The visiting Giants, clad in their new all-black uniforms, are sliced up by the Pirates, 11 – 0. The Bucs tally 15 hits to back sinkerballer Vic Willis, obtained from Boston the previous December. Willis will toss shutouts in his next two outings.

On May 16, 1906 — The visiting Giants, clad in their new all-black uniforms, are sliced up by the Pirates, 11 – 0. The Bucs tally 15 hits to back sinkerballer Vic Willis, obtained from Boston the previous December. Willis will toss shutouts in his next two outings.

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The visiting Giants, clad in their new all-black uniforms, are sliced up by the Pirates, 11 – 0. The Bucs tally 15 hits to back sinkerballer Vic Willis, obtained from Boston the previous December. Willis will toss shutouts in his next two outings.

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1998 – The Astros tag Cincinnati closer Jeff Shaw for five runs in a 6-3 ten-inning stunner. Barry Larkin’s error lets Houston tie it in the ninth. Bill Spiers completes a four-hit night with a two-run homer in the tenth after an error by Reggie Sanders broke the deadlock.

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