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The 2013 NL Wild Card game was more than just a win — it was the end of something that had defined Pittsburgh baseball for two decades. Twenty consecutive losing seasons, and then PNC Park in all black, Francisco Liriano dealing, and the city finally breathing again.
Pirates — 2013 NL Wild Card
The Cincinnati Reds came to Pittsburgh for a one-game playoff, and Francisco Liriano was magnificent — striking out eight in six innings while the Pirates scored two in the first and never looked back. A capacity crowd at PNC Park, all wearing black, watched the first home postseason win in Pittsburgh since 1992. The scorecard shows every pitch, every K, the moment the losing era ended.
A 300-DPI print-ready digital file, emailed within 24 hours. The night Pittsburgh stopped losing — documented exactly as it happened.
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Twenty consecutive losing seasons
From 1993 through 2012, the Pittsburgh Pirates finished below .500 every single year. That's the longest losing streak in North American professional sports history. The 2013 team — 94 wins, Andrew McCutchen as the best player in the National League, Clint Hurdle pushing the right buttons — was the team that finally stopped the bleeding. When Marlon Byrd hit a solo home run in the second inning and Liriano carved through Cincinnati's lineup, PNC Park became the loudest it had been in a generation.
The Blackout
The crowd wore black. The entire stadium, top to bottom, dressed in the team's color. When the final out was recorded, the noise was something Pittsburgh fans who were there still describe as overwhelming — not just for the win, but for what it meant. Two decades of frustration, finally punctured. The Wild Card scorecard holds every one of those nine innings.
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