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WahooSam309 · 08-05-2019, 11:02 AM

After the long and successful homestand, the Phillies hit the road for five games in Pittsburgh. They had swept the Pirates on their last visit to Forbes Field, and hoped for more of the same this time around.

The Phillies scored one in the second inning of the first day’s game but the Pirates quickly answered back with four runs off of Claude Passeau. Five singles in the fifth inning gave the Phillies three runs to tie it, and they kept going from there. They scored two in the seventh, two in the eighth, and three in the ninth, with the big blow coming on a long home run by Gibson. That was more than enough for Passeau, who held on through 8⅓ to claim the 11-6 win. It was the Phillies’ sixth straight, and despite the long odds, the team was feeling pretty good about closing the gap with the Cardinals.

Mathis was on the mound the next day. The Pirates scored without a hit in the third when an error and two sacrifices brought Al Lopez home to make it 1-0, but Ennis scored on Brown’s sac fly the next inning to tie it up again. Benson knocked in one more to give the visitors the lead. Mathis got sloppy in the fourth and gave up five runs to make it 6-2. The Phillies bullpen took over in the sixth, including an appearance by Andy Lapihuska, who was called up from Utica when Si Johnson was injured. The Phillies got one run back in the eighth, but could not overcome the deficit and lost 6-3.

In the first game of the next day’s doubleheader, Wells scored Estalella in the second to give the Phillies an early lead. Paige, meanwhile, kept the Pirates baffled in the early innings. Leonard, though nagged by an elbow injury, hit one off the center field wall to score two more in the seventh. Paige scattered nine hits but never let the Pirates score and the Phillies cruised to victory, 6-0.

Jim Tobin, who had started the year in Boston, pitched for the Pirates in the second game and the Phillies jumped on him for two runs in the first. The Pirates again scored without a hit in the bottom of the inning, taking advantage of a walk by Barnhill and an error on Benson in center field. Three more for the Phillies in the fifth made it 5-1. Barnwell let in a few more, but Campanella’s first homer of the year made it 7-3 just before stretch time. Barnwell loaded the bases in the ninth and was pulled from the game, but the Phillies held on to win it, 9-5.

Passeau started the final game of the five-game series against the Pirates’ Bob Klinger. The game remained scoreless until the fifth, when Frankie Gustine’s bases-clearing triple gave the Pirates a 3-0 lead. The Phillies finally got on the board in the seventh when a Pirate error made it 3-1. The Phillies outhit the Pirates 10 to 4, but could not make the hits count, and they went down to a 4-1 defeat. They took three of the five games in Pittsburgh, raising their record to 47-39, but gained just half a game on the Cardinals, who were now 16½ games ahead of the Phillies.

08-05-2019, 11:02 AM	#38
WahooSam309 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Mar 2018 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 81	At Pittsburgh (July 20, 21, 22, and 23) After the long and successful homestand, the Phillies hit the road for five games in Pittsburgh. They had swept the Pirates on their last visit to Forbes Field, and hoped for more of the same this time around. The Phillies scored one in the second inning of the first day’s game but the Pirates quickly answered back with four runs off of Claude Passeau. Five singles in the fifth inning gave the Phillies three runs to tie it, and they kept going from there. They scored two in the seventh, two in the eighth, and three in the ninth, with the big blow coming on a long home run by Gibson. That was more than enough for Passeau, who held on through 8⅓ to claim the 11-6 win. It was the Phillies’ sixth straight, and despite the long odds, the team was feeling pretty good about closing the gap with the Cardinals. Mathis was on the mound the next day. The Pirates scored without a hit in the third when an error and two sacrifices brought Al Lopez home to make it 1-0, but Ennis scored on Brown’s sac fly the next inning to tie it up again. Benson knocked in one more to give the visitors the lead. Mathis got sloppy in the fourth and gave up five runs to make it 6-2. The Phillies bullpen took over in the sixth, including an appearance by Andy Lapihuska, who was called up from Utica when Si Johnson was injured. The Phillies got one run back in the eighth, but could not overcome the deficit and lost 6-3. In the first game of the next day’s doubleheader, Wells scored Estalella in the second to give the Phillies an early lead. Paige, meanwhile, kept the Pirates baffled in the early innings. Leonard, though nagged by an elbow injury, hit one off the center field wall to score two more in the seventh. Paige scattered nine hits but never let the Pirates score and the Phillies cruised to victory, 6-0. Jim Tobin, who had started the year in Boston, pitched for the Pirates in the second game and the Phillies jumped on him for two runs in the first. The Pirates again scored without a hit in the bottom of the inning, taking advantage of a walk by Barnhill and an error on Benson in center field. Three more for the Phillies in the fifth made it 5-1. Barnwell let in a few more, but Campanella’s first homer of the year made it 7-3 just before stretch time. Barnwell loaded the bases in the ninth and was pulled from the game, but the Phillies held on to win it, 9-5. Passeau started the final game of the five-game series against the Pirates’ Bob Klinger. The game remained scoreless until the fifth, when Frankie Gustine’s bases-clearing triple gave the Pirates a 3-0 lead. The Phillies finally got on the board in the seventh when a Pirate error made it 3-1. The Phillies outhit the Pirates 10 to 4, but could not make the hits count, and they went down to a 4-1 defeat. They took three of the five games in Pittsburgh, raising their record to 47-39, but gained just half a game on the Cardinals, who were now 16½ games ahead of the Phillies.