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ON THIS DATE
Sept. 9
1952 – Stan Musial gets his 2,000th career hit in St. Louis’ 7-4 win over Philadelphia.
1960 – John Mraz runs for touchdowns of 65 and 25 yards to power Ellsworth High School to a 12-2 season-opening football victory over Mon Valley Catholic.
1972 – The Soviet Union, given three chances to play the game’s final three seconds, scores on a basket by Alexander Belov to upset the United States, 52-51, in the gold medal basketball game in the Munich Olympics. The loss ends the United States’ 63-game Olympic basketball winning streak. The U.S. players decline to appear at the medals ceremony and refuse their silver medals.
1980 – Bob Boone’s 14th-inning squeeze bunt scores Garry Maddox and gives the Philadelphia Phillies a 5-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
1988 – Aaron Borello runs for one touchdown and throws for another as McGuffey overcomes a double-digit first-quarter deficit and rallies to win its 19th straight home game, 19-12, over Burgettstown.
1994 – Bentworth High School ends a 30-game football losing streak by playing host California to a bizarre 2-2 tie. The game ends with Bentworth on the California five-yard line.
2001 – Barry Bonds hit three home runs to give him 63 for the season. The third homer was a three-run shot in the 11th inning lifting San Francisco over the Colorado Rockies 9-4. Bonds broke Roger Maris’ record of 61 for most homers in a season by a left-handed hitter.
2002 – Trinity’s Ed Dalton and Beth-Center’s Ed Woods are among 17 WPIAL football coaches who are suspended for one game for violation of the PIAA’s in-season, out-of-season regulations. The teams conducted scrimmages during summer camps at California and Slippery Rock universities.
2018 – Cleveland ends its 17-game losing streak with a 21-21 tie against the Pittsburgh Steelers.