6/4 From 1955: Game Tales - Cutch Debut & Anni Party, BB's 1st Bomb, Jerry Gem, Arriba Show, '24 Shuffle; HBD Tony
- 1957 – C Tony Pena was born in Monte Cristi, in the Dominican Republic. Signed in 1975 as an international FA, he spent his first seven years (1980-86) in Pittsburgh, hitting .286 and earning spots on four All-Star teams before he was traded in the 1987 preseason to the St. Louis Cards for P Mike Dunne, C Mike LaValliere and OF Andy Van Slyke. The trade caught Pena, a lifelong Pirate, by surprise; he teared up at the press conference announcing the deal.
- 1967 – Roberto Clemente hit two homers and drove in all four runs in a 4-1 Pirate victory at Dodger Stadium. Both blasts were launched off Don Drysdale, the first long balls that he yielded on the year. Roberto and the Bucs were bombardiers against DD – the last four-baggers he had given up were against Clemente and Willie Stargell, who went back-to-back on him on September 15th, 1966. Bob Veale threw a five-hitter for the win, with the save earned by ElRoy Face.
- 1968 – The Bucs were on the wrong end of a record or two during a 5-0 loss at LA. Tossing his sixth consecutive shutout, Don Drysdale topped Doc White’s 64-year-old mark of five shutouts, and with 54 scoreless innings, he broke Carl Hubbell’s NL string of 49 goose egg frames. In his next game, Drysdale would set the MLB mark at 58-2/3 scoreless frames. Drysdale was on top of his game, tossing a three-hitter and fanning eight. Jim Bunning took the loss. Gary Kolb was the only Bucco to get past first base with a sixth inning double.
- 1975 – Jerry Reuss didn’t give up a hit until the seventh frame, and it hurt – not the Pirates, who held on for a 2-1 win against the Reds at TRS, but Reuss, who took a Dave Conception liner off the leg and had to leave the contest. The Pirates scored on Rennie Stennett’s misplayed fly that eventually led to a run and a Richie Hebner solo shot. Cincy plated off Dave Giusti, who in 2-1/3 IP walked three batters and let one score before Ramon Hernandez came on with an out in the ninth to close the gate, albeit with some drama as he walked the bases loaded with two away before getting the final out. The Pirates had the baseball gods on their side this evening. Reuss served several smoked at ‘em balls while Giusti picked a runner off second base and Al Oliver threw out another at home to limit the damage.
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| Jerry Reuss – 1975 Topps |
- 1981 – In his first game as a Cub, Bobby Bonds (Barry’s dad) lasted an inning before breaking his hand after tumbling over a loose seam at TRS. The Tim Foli ball he was chasing fell for a triple and became a big run as Foli scored and the Bucs went on to defeat the Chicago club, 5-4, in 10 innings. Lee Lacy tallied the winning run when he tripled and scored on Dale Berra’s bloop to earn a win for Kent Tekulve. Foli had four hits and was a homer shy of a cycle while Dave Parker added three more raps including a home run. The Cobra scored two runs and chased three teammates home.
- 1986 – Barry Bonds went 4-for-5 and banged his first MLB home run off Craig McMurtry in the fifth to lead the Bucs to a 12-3 romp over Atlanta at Fulton County Stadium. Bonds scored three times and drove in four runs to lead the Bucco barrage. RJ Reynolds had two hits including a long ball as Mike Bielecki, with help from Jim Winn, got the win. BB bopped 761 more of those long balls in his 22-year career to become the all-time MLB home run leader.
- 1992 – Bobby Bo returned to Three Rivers Stadium for the first time and was not exactly welcomed back with open arms. The Associated Press wrote “Bonilla was booed early, he was booed late and he booed often…” Signs in the park were of the “Bucks, Not Bucs” ilk, he was pinged by a golf ball thrown from the crowd (he then played while wearing a batting helmet in the field) and Vince LaSheid even joined in with a rendition of “Take the Money and Run.” The Pittsburgh fans’ combative vibes had an effect as the team ran away with a 7-2 decision, led by Bo’s old running mate Barry Bonds, who homered and doubled.
- 2009 – Andrew McCutchen, called up after Nate McLouth was traded, made his MLB debut against the New York Mets in front of 20,683 fans at PNC Park during a rain day makeup match. Batting leadoff, he wasted no time, singling off Mike Pelfrey in his first at bat and going 2-for-4 with a walk, an RBI, three runs scored and a stolen base in an 11-6 win. Cutch did it all on pure adrenaline; he had spent all day in planes or airport lobbies, arriving less than an hour before first pitch. In his time as a Pirate, Cutch was MVP in 2013, finished in the Top 5 three other times, was named to five straight All-Star games and earned four consecutive Silver Slugger awards.
- 2014 – Pittsburgh pitchers gave up one hit, a first-inning bunt single, but still managed to lose to San Diego at Petco Park by a 3-2 count. The Padre runs came on a miscommunicated shallow fly, an error and a bases loaded walk, one of nine that Pirate hurlers issued. Francisco Liriano took the loss, walking six batters with a HBP in his first four frames (he went six innings). The last time the Pirates threw a one-hitter and lost was July 25th, 1992, at Atlanta. That hit was a second inning homer by David Justice, the only tally in a 1-0 Bravo win.
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| Cutch – 2017 Topps Salute |
- 2017 – Andrew McCutchen held an anniversary party for himself eight years after making his Bucco debut, going 3-for-5 while scoring three times and banging a three-run homer to lead the Pirates to an 11-1 win over the New York Mets at Citi Field. Pittsburgh banged out 15 hits as Fran Cervelli and David Freese also collected three knocks to help make a winner of Trevor Williams, who tossed a career-high seven innings while evening his record at 3-3.
- 2022 – The Pirates showcased a couple of the kids in taking a 2-1 victory from the D-Backs at PNC Park. Roansy Contreras made his fourth career start, allowing one unearned run and four hits in 5-2/3 innings while striking out eight and walking two. But it wasn’t quite strong enough as Pittsburgh was held to just three hits by Arizona’s Zach Davies and were down, 1-0, in the ninth inning. They had to go through ex-Bucco closer Mark Melanchon to rally, and it took just two batters to do just that – Bryan Reynolds led off with a single and 23-year-old rookie outfielder Jack Suwinski dropped a ball over the Clemente Wall after a nine-pitch battle, raising the Jolly Roger with his first walk-off homer. Three Pirates relievers tossed hitless ball after Roansy, with Chris Stratton picking up the win in front of 19,149 sun-drenched Saturday afternoon fans.
- 2024 – The Bucco homestand started with some big-time player shufflin’. C Henry Davis returned to the show while RHP Ben Heller, OF Jack Suwinski and IF Liover Peguero were all recalled from Indy. UT Ji Hwan Bae went on the 10-day IL (injury undisclosed), C Grant Koch was DFA’ed, LHP Jose Hernandez was optioned back to Indy and CF Michael A. Taylor was placed on the Paternity List. The day before, C Jason Delay (knee) was removed from the IL and optioned to Indy while LHP Marcos Gonzales (left forearm) was moved from the 15-day to 60-day IL.
- 2024 – Current Padres and former Pirates IF Tucupita Marcano, 24, was permanently banned from MLB after violating the league’s gambling policy. It was found that he bet on Pirates games while a member of Pittsburgh’s roster (hence the lifetime curb), albeit inactive on the IL, and also wagering on other big league games. The team response was “We are…fully supportive of Major League Baseball’s ruling…(as) protecting the integrity of our game is paramount.”
Source: https://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2025/06/64-from-1955-game-tales-cutch-debut.html
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