Frank Michael DiPino is a former pitcher

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 in Major League Baseball

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 who played for the Milwaukee Brewers

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, Houston Astros

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, Chicago Cubs

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, St. Louis Cardinals

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, and Kansas City Royals

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. He attended West Genesee High School

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 in Camillus, New York

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On September 7, 1982, DiPino struck out 10 batters in 5 innings for his first Major League victory.

On July 21, 1986, the Astros traded DiPino to the Cubs for IF/OF Davey Lopes.
Was the winning pitcher in the Chicago Cubs first night game ever played at Wrigley Field, August 9, 1988.

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