9/26 From the 1980's Forward: Frankie's 200; Park Record; 10-of-12; HBD Arch, Jordan & Daniel; Game Stories

• 1982 - RHP Daniel McCutchen was born in McKinney, Texas. He came to Pittsburgh in 2008 as part of the Xavier Nady/Damaso Marte deal with the NYY. Daniel worked from 2009-12 fo the Pirates, seeing most of his action in 2011 with 73 of his 108 Bucco appearances and going 8-11, 4.77 overall. He got a cup of coffee with Texas in 2014 and his last pro campaign was in 2016. 

Daniel McCutchen 2010 Topps Allen & Ginter

• 1988 - RHP Chris Archer was born in Raleigh, North Carolina. The two-time All-Star for Tampa was the Pirates big addition at the 2018 deadline, coming over for a prize prospect package of OF Austin Meadows, RHP Tyler Glasnow and a PTBNL (RHP Shane Baz). He was a risk; in seven years, he’d only won more than 10 games once, but the Bucs hoped to tap into his potential and wipe-out slider. Arch is still a work in progress in Pittsburgh. 
• 1991 - The Pirates took their 10th win in 12 games when they defeated the Mets in the opener of a twin bill at Shea Stadium by a 4-3 count in 15 innings. Bill Landrum, the fifth Buc pitcher, gave up a tying run in the 14th but worked a scoreless frame in the 15th for a blown save/win daily double. Lloyd McClendon singled in the 14th for the lead; pinch hitter Todd Hundley homered in the Met half to knot the score again. Don Slaught doubled home Barry Bonds in the next set of at-bats, and the Mets ran out of answers. The Bucs had plenty of opportunities to run away and hide, but went 2-for-21 with runners in scoring position. They dropped the nitecap 2-1; they went 1-for-12 with RISP in that contest. 
• 1992 - The Bucs laid a 19-2 hurtin’ on the NY Mets at TRS. Andy Van Slyke went 3-for-5 with a homer, triple, four runs and two RBI. Barry Bonds doubled and went long, scoring three times and chasing home three more tallies. Lloyd McClendon added a grand slam in the first to trigger the 20-hit onslaught, featuring five 2B, two 3B and three HR. Bob Walk got the win, with Steve Cooke and Paul Wagner mopping up after him. The Mets used a position player to pitch for the first time in their history when IF Bill Pecota took the mound in the ninth; he was the victim of AVS’ long ball, though it was the only hit he surrendered during his inning on the hill. 

Jordan Luplow (image Positively Pittsburgh)

• 1993 - OF Jordan Luplow was born in Visalia, California. He was drafted by Pirates in the third round of the 2014 draft out of Fresno State, and made his Bucco debut in 2017. Luplow yo-yo’ed between Indy and the big club again in 2018, finally given a steady chance to show his stuff in September after Gregory Polanco was injured and lost for the last weeks of the campaign. 
• 2001 - During an 8-4 loss to the Cubs in their final home game of the season, the Pirates drew 25,564 to PNC Park, its first-year ballyard, and set a franchise attendance record of 2,436,139, an average of 30,000+ fans per contest. It took until 2012 to reach the 2M mark again, and the attendance record stood until 2014. 
• 2011 - It took seven Bucco hurlers, but the Pirates held off the Brewers 9-8 at Miller Park, with Daniel McCutchen getting the win and Joel Hanrahan the save, his 40th. The big men with the bats were Alex Presley with a HR, 2B and 1B along with three RBI, and Pedro Alvarez, who also drove in three runs. 
• 2015 - Francisco Liriano won his duel with Jason Hammel as the Bucs defeated the Chicago Cubs 4-0 at Wrigley Field. The big blow of the game was delivered by Jordy Mercer, who banged a three run homer in the fifth inning, his first long ball since early June. For the Pirates, it was the culmination of an eight game road winning streak, the first time a Bucco club had pulled off that feat since 1938. Frankie also picked up strikeout #200 of the campaign, joining Gerrit Cole (who got his 200th the night before) to become the first pair of Pirate pitchers to punch out 200 batters in the same season. 

Frankie Liriano 2015 Bowman Chrome

• 2017 - The Pirates and Orioles were counting down the days until the season ended, but Andrew McCutchen wasn’t going quietly into that good night. He went 4-for-4 with two homers, a double, eight RBI and four runs scored to complement Trevor Williams and Steven Brault’s pitching as the Bucs prevailed 10-1 at PNC Park. Cutch was the first Pirate with at least four runs and eight RBI in a game since Ralph Kiner in 1950, with the deed first done by Johnny Rizzo in 1939. Andrew’s eight runs chased home was a feat that hasn't been done by a Buc since Jason Bay in 2004 (Rizzo had nine, Bay drove in eight twice and Kiner & Dave Robertson each did it once). Cutch also hopped over Al "Scoops" Oliver and Max Carey for 11th in all-time Bucco RBIs w/724 (Dave "The Cobra" Parker is 10th w/758; Andrew never caught up, being traded to the Giants in the off season). Trevor struck out six, making the 2017 staff one of four in Pirates history (and the first since 1984) to feature five pitchers with at least 115 K (Gerrit Cole-196, Chad Kuhl-142, Ivan Nova-131, Jameson Taillon-125 and Williams-117.)