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April 10 -- Lanny Frattare makes his major league broadcast booth debut as the Pirates defeat the Philadelphia Phillies, 5-4, at Veterans Stadium.
August 9 -- The 500th game in Three Rivers Stadium history turns out to be one of the most memorable as John Candelaria throws the first-ever no-hit, no-run game by a Pirates' pitcher in Pittsburgh, a 2-0 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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| 1979 |
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October 17 -- In Game Seven at Baltimore, Willie Stargell's third World Series homer lifts the Pirates to a 4-1 win and their fifth World Championship. Stargell is named Series MVP after the Pirates erase a three-games-to-one deficit and ground the Orioles. |
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| 1982 |
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July 21 -- Willie Stargell hits his club record 475th home run, an eighth-inning, game-winning, pinch-hit solo shot at Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium. |
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| 1990 |
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September 21 -- Barry Bonds becomes the first Pirates' player (and just the second major leaguer) in history to hit 30 or more homers and steal 50 or more bases in the same season. |
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| 1994 |
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July 12 -- The largest crowd in Pittsburgh baseball history, 59,568, turns out as Three Rivers Stadium plays host to baseball's 65th All-Star Game. In a Midsummer Classic that is truly a classic Tony Gwynn leads off the 10th with a single and comes around to score the game-winning run in dramatic fashion on a double by Moises Alou as the National League posts an 8-7 victory. |
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| 1996 |
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February 14 -- Kevin McClatchy and his financial partners purchase the Pirates and save the franchise from a move out of Pittsburgh by other potential buyers. |
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| 1997 |
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July 12 -- In front of a sellout crowd at Three Rivers, Mark Smith's pinch-hit, three-run homer in the bottom of the 10th caps off a no-hitter by Francisco Cordova (nine innings) and Ricardo Rincon (one inning), the first combined, extra-inning no-hitter in major league history. |
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| 1999 |
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April 7 -- PNC Park ceremonial groundbreaking takes place and the Sixth Street Bridge is renamed the Roberto Clemente Bridge. |
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October 1 -- A crowd of 55,351, the largest ever to see a regular season baseball game in Pittsburgh, watches the Pirates fall to the Chicago Cubs, 10-9, in the final game at Three Rivers Stadium. |
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