Aug 21, 2020 3 min read

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Aug. 22

1917 – Pittsburgh’s Carson Bigbee sets a major league record – since tied – with 11 at-bats in a 22-inning game against Brooklyn. The Pirates’ Elmer Jacobs pitches 16 consecutive scoreless innings of relief before allowing the game-winning run.

1958 – Robert K. Moore of Claysville wins the National small bore rifle championship in Camp Perry, Ohio. Moore scores 6,385 points out of a possible 6,400.

1960 – Jim Martin throws a four-hit shutout with 13 strikeouts, and catcher Michael Washinski hits a two-run homer as Washington defeats New Bedford, Mass., in the Pony League World Series.

1968 – John Unice, former outstanding playmaker and scorer at Washington & Jefferson, is hired as head basketball coach at Washington High School.

1972 – Jamie Pattison pitches a six-hit shutout as Washington wins its opening game in the 21st Pony League World Series, 6-0 over Carolina, P.R. Buck Bakaitis drives in three runs for Washington, which makes its first World Series appearance in 12 years.

1972 – Pittsburgh’s Nelson Briles pitches a one-hit shutout as the Pirates defeat the San Francisco Giants, 1-0, at Candlestick Park. The Giants’ only hit is Ken Harrelson’s line-drive single off the glove of first baseman Willie Stargell in the seventh inning. He’s the Giants’ only baserunner.

1976 – Gary Columbus hits a home run in the bottom of the sixth inning to break a tie and give Monongahela a 3-2 victory over Sylmar, Calif., in the Pony League World Series. The win puts Monongahela in the finals.

1982 – Bryan Howell hits a leadoff home run and Washington goes on to an 11-4 victory over Oak Park-River Forest, Ill., in the Pony League World Series.

1984 – United States Football League owners vote to conduct one final season of spring football in 1985, then shift to the fall in 1986.

1985 – Future major league pitcher Marc Pisciotta takes a no-hitter into the seventh inning and Marietta, Ga., beats Washington, 7-0, to win the Pony League World Series.

1998 – Chinese Taipei defeats Washington 4-0 in the championship game of the Pony League Wold Series before 4,500 at Lew Hays Pony Field.

Aug. 23

1959 – Relief ace Elroy Face picks up his 16th straight victory of the season, and his 21st over a two-season span, as the Pittsburgh Pirates defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers, 4-3, in the second game of a doubleheader.

1970 – Pittsburgh’s Roberto Clemente’s 10th consecutive hit over two games powers the Pirates to an 11-0 victory over the host Los Angeles Dodgers.

1982 – Washington overcomes a 3-0 deficit and defeats Del City, Okla., 11-4, in the semifinals of the Pony League World Series. Andy McIlvaine, Dave Hower and J.J. Heider hit consecutive home runs for Washington in the third inning. Current Oklahoma State football coach Mike Gundy scores the game’s first run for Del City.

1986 – Pittsburgh Pirates players Barry Bonds and Barry Jones, along with instructor Bill Virdon, conduct a baseball clinic at Peterswood Park as part of Peters Township Community Day.

1994 – Former Pittsburgh Steelers linebackers Jack Ham and Jack Lambert, cornerbacks Mel Blount and Rod Woodson, defensive tackle Joe Greene and center Mike Webster are named to the NFL’s All-Time Team in conjunction with the league’s 75th anniversary.

1997 – Hours after being eliminated from finals contention, Washington defeats eventual champion Danville, Calif., 3-0, as Patrick Sadler pitches a two-hitter with 16 strikeouts at the Pony League World Series.

2005 – Pennsylvania’s 14 state-owned universities and the union representing their non-faculty coaches reach a contract agreement that averts a strike during the fall sports season.