With news circulating that manager Clint Hurdle will likely return to Pittsburgh in 2020 for another year with the Pirates, potentially giving him the longest active tenure among coaches, the team finished off the Chicago Cubs’ slim playoff hopes with a home victory by a score of 4-2. The win gave the Bucs two in a row and a chance for a sweet sweep of the Cubs even if they have nothing to play for but pride at the end of September.
Dario Agrazal pitched as well as anyone could’ve hoped in his final start of 2019.