May 7, 2021 3 min read

ON THIS DATE

May 8

1929 – Carl Hubbell of the New York Giants pitches a no-hitter against the Pittsburgh Pirates, the first by a left-hander in the majors in 13 seasons.

1963 – For the second time, Willie Stargell of the Pittsburgh Pirates hits a home run that travels out of Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. Stargell connects on a pitch from the Dodgers’ Andy Messersmith and the ball hits the roof of the right-field pavilion and caroms off a bus in the parking lot.

1972 – Peters Township wins the two-mile relay to force a tie with Canon-McMillan for the team title at the County Coaches Track Meet. Charleroi’s Jack Patrick is named the Outstanding Performer after winning the 880-yard and mile runs, and placing second in the 440.

1979 – California State College sweeps a baseball doubleheader at Indiana for the first time in 16 years, winning 4-1 and 11-4, to clinch the PSAC West Division championship.

2008 – Canon-McMillan wins the final event of the meet, the 1,600-meter relay, to clinch the WPIAL Class AAA Boys Team Track & Field championship.

2014 – Logan Bowman was one error away from throwing a perfect game, settling for a five-inning no-hitter in Jefferson-Morgan’s 13-0 win at Geibel Catholic. Bowman didn’t walk a batter and struck out the side in the first, second, fourth and fifth innings.

May 9

1951 – Harry Diehl of Mt. Morris High School sets a meet record by winning the mile run in 4:48.6 at the Greene County Track Meet in Carmichaels. Cumberland Township dominates the field events to win the team title.

1954 – Washington & Jefferson College head football coach Joe McMullen resigns after two seasons to become the coach at Akron University.

1961 – Washington wins the mile relay – the final running event of the competition – to win the team title in the County Coaches Track Meet at Wash High Stadium. The Little Presidents’ Ted Vactor (120-yard high hurdles and 180 low hurdles) is the meet’s only double winner.

1962 – Canon-McMillan has five individual winners and wins the team title at the Washington County Coaches Track Meet at Wash High Stadium. Washington’s Bob Stock sets a meet record of 22-3 1/2 while winning the long jump. Stock also wins the high jump and is the meet’s only double winner.

1967 – John Buchanan of Washington wins the 2-mile race and breaks the meet record by more than eight seconds in helping the Little Presidents win the team title at the Washington County Coaches Track Meet.

1977 – Washington’s Tom Wise wins the 100-, 200- and 440-yard dashes, the latter in a meet record 49.7 seconds, as the Little Prexies win the team title at the Washington County Coaches Track Meet.

1988 – Dave Senay wins the discus and Chris Brown finishes first in the 1,600 meters to lead Washington High School to the team title at the Washington County Coaches Boys Track Meet.

1989 – Bentworth’s Perry DiNardo throws a no-hitter as the Bearcats’ baseball team beats Mon Valley Catholic 6-0 in Section 19-AA. DiNardo strikes out six and walks six. The Bearcats’ Jeff Babirad goes 3-for-3 with two triples.

2017 – Jefferson-Morgan’s baseball team holds on for an 11-10 victory over visiting Greensburg Central Catholic to give veteran coach John Curtis his 350th career victory. The win also clinches at least a share of the Section 2-A title for the Rockets.