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Rockies help out Pirates with playoff clinch champagne celebration

The Pirates clinched a third consecutive postseason appearance on Wednesday with a 13–7 victory over the Rockies in Colorado, and the host team helped the Pirates celebrate by putting out a champagne spread in the shape of the Pirates “P” in the visiting locker room

The Pirates clinched a third consecutive postseason appearance on Wednesday with a 13–7 victory over the Rockies in Colorado, and the host team helped the Pirates celebrate by putting out a champagne spread in the shape of the Pirates “P” in the visiting locker room.

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Pittsburgh celebrated its three-year hot streak, which comes after 20 years without playoff baseball, with new shirts and hats in addition to the Rockies' spread.

The Pirates will likely face the Cubs in an NL Central showdown in this year’s National League Wild Card Game, scheduled to take place on Wed., Oct. 7.