21-3K CLEMENTE'S 3,000 HITS PIRATES SWEEP PADRES
G2 1-0 18 INNINGS
CLEMENTE 2-5 66 HITS FROM 3K
Wednesday, June 7, 1972

SAN DIEGO - The Pirates swept the Padres in a DH to make up for Tuesday's rainout.
Willie Stargell's 2 homers powered the Bucs to a 12-5 Game 1 win.
Game 2 was 0-0 until the Pirates scored on a bases loaded walk to Gene Alley in the 18th. Bob Johnson retired the side in the bottom of the 18th for the Bucs' 1-0 win.
Roberto Clemente was 2-5 with an RBI in Game 1. He came on in the 12th inning in Game 2 as a pinch hitter and finished the game 0-4. He is now 66 hits away from 3,000.

Stargell was 3-5 with 2 HR's and 5 RBI's in Game 1. He was 3-6 with 2 walks and no RBI's in Game 2.

Bob Johnson won Game 1 (1-3) and got his 1st save of the season in Game 2. Bob Miller (4-1) won Game 2 in relief.
Thursday's game has Bob Moose (3-2) facing Steve Arlin (4-5).

In memory of Mr. Les Banos.

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21-3K CLEMENTE'S 3,000 HITS PIRATES RAINED OUT AT SAN DIEGO
WEDNESDAY DH
CLEMENTE 68 HITS FROM 3K
Tuesday, June 6, 1972

SAN DIEGO - The Pirates' Tuesday night game against the San Diego Padres has been rained out. It will be made up as part of a Wednesday double header.

Nellie Briles faces Fred Norman in Game 1. Game 2 has Dock Ellis vs Clay Kirby.
The Pirates lose a half game to the Mets, who edged the Reds 3-2 at Shea Stadium. Pittsburgh is in 2nd place, 4 games behind New York.

Roberto Clemente is 68 hits away from 3,000 and is batting .321.

In memory of Mr. Les Banos.

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Give an Oscar-winning actress the chance to play a full-blown baddie, and she’ll steal the show! Gorgeous, talented Charlize Theron plays evil Queen Ravenna as a militant feminist in the surprisingly satisfying hit film Snow White and the Huntsman (SW&H).  And it works! Queenie’s a man-hater (for good reasons), and she dispatches Snow White’s kingly father with a dagger through his heart on their marriage bed. The film coyly hints that the only man she now beds is her sadistic brother. She doesn’t treat members of her own sex much better, but, at least, they’re still alive after Ms. Misandrist literally sucks in all their youthful beauty. I told you she was bad. And speaking of bad, Kristen Stewart is a lackluster Snow White. She looks and acts chronically constipated. You know, like she still can’t decide between that creepy, sensitive vampire and the muscle-bound, goofy werewolf. Even the film’s hungry bridge troll decides to obey its nose and not ingest this colon-clogged princess. (That’s my tilted interpretation.) Chris (Thor) Hemsworth muscles his way through another blockbuster as the “Huntsman.” The supporting players are superb; especially, the seven digitally-dwarfed dwarfs. It all works in a kind of epic way! Yes, great armies attack walled cities and knights in shining armor chop at one another with heavy swords and axes. SW&H has something for everyone – even an ambiguous ending for the artsy-fartsy crowd. Well, so long! I’m off to find minimally-clothed pictures of Ms. Theron floating around in cyberspace.

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21-3K CLEMENTE'S 3,000 HITS PIRATES SWEEP GIANTS 4-3, 9-1
CLEMENTE 0-5 G1, DNP G2
Sunday, June 4, 1972

SAN FRANCISCO - The Pirates swept the slumping Giants in a Sunday DH, taking Game 1 by 4-3 and the nightcap, 9-1.

Roberto Clemente was 0-5 in Game 1 and did not play in Game 2.  He is still 68 hits away from 3,000 and is batting .321.

In Game 1, down 3-2 in the 8th, Manny Sanguillen and Vic Davalillo led off with back to back singles. Al Oliver's single drove in Sanguillen to tie the game. Davalillo scored the winning run on a sac fly by PH Milt May. Sanguillen and Bob Robertson also drove in runs for the Bucs. Bob Miller (3-1) won in relief. Dave Guisti earned his 5th save.

Willie Stargell was 2-3 with a HR and 4 RBI's in the Pirates 9-1 Game 2 win. Stargell capped off the game with a solo shot in the 8th off of Jim Barr. Willie's now at .296 with 11 HR and 35 RBI's. Starer Bruce Kison won his 1st game of the season and is 1-0.

The Bucs move on to San Diego. Tuesday's starters are Nellie Briles v Fred Norman.


In memory of Mr. Les Banos.

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21-3K CLEMENTE'S 3,000 HITS PIRATES NIP GIANTS 4-3
CLEMENTE 2-4, 1 RBI
Saturday, June 3, 1972

SAN FRANCISCO - Roberto Clemente's go ahead RBI helped the Pirates break a 2 game losing streak and sneak past the Giants 4-3.

