7/5 From 1980: Skenes, B-Rey, Rowdy Keep the Fireworks Boomin', Kip Gem, 10 In-A-Row, Wil Plates Six, Bonds Family Affair; HBD Felipe
- 1982 – Pittsburgh’s first two hitters of the game, Omar Moreno and Johnny Ray, homered off Houston’s Joe Niekro at TRS, but Niekro ended up with the last laugh in a 6-4 Astro win capped by Phil Garner’s three-run blast (Ray and Garner had been swapped for one another at the 1981 deadline). It gave the ‘Stros a six-game winning streak against the Bucs, a string that ended the next day when Larry McWilliams’ five-hitter carried the club to a 1-0 victory.
- 1985 – Not only is the season a marathon, but sometimes even the games are. The Pirates and Padres went through three rain delays and 12 innings of play at TRS in a game that ended at 1:41 AM. After giving up two runs in the top of the 12th, the Bucs scored three times in their half to take a 5-4 win from the Friars. San Diego tied it in the ninth, 2-2, to take it into extras and pulled ahead on Tony Gywnn’s two-out, two-run knock. The Pirates came right back; two singles and a walk juiced the sacks and Bill Madlock’s two-bagger knotted the score again. An out later, Johnny Ray’s sac fly put it to bed, giving Rick Reuschel the blown save/win duo. Mad Dog had three hits and three RBI while Marvell Wynne also posted three knocks and crossed the plate twice.
- 1988 – Andy Van Slyke, Sid Bream, Jim Gott, Spanky LaValliere and Bobby Bonilla held a players-only meeting before playing San Diego at Jack Murphy Stadium after losing three in a row to fall 7-1/2 games off the lead. They preached a team vs an individual approach and then went out and won that night, 3-2, as AVS backed his talk when he homered and stole a base. The big play came with an out in the ninth when C Junior Ortiz withstood a runaway John Kruk collision at home to keep the tying run from scoring. Bob Walk got the win with Barry Jones earning the save. The meeting didn’t help long term; the Mets took the crown by winning 100 games to the Bucs’ 85 victories.
- 1989 – Barry Bonds homered in Pirates’ 6-4 loss to the SF Giants at Three Rivers Stadium, giving him and his dad Bobby the MLB father-and-son home run record with 408. The Bells (Gus & Buddy) and the Berras (Yogi & Dale) formerly shared the record of 407. Gus and Dale both played for the Bucs, so the Pirates had a claim on all three slugging “Killer B” families.
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| Barry joined poppa Bobby to set the father-son HR mark – 1989 Score. |
- 1991 – LHP Felipe Vazquez (formerly Rivero) was born in San Felipe, Venezuela. The lefty joined the Bucs from the Nats in 2016 as part of the Mark Melancon deal and established himself as a solid setup man. The following year, the Pirates traded closer Tony Watson and Vasquez stepped into his role, featuring a 100 MPH fastball, slider and changeup combo. His career circled the drain when he was arrested for child pornography and sexual assault charges in 2019.
- 2000 – Wil Cordero drove in six runs with a pair of long balls to lead the Bucs to a 9-6 win against the Cubs at Wrigley Field. Aramis Ramirez also added a homer. Jimmy Anderson went five innings for the win and Scott Sauerbeck, Jason Christiansen & Mike Williams brought it home.
- 2004 – Pittsburgh won its 10th straight game, 3-1, over the Florida Marlins at Pro Player Stadium as Kip Wells outdueled Josh Beckett. Wells gave up four hits and K’ed eight in a scoreless eight-inning outing and then had to sweat out a shaky Jose Silva save. Abraham Nunez homered in the win. The streak, which was the highlight of an 89-loss season, ended the next day. The Pirates actually played well through July and were just two games under .500 on the 27th, but the dog days of August and September wilted the record of Lloyd McClendon’s charges.
- 2005 – Kip Wells scattered four hits and punched out a dozen Phils as he went wire-to-wire for a 3-0 victory at PNC Park. The shutout was the second (and last) complete-game whitewash of his 12-year career. Jason Bay had three hits and provided the big blow with a two-run blast in the fifth while Matt Lawton’s double plated the other score to topple Philadelphia.
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| Kip Wells – 2005 Topps Heritage |
- 2015 – The Bucs used a big inning to take a 5-3 win over the Cleveland Indians at PNC Park. The Pirates trailed, 3-0, entering the fifth frame before plating five runs off Danny Salazar on a two-run homer from Pedro Alvarez, a run-scoring single from Neil Walker and a two-run double from Andrew McCutchen. The Pittsburgh Kid and Cutch banged their game-tying and game-winning hits with two away. Gerrit Cole earned his league-leading 12th win by tossing eight innings of five-hit ball and striking out five. Cole tied Ken Brett (1974), ElRoy Face (1959) and Rip Sewell (1943) for the second-most dubs prior to the All-Star break in Pirates history behind only Dock Ellis’ 14-win start in 1971. Mark Melancon earned his 27th save by tossing a 1-2-3 ninth inning.
- 2021 – The Bucs had a big night, beating Atlanta at PNC Park by an 11-1 count. They were led by some unlikely suspects. Chase De Jong won his first MLB game since 2018, escaping a testy 36-pitch first-inning by allowing just a run and then following with four shutout frames. OF Ben Gamel was big with three hits, including two homers, three runs scored and a career-high six runs chased home. John Nogowski, just bought from the Cards and hitting .096, had two hits, a walk, three tallies and his first MLB RBI. The Bucs first six batters each had multiple hits.
- 2024 – The fans lined up early to catch rookie Paul Skenes in action during the holiday weekend and it was worth the effort. The Pirates hosted their second sellout of the season with 37,037 rooters packing PNC Park and Skenes went seven innings, giving up two runs on four hits with two walks and eight K to run his record to 5-0 as the Buccos rolled over the Mets, 14-2. He had all the help he needed from Bryan Reynolds, who hit two homers, including his third career grand slam, and plated six runs while Rowdy Tellez also had a pair, including his own granny (he has four now) to chase home five runs. The team spanked seven dingers as Jack Suwinski, Yaz Grandal and Michael A. Taylor also added bombs to the Bucco swag bag. OptaSTAT went diggin’ deep and discovered that Reynolds and Tellez were the first pair of teammates in MLB history to hit multiple homers including a grand slam in the same game. It was the fifth time the team banged seven long balls in a game (and just the second time in Pgh, with the first in 1947), and the scoreboard ran a crawler in the eighth inning saying the park had run out of post-homer fireworks.
Source: https://oldbucs.blogspot.com/2025/07/75-from-1980-skenes-b-rey-rowdy-keep.html
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