This Day in Pirates History, April 13th
On this day in 1960, the Pirates:
Beat the Phillies, 13-0 at Forbes Field.
Phillies starter Cal McLish lasted only 2 2/3 innings and gave up a 1st-inning homer to Bill Mazeroski as the Pirates trounced the Phils, 13-0. Maz and Clemente, who notched a two-RBI double in the bottom of the 3rd, gave starter Vern Law all the offense he would need on this day by staking him to a 5-0 lead at the end of three. Law pitched a complete game shutout, struck out two and walked none as the Pirates evened their record at 1-1 on the young season.
Vern Law, not afraid to pitch while wearing a batting helmet.
On this day in 1971, the Pirates:
Beat the Phillies, 9-3 in Philadelphia.
The Pirates were trailing 3-0 in the 5th when Manny Sanguillen hit a three-run homer to tie it. Sanguillen would have never had the chance to hit with men aboard if Phillies' second baseman Tony Taylor would have fielded Richie Hebner's ground ball cleanly. Instead, Taylor muffed the play, Clemente followed with a single and Sanguillen followed with the homer, all three runs unearned. The game remained knotted until the 8th when Pirates shortstop Jackie Hernandez and Nellie Briles, the winning pitcher on this day, smacked back-to-back home runs.
Manny Sanguillen, continually focused on being my Dad's baseball hero.
On this day in 1979, the Pirates:
Beat the Cardinals at Three Rivers Stadium, 7-6.
Again, I am perplexed by the attendance figure. Only 4,395 people showed up to the game. I mean, even today's Pirates draw more people than that. I'm done trying to figure out the attendance...if anyone who reads this can tell me why the Pirates were only drawing about 5,000 people/game in the early stages of the 1979 season, please advise. I'd really like to know.
As far as the game, it was a back-and-forth nail-biter all day. Jim Bibby picked up the win, Grant Jackson the save, and first baseman John Milner was the offensive hero as his two-run shot in the 7th inning broke a 5-5 tie.
Jim Bibby, Pirates pitcher. Judging from the stands, this photo was taken during the actual game.
Beat the Phillies, 13-0 at Forbes Field.
Phillies starter Cal McLish lasted only 2 2/3 innings and gave up a 1st-inning homer to Bill Mazeroski as the Pirates trounced the Phils, 13-0. Maz and Clemente, who notched a two-RBI double in the bottom of the 3rd, gave starter Vern Law all the offense he would need on this day by staking him to a 5-0 lead at the end of three. Law pitched a complete game shutout, struck out two and walked none as the Pirates evened their record at 1-1 on the young season.
Vern Law, not afraid to pitch while wearing a batting helmet.On this day in 1971, the Pirates:
Beat the Phillies, 9-3 in Philadelphia.
The Pirates were trailing 3-0 in the 5th when Manny Sanguillen hit a three-run homer to tie it. Sanguillen would have never had the chance to hit with men aboard if Phillies' second baseman Tony Taylor would have fielded Richie Hebner's ground ball cleanly. Instead, Taylor muffed the play, Clemente followed with a single and Sanguillen followed with the homer, all three runs unearned. The game remained knotted until the 8th when Pirates shortstop Jackie Hernandez and Nellie Briles, the winning pitcher on this day, smacked back-to-back home runs.
Manny Sanguillen, continually focused on being my Dad's baseball hero.On this day in 1979, the Pirates:
Beat the Cardinals at Three Rivers Stadium, 7-6.
Again, I am perplexed by the attendance figure. Only 4,395 people showed up to the game. I mean, even today's Pirates draw more people than that. I'm done trying to figure out the attendance...if anyone who reads this can tell me why the Pirates were only drawing about 5,000 people/game in the early stages of the 1979 season, please advise. I'd really like to know.
As far as the game, it was a back-and-forth nail-biter all day. Jim Bibby picked up the win, Grant Jackson the save, and first baseman John Milner was the offensive hero as his two-run shot in the 7th inning broke a 5-5 tie.
Jim Bibby, Pirates pitcher. Judging from the stands, this photo was taken during the actual game.
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