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Game · 1979 World Series

Pittsburgh Pirates 4–1 Baltimore Orioles

Pittsburgh Pirates won 4–1 · game 7 of the 1979 World Series

Winner-take-all — the Pittsburgh Pirates took the 1979 World Series in game 7. The Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Baltimore Orioles 4–1 in game 7 of the 1979 World Series.

5
Total runs
3 runs
Margin
1979
Year
The winner-take-all finale of the 1979 World Series (game 7)
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The scoreline — Pittsburgh Pirates 4–1 Baltimore Orioles.

The Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Baltimore Orioles 4–1 in game 7 of the 1979 World Series on 1979-10-17.

Why this game is here

Selection is threshold-earned: a game qualifies only by structural singularity (a tied game, or the winner-take-all finale of a series that went the distance) or by holding an outright covered-era record. Fame carries no weight.

The game

Series1979 World Series (game 7)
Date1979-10-17
ScorePittsburgh Pirates 4, Baltimore Orioles 1
Innings9

Source: Retrosheet World Series game logs (glws.zip), 1979 World Series, game 7 (1979-10-17). The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. — source

More: the 1979 World Series · Pittsburgh Pirates · Baltimore Orioles.

✓ Every fact computed from Retrosheet World Series game logs — retrosheet.org. Not written by anyone.

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