5/28 From 1980: Key Crank, Duelin', Jay's 6-Gamer, Mack Daddy, Big Innings, On-Base Bonds, Game Days, Candy Shopped
- 1985 – Bob Hertzel of the Pittsburgh Press wrote that the Pirates recently deposed GM, Pete Peterson, was talking trade with the Detroit Tigers by dangling lefty John Candelaria, who was approaching his 5-and-10 year veteran trade status. While the return package was just speculation, it was thought that Pirates were interested in OF Larry Herndon, RHP Juan Berenguer and 3B/C Marty Castillo in some combination. The deal had some legs; scouts for both sides were visiting one another’s farms and the brass said they’d continue to talk even with Pete gone. Candy Man was being shopped hard and eventually ended up with the Angels as part of a six-man deal on August 2nd.
- 1988 – The Pirates whipped the Reds 5-2 at Riverfront Stadium behind an unstoppable leadoff man Barry Bonds. BB went 2-for-2 and walked three times, scoring three runs with an RBI to rev the Bucco engine. Bobby Bonilla and Darnell Coles both added a single and double to help Bob Walk to earn the win following a Bob Kipper hold & Jeff Robinson save.
- 1990 – Memorial Day seemed like it was going to be more memorable for Dodger pitcher Tim Belcher, who was working on a one-hitter through eight innings at TRS, than anything the Bucs would do. But in the end, the Pirates provided the holiday fireworks, scoring five times in the ninth off two Dodger relievers to take an improbable 6-5 win from LA. The Bucs trimmed the lead to 5-3 and loaded the bases with two down in the final frame. With the runners going, Chico Lind spanked a full count liner through the right side. Bobby Bo scored and RF’er Hubie Brooks tried to cut down the tying run, Gary Redus, at the plate. The throw was up the line and C Mike Scioscia tried to snatch the ball and swipe the runner while still blocking the dish. His ballet by the plate didn’t pan out; he whiffed on the throw entirely and it rolled to the back wall, allowing Don Slaught to lumber in from first to score the game winner for Bill Landrum, who had worked the ninth frame for Pittsburgh. The game did have a hot sidebar; a continuation of a beanball war, although denied by the several pitchers involved, led to a couple of loud confrontations and the ejection of the Pirates Randy Kramer.
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| Chico Lind – 1990 Topps Sticker |
- 2001 – The Pirates put up a seven-spot in the eighth to erase a 5-1 deficit against the Marlins at PNC Park and send the fans home happy with an 8-5 victory on Memorial Day. The big frame featured a little of everything, from two Fish errors to a three-run bomb by Pat Meares, before Mike Williams sealed the deal with a scoreless ninth to save Jose Mesa’s win. Pirates starter Omar Oliveras was long gone while the Miami loss was absorbed by former Bucco reliever Dan Miceli.
- 2004 – In the lidlifter of a twin bill, utilityman Rob Mackowiak smacked a two-out, walk-off grand slam for a 9-5 Pirates victory barely nine hours after his wife, Jennifer, gave birth to their first child, Garrett Matthew. Chicago’s Matt Clement had a tough outing with a wild pitch and plunks of Bobby Hill, Jason Kendall and Craig Wilson in the fifth frame of the opener (the three HBP in an inning tied the modern era MLB record), opening the gates to a four-run frame. In the second game, Mack drilled a two-run shot in the ninth, the 500th homer at PNC Park, into the same right center field seats as the one he hit three hours earlier to send the nitecap into extra innings, later won by Craig Wilson’s 10th inning homer, for a 5-4 sweep of the Cubs. It was the first time since 1967 that a team won both ends of a doubleheader via walk-off homers.
- 2006 – The Pirates lost to the Astros 5-4 at PNC Park. Houston scored four times in the ninth inning off three different Pirate pitchers to tie the game, then won it in the 10th on a Preston Wilson knock off Salomon Torres. The game did have a bright side. Jason Bay homered off Fernando Nieve in the fourth frame to run his consecutive game HR streak to six contests, the second longest in Pirate history after Dale Long’s 1956 eight-game streak, that started on the 22nd against Arizona’s Orlando Hernandez. Bay had a pair of bombs on the 20th, too, giving him nine home runs in nine games.
- 2011 – Four Pirates (Andrew McCutchen, Lyle Overbay, Chris Snyder and Ronnie Cedeno) went long off three different Chicago pitchers as Pittsburgh whipped the Cubs, 10-1, at Wrigley Field. Paul Maholm dominated the Bruins, tossing a three-hitter for the complete game victory.
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| Neil Walker – 2013 Topps |
- 2013 – The Bucs rode strong pitching and an 11th-inning home run by Neil Walker off Jose Ortega to edge the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park 1-0 despite striking out 14 times. Jeanmar Gomez and Rick Porcello started the game while Jason Grilli finished it in style with swinging strikeouts of Motown’s Torii Hunter, Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder. It was “Grilled Cheese” Grilli’s 21st save and preserved Mark “The Shark” Melancon’s first win as a Pirate.
- 2022 – With a fireworks crowd of 38,000+ on hand at Petco Park, the Padres carried a 2-1 lead into the ninth against the Bucs with Taylor Rogers on the hill. Diego Castillo opened with a double and Tucupita Marcano walked. An out later, Ke’Bryan Hayes came up looking for his first homer of the season – he had gone 173 PAs/151 ABs without a long ball – and he ended both his streak and Rogers’, who hadn’t given up a dinger all year, when he sent a slider over the wall in straightaway center for an unlikely 4-2 comeback win. Hayes joined good company – the last player to go 150 or more at bats without a homer to begin a season and then hit a go-ahead homer in the ninth frame or later for his first was Tony Gwynn on June 5, 1996, per Stats by Stats. Key had three of the Pirates eight hits after sitting out the series opener with a sore back. JT Brubaker started, Anthony Banda was credited with the win, and Dave Bednar got the save; The Friars stranded 16 runners against bend-but-don’t-break Bucco pitching. Closer Bednar was part of the Joe Musgrove deal, and Big Joe was the night’s San Diego starter.
- 2025 – For the fifth time in seven games, the bats continued to boom for the Bucs, again putting up five+ runs. Paul Skenes finally got some support (his mates had averaged fewer than two runs per outing for him: today was his first win in six May starts, despite a 1.91 ERA for the month), leaving in the seventh frame (four hits, seven Ks in 6-2/3 IP) with an 8-0 bulge at Arizona on the way to an eventual 10-1 dub. Oneil Cruz homered w/three RBI, Isiah Kiner-Falefa had three hits/three runs scored/two RBI and Henry Davis & Jared Triolo added a pair of knocks.
Source: https://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2026/05/528-from-1980-key-crank-duelin-jays-6.html
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