| Breaking News |  | Saturday, August 16th, 1969: Taylor Sensational, 5-5
Hawk Taylor did more than his part as Pittsburgh trimmed Philadelphia today at Forbes Field. The Maulers catcher pounded out 5 hits to pace his team to a 8-3 thumping of the Keystones.
H. Taylor singled in the 2nd, hit an RBI double in the 3rd, singled in the 5th, singled in the 7th and singled in the 8th.
This season in 166 games Taylor is batting .193 with 3 home runs, 43 RBIs and has scored 33 times.
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 | Friday, August 15th, 1969: Talbot Guns Down Keystones
Fred Talbot effectively shut down the Keystones today, blanking them 1-0 on 5 hits, ringing up 6 strikeouts and allowing 1 walk. The Maulers pitcher appeared to get stronger as the game went on.
"I don't know if I was getting any stronger," Talbot said after the game, "I feel like my mechanics were getting better. I was able to make some adjustments and get a little more comfortable out there."
The Keystones skipper said, "We had some opportunities, but weren't able to execute. We just didn't swing the bats very well today."
This season Talbot has compiled a 18-23 mark with a 3.68 ERA in 67 starts.
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 | Saturday, June 28th, 1969: Sugar Kings Blank Pittsburgh, Renko Winner
"Good pitching beats good hitting" is an old baseball adage.
Well, good pitching also beats bad batting.
In his postgame interview the Pittsburgh manager said, "Steve Renko made us look real bad today. He was outstanding. He was down in the zone with all his pitches. Everything was sinking."
Renko had 1 strikeout, 3 walks and allowed only 3 hits as the Havana Sugar Kings whitewashed the Pittsburgh Maulers 3-0.
This season Renko has gone 6-3 with an ERA of 2.21, posting 46 strikeouts in 85.2 innings.
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 66-66, .500 PCT | | Position in Division | 1st, - GB | | Record at home | 34-32, .515 PCT | | Record on the road | 32-34, .485 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 7-6, .538 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 21-19, .525 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 20-29, .408 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 46-37, .554 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 7-3, .700 PCT | | Record in April | 14-14, .500 PCT | | Record in May | 14-15, .483 PCT | | Record in June | 12-15, .444 PCT | | Record in July | 15-14, .517 PCT | | Record in August | 11-8, .579 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .259 - 4th in IL | | On-Base Percentage | .320 - 5th in IL | | Slugging Percentage | .345 - 7th in IL | | On-Base + Slugging | .665 - 7th in IL | | Runs Scored | 523 - 7th in IL | | Hits | 1188 - 4th in IL | | Extra-Base Hits | 267 - 10th in IL | | Home Runs | 53 - 9th in IL | | Bases-On-Balls | 412 - 10th in IL | | Strikeouts | 489 - 1st in IL | | Stolen Bases | 23 - 12th in IL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 3.71 - 10th in IL | | Starters' ERA | 3.71 - 11th in IL | | Bullpen ERA | 3.73 - 8th in IL | | Runs allowed | 571 - 8th in IL | | Hits allowed | 1188 - 8th in IL | | Opponents AVG | .259 - 8th in IL | | BABIP | .282 - 7th in IL | | Home Runs allowed | 78 - 9th in IL | | Bases-On-Balls | 400 - 3rd in IL | | Strikeouts | 576 - 7th in IL |
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