- 1991 - Bob Walk and the Mets’ Frank Viola both were both chased after four frames on a rainy night during the Pirates 10-8 win over NY at Shea Stadium. Andy Van Slyke and Lloyd McClendon each had three knocks to key the Pirates 17-hit attack. Lloyd had a pair of RBI and scored twice; Don Slaught drove home three and touched the plate once. The game featured three of the top five MVP finishers - Barry Bonds (2nd), teammate Bobby Bonilla (3rd) and the Mets’ Howard Johnson (5th). The Pirates were killing time until the postseason; they were 13-½ games up on the division with a 92-59 record and had already clinched the title.
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| Craig Wilson - 2002 Topps Opening Day Chrome |
- 2001 - Rookie OF Craig Wilson tied the MLB record for pinch hit HRs in a season by pounding his seventh in the Pirates' 7-6 win over the Cubs. He stayed in the game and banged out two more hits. Gary Matthews Jr. also homered as reliever Mike Lincoln, the Pirates fifth pitcher, got the win and Rich Loiselle the save.
- 2006 - A little bit of MLB history involving the Bucs: Trevor Hoffman retired the Pirate side in order to close out a 2-1 San Diego victory at Petco Park. It was his 479th career save, surpassing Lee Smith and making the 38-year-old reliever the all-time leader in saves.
- 2008 - The Pirates officially came to terms with Pedro Alvarez, their first round draft pick and the second selection overall. Alvarez’s agent Scott Boras claimed the deadline verbal agreement between the club and third baseman was reached was too late, the MLBPA filed a grievance that was headed for arbitration and El Toro was placed on the restricted list by MLB. Pedro’s John Hancock on a $6.355M deal made all the drama disappear.
- 2011 - Josh Harrison went 4-for-5 with a 2B, 3B and stolen base while Neil Walker went 3-for-4 to help the Bucs to a 4-3 win over the Cincinnati Reds at PNC Park. Brad Lincoln got the win and Jason Grilli earned his first save as a Pirate.
- 2015 - The Pirates won their 10,000th NL game by defeating the Colorado Rockies 5-4 at Coors Field on the strength of a three-run homer by Pedro Alvarez with two outs in the eighth inning. Joe Blanton got the win while Mark Melancon became the first Pirate reliever to notch 50 saves. The club won its sixth straight game and completed its first four-game road sweep since 1997. Starling Marte was red hot; he tied Pie Traynor’s 1928 club record for most hits (13) in four-game series. The Bucco franchise started its major league days in 1882 (they didn’t join the NL until 1887) as the Alleghenys of the American Association and using that time frame, this was actually team win #10,236.
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| First to 50 - 2015 Topps Allen & Ginter |
- 2018 - The Pirates thumped the Cubs 6-1 behind two-run homers from Fran Cervelli and Adam Frazier sandwiched around a two-run two-bagger by Jose Osuna. Jameson Taillon got the W, tossing his 21st straight “quality start” game. Pirate pitching was strong against the division-leading Cubs; in their last five games played against Chicago, the Bucs surrendered just one run in each game, with all the scores coming by way of a solo shot. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, that marked the first time in MLB history that a team has held an opponent to one run in five straight games with all the runs being scored via the long ball.
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