4/28 From 1980: Rooks Romp, Locke Down, Cutch Clutch, Duelin', Game Days, Clint's 700th; HBD Kyle, Dan, Romulo, David & Yoslan
- 1981 – RHP Yoslan Herrera was born in Pinar Del Rio, Cuba. Yoslan defected from Cuba in 2005 and the Bucs signed him in 2006. After a solid minor league resume, he was called up to Pittsburgh in 2008, where he went 1-1/5.81 in five starts as a 27-year-old. He had a good year in the minors in 2009, but was released by the Bucs and picked up by the Twins, who also cut him. He was out of pro ball for a couple of years, came back pitching for an indie team and had a last hurrah with the Angels, going 1-1/2.70 in 20 games. The 33-year-old asked for his release to pitch in Japan and tossed there for a year to end his pro career.
- 1983 – 3B David Freese was born in Corpus Christi. He began his career in St Louis and had a dream postseason in 2011, winning the NLCS and World Series MVP honors along with the Babe Ruth Award. Freese was traded to the Angels in 2014 and signed a one-year FA contract with the Pirates worth $3M in March of 2016 to fill the dance card while Jung Ho Kang recuperated from leg injuries suffered the season before. Freeser held up his end, hitting .270 w/13 HR and the Pirates inked him to a two-year agreement during the season with a guaranteed $11M/team option year that put him under team control through 2019. That deal proved a godsend after Kang was picked up for DUI during the winter. He held a starter’s job in 2017 (.263/10 HR), was bumped to the bench in 2018 by Colin Moran, and went to the Dodgers. Freese retired after the 2019 campaign.
- 1984 – RHP Romulo Sanchez was born in Carora, Venezuela. He spent two years with the Pirates in 2007-08, going 1-0-1/4.60 in 26 outings. He finished with the Yankees in 2010, then tossed in Japan and China. He worked a year in Mexico and pitched in the Venezuelan Winter League through 2021-22.
- 1986 – LHP Danny Moskos was born in Greenville, South Carolina. He was the fourth overall pick of the 2007 draft by the Pirates out of Clemson. GM Dave Littlefield announced that they projected Moskos as a closer, raising a storm of criticism from the fans and media who were anticipating Josh Vitters (who was taken one pick ahead of Moskos and fizzled) Matt Wieters (who signed for $6M and thus fit into the “too-cheap Pirates” narrative, taken next after Moskos), or perhaps Jason Heyward (who was the 14th pick) to be the selection. Moskos was signed by scout Greg Schilz to a $2.475M deal, but ended up a bust. He tossed for part of the 2011 season for the Bucs in his only MLB campaign, going 1-1/2.96 but with serious control issues. He last pitched in the Mexican League in 2018 and then retired; he’s now a pitching coach for the Miami Marlins.
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| Danny Moskos – 2007 Bowman |
- 1988 – The Pirates continued to sizzle through April, running their record to 15-5 with a 10-inning 2-1 victory over the Giants at Candlestick Park. It was also a sweet night for relievers Jeff Robinson and Jim Gott, who got the win and save respectively against their old teammates in their first series against the G-Men as Buccos. Runs were hard to come by; the Pirates tied it in the eighth when Darnell Coles led off with a double, then came home after a bouncer and sac fly. The Bucs won in the 10th when Bobby Bonilla opened with a single, was bunted to second and plated on Coles soft flare into right, with the game winner coming off ex-Pittsburgh hurler Don Robinson.
- 1989 – The Pirates had dropped their last three contests, scoring only twice, and gave John Smiley just one tally to work with. But this time it was enough; he outgunned ex-Bucco Rick Reuschel 1-0, spinning a four-hitter with five K at TRS. The Bucs stranded a leadoff triple and later, a leadoff double before finally plating in the sixth – on a bases loaded walk! Glenn Wilson, who had fanned his last at-bat by fishing for outside stuff, was up with two outs and the sacks jammed when Big Daddy again worked him away, but once bitten, twice shy – Wilson laid off the wide ones this time to draw a five-pitch walk that forced Jose Lind home from third to earn the game-winning RBI the easy way.
- 1993 – RHP Kyle Keller was born in Metairie, Louisiana. He went to Southeast Louisiana University, was drafted in the middle rounds by the Marlins in 2015, was traded to the Angels and then sold to Pittsburgh at the start of the 2021 campaign. KK got off to a strong start at Indy and was called up to the Pirates in May. His minor league success didn’t carry over, and he settled in as a long reliever. Kyle was released at the end of the year and signed with the Hanshin Tigers of the Nippon League. He pitched in Japan through 2025 and returned to sign with the Boston Red Sox organization.
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| Kyle Keller – 2021 photo Charles Leclaire/Imagn Images |
- 2010 – The Pirates defeated the Brewers for the second consecutive game after 22 straight losses in Milwaukee to turn the page and take the series at Miller Field with a 6-5, 14-inning victory. The Bucs tied the game in the ninth on a Ryan Doumit homer off Trevor Hoffman (the second straight game that Hoffman, the all-time saves leader, had blown a save against the Bucs) and went ahead in the 10th on a Cutch long ball, his second big fly of the game mixed in among his four hits. The Brew Crew came back to tie it off Octavio Dotel, who left the bases full of Brewers before escaping the frame. The good guys won when Garrett Jones doubled home Akinori Iwamura with two down in the 14th frame while DJ Carrasco worked three innings of scoreless, one-hit relief for the victory.
- 2013 – The Bucs beat St. Louis 9-0 behind rookie Jeff Locke’s seven-inning, three-hit performance at Busch Stadium to take the division lead. C Russ Martin had three hits – a pair of homers and a double – while RF Garrett Jones also had three knocks, including a long ball and two-bagger. The victory was Clint Hurdle’s 700th win as a big league manager. The Bucs turned the corner during this campaign with their first winning season since 1992 and a second place finish in the NL Central with 94 wins. They beat the Reds in the Wild Card and advanced to the NLDS where they lost in five games to the Cards.
- 2017 – Pittsburgh reeled in the Fish 12-2 at Marlins Park, sparked by an eight-run second inning that saw eight straight Bucs reach base after two outs. Winning pitcher Jameson Taillon struck out with the bases loaded twice, saving Miami further embarrassment. Jordy Mercer homered, but the attack was led by two rookies who had started the year at Indy, OF Jose Osuna and 2B Gift Ngoepe. Jose went 4-for-5 with a free pass; Gift collected three knocks and walked twice as the duo reached base safely 10 times in 11 appearances. Ngoepe became the first Pirate since Eddie Moore in 1923 to reach base five times in his first MLB start. It was also the first time since August of 2013 that the Pirates hit three triples (Fran Cervelli, Ngoepe and Alen Hanson) in a game.
Source: https://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2026/04/428-from-1980-rooks-romp-locke-down.html
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