After picking up 186 wins over the past two regular seasons, the Pittsburgh Pirates have participated in just two postseason games. The Pirates were ousted from the playoffs again Wednesday, losing 4-0 to the Chicago Cubs.
The loss mirrored last season's disappointing performance against the San Francisco Giants. Pittsburgh was shut out in both contests, notching just four hits in each game as well.
Coming into both games, the Pirates had a strong offense according to the advanced stats. The team's wRC+, a stat that measures a team's overall offensive performance, ranked fourth in the league in 2014 with a 109 figure.