09-07-2025
Pirates break MLB record previously held by 1884 Cincinnati Outlaw Reds
The Pittsburgh Pirates are on one of the most improbable hot streaks in baseball history.
It continued Wednesday afternoon with a 5-0 shutout of the St. Louis Cardinals.
The Pirates' last six games have been as follows:
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Pirates 9, Mets 1
Pirates 9, Mets 2
Pirates 12, Mets 1
Pirates 7, Cardinals 0
Pirates 1, Cardinals 0
Pirates 5, Cardinals 0
They set a new MLB record in the process.
No team has ever scored more runs over a six-game span while allowing fewer than five runs in the history of Major League Baseball.
It's a 43-4 stretch for Pittsburgh.
The previous mark was 42 runs in such a dominant six-game streak, which was done in 1884 by the Cincinnati Outlaw Reds, with the stat via OptaStats.
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The Outlaw Reds lasted just a single season. They were also known as the Cincinnati Unions, and they played in the Union Association, which didn't last long. The high point of their season was a no-hitter thrown by outfielder/pitcher Dick Burns, which was the first-ever no-no tossed by a major league player for a Cincinnati team.
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The most amazing part of this Pirates stretch, besides that, is that they're still 38-50 on the season and well in the basement of the NL Central.
But if they keep scoring all the runs and giving up very few, maybe they can stage a gigantic turnaround.
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