On Tuesday night the Pirates turned back the clock beating the New York Yankees 12-5 for their first victory against them since Bill Mazeroski’s historic home run determined the 1960 World Series. The Pirates had been the only major league team to not beat the Yankees in a regular season game.

Hall of Famer Mazeroski threw out the ceremonial first pitch to commemorate the only homer to end a World Series Game 7. The Pirates took it from there opening a 7-1 lead in the fifth. They finished with 19 hits, nine for extra bases. "It was perfect," Jason Bay said. "We got a lot of hits, scored a lot of runs, had a great crowd. That was a blast." And who had the Pirates' first homer against the Yankees in Pittsburgh since No. 9 Mazeroski's famous shot? Bautista, who wears No. 19, hit a two-run drive in the fourth -- coincidentally, Bautista's ninth homer.

This was only the Pirates second home sellout this season, allowing them to enjoy the same type of setting the Yankees experience nightly in Yankee Stadium. "There was no special pixie dust for this one," manager John Russell said. "But it was a great night. The fans were into it, they had a lot of fun and the players fed off that." Bay, who doubled twice, has stated he hasn’t seen PNC Park so lively since the 2006 All-Star Game. "It was a different atmosphere," Bay said. "That doesn't happen here a lot and it was pretty neat to play in."

The Yankees are 120-84 in interleague play to the Pirates' major league-worst 61-100, yet still lost their third in four games against a below-.500 NL Central team. They lost two out of three against Cincinnati last weekend. "We couldn't get that one big inning, and they were hitting literally from the first pitch of the game," said Derek Jeter, referring to the Yankees' 2-for-11 performance with runners in scoring position.

"I felt we stunk," manager Joe Girardi said. "It's one thing to lose 2-1 and guys shut you down. We had a lot of opportunities, our defense didn't help us, our hitting with runners in scoring position didn't help us -- a lot of factors went into this game, where you get pounded."