The 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates continued to flex their offense, mashing 14 hits and holding on to beat the 1968 St. Louis Cardinals 6-5, taking a 2-0 series lead. The Pirates got to Nelson Briles early. Bill Mazeroski drove in Rocky Nelson with an RBI single in the 2nd. In the 4th, Don Hoak’s triple drove in two more runs, and he scored on a Bill Virdon sacrifice fly to give Pittsburgh a 4-0 lead. Vern Law retired the 1st ten hitters he faced before the Cardinals made their comeback push. Tim McCarver tripled and scored in the 5th, and Roger Maris and Orlando Cepeda added RBI hits in the 6th to close to within a run. Dick Stuart came up with two outs and one on in the 7th and drove a deep home run over the leftfield wall to give the Pirates a little more breathing room. But another sac fly in the 7th and a solo home run by Cepeda in the 8th closed the gap again to a run. Roy Face came in and shut the door with a 1-2-3 inning, putting the Cardinals on the brink of a sweep, with the series heading to Pittsburgh for Game 3.