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Sept. 9
1940 — Donald McNeil beats Bobby Riggs after losing the first two sets to capture the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association title. Alice Marble wins her third straight title with a two-set triumph over Helen Jacobs.
1956 — Australia’s Ken Rosewall wins the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association title with a four-set victory over Lewis Hoad. Shirley Fry beats Althea Gibson 6-3, 6-4 for the women’s title.
1968 — Arthur Ashe wins the U.S. Open by beating Tom Okker 14-12, 5-7, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. Ashe is the first African-American male to win a Grand Slam tournament.
1974 — Jimmy Connors romps to a 6-1, 6-0, 6-1 victory over Ken Rosewall to win the U.S. Open.
1978 — Chris Evert beats 16-year-old Pam Shriver 7-5, 6-4 to win her fourth straight U.S. Open.
1979 — In an all-New Yorker U.S. Open men’s final, John McEnroe beats Vitas Gerulaitis, 7-5, 6-3, 6-3. Tracy Austin, at 16 years, 8 months and 28 days, becomes the youngest U.S. Open women’s singles champion, ending Chris Evert’s 31-match win streak at the Open with a 6-4, 6-3 win.
1984 — John McEnroe beats Ivan Lendl 6-3, 6-4, 6-1 to win his fourth U.S. Open.
Iboostup premium 5 98. 1989 — Steffi Graf wins her third major tournament of the year, beating the heat and Martina Navratilova 3-6, 7-5, 6-1 in the U.S. Open final.
1990 — Pete Sampras — 19 years, 28 days — becomes the youngest U.S. Open men’s singles champion, defeating Andre Agassi 6-4, 6-3, 6-2.
1992 — Robin Yount becomes the 17th player to reach 3,000 hits in the Milwaukee Brewers’ 5-4 loss to the Cleveland Indians.
1995 — Steffi Graf halts Monica Seles’ remarkable comeback by winning the U.S. Open 7-6 (8-6), 0-6, 6-3. It’s the fourth U.S. Open championship for Graf.
2000 — Yale becomes the first school to win 800 games when Rashad Bartholomew scores three touchdowns and rushes for 201 yards in a 42-6 victory over Dayton.
2000 — Venus Williams wins her first U.S. Open singles title, defeating Lindsay Davenport 6-4, 7-5.
2001 — Lleyton Hewitt beats four-time champion Pete Sampras, 7-6, 6-1, 6-1, for the U.S. Open title. At 20 years, 6 months, 13 days, Hewitt becomes the second-youngest men’s champion of the Open era.
2006 — Maria Sharapova beats Justine Henin-Hardenne 6-4, 6-4 to win the U.S. Open final. A month shy of her 50th birthday, Martina Navratilova closes her competitive career with a mixed doubles championship for her 59th Grand Slam title.
2006 — Top-ranked Ohio State tightens its hold on the No. 1 spot after beating the No. 2 ranked and defending champion Longhorns 24-7 in Austin, Texas.
2007 — Roger Federer beats Novak Djokovic 7-6 (4), 7-6 (2), 6-4 to win his fourth straight U.S. Open championship and 12th career Grand Slam title. Federer becomes the first man since Bill Tilden in the 1920s to win the American Grand Slam four years running.
2007 — Asafa Powell sets another world record in the 100 meters, winning a heat at the Rieti Grand Prix in 9.74 seconds. The world’s fastest man improves his record by 0.03 seconds, having run 9.77 three times.
2012 — Shannon Eastin makes NFL history. Eastin is the line judge in the St. Louis Rams-Detroit Lions game, making her the first woman to be an official in a regular-season game. She is among the replacement officials hired by the league while the regular officials are locked out.
2012 — Serena Williams, two points from defeat, regains her composure and wins the last four games to beat No. 1-ranked Victoria Azarenka 6-2, 2-6, 7-5 for her fourth U.S. Open championship and 15th Grand Slam title.
2012 — Denver’s Peyton Manning is 19 of 26 for 253 yards and two touchdown passes in Denver’s 31-19 win over Pittsburgh. Manning, coming off four neck surgeries, becomes the third QB in NFL history to reach 400 TD passes.
