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Pittsburgh Pirates Accomplish Random Feat That Hasn't Been Done in Baseball in Nearly 40 Years

The Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday night, accomplishing one of the more random feats you'll ever see -- and marking the first time its happened in baseball since 1984.

Brady Farkas

Pittsburgh Pirates Accomplish Random Feat That Hasn't Been Done in Baseball in Nearly 40 Years
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The Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday night, 3-0.

It's a devastating loss for the Angels, who are now 50-49 on the season. With the trade deadline just over a week away, every loss brings them closer to trading superstar Shohei Ohtani. Friday, we heard from MLB Insider Jon Morosi what it would take for the Angels to keep Ohtani, and losses like this don't help fit the criteria.

For the Pirates, it's a nice win in a season that has gone haywire. One of the best stories in baseball for the first two months, they are now 43-55 and in last place in the National League Central.

In the win, the Pirates got the first major league home run from rookie Endy Rodriguez and got another save from ace closer David Bednar.

Bednar walked the tight rope though in the ninth inning, getting a ground ball double play with the bases loaded to end the game - a play that made some very rare and random baseball history.

The @Pirates are the first MLB team to finish a shutout by turning a 1-2-3 double play with the tying run on base in the bottom of the 9th since May 1, 1984, when the Royals' Dan Quisenberry got Hall of Famer Ted Simmons of the Brewers to hit back to the mound to end it.

The Pirates will take on the Angels again on Sunday as ace Mitch Keller pitches against lefty Tyler Anderson.

First pitch is scheduled for 4:07 p.m. ET.

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Brady Farkas
BRADY FARKAS

Brady Farkas is a baseball writer for Fastball on Sports Illustrated/FanNation and the host of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Videos on baseball also posted to YouTube. Brady has spent nearly a decade in sports talk radio and is a graduate of Oswego State University. You can follow him on Twitter @WDEVRadioBrady. 

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