8/3 Games From the 60s Forward: Cutch Drilled by Chapman; Drabek An Out Away; Shift-Beater; 19-0; Game Stories

• 1961 - The Pirates ran away with a 19-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium for the largest shutout score in an NL night game. The Bucs banged out 24 hits against Al Cicotte, Bob Miller and Lindy McDaniel while Harvey Haddix tossed a four-hitter for Pittsburgh. It was the most lopsided shutout in modern NL history at the time, tying a record first set in 1906. Smoky Burgess had six RBI with a pair of homers and Dick Stuart drove in five more, adding a long ball. Bob Skinner and Roberto Clemente scored four times. Clemente had five hits and Bill Mazeroski four. 

Vic Davalillo 1972 Topps

• 1972 - In the 10th inning of a 1-1 game, the Cards shifted the opposite way to the NL’s top hitter, Vic Davalillo, and he answered by banging a ball up the middle to chase home Gene Alley and give the Bucs a 2-1 win at Busch Stadium. The game was a duel between eventual winner Steve Blass and the Cards’ Rick Wise, with Ramon Hernandez coming in to nail down the save. The first Bucco run came in the second frame when with two outs Dave Cash tripled home Willie Stargell, who had walked to open the inning. 
• 1975 - The Bucs eked out a pair in sweeping the Mets in a twin bill at TRS. Pittsburgh took the opener 5-4 in 15 innings when Duffy Dyer led off the extra frame with a homer off Bob Apodaca. Dave Giusti tossed five innings of two-hit relief, Al Oliver went 4-for-6, and Larry Demery, the fifth Bucco hurler, got the win. The Pirates jumped to an early lead in the nitecap and hung on for a 4-3 victory, spurred on by Richie Hebner’s 3-for-3 day with a double, homer and four RBI to back John Candelaria. 
• 1987 - The Pirates were on the verge of ending a seven-game losing streak, going into the ninth with a 6-0 lead over the San Francisco Giants at TRS. Doug Drabek gave up a two-run homer after tossing 5-⅔ hitless innings, and Brett Gideon gave up another homer and walked a pair. In strolled Jim Gott, obtained from the Giants the day before, and though he gave up a check-swing knock, closed the door with the winning run at bat to seal a 6-4 win. The big Bucco blow was a three-run blast by Bobby Bonilla. 

Rafe 1989 Score

• 1989 - A pair of unlikely offensive heroes, Rafael Belliard and Benny DiStefano, teamed up to give the Bucs an extra inning 1-0 win at TRS. With two down in the twelfth, Belliard singled through the left side off Andy McGaffigan, stole second and scored on DiStefano’s knock to left center. Bob Walk tossed eight innings of four-hit ball, but the victory went to Doug Bair. 
• 1990 - Doug Drabek, who captured the 1990 Cy Young Award, was one out away from a no-hitter in Philadelphia when he gave up a single through the second base hole to Sil Campusano, who was hitting .188 at the time. The game was a bit lopsided; the Bucs outhit the Phils 18-1 and outscored them 11-0 at Veterans Stadium. Andy Van Slyke and Sid Bream each had a homer and double, combining for seven RBI. 
• 1999 - The Bucs bopped the Atlanta Braves 7-1 at TRS. Brian Giles bombed a pair of homers good for four RBI while Al Martin, Kevin Young and Warren Morris added solo shots. Kris Benson went eight innings of four hit ball for the win. 
• 2010 - The Pirates jumped out to an early 6-0 lead and held on to beat the Cincinnati Reds 7-6 at PNC Park. Neil Walker went 3-for-4 with four RBI while Jose Tabata had a pair of hits, two runs scored and one driven home. After Paul Maholm and Evan Meek barely kept the Bucs above water, Joel Hanrahan shut the door in the ninth with a pair of punchouts.

Hanny 2010 Topps Update

• 2012 - Not only did the Pirates lose 3-0 to the Reds at GABP, but Aroldis Chapman added insult to injury by drilling Andrew McCutchen with a 100 MPH heater with two outs in the ninth. It caused a public furor when the Pirates didn’t go old school and retaliate the next day with James McDonald on the hill. It only intensified when three Bucs were hit in the last two games of the series without a Red getting buzzed, with the fans believing that the lack of response affected clubhouse chemistry. The Pirates were 60-44 going into the game, but the loss triggered a 19-39 finish.