21-3K CLEMENTE'S 3,000 HITS BUCS SWEEP SF MOVE TO 1ST PLACE
CLEMENTE 2-5 IN G2, 57 HITS FROM 3K
Thursday, June 15, 1972

PITTSBURGH - The Pirates moved into 1st place in the NL East when they swept the double header against the Giants. The Bucs took the first game 4-1 and the nightcap 9-7. The Mets were idle.

Roberto Clemente, rested in Game 1, was 2-5 with a first inning RBI in Game 2. He drove in Dave Cash in a 3 run Pirates 1st inning. Clemente is now 57 hits away from 3,000.

Al Oliver hit a 2 run homer in the 5th for his 4th HR of the year. Scoop now has 40 RBIs.
In Game 1, Willie Stargell was 3-4 with an RBI, his 45th. His triple scored Oliver in the 5th. Stargell would score on a sac fly from Bob Robertson.
Nelson Briles (4-2) beat Steve Stone (3-7) in Game 1. Dave Guisti earned his 7th save. In Game 2, Bob Moose (5-2) bested Ron Bryant (3-4). Ramon Hernandez got his 4th save.
Friday vs the Padres, it's Fred Norman (4-5) v Steve Blass (7-1).


In memory of Mr. Les Banos.

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Mike Tomczak was recently named as the offensive coordinator of the Pittsburgh Power. 

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21-3K CLEMENTE'S 3,000 HITS GIANTS STOP PIRATES 3-1
BUCS BACK IN 2ND PLACE
CLEMENTE 1-4, 59 HITS FROM 3K
Wednesday, June 14, 1972

PITTSBURGH - Jose Pagan's error allowed Bobby Bonds to score an unearned run in a 2 run 3rd inning to push the Giants to a 3-1 win over the Pirates.

Coupled with the Mets' 8-3 win at Atlanta, the Bucs are back in 2nd place, just 1/2 games behind New York.
Roberto Clemente was 1-4 and needs 59 hits to reach 3,000. In the 4th, Clemente reached 1st on a Tito Fuentes error. He moved to 2nd on Manny Sanguillen's RBI single, moved to 3rd on Pagan's sac bunt, but was stranded.  Clemente led off the 6th with a single but was out when Sanguillen lined into a double play.  Sanguillen now has 23 RBIs.

Sam McDowell (7-4) got the complete game win. Dock Ellis (5-3) took the loss.
Thursday's double header will have Steve Stone (3-6) vs Nelson Briles (3-1) in Game 1. Ron Bryant (3-3) vs Bob Moose (4-2) in Game 2.
In memory of Mr. Les Banos.

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GIANTS-PIRATES RAINED OUT
METS LOSE - BUCS NOW IN 1ST PLACE
Tuesday, June 13, 1972

PITTSBURGH - The Pirates moved into 1st place without playing a game.
The Pirates' game with the Giants was rained out and will be made up Thursday as Game 1 of a double header.

Meanwhile, the Braves edged the Mets 6-5 due to Hank Aaron's HR in the bottom of the 9th off Danny Frizella. The Mets' loss moves the Pirates into 1st place, a half game ahead of NY. It was Aaron's 11th HR and 25th RBI of the year.
Tuesday's scheduled starters, Sam McDowell (6-4) and Dock Ellis (5-2) will pitch Wednesday.

Roberto Clemente is now batting .324 with 4 HR and 26 RBIs. He needs 60 hits to reach 3,000.

In memory of Mr. Les Banos.

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21-3K CLEMENTE'S 3,000 HITS PIRATES BEAT LA 7-5
CLEMENTE 2-5 , 3 RBI - 60 HITS FROM 3K
Sunday, June 11, 1972

LOS ANGELES- Roberto Clemente broke a 4-4 tie with a 2 run HR in the 7th, then drove in an insurance run in the 9th to give the Pirates a 7-5 win over LA.

Clemente was 2-5 and is now batting .324 with 4 HR and 26 RBIs. He needs 62 hits to reach 3,000.

Clemente drove in Rennie Stennett with the run in the top of the 9th. Stennett, in LF in place of Willie Stargell, batted leadoff and was 3-5 with 2 RBIs.

