Pirates 9, Cardinals 2: Carson Bigbee had four hits in a game for the sixth time in the campaign and Vic Saier drove home four runs as Pittsburgh buried St Louis in the second half of their tilt at Robison Field. The Pirates led by a score of just 2-0 as the game headed into its fifth inning (one of those runs coming on Bigbee's 1st homer of the season), but Saier and Bigbee combined to stretch the lead in the 5th; Saier led off with a single, pitcher Frank Miller looped a base hit with one away, and Bigbee followed with an RBI single. Miller scored when Milt Stock couldn't field Casey Stengel's two-out ground ball. After the club exchanged runs, Pittsburgh piled up five singles in the 7th (Bigbee and Saier each collecting another) to score three more times to put the game away. Miller (5-3) allowed seven hits and walked none, while striking out six. [box]
 |
| Carson Bigbee, Pittsburgh |
Braves 6, Phillies 3: Joe Riggert's four hits, including a key 2nd-inning triple, to lead Boston to a win at Philadelphia against the defenseless Phillies. Riggert's two-out three-base hit scored a run, and he then scored himself on Buck Hezog's single, as the Braves pulled out to a 4-0 lead early in the game. Dick Rudolph (6-3) managed the game well from there, allowing twelve hits but bearing down to hold Philadelphia to a 2-for-10 batting ledger with runners in scoring position. Riggert singled home Tony Boeckel, who had walked for the third time in the game to lead off the inning, for the final run in the top of the 9th. [box]
0 comments:
Post a Comment