6/14 From 1980: Wynne, Morrison Deals; AVS, Bonds Out; Motown Anni; Gems & Game Tales

• 1982 - RHP Eddie Solomon was sent to the Chicago White Sox for 3B Jim Morrison. Solomon was released after the season, while Morrison found a home in Pittsburgh for six years with a .274 BA, 57 HR and 241 RBI in 552 games. 
• 1983 - C Junior Ortiz and P Arthur Ray were sent to the New York Mets for P Steve Senteney and OF Marvell Wynne. Junior returned to the Pirates fold for the 1985 season via the Rule 5 Draft and hit .274 in seven Bucco campaigns. Marvell spent three years in Pittsburgh and batted .248 before moving on to San Diego. The two pitchers involved, Senteney and Ray, never made MLB appearances after the deal (Senteney had tossed 11 games for Toronto in ‘82). 

Jose De Leon - 1985 O-Pee-Chee

• 1985 - Jose DeLeon fanned 11 in seven innings at TRS to beat the Phillies‚ 3-2, backed by homers from Johnny Ray and Sixto Lezcano. DeLeon, who didn’t win his first game until June 2nd, then lost his next 11 outings to finish the campaign at 2-19. His 4.70 ERA was the worst of his career until his final season in 1995. The game was even more noteworthy thanks to the return of Willie Stargell, who was hired as first base coach by Chuck Tanner and debuted this night. The next season, Pops didn’t make the transition to Jim Leyland’s staff and joined Tanner as a coach at Atlanta. 
• 1992 - The Pirates won their fourth straight one-run game by a 5-4 count over the Mets at Shea Stadium. Andy Van Slyke plated Gary Varsho with a ninth inning sac fly for the victory. Doug Drabek started but Denny Neagle got the win in relief with a Stan Belinda save. The club had taken consecutive 3-2 wins over the Mets in the first two games of the series and started the streak with a 2-1 win over the Phillies. On a down note: Barry Bonds sprained his rib cage, and was out of action until July 4th. But he was apparently 100% recovered when he returned - he slashed .311/.456/.624 with 34 HR and a 204 OPS+ at the end of the campaign and won the MVP. 
• 1993 - The Bucs not only lost their fifth game in a row, 8-3, to the Cards but also lost Andy Van Slyke, who suffered whiplash and a fractured collarbone crashing into the Busch Stadium wall. He bemoaned the unforgiving fence, saying that “...an inch or two of more padding and I have a sore shoulder instead of a broken collarbone.” He wouldn’t return to action until August 27th. Even a healthy AVS wouldn’t have made a big difference in the Pirates final results - they were in the midst of losing 10-of-11 in their first campaign without Barry Bonds and Doug Drabek, finishing 75-87, 22 games off the pace of Philadelphia. 
• 1996 - Jeff King singled home Jason Kendall and Mike Kingery in the ninth to send Rob Nen and the Florida Marlins to a 5-4 defeat at TRS. Florida had raced out to a 4-0 lead as Matt Ruebel could only get three outs in his start, but Ramon Morel, Jon Lieber, Dan Miceli and Dan Plesac tossed eight shutout innings, giving up four hits and striking out eight Fish. 

A-Ram - photo Ezra Shaw/Getty

• 2003 - Aramis Ramirez homered and doubled, driving in four runs, while Jack Wilson smacked three two-baggers among his four hits, good for three RBI, as the Pirates outlasted the Tampa Bay Rays 12-9 at Tropicana Field. Josh Fogg staggered into the ninth for the win, although he was banged for 12 hits and was yanked after giving up four knocks to five Tampa batters. His replacement, Scott Sauerbeck, also allowed four of the five Rays he faced to reach before Mike Williams came on; he walked his first foe to pack the sacks before closing it out as the Pirates survived a six-run final frame uprising to claim the win. 
• 2006 - Two unlikely run producers, Jose Castillo and Zach Duke, combined for seven RBI to propel Pittsburgh to a 9-7 win over the Cardinals at PNC Park. Castillo had a double and homer to drive in four runs and Duke had a pair of singles to plate three. Starter Duke got the win and Mike Gonzalez nailed down the save, getting the final out after Matt Capps allowed two ninth-inning runs on a Scott Rolen dinger. 
• 2009 - The Pirates hosted the Detroit Tigers at PNC Park during the 100th anniversary year of their 1909 World Series meeting. Both teams wore throwback uniforms and the stadium's PA and sound systems were also turned off, simulating the game conditions in 1909 for the 27,565 fans on hand. Pittsburgh won the game, 6–3, as Robinzon Diaz drove in three runs off Dontrelle Willis and Ross Ohlendorf went six strong innings for the victory. 
• 2011 - The Bucs beat the Astros 1-0 at Minute Maid Park. Jeff Karstens threw 6-2/3 innings of three-hit ball and five relievers picked up the slack, with Joel Hanrahan getting the save. The only run came in the second when Neil Walker singled off Bud Norris, went to second on a wild pitch and scored on Garrett Jones’ knock. 

J-Hay - 2015 Topps

• 2015 - The Pirates defeated the Phils 1-0 in 11 innings at PNC Park. AJ Burnett and Cole Hamels left the game scoreless before the Bucs staged a two-out rally to walk off with the win. Neil Walker singled with two down, Jose Tabata reached on an error, and Josh Harrison’s first-pitch single off Jonathan Papelbon knocked Walker home. Antonio Bastardo was credited with the victory. The Pirates swept the series in a set of squeakers. The opener was a 13-inning 1-0 victory, with Starling Marte’s two-out single bringing home the game winner for Bastardo while the middle game was a 4-3 nailbiter won by Gerrit Cole and saved by Mark Melancon.