The 1902 team won 103 games and finished a mind-boggling 27 games ahead of second place Brooklyn. They opened the century by winning three consecutive pennants (1901-03). By keeping their roster intact, the Pirates became a preeminent franchise in the National League. Wagner would be one of the original five inductees into baseball's Hall of Fame.Īt the turn of the 20th century, the new American League liberally raided National League teams for talent, but somehow never got around to luring away the better Pirate players. He would win eight batting titles retire with 3,420 hits and a. Better known as Honus, he would spend the next 17 years in Pittsburgh and would be called by both teammates and opponents the best shortstop, and perhaps the best player, in the history of the National League. The Pirates stocked their roster with talent from surrounding Midwestern teams, most notably a somewhat bowl-legged shortstop named John Peter Wagner. The nickname Pirates was hung on the club in 1891 after they were accused of hijacking a player under contract to the Philadelphia Athletics. The Pittsburgh Alleghenys joined the National League in 1887, playing and winning their first game 6-2 against the Chicago White Stockings. Since 1900, the Pirates have produced 25 batting champions and a parade of Hall of Famers - 36 in all that have worn the Pirate uniform at one time in their career. Somewhere in the bowels of Forbes Field and Three Rivers Stadium, the Pittsburgh Pirates built an assembly line that created great hitters as efficiently as the nearby mills produced the sheets of steel that built the city. Suwinski's homer to right, his seventh, made it 8-2 in the bottom of the seventh.īelt got ejected in the eighth for questioning a strike call.PITTSBURGH PIRATES The Official History of the Pittsburgh Pirates | Baseball Almanac Kiermaier's double play grounder with the bases loaded in the seventh upped it to 8-1.
In the sixth, Bryan Reynolds extended his hitting streak to 11 games with a two-out double and scored on Joe's single to end the shutout, 7-1. Ke'Bryan Hayes followed with a single to end the no-hitter. In the fifth, Suwinski walked with one out to break up Berrios' perfect game. Kiermaier singled, driving in Kirk and Biggio for a 7-0 Toronto lead.
Biggio moved to second on second baseman Rodolfo Castro's throwing error, with Kirk taking third. Cavan Biggio reached on an infield hit, with Belt scoring.
In the third, Belt walked with two out and Kirk singled. Kirk drove in Belt with a double to make it 4-0. Bichette went to third on Matt Chapman's flyout and, after Whit Merrifield struck out, scored along with Varsho on Belt's double. Varsho drove in Springer with a base hit for a 1-0 lead. George Springer, the game's first batter, singled. was a late lineup scratch because of left wrist discomfort. Pittsburgh starter Johan Oviedo (2-3) allowed seven runs, six earned, and 10 hits in five innings, with three walks and three strikeouts. Jack Suwinski homered and Connor Joe had an RBI single for the Pirates, who lost their sixth in a row. He gave up two runs, five hits in 6 1/3 innings, with seven strikeouts and one walk. Toronto starter Jose Berrios (3-3) was perfect into the fifth.
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May 7 - Brandon Belt and Kevin Kiermaier each drove in two runs Saturday to help the visiting Toronto Blue Jays win their second straight, 8-2 over the reeling Pittsburgh Pirates.Īlejandro Kirk added an RBI double and Daulton Varsho an RBI single for the Blue Jays, who entered the series with a five-game losing streak.
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