Sept 26 - Pittsburgh 6 St.Louis 2 
The Pirates scored 3 times in the 7th and twice in the 9th to take the opener 6-2. RBI doubles by Frank Taveras and Al Oliver keyed the 7th inning scoring while Dave Parker's 2-run double in the 9th iced the win. John Candelaria improved to 6-2 while Lon Warneke fell to 2-5.
Sept 27 - St. Louis 5 Pittsburgh 2 
Ernie White threw a complete game, holding the Pirates to 4 hits, as the Cardinals evened the series with a 5-2 win. Johnny Mize had 2 hits and 2 RBI for the Redbirds. White evened his record at 2-2 while Grant Jackson, making a spot start, earned his first decision at 0-1.
Sept 28 - Pittsburgh 8 St. Louis 1 
Dave Parker went 4 for 5 with 3 RBI as the Pirates rolled to an 8-1 win. Jim Rooker threw 6 strong innings and went 2 for 2 with 2 runs scored. He maintained a blemish-free record of 7-0. Howie Pollet had a rough outing, allowing 14 hits and 8 runs over 5 innings. His mark dropped to 2-3.
Sept 29 - Pittsburgh 11 St. Louis 7 
The Pirates scored 3 in the 4th and 4 in the 6th to take the finale 11-7. Phil Garner had 3 hits while Ed Ott drove in 3. Both starters, Johnny Beazley (5 IP, 5 R) and Terry Forster (4.1 IP, 5 R) struggled. But an error in the 6th opened the door for the Pirates' 3 runs and that was the difference. Kent Tekulve go the win to improve to 2-0 while Max Lanier took the loss to go 3-3.
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