Bucs sweep hapless Cubbies to clinch 2nd

Wrigley Field

GAME 1

Butcher vs Borowy

Pirates 4, Cubs 1

The Bucs broke a scoreless tie with 3 runs in the top of the 7^th off of Hank Borowy.  Back to back to back RBI knocks from Bob Elliott (triple), Frank Zak (single) and Camelli (double) did the damage.  The Cubbies answered back with 1 in the bottom of the inning, but their bats went cold the rest of the way.  Babe Dahlgren (3-4) scored twice to pace the Buc offense.

GAME 2

Roe vs Signer

Pirates 6, Cubs 4

It took 12 frames for the Bucs to put away the “swooning” Cubbies.  Pittsburgh jumped out to a 4-0 lead after 2, but to their credit the Northsiders rallied back with 2 in the 8^th and 1 in the 9^th to tie it.  In the top of the 12^th Johnny Barrett tripled home Ostermueller to put the visiting squad up by 1.  A sac fly by Pete Coscarart gave reliever Cuccurullo a nice 2 run cushion to finish off Chicago.

GAME 3

Strincevich vs Wyse

Pirates 3, Cubs 1

Solo runs in the 2^nd, 4^th and 8^th were more than enough for hurler Nick Strincevich to protect.  Johnny “the thief” Barrett pilfered two more bases to up his season total to a Cobb-like 41.  Dahlgren continued to wield a hot stick going 2 for 4.  Vinny DiMagio hit his 3^rd roundtripper and upped his average to .290.

GAME 4

Sewell vs Passeau

Pirates 4, Cubs 2

Pittsburgh finished off their sweep of the Cubbies to clinch sole possession of 2^nd place in the NL.  Rip Sewell (4-3, 4.14) went the distance giving up just 2 runs on 6 hits.  “The Thief”, Johnny Barrett stole an incredible 5 more bases thanks to his 3-4 showing with the lumber.  Bill Nicholson’s 2 run shot accounted for all of Chicago’s runs.