The Pirates have not played as well as they did to begin the year.
The Pirates played in the 2009 game, a 25-19 loss to Kentucky.
The Pirates played pesky defense and managed to increase the advantage to 67-58 with 3:50 left.
It would also turn out to be the last playoff game that the Pirates would play.
The 2011 Pirates, for the most part, play good, clean and fundamentally sound baseball.
The stadium opened on July 16, 1970 when the Pirates played their first game.
But nobody could have forecast that the Pirates would play this well.
The Pirates played the first four minutes to perfection.
But the Pirates lost their last four league games and played a weaker schedule over all.
The Pirates don't play tomorrow, so we can chop them down to two games.