’S OPENER WITH 9-3 WIN The Pirates had a relatively easy time in their opening game against the Astros, winning, 9-3, behind Bob Moose, who went six innings and Nelson Briles, who pitched the final three innings. Though no homeruns were hit by the…

BUCCOS TRAVEL TO HOUSTON TO FINISH ROAD TRIP AGAINST THE ASTROS Pittsburgh will end their current road trip with a three game series against the Houston Astros, in Houston. Bob Moose will pitch the opener for the Pirates, while Wade Blasingame toes the slab for Houston. After that, the team returns to Three Rivers Stadium,…

GM# 61 JUNE 13, 1971 AT ST. LOUIS CARDINALS PIRATES EDGE CARLTON TO BEAT CARDS AND TAKE SERIES It looked as if Steve Carlton would notch a victory, as he took a 2-1 lead into the top of the eighth, but Pittsburgh came through with two runs, to take a 3-2 lead, eventually winning by…

GM# 60 JUNE 12, 1971 AT ST. LOUIS CARDINALS NELSON BRILES SPINS 5 HIT SHUTOUT AS BUCS BEAT CARDS, 5-0 Some quality pitching and some luck, helped Nellie Briles throw a five hit shutout against the Cardinals, as Pittsburgh took a 2-1 lead in the series. Three times the Cards had a runner on third…

GM# 59 JUNE 11, 1971 AT ST. LOUIS CARDINALS CARDINALS HAND ELLIS 1ST LOSS AS THEY DEFEAT BUCS, 6-4 The game had a bad feel to it, when Dock Ellis gave up singles to the first three batters he faced. All three of those batters would score and Ellis found himself quickly behind, 3-0. He…

GM# 58 JUNE 10, 1971 AT ST. LOUIS CARDINALS BUCS TAKE OPENER OVER CARDS BEHIND BLASS AND CO., 4-1 Steve Blass went six and two thirds innings and Willie Stargell paced the offense with a double and two singles, as Pittsburgh won the first of four games against the St. Louis Cardinals. Gene Clines and…

GM# 57 JUNE 9, 1971 AT CHICAGO CUBS STARGELL’S TWO HOMERS POWER PITTSBURGH PAST CHICAGO Willie Stargell homered twice and drove in five runs, as the Pirates salvaged the final game of their series with Chicago, by a score of 7-3. The Bucs broke a 3-3 tie by scoring four times in the top of…