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The Pittsburgh Pirates have completed 132 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) since joining the National League (NL) in 1887. Through 2018, they have played 20,256 regular season games, winning 10,240 and losing 10,016, for a winning percentage of .506. The Pirates are also a combined total of 43—53 (.448) in post-season play.
This was the fourth postseason meeting of the Pirates–Reds rivalry this decade. The Reds won in 1970, 1972, and 1975.This time, the Pirates would return the favor, sweeping the Reds and returning to the World Series for the second time in nine years (in the process denying a rematch of the 1970 World Series between the Reds and Orioles).
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The Dodgers stole Game 1 in Pittsburgh as Don Sutton pitched a complete-game shutout, and then took Game 2 after fending off a rally by the Pirates. When the series shifted to Los Angeles for Game 3, the Pirates, thanks to stellar pitching performances from starter Bruce Kison and relief pitcher Ramón Hernández , blew out the Dodgers in a 7 ...
The Pirates and Reds sixth postseason meeting came 23 years later in the 2013 National League Wild Card game, which the Pirates won 6-2. [ 9 ] 2013 was the Pirates first winning season since 1992, ending the longest stretch of losing seasons (20 seasons) in North American professional sports history.
In the National League, the Pittsburgh Pirates made their second consecutive appearance, and the Atlanta Braves made their first postseason appearance since 1982. This marked the first of fourteen consecutive postseason appearances for the Braves franchise from 1991 to 2005 , excluding 1994, when the season was cancelled.
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In the National League, the Atlanta Braves made their second of fourteen consecutive postseason appearances, and the Pittsburgh Pirates were making their third straight appearance. This would be the last time the Pirates appeared in the postseason until 2013 , as the team would experience 20 consecutive losing seasons afterward.