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This date in Pirates history-1971
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2018 4:04 pm
by JollyRoger
For all of us that witnessed the great Pirate teams of the 70’s; July 18, 1971 was a special day. The Bucs swept a double header from the Dodgers in front of a sell out crowd of 48,000 at TRS.
After a 3-2 first game win, Luke Walker went into the 9th inning of game 2 with a no hitter intact. Unfortunately Joe Ferguson hit a lead off HR to break up the no no. Walker finished the complete game one hitter winning 7-1. This gave the Pirates a 62-31 record.
Great memories!
This date in Pirates history-1971
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2018 8:29 pm
by skinnyhorse
5E7B78786D467B737166140 wrote: For all of us that witnessed the great Pirate teams of the 70’s; July 18, 1971 was a special day. The Bucs swept a double header from the Dodgers in front of a sell out crowd of 48,000 at TRS.
After a 3-2 first game win, Luke Walker went into the 9th inning of game 2 with a no hitter intact. Unfortunately Joe Ferguson hit a lead off HR to break up the no no. Walker finished the complete game one hitter winning 7-1. This gave the Pirates a 62-31 record.
Great memories!
So sad to see how far we have sunken.
This date in Pirates history-1971
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2018 8:49 pm
by Ecbucs
4F6A69697C576A626077050 wrote: For all of us that witnessed the great Pirate teams of the 70’s; July 18, 1971 was a special day. The Bucs swept a double header from the Dodgers in front of a sell out crowd of 48,000 at TRS.
After a 3-2 first game win, Luke Walker went into the 9th inning of game 2 with a no hitter intact. Unfortunately Joe Ferguson hit a lead off HR to break up the no no. Walker finished the complete game one hitter winning 7-1. This gave the Pirates a 62-31 record.
Great memories!
beating a dead horse here, but Joe Brown was only projecting 78-82 wins.
This date in Pirates history-1971
Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2018 12:35 am
by fjk090852-7
270100170111620 wrote: For all of us that witnessed the great Pirate teams of the 70’s; July 18, 1971 was a special day. The Bucs swept a double header from the Dodgers in front of a sell out crowd of 48,000 at TRS.
After a 3-2 first game win, Luke Walker went into the 9th inning of game 2 with a no hitter intact. Unfortunately Joe Ferguson hit a lead off HR to break up the no no. Walker finished the complete game one hitter winning 7-1. This gave the Pirates a 62-31 record.
Great memories!
beating a dead horse here, but Joe Brown was only projecting 78-82 wins.
My dad an I were at the doubleheader. The first game I believe ended in 10 or 11 innings. It was a very warm July day and I told Dad we could leave during the second game if the score got out of hand. My Dad followed the Pirates from the days of Trainor, the Waner brothers, Arky Vaughn as well as Cuyler. He never witnessed a no hitter and he said we have to stay to see if Walker could pitch a no hitter. I could not believe Ferguson hit the homer in the ninth. Unfortunately we did not see the no hitter , but that memory remains with me after Dad has been gone for several years.
This date in Pirates history-1971
Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2018 12:43 am
by Ecbucs
4E4243181118101D1A051F280 wrote: For all of us that witnessed the great Pirate teams of the 70’s; July 18, 1971 was a special day. The Bucs swept a double header from the Dodgers in front of a sell out crowd of 48,000 at TRS.
After a 3-2 first game win, Luke Walker went into the 9th inning of game 2 with a no hitter intact. Unfortunately Joe Ferguson hit a lead off HR to break up the no no. Walker finished the complete game one hitter winning 7-1. This gave the Pirates a 62-31 record.
Great memories!
beating a dead horse here, but Joe Brown was only projecting 78-82 wins.
My dad an I were at the doubleheader. The first game I believe ended in 10 or 11 innings. It was a very warm July day and I told Dad we could leave during the second game if the score got out of hand. My Dad followed the Pirates from the days of Trainor, the Waner brothers, Arky Vaughn as well as Cuyler. He never witnessed a no hitter and he said we have to stay to see if Walker could pitch a no hitter. I could not believe Ferguson hit the homer in the ninth. Unfortunately we did not see the no hitter , but that memory remains with me after Dad has been gone for several years.
nice memory, thanks for sharing. we used to go to a lot of doubleheaders in the 1970's. Seems like the Bucs played them on Memorial Day, Independence Day and Labor Day fairly regularly.
This date in Pirates history-1971
Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2018 1:00 am
by fjk090852-7
745253445242310 wrote: For all of us that witnessed the great Pirate teams of the 70’s; July 18, 1971 was a special day. The Bucs swept a double header from the Dodgers in front of a sell out crowd of 48,000 at TRS.
After a 3-2 first game win, Luke Walker went into the 9th inning of game 2 with a no hitter intact. Unfortunately Joe Ferguson hit a lead off HR to break up the no no. Walker finished the complete game one hitter winning 7-1. This gave the Pirates a 62-31 record.
Great memories!
beating a dead horse here, but Joe Brown was only projecting 78-82 wins.
My dad an I were at the doubleheader. The first game I believe ended in 10 or 11 innings. It was a very warm July day and I told Dad we could leave during the second game if the score got out of hand. My Dad followed the Pirates from the days of Trainor, the Waner brothers, Arky Vaughn as well as Cuyler. He never witnessed a no hitter and he said we have to stay to see if Walker could pitch a no hitter. I could not believe Ferguson hit the homer in the ninth. Unfortunately we did not see the no hitter , but that memory remains with me after Dad has been gone for several years.
nice memory, thanks for sharing. we used to go to a lot of doubleheaders in the 1970's. Seems like the Bucs played them on Memorial Day, Independence Day and Labor Day fairly regularly.
Can you recall those holiday doubleheader’s starting at 10:30 or 11 o’clock? You wake up and baseball games start very soon.
This date in Pirates history-1971
Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2018 1:08 am
by Ecbucs
262A2B7079707875726D77400 wrote: For all of us that witnessed the great Pirate teams of the 70’s; July 18, 1971 was a special day. The Bucs swept a double header from the Dodgers in front of a sell out crowd of 48,000 at TRS.
After a 3-2 first game win, Luke Walker went into the 9th inning of game 2 with a no hitter intact. Unfortunately Joe Ferguson hit a lead off HR to break up the no no. Walker finished the complete game one hitter winning 7-1. This gave the Pirates a 62-31 record.
Great memories!
beating a dead horse here, but Joe Brown was only projecting 78-82 wins.
My dad an I were at the doubleheader. The first game I believe ended in 10 or 11 innings. It was a very warm July day and I told Dad we could leave during the second game if the score got out of hand. My Dad followed the Pirates from the days of Trainor, the Waner brothers, Arky Vaughn as well as Cuyler. He never witnessed a no hitter and he said we have to stay to see if Walker could pitch a no hitter. I could not believe Ferguson hit the homer in the ninth. Unfortunately we did not see the no hitter , but that memory remains with me after Dad has been gone for several years.
nice memory, thanks for sharing. we used to go to a lot of doubleheaders in the 1970's. Seems like the Bucs played them on Memorial Day, Independence Day and Labor Day fairly regularly.
Can you recall those holiday doubleheader’s starting at 10:30 or 11 o’clock? You wake up and baseball games start very soon.
I know they started by lunch time. Found this by looking at of seasons:
1971 home dh on Labor Day
1970 DH on July 4 first game started at 1.
1970 dh on Labor Day start time 10:30