Jun 9, 2021 2 min read

ON THIS DATE

June 11

1957 – Penn State’s baseball team edges Notre Dame 5-4 to win a berth in the finals of the College World Series in Omaha. Neb.

1981 – Following Seattle’s 8-2 win over Baltimore, major league players go on strike.

1987 – Paula Sculimbrene hits a home run – the first ever at Doc Norcross Stadium in Shippensburg during a high school playoff game – and Chartiers-Houston defeats Linesville 6-2 in the PIAA Class AA softball semifinals.

1998 – Washington becomes the first team from the Washington-Greene County area to win a PIAA baseball championship, defeating Wyalussing, 13-3, in five innings in Harrisburg. Joe Gregula drives in four runs.

1998 – Carmichaels caps a 26-0 season by rallying for a 5-2 victory over South Williamsport in the PIAA Class A softball championship game in Shippensburg. Megan Bandish drives in the game-tying run and scores the go-ahead run on an error.

2001 – With his team having the worst record in the National League at 19-41 and well on its way to a ninth consecutive losing season under his watch, Cam Bonifay is fired as senior vice president and general manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Roy Smith, a former major league pitcher and assistant to Bonifay, is named interim general manager.

2002 – Ed Olczyk, a 36-year-old former NHL player and broadcaster, is hired by the Pittsburgh Penguins to be their new coach, replacing the fired Rick Kehoe.

2002 – Dan Pallante resigns as athletic director and head football coach at Canon-McMillan High School. Pallante had a 20-19 record in four seasons with the Big Macs.

2003 – In one of the most unusual major league games, six Houston pitchers combine to no-hit the New York Yankees, 8-0. After starter Roy Oswalt leaves with an injury, Pete Munro, Kirk Saarloos, Brad Lidge, Octavio Dotel and Billy Wagner hold the Yankees hitless at home for the first time since 1952.