- 1994 - The Bucs ducked becoming no-hit victims when Carlos Garcia singled off Expo pitcher Jeff Fassaro’s glove with two outs in the ninth. Fassaro, with his bubble burst, then served up a gopher ball to Jay Bell, but that didn’t do much but rub a little salt in the wound as Montreal was ahead 10-0 at Stade Olympique before Bell’s blast.
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| Joe Randa - 1997 Fleer Circa Thunder |
- 1997 - Ex-Pirate Jeff King hit a two-run homer for Kansas City but was answered by ex-Royal Joe Randa with a tying homer, a triple and three RBI as Pittsburgh and KC squared off. Tony Womack smacked the winning homer in the sixth off Royals reliever Mike Williams, who joined the Buccos the next season, in a 5-3 Pittsburgh win at TRS. It was the Pirates’ first interleague game and the concept was an early hit in Pittsburgh as 108,536 turned out for three game set. The mix of old mates came about after a December trade sent Jay Bell and King to the Royals for Jeff Granger, The Joker, and Jeff Wallace.
- 2000 - Pittsburgh scored three times in the ninth and once again in the 10th to rally for a 7-6 win over the Atlanta Braves at TRS, redeeming themselves a day after blowing a five-run lead against the Bravos. Bruce Aven drove in Kevin Young on a force play to cut the lead to 7-5 in the final frame, then with two down, pinch hitter Mike Benjamin doubled him to third and Warren Morris singled them both home on an 0-2 pitch to knot the score. Wil Cordero did it the easy way in the 10th by launching a leadoff bomb off Don Wengert for the walk off win, credited to Jose Silva.
- 2001 - The Pirates traded infielder Enrique Wilson to the Yankees for journeyman relief pitcher Damaso Marte. The Bucs would later trade Marte away, bring him back and then flip him back to the NYY with Xavier Nady for Jose Tabata, Jeff Karstens, Ross Ohlendorf and Daniel McCutchen, all in a three-year span.
- 2014 - The Pirates blew a ninth-inning, 6-2 lead to Miami by allowing the Fish to tie the score on one hit; three relievers walked six batters in a Friday the 13th nightmare. But Jeanmar Gomez pitched four frames of shutout ball - he and starter Jeff Locke tossed 12 innings, giving up just two runs without yielding a single walk - and Gregory Polanco’s first MLB homer won it in the 13th, 8-6, at Marlins Park. Polanco had quite a coming out party; he became just the second post-1914 era rookie to have a five-hit contest during his first four games in the league, going 5-for-7. The top of the Pirate order (El Coffee, Starling Marte, who also homered, and Andrew McCutchen) went 11-for-21 with six runs scored and five RBI. The Pirates snapped a 13-game Friday the 13th losing streak in the 13th inning in their Twilight Zone-ish victory. The Pirates almost played out the same scenario the next day, giving up four ninth-inning runs but hanging on for another 8-6 victory.
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| Jeanmar Gomez - 2013 Topps Update |
- 2019 - After bursting onto the scene by tossing 6-2/3 innings of perfect ball in his April 29th, 2018, MLB debut while on his way to a 5-0, nine-K, win over the Cards, 26-year-old Nick Kingham was DFA’ed and sold to Toronto. Projected as a mid-rotation arm, the fourth round, 2010 pick from Sierra Vista HS in Vegas couldn’t replicate the magic, and finished the year at 5-7/5.21 in 18 outings (15 starts). Flipping between the pen and starting in 2019, his line was 1-1/9.87, and out of options, he was released in early June after spending a decade in the Pirates system. He’s now tossing in Korea.
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