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May 6

1951 – Left-hander Cliff Chambers throws a no-hitter as the Pittsburgh Pirates blank the Boston Braves 3-0 in the second game of a doubleheader. Chambers struggles with his control, walking eight. He was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals a few weeks later.

1964 – Carmichaels High School takes the team title and West Greene’s Doug Crouse sets the meet record by winning the mile run in 4:41 at the Greene County Track Meet.

1968 – Washington High School wins the team title at the Washington County Coaches Association track meet held at Wash High Stadium. Trinity sprinter Mark Bates wins the MVP trophy with victories in the 100- and 440-yard dashes. Washington’s Chuck Eneix wins the shot put and discus, setting school and meet records in the discus with a throw of 154-0 3/4.

1974 – Washington dominates the sprints and relays to win the team title at the 11th Washington County Coaches Track Meet. Wash High’s Steve Hull is named the meet’s Most Valuable Performer by winning the 220- and 440-yard dashes and finishing second in the 100.

1985 – Ringgold’s Pierre Roddy wins the long jump, triple jump and pole vault, and was named Outstanding Athlete, at the Washington County Coaches Track Meet. Washington wins the team title.

1988 – Ringgold sprinter Brad Ferrara wins the 100-meter dash at the Baldwin Invitational in 10.7 seconds.

1988 – Pittsburgh’s Sid Bream hits a three-run walk-off homer in the 12th inning to give the Pirates a 4-1 win over San Diego at Three Rivers Stadium. It caps an emotional day in the Steel City after Mayor Richard Caliguri died in his sleep overnight. Caliguri had been tireless in his efforts to prevent the financially challenged Pirates from moving to another city.

1994 – The Continental Basketball Association announces that Robert Murphy, owner of Quicksilver Golf Club, has purchased the La Crosse (Wis.) Catbirds from Norman L. Gillett Sr. and D.B. Reinhart. Murphy plans to move the team to Pittsburgh for the 1994-95 season.

1994 – Anthony Young wins as a starter for the first time in more than two years as the Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 10-1. The win ends Young’s 29-game losing streak as a starter.

2005 – Jeff Hand resigns as football coach at Waynesburg College to take the same job with Presidents’ Athletic Conference rival Westminster.

2011 – Waynesburg wins its first baseball section title since 1999 by defeating host Fort Cherry 10-0 in five innings to cop the Section 2-AA championship.