{"id":666008,"date":"2026-04-06T06:49:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T06:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/666008\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T06:49:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T06:49:14","slug":"surging-pirates-complete-historic-sweep-of-orioles-extend-mlb-best-winning-streak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/666008\/","title":{"rendered":"Surging Pirates Complete Historic Sweep Of Orioles, Extend MLB-Best Winning Streak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnetpittsburgh.com\/pittsburgh-pirates\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh Pirates<\/a> might be the hottest team in baseball right now.<\/p>\n<p>The Pirates beat the Baltimore Orioles again on Sunday, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Pirates\/status\/2040964481459626272\" rel=\"nofollow\">completing their three-game sweep<\/a> with an\u00a08-2 rout at PNC Park. The victory extended their winning streak to five games, the longest active streak in MLB.<\/p>\n<p>It also marked the first time Pittsburgh swept the Orioles in franchise history.<\/p>\n<p>The eight runs matched the Pirates&#8217; season high, which they&#8217;ve already reached three times during their winning streak. They scored six of those runs in the first two frames, giving Braxton Ashcraft a healthy cushion in his first win of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Ashcraft was excellent in his second start of the year, racking up eight strikeouts over six innings of one-run ball.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">five game win streak with a weekend sweep. \ud83e\uddf9 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8ailjq6TvY\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/8ailjq6TvY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pittsburgh Pirates (@Pirates) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pirates\/status\/2040964481459626272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">April 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh&#8217;s run prevention has been phenomenal since the club&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnetpittsburgh.com\/pittsburgh-pirates\/news\/pirates-manager-finds-silver-linings-opening-day-loss-vs-mets\/c9770ced4b0f9bf1ff1b701a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">disastrous Opening Day loss<\/a> at Citi Field, allowing just 23 runs over its last eight games. Meanwhile, the offense has been on fire with 32 runs over its last five games.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been an impressive turnaround for the Pirates since their\u00a01-3 start. <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnetpittsburgh.com\/pittsburgh-pirates\/news\/pirates-vs-orioles-score-updates-highlights-pnc-park\/92120420c5bc92b8985a8b4a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Konnor Griffin&#8217;s promotion has helped<\/a>, but they&#8217;re also just playing well across the board.<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh will look to extend its winning streak behind Bubba Chandler against the San Diego Padres on Monday. The Pirates haven&#8217;t defeated the Padres at PNC Park <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DanZangrilli\/status\/2040812719163527645\" rel=\"nofollow\">since 2023<\/a>, but they&#8217;ll try to cool off a San Diego squad that just took two of three from the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>More MLB:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnetpittsburgh.com\/pittsburgh-pirates\/news\/slumping-pirates-slugger-admits-he-deserves-be-booed-frigid-start\/b4c552fc42e136cdb2f86b70\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Slumping Pirates Slugger Admits He &#8216;Deserves To Be Booed&#8217; For Frigid Start<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                            <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pittsburgh Pirates might be the hottest team in baseball right now. 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