It was a warm and slightly windy day when the Pittsburgh Pirates took the field in game three of a four-game series against the Los Angeles Dodgers. This was also the seventh game of an eight-day homestand that found the Pirates 2-8 over their last 10 games.
The Pirates also had no answer for best team in the MLB who had defeated the Pirates in each game up to this point in the season. It would take a lot of luck, a lot of pitching, and just a few feet over the left field fence to notch the lone win against the Dodgers that year.