5/6 From 1960: Ray PoM; Plenty Of Pitching; Walk Offs; Best For Last; Game Tales

• 1968 - The Bucs’ Jim Bunning and the Bravos’ Pat Jarvis hooked up in a duel at Atlanta Stadium, with Pittsburgh coming out on top by a 2-1 score as Donn Clendenon’s two-run homer in the fourth frame held up. There was some drama in the eighth when Bunning sprained his ankle (it proved minor; he didn’t miss a start) and Ronnie Kline had to come in cold, but the vet took it home, giving up two hits over the final two frames to save Bunning’s win. 
• 1986 - 2B Johnny Ray was announced as the NL’s Player of the Month for April. He hit .380 during the month with 18 RBI, and at the time of the award, was leading the league with a .391 BA. Johnny was the first Pirate to be named POTM since Dave Parker in September, 1978 (John Candelaria was Pitcher of the Month in July, 1983). 

Sid Bream - 1988 Score

• 1988 - Sid Bream doubled his RBI count for the year by chasing home four runs, including a 12th-inning three-run homer, to propel the Buccos past the Padres, 4-1, in front of 25,045 fans at TRS. With two gone, Andy Van Slyke singled and Bobby Bonilla walked ahead of Bream, who took Mark Davis’ heater over the RF wall. He drove in the first run in the opening frame with a bad-hop single, then stranded five more runners until his homer ended it. But the pitchers were the evening’s heroes - Bob Walk, Jeff Robinson and winner Barry Jones limited the Friars to six hits. 
• 1992 - Jose Lind’s 16th-inning single over a drawn-in infield drove in Don Slaught, who had tripled ahead of him, with the winning run as the Pirates bested the Braves, 4-3, at TRS. Bob Patterson claimed the win, being the last in a chain of five relievers who worked 11-2/3 innings of near zippo ball, giving up just one unearned run. The Pirates stayed alive twice with two down, getting hits from Cecil Espy in the ninth and Jay Bell in the 13th to erase Brave leads. 
• 1994 - The Bucs proved to be a good luck charm to Chicago, ending a couple of Chi-Town losing streaks. The Cubs' 10-1 victory over the Pirates ended pitcher Anthony Young's personal 27-game losing streak and also snapped Chicago’s record 14-game winless string at Wrigley. 
• 1999 - The Pirates were the poster boys for a balanced attack in a 13-3 romp over the St. Louis Cards at Busch Stadium. All eight position starters had hits (six had multiple knocks, led by Carlos Garcia with three raps), all eight drove in runs (Garcia again led the parade with three), and seven of them scored (Brian Giles & Kevin Young plated three times to keep trips the vibe for the night). Todd Ritchie went seven innings for the win. 

Todd Ritchie - 2000 Upper Deck Victory

• 2000 - The Pirates put up six runs in the ninth inning to rally past the Cubs at Wrigley Field by an 11-9 count. With two down in the final frame and still down a run after scoring three times, Wil Cordero tripled on a 1-2 pitch to tie it, Pat Meares doubled in the go-ahead run and Mike Benjamin’s single added an insurance tally. Brian Giles and Luis Sojo homered earlier in the contest and had five RBI between them to help counter three Cub homers. 
• 2014 - The Pirates won the first-ever MLB walk-off victory by review against the SF Giants at PNC Park. A taut pitching duel between Tim Hudson and Charlie Morton went to the wire. After reliever Tony Watson left G-Men on the corners in the ninth, Starling Marte batted against Hudson with two gone and banged a ball high off the Clemente Wall. He raced to third and steamed home when the throw skipped by the base. In a bang-bang play at the dish, ump Quinn Wolcott called Marte out. Clint Hurdle challenged the decision, and the replay showed that C Buster Posey had missed the tag, giving the Bucs a 2-1 win. 
• 2016 - The Pirates held on to beat the St Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium, 4-2. Frankie Liriano’s 10 strikeout effort and the return of Jung Ho Kang led the charge to victory. Liriano’s dominating outing was marred only by a two-base wild pitch, which brought home the first run and set up the other. Kang had missed almost eight months to a gruesome leg/knee injury and was making his first MLB appearance since the prior September. He started inauspiciously, hitting into a DP and then popping out. But he found his sea legs quickly, hitting homers in back-to-back at bats and driving in three runs to mark his return. 
• 2017 - Josh Harrison hit a walkoff single in the 10th inning, plating Gift Ngoepe, to give the Pirates a 2-1 win over the Brewers at PNC Park. Josh Bell, Fran Cervelli and J-Hay each chipped in with two hits while Gerrit Cole worked the first seven innings, giving up a run on two hits w/eight strikeouts. Felipe Rivero struck out the side in the eighth and Tony Watson pitched the final two frames for his first win of the season. 

Chad Kuhl - 2018 Topps

• 2018 - Chad Kuhl’s prior outing featured four homers surrendered in 4-2/3 frames, but today he was in command, tossing seven innings of one-hit/eight-whiff ball against the Brewers at Miller Park as the Pirates breezed to a 9-0 win. Richard Rodriguez mopped up; he gave up a single while striking out everyone else. Adam Frazier, Josh Bell and Jordy Mercer launched solo home runs among the Bucs 13 hits. Mercer and Corey Dickerson had three hits and Frazier two to lead the batsmen in a team effort; six Pirates drove in runs and seven touched home.