Al Oliver (37) and Gene Alley (2) also had RBIs.
Bruce Kison went 7 innings for the win (2-0) Dave Guisti got his 6th save despite giving up an RBI single to Frank Robinson in the Dodger 9th. Robinson drove in former Pirate Manny Mota. Another former Bucco, Phil Mikkelson (1-2) took the loss in relief of Al Downing.

The Bucs are now .5 GB New York. They gained a game on the Mets, who lost to Houston 4-2.

The Pirates return home to take on the Giants on Tuesday where Sam McDowell (6-4) faces Dock Ellis 5-2).

In memory of Mr. Les Banos.

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About 5 minutes into Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted, I wanted to demand my $5.50 back – 78 minutes after that, as the end credits began to roll, I wished it hadn’t ended. There’s a scene, about a fifth of the way through, when King Julien takes his new love, a gigantic tutu-wearing female circus bear pedaling a tiny unicycle, on a date in and thru the Eternal City that is simply ridiculously entertaining. Set to the music from the Euro-smash hit “Time to Say Goodbye,” it epitomizes the goofy but heartfelt nature of this cinematic family pleaser. Madagascar 3’s surprisingly innovative, yet reassuringly familiar, as those Central Park Zoo loonies hide-out in a European traveling circus evading Captain DuBois, a vicious animal control officer from Monte Carlo, who is determined to bag Alex the lion and mount his head on her crowed trophy wall. The most ingratiating new character joining Alex, Marty, Melman and Gloria is a hapless performing sea lion with an enormous overbite and a tiny brain named Stefano. The penguins add their crusty (as usual) edge to adventure 3 demonstrating, once again, that cute ain’t necessarily cuddly. Even the soundtrack, featuring the likes of Katy Perry, is well beyond mundane. Can’t wait for Madagascar 4!

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21-3K CLEMENTE'S 3,000 HITS PIRATES 5, LA 1
7TH WIN IN A ROW, NOW 1/2 GB
CLEMENTE RBI - 63 HITS FROM 3K
Thursday, June 8, 1972

LOS ANGELES- First inning errors by Bobby Valentine, Steve Garvey and Bill Russell led to 5 Pirate runs, 3 unearned as the Bucs beat the Dodgers 5-1.

The Pirates have won 7 in a row and, with the Mets' 4-2 loss to Houston, are just 1/2 game back of New York.
Roberto Clemente was 3-5 and drove in his 22nd RBI of the year. He is now 63 hits away from 3,000.

Willie Stargell (44), Al Oliver (36) and Jackie Hernandez (7) also drove in a run each in the 1st.

Steve Blass (7-1) got a complete game win. He gave up just 3 hits. Blass lost a shutout when Frank Robinson hit a solo HR in the 6th. Don Sutton (8-1) took the loss.
Saturday, Luke Walker (2-1) faces Claude Osteen (6-3).

In memory of Mr. Les Banos.

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21-3K CLEMENTE'S 3,000 HITS PIRATES 11, PADRES 2
6TH WIN IN A ROW
STARGELL 3 RUN HR
CLEMENTE DNP - 66 HITS FROM 3K
Thursday, June 8, 1972

SAN DIEGO - Leading 2-0 going into the 6th, the Pirates scored 6 in the 7th. Then, Willie Stargell's 3 run homer in the 8th gave the Bucs their 6th win in a row.
The 11-2 win over the Padres have put the 2nd place Bucs just 1.5 games behind the Mets, who lost to the Reds, 5-3 at Shea.

Roberto Clemente did not play. He is still 66 hits away from 3,000.

Stargell's 3 run shot gives him 14 HRs and 35 RBIs on the year. Al Oliver was 2-5 with 4 RBIs (35 total). Clemente's replacement in RF, Vic Davalillo, was 3-5 with 2 RBIs (10 total). Jackie Hernandez and Richie Hebner each added an RBI.

Bob Moose got a complete game win (4-2). He lost a shutout when the Padres scored 2 runs in the 9th, started by former Pirate Johnny Jeter's triple. Steve Arlin (4-6) took the loss.
Friday, the Bucs head to LA where Steve Blass (6-1) faces Don Sutton (8-0).

In memory of Mr. Les Banos.

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Kordell Stewart's decision to "retire" as a Pittsburgh Steeler after so long mystified many in Steelers Nation.

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