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2012 — New England’s Tom Brady becomes the 14th player with 40,000 yards passing in his career during 34-14 win over Tennessee.
2013 — Rafael Nadal wins his 13th Grand Slam title and second U.S. Open by defeating top-ranked Novak Djokovic 6-2, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1. The Spanish clay-court specialist, ranked No. 2, improves to 22-0 on hard courts in 2013.
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CINCINNATI (AP) — Adam Frazier hit the first of three homers off Anthony DeSclafani, who hasn’t beaten Pittsburgh in his last seven tries, and the Pirates returned from a three-day layoff with a flourish, beating the Cincinnati Reds 9-6 Thursday night.
Pittsburgh’s three-game series in St. Louis was called off because of the Cardinals’ COVID-19 outbreak. The Pirates showed no rust against a pitcher they’ve dominated.
“Was it the boost we needed? Sure,” said Trevor Williams (1-3), who went five innings. “In combination with the three days off, it was pretty nice for us.”
DeSclafani (1-1) didn’t allow a run in either of his first two starts this season. Frazier connected on the right-hander’s second pitch Thursday, and the Pirates surged to a 9-0 lead after two innings.
“It seemed like they were on everything,” Reds manager David Bell said. “We hated to keep him out there, but he’s such a good pitcher. We don’t have answers. We talked to him during the game and he didn’t have answers.”
DeSclafani hasn’t beaten the Pirates since June 17, 2018, at PNC Park. Since then, he’s 0-5 in seven starts — all Pirates wins — giving up 29 runs in 32 1/3 innings.
The Pirates won for only the second time in their last 12 games.
“A lot of guys, including myself, have been searching a little bit,” Frazier said. “I think it was great, a mental reset.”
Colin Moran also connected in the first inning for his sixth homer. Gregory Polanco led off the second with a home run, the fourth time in his career that DeSclafani has given up three in a game, his career high.
The Pirates sent 12 batters to the plate and scored seven runs in the second inning, their biggest of the season. Josh Bell singled home a pair of runs, and Moran had an RBI single during the rally, which included DeSclafani walking Polanco with the bases loaded.
DeSclafani gave up a career-worst nine runs in two innings. His previous high was seven runs allowed, done twice against the Mets in 2014 and 2015.
Nick Senzel had a run-scoring single and a two-run homer off Williams, who allowed three runs in five innings. Senzel added an RBI double in the eighth off Geoff Hartlieb that cut it to 9-5, and Tucker Barnhart ended an 0-for-22 slump with a leadoff homer in the ninth against Keone Kela.
Since the middle of the 2018 season, the Pirates have gone 23-9 against the Reds, including 10-6 at Great American Ball Park.
LIKES THE PLACE
Pirates first-year manager Derek Shelton has always enjoyed how the ball flies at Great American Ball Park.
“A lot of people like to hit at this ballpark,” Shelton said. “I’ve been here as a hitting coach. I was really fond of it as a hitting coach.”
SHOGO TIME
Shogo Akiyama slammed into the left-field wall to rob Frazier of an RBI double in the fifth inning, holding on as he hit the ground after making the catch.
DEEP SLUMPS
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Barnhart ended his deep slump with the homer in the ninth, but Nick Castellanos went 1 for 5, leaving him in a 4-for-30 rut.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Pirates: Kela was reinstated from the injured list and LHP Miguel Del Pozo was designated for assignment. Kela’s pitch to Derek Dietrich helped spark a brawl between the teams July 31 last year.
Reds: Mike Moustakas is eligible to come off the injured list Sunday. Bell said Moustakas is recovering nicely from an injured left thigh and should be ready to play Sunday or shortly thereafter.
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Pirates: Chad Kuhl (0-0) is 2-1 with a 2.51 ERA in five career starts against the Reds. He’s given up two runs or less in four of the five starts.
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Reds: Sonny Gray (3-1) hasn’t allowed more than six hits in any of his last 37 starts, a major league record.
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