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May 27

1953 – Ron Novak’s two-out single drives in two runs in the top of the 12th inning and gives California a 4-2 victory over Brownsville in the WPIAL baseball playoffs. Winning pitcher Wayne Campbell throws a three-hit complete game and strikes out 12.

1956 – A two-out double by Fran Celaschi scores two runs and gives Charleroi a 2-1 victory over Brownsville in a WPIAL baseball playoff game played in Fayette City. Lefty Carl Whitmyer holds Brownsville to two hits and strikes out 13.

1957 – The National League approves the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants for a proposed shift to Los Angeles and San Francisco, respectively.

1972 – Waynesburg’s Chuck Baker wins the PIAA Class B pole vault championship by clearing 13-6.

1974 – Pittsburgh left-hander Ken Brett comes within three outs of pitching the National League’s first perfect game in nine years before settling for a two-hit 6-0 victory over the San Diego Padres in the opener of a doubleheader at Three Rivers Stadium. In the second game, Brett delievers a pinch-hit triple to give the Pirates an 8-7 win.

1974 – The New York Rangers trade captain Vic Hadfield to the Pittsburgh Penguins for defenseman Nick Beverly.

1983 – Despite three unimpressive seasons as their coach, Eddie Johnston is hired as general manager of the Pittsburgh Penguins.

1983 – Washington’s Brian Davis wins the PIAA Class AAA long jump title with a leap of 22-7 1/2 at Shippensburg.

1983 – Brian Zanardelli pitches a two-hitter with 10 strikeouts as California defeats Bentworth 4-0 in the WPIAL Class AA baseball quarterfinals at Charleroi.

1991 – Doug Drabek pitches his second career one-hitter as the Pittsburgh Pirates defeat the host St. Louis Cardinals, 8-0.

1997 – Scott Belcastro and Brad Auld combine on a two-hitter as Washington edges previously undefeated Riverside 4-3 in the WPIAL Class AA baseball semifinals. The Little Prexies score two runs in the seventh inning to take the lead.

1999 – Trinity scores two runs in the top of the 11th inning and Sara Yeager pitches a six-hitter as the Hillers defeat Woodland Hills 3-1 in a WPIAL playoff softball game in Monessen.

May 28

1955 – Centerville High School’s Robert “Red” Worrell wins the PIAA Class B discus title with a throw of 138-10 1/2 at University Park.

1956 – Pittsburgh’s Dale Long hits a home run off Brooklyn’s Carl Erskine in the fourth inning at Forbes Field. It is the eighth consecutive game in which Long has homered, a major league record.

1969 – Cincinnati’s Lee May becomes the third player in major league history to hit two home runs in three consecutive games, leading the Reds to a 7-6 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates at Crosley Field.

1974 – Lefty Bill Angelo throws a one-hitter and California defeats Canon-McMillan 5-0 in the first round of the WPIAL baseball playoffs. Angelo retires the first 18 Big Macs before Jack Falconi leads off the bottom of the seventh inning with a clean single to left field.

1974 – The Pittsburgh Penguins select Pierre Larouche with the eighth overall pick in the NHL Entry Draft.

1976 – Washington’s Jamie Pattison pitches a one-hitter with 11 strikeouts as the Prexies defeat Carmichaels 5-1 in the WPIAL baseball playoffs in Waynesburg.

1980 – Bob Phillips pitches a four-hitter and drives in a run with a triple as Carmichaels defeats Washington 6-4 in the WPIAL Class AA baseball quarterfinals at California State College.

1982 – Trinity High School’s Becky Gorby and Sherrie MacKinney each win gold medals on the first day of the PIAA Class AAA Track & Field Championships at Shippensburg. Gorby wins the girls shot put with a toss of 40-4 1/2. MacKinney wins the girls javelin title with a personal-best throw of 151-6. The championships move Trinity into first place in the team standings.

1983 – Trinity’s Sherrie MacKinney successfully defends her PIAA Class AAA girls javelin title with a personal-best throw of 157-8. Chartiers-Houston’s Joe Wenger wins the boys Class AA discus championship with a 153-4 effort.

1986 – Sophomore Dave Snatchko pitches out of a bases-loaded, no-out jam in the bottom of the seventh inning to preserve Fort Cherry’s 5-4 victory over Jefferson-Morgan in the WPIAL Class AA baseball semifinals at Charleroi. Outfielder Brad Tokar throws out a J-M baserunner at home plate to complete a double play in the seventh. It’s Fort Cherry’s 18th consecutive win.

2002 – Beth-Center outslugs Chartiers-Houston, 8-5, in the WPIAL Class A softball semifinals at California University.

2011 – South Fayette’s Nicole Hilton wins the girls 3,200-meter run at the PIAA Track & Field Championships.

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