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ON THIS DATE
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.