Overall, Clemente was 2-4 with an RBI and BB. He is now 68 hits away from 3,000.
Clemente's RBI single in the 7th inning broke a 3-3 tie. He drove in Al Oliver, who had just tied the game with a 2 run double. Oliver now has 30 RBI's. Clemente now has 20.
Jose Pagan led off the 5th with a solo HR, his 2nd of the year. Steve Blass (6-1) beat Sam McDowell (6-3).

Sunday's double header has Luke Walker facing Ron Bryant in Game 1 while Bruce Kison faces Charlie Williams in Game 2.
In memory of Mr. Les Banos.

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21-3K CLEMENTE'S 3,000 HITS GIANTS TOP PIRATES 7-4
CLEMENTE 1-4, 2 RBI
Friday, June 2, 1972

SAN FRANCISCO - Roberto Clemente drove in the first 2 Pirate runs. Rennie Stennett drove in the last two. However, 4 runs was not enough to offset HR's by Bobby Bonds, Dave Kingman and Ed Goodson. Bob Miller's error, one of two Buc errors led to an unearned run. The final, Giants 7, Pirates 4.

Overall, Clemente was 1-4 and is now 70 hits away from 3,000.
Clemente scored the game's 1st run in the 1st when his ground out scored Dave Cash. In the 2nd, Roberto tripled in Manny Sanguillen for his 19th RBI. Rennie Stennett drove in Jose Pagan and Gene Alley with a pinch hit triple. Stennett now has 14 RBI's.

Winner Juan Marichal (2-8) pitched a complete game. Bob Johnson (0-3) took the loss. The Bucs are still in 2nd place, 5 GB the Mets, who lost to the Braves, 6-1.

Saturday, Steve Blass (5-1) faces Sam McDowell (6-2).

In memory of Mr. Les Banos.

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Last week, my wife received a postcard from the Rivers Casino advertizing a complimentary giveaway featuring a “Jazz* Camera & Camcorder (JC&C) with pop-up USB connector – all in one!” This stupendous (stupidpendous?) event took place yesterday, June 1. When I nicely asked my wife to please go with me and fetch this golden bone, she said, “Don’t you ever learn? It’ll be junk!”

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21-3K CLEMENTE'S 3,000 HITS GIANTS TOP PIRATES 7-4
CLEMENTE 1-4, 2 RBI
Friday, June 1st, 1972

SAN FRANCISCO - Roberto Clememte drove in the first 2 Pirate runs. Rennie Stennett drove in the last two. However, 4 runs was not enough to offset HR's by Barry Bonds, Dave Kingman and Ed Goodson. Bob Miller's error, one of two Buc errors led to an unearned run. The final, Giants 7, Pirates 4.

Overall, Clemente was 1-4 and is now 70 hits away from 3,000.
Clemente scored the game's 1st run in the 1st when his ground out scored Dave Cash. In the 2nd, Roberto tripled in Manny Sanguillen for his 19th RBI. Rennie Stennett drove in Jose Pagan and Gene Alley with a pinch hit triple. Stennett now has 14 RBI's.

Winner Juan Marichal (2-8) pitched a complete game. Bob Johnson (0-3) took the loss. The Bucs are still in 2nd place, 5 GB the Mets, who lost to the Braves, 6-1.

Saturday, Steve Blass (6-1) faces Sam McDowell (6-3).

In memory of Mr. Les Banos.

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Every Steelers fan is aware that Ben Roethlisberger has taken too many hits during his NFL career. Roethlisberger’s style of play has caused him to take more hits than he would have as a strict pocket passer, but Ben likes to make plays by moving out of the pocket and getting away from the rush. This allows his receivers to get open down field and has resulted in some big time plays for the Steelers over the years.

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21-3K CLEMENTE'S 3,000 HITS EXPOS CLIP PIRATES 3-2
CLEMENTE 0-4
Wednesday, May 31th, 1972

MONTREAL - Tim Foli's RBI single in the 6th broke a 2-2 tie and gave the Expos a 3-2 win over the Pirates.

Roberto Clemente was 0-4 and is still 71 hits away from 3,000.
The Buccos scored 2nd when Nelson Briles drove in Richie Hebner, who led off the inning with a walk. The Expos quickly countered when Ron Fairly led off the bottom of the inning with a HR. Willie Stargell fired back with a 2 out HR, his 10th HR and 31st RBI of the year. However, the Expos got back to back hits from Ron Hunt and Boots Day. Hunt made it to 3rd on Richie Hebner's error and scored an unearned run on Bob Bailey's sac fly to tie the game at 2-2. The score stayed tied until Foli drove in Ken Singleton in the 6th.
Ernie McAnally (1-5) won his 1st game of the year. Briles (3-2) was the loser. The Bucs are still in 2nd place, now 4 GB the Mets, who were idle.

The Bucs head for a 10 game trip to the West Coast beginning Friday in San Francisco. Juan Marichal (1-8) vs Bob Johnson (0-2).

In memory of Mr. Les Banos.

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