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Friday July 2, 1971
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Homers by Bob Robertson and Gene Alley provided the principal support for Bob Moose, who pitched the Pirates to a 5-1 victory over the Cubs. Robertson connected in the fourth inning and, after Milt May singled, Alley also hit for the circuit. [The Sporting News]


Pittsburgh Pirates 5, Chicago Cubs 1

Game Played on Friday, July 2, 1971 (Day game) at Wrigley Field

Pirates      1  0  0    3  1  0    0  0  0  -   5 14  1
Cubs         0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  7  1


Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Mazeroski 2b          5   1   2   0     0   0   .310      Kessinger ss          3   0   2   0     1   0   .291
Oliver cf             5   0   1   0     0   1   .280      Popovich 2b           4   1   1   0     0   0   .243
Clemente rf           4   1   2   1     0   0   .330      Williams lf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .301
Stargell lf           5   0   3   0     0   1   .321      Pepitone 1b           4   0   1   1     0   0   .327
Hebner 3b             5   0   0   0     0   1   .302      Santo 3b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .293
Robertson 1b          5   1   2   2     0   2   .262      Hickman rf            3   0   0   0     1   1   .226
May c                 3   1   1   0     1   0   .217      Davis cf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .314
Alley ss              4   1   3   2     0   0   .207      Martin c              4   0   1   0     0   1   .296
Moose p               4   0   0   0     0   2   .133      Jenkins p             1   0   0   0     0   1   .214
                                                            Webster ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .211
                                                            Newman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Callison ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .220
                                                            Bonham p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .222
                                                            Banks ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .132

Totals               40   5  14   5     1   7             Totals               34   1   7   1     2   4

Time of Game: 2:31   Attendance: 28,919
Left on Base: Pirates 10, Cubs 8
DP: Pirates 0, Cubs 0
Errors: Moose, Kessinger
Doubles: Alley (5), Clemente (12), Williams (13), Pepitone (11), Martin (2)
Home Runs: Robertson (15), Alley (3)
Stolen Bases: Alley (7)
Caught Stealing: Kessinger (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Clemente (1)


Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Moose W(7-4)            9     7   1   1   2   4   0  36   3.67
Totals                  9     7   1   1   2   4   0  36

Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jenkins L(11-8)         5    10   5   5   1   3   2  26   3.04
Newman                  2     2   0   0   0   1   0   8   2.70
Bonham                  2     2   0   0   0   3   0   8   4.82
Totals                  9    14   5   5   1   7   2  42

Umpires: HP - Shag Crawford, 1B - Satch Davidson, 2B - Paul Pryor, 3B - John Kibler


PIRATES 1ST: Mazeroski singled to left; Oliver singled to right
[Mazeroski to third]; Clemente hit a sacrifice fly to right
[Mazeroski scored]; Stargell singled to right [Oliver to third];
Hebner struck out; Robertson struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Pirates 1, Cubs 0.

CUBS 1ST: Kessinger flied out to left; Popovich lined to right;
Williams doubled to left; Pepitone popped to third in foul
territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 1, Cubs 0.

PIRATES 2ND: May flied out to left; Alley doubled to right;
Moose grounded out (pitcher to first); Mazeroski popped to third
in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 1, Cubs 0.

CUBS 2ND: Santo grounded out (shortstop to first); Hickman
struck out; Davis grounded out (second to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 1, Cubs 0.

PIRATES 3RD: Oliver grounded out (second to first); Clemente
grounded out (second to first); Stargell singled to right;
Hebner grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Pirates 1, Cubs 0.

CUBS 3RD: Martin flied out to right; Jenkins struck out;
Kessinger singled to right; Kessinger was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 1, Cubs 0.

PIRATES 4TH: Robertson homered; May singled to center; Alley
homered [May scored]; Moose lined to right; Mazeroski grounded
out (first to pitcher); Oliver flied out to center; 3 R, 3 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 4, Cubs 0.

CUBS 4TH: Popovich singled to right; Williams flied out to left;
Pepitone doubled to center [Popovich scored]; Santo reached on
an error by Moose [Pepitone to third, Santo to first]; Hickman
popped to second; Davis flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Pirates 4, Cubs 1.

PIRATES 5TH: Clemente doubled to center; Stargell struck out;
Hebner grounded out (first to pitcher) [Clemente to third];
Robertson singled to center [Clemente scored]; May walked
[Robertson to second]; Alley flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Pirates 5, Cubs 1.

CUBS 5TH: Martin struck out; WEBSTER BATTED FOR JENKINS; Webster
flied out to left; Kessinger walked; Popovich popped to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 5, Cubs 1.

PIRATES 6TH: NEWMAN REPLACED WEBSTER (PITCHING); Moose struck
out; Mazeroski singled to left; Oliver flied out to right;
Clemente singled to third [Mazeroski to second]; Stargell forced
Clemente (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates
5, Cubs 1.

CUBS 6TH: Williams grounded out (second to first); Pepitone
flied to left in foul territory; Santo singled to center;
Hickman walked [Santo to second]; Davis grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 5, Cubs 1.

PIRATES 7TH: Hebner grounded out (second to first); Robertson
grounded out (shortstop to first); May grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 5, Cubs 1.

CUBS 7TH: Martin lined to center; CALLISON BATTED FOR NEWMAN;
Callison popped to second; Kessinger singled to left; Popovich
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 5, Cubs 1.

PIRATES 8TH: BONHAM REPLACED CALLISON (PITCHING); Alley singled
to right; Alley stole second [Alley to third (error by
Kessinger)]; Moose struck out; Mazeroski grounded out (shortstop
to first); Oliver struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 5,
Cubs 1.

CUBS 8TH: Williams flied out to center; Pepitone grounded out
(first unassisted); Santo struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 5, Cubs 1.

PIRATES 9TH: Clemente flied out to left; Stargell singled to
center; Hebner flied out to right; Robertson was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 5, Cubs 1.

CUBS 9TH: Hickman grounded out (shortstop to first); Davis
grounded out (first unassisted); Martin doubled to center; BANKS
BATTED FOR BONHAM; Banks grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 5, Cubs 1.



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