- 1984 - LHP Wade “Frenchy” LeBlanc was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana. The Pirates picked up the 31-year-old, eight-year veteran long man/spot starter from Seattle in 2016 and he’s in his second campaign as a long/middle man from the pen. The Bucs are his eighth team, and they took a chance on him after he rejuvenated his career in 2015 with a strong season in Japan. After impressing the FO, he signed as an FA in 2017 ($750K) with a $1.25M option for 2018. The option wasn’t picked up as the southpaw went 5-2 but with a 4.50 ERA in 2017. He signed with Seattle and had success as a member of their starting rotation, a return to his original roots.
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| Frenchy 2017 Topps |
- 1987 - The Pirates traded 3B Jim Morrison to the Detroit Tigers for OF Darnell Coles and a PTBNL (LHP Morris Madden). Cole played 108 games in 1987-88, batting .230, Madden pitched 14 times for the Pirates (2-2, 5.91), and Morrison was about at the end of his MLB career.
- 1987 - Billy Mazeroski’s number 9 was retired during a 9-3 victory over the Expos at TRS in front of 24,093 fans. C Spanky Lavalliere and SS Al Pedrique helped the party along by collecting three hits, two runs and a pair of RBI each. Bob Walk went six innings for the win. Bob Gideon, who worked the last three frames, got the save.
- 1994 - SS Jay Bell went 5-for-6 with a pair of doubles to lead the Pirates to a 6-5 win over the Cardinals at TRS. His bases-loaded single up the middle in the bottom of the ninth plated Tim Foli with the winning run. Carlos Garcia homered in the Paul Wagner victory.
- 2000 - The Pirates sent IF Luis Sojo to the Yankees for P Chris Spurling. For Sojo, a bench player, it was a return home, and he lasted three more seasons as an utility guy for the Bronx Bombers. Spurling was lost to the Braves in the 2002 Rule 5 draft and went on to pitch four MLB seasons as a reliever for Detroit and Milwaukee (6-8-3, 4.82).
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| Luis Sojo (photo Ezra Shaw/All Sports) |
- 2010 - Colorado scored three runs in the ninth to tie the game and two more in the 10th to take the lead, but the Bucs prevailed at PNC Park to claim an 8-7 victory. With runners at first and second and two down in the 10th, Pedro Alvarez took Huston Street deep for the walk off win, giving Sean Gallagher the W even though he gave up two runs in his inning of work.
- 2013 - Petrina McCutchen, Andrew’s mom, sang the National Anthem before the Miami Marlins’ game at PNC Park. Her son responded with a 2-for-3 night including a walk and a homer. So did the team, as they won 4-2 behind Charlie Morton, Tony Watson and Mark Melancon.
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