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PITTSBURGH (AP) - The big joke around the Pirate clubhouse is that Dick Stuart is playing first base because Rocky Nelson is hurt and player-coach Mickey Vernon is too old to play.“But I don’t care,” says Stuart. “Just so I’m playing.”Stuart piayed Monday night. He belted a homer, a triple and a single as the National League-leading Pirates whipped San Francisco ft-1.#“I think the reason I've been hitting better lately,” Stuart said, “is that I have been playing regularly. Before; I just wasn’t getting that chance. Playing regularly makes a difference. It gives you a chance to do something.”Stuart says he gets all upset when he doesn’t play.“I go crazy sitting on the bench. I get up and stand in the corner of the dugout. I go to the bullpen. I go into the clubhouse. I even throw towels. Not too long ago, I’d go five and six days without playing. That was really bad.For the most part. Manager Danny Murtaugh has been using Stuart against left-handed pitchers and Nelson against righthanders. Nelson is benched now with an injured foot.“Actually,” says Stuart, “I hit right-handers better than lefthanders. I see righties more often.”Stuart’s last three home runs, coming in the last seven games, all have been against right-handers.Talking about his performance in Pittsburgh's victory Monday night, Stuart said:That home run felt pretty good. I was just trying to meet the ball. I hit a fast ball and it was one of the best shots I’ve hit all year.” Then, he added jokingly:“That’s the way I used to hit them.Stuart’s 20 home runs are highfor the Pirates. His 72 runs bal ted in represent the best RBI a\ erage on the team.'The Pirates collected 16 hits t give starter Harvey Haddix hi 11th victory against nine defeats Haddix went the distance.Pittsburgh - got one run in t h first on singles by Roberto Cle mente, Stuart and Smoky Bur gess. In the second, Haddix go aboard on a force at second. H moved to third on two wild pitch es and scored on a single by Bol Skinner.Bill Virdon doubled off the right field wall in the fourth ant pulled a leg muscle while numinj the bases. Gino Cimoli ran fo; Virdon and scored on a single bj Clemente.Then Stuart rapped his homei over the. scoreboard in left fielt and the Pirates led 5-0.Stuart got his triple in the sixtl and went home on a double hi Don Hoak.The Giants scored their lont tally in the ninth. ■ ;' The series closes out. tonigh’ with Wilmer Mizell (11-7) oppos ing the Giants’ Mike McCormid (12-11).SAN FRANCISCOab r h b!Am't'no 2b 4 0 I fDaveap’t 3b 3 t 2 o Mays cf 4 0 0 0 Cepcda Jj 4 0 2 1 McCovey lb 4 0 0 0 Schmidt c 4 0 0 0 Kirkland rf 3 0 10 Bressoud u 3010 Sanford p 10 0 0 Loes p 0 0 0 0 bPagan 10 0 0 Choate p 0 0 0 0 c Rodgers 10 0 0 Marauda p 0 0 0 0 Totals 32 1 7 1 Totals 3* 6 16 6 a—Ran lor Virdon in 4th; t^-Grounded into doable play for Loes In 5th; c—Filed out for Choate in 8th; d—Ran for Stuarl in 8th.San Franelsts ............ (WO 000 001—1Pittsburgh ............... 110 301 00x-4E—Amalfi tano. PO*A—San Franclscc 24-12, Pittsburgh 27-13. DP—Amalfitano Erescoad and McCovey, 2?, Schofield Mazeroaki and Stuart; Davenport, Ami itano and McCovey; Stuart and Schrv field. LOB—San Francisco 5. Pittsburgh 14. 2B—Bressoud, Virdon, Hoak, Burgess Cepeda*. 3B—Stuart. HR—Stuart. SB—Ce peda.IP H R ER BB ROCm/nrH rr.. 7 1.7 11 * k 7 rrrrreuuKGHab r b bVlzdon cf 2 0 2 i aCimoli cf 2 10 4 Skinner If 5 0 1! Clemente rf 5 2 2: Stuart lb 4 2 3 1dSievens lb 0 0 0 4Burgess c 5 0 3: Hoak 3b 4 0 2; M'zer'ski 2b 4 0 0 ? Schofield ss 4 0 2 ( Haddix p 3 1 1 (
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Uniontown Evening Standard
Uniontown, Pennsylvania, US
Tue, Sep 13, 1960
Page 25
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