For the 2026 Pittsburgh Pirates, the final week of the MLB regular season is a sprint toward the gaslight at the end of the tunnel.
The club enters play Wednesday with wins in its last five games. It’s already earned its most wins (80) since 2018 and could plausibly reach its fourth-best win total since 1992 if it can win three games by Sept. 27.
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Most franchises would be embarrassed to trumpet stats like
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