It hadn't happened this century, so emphatic was the only way to go.
With a national TV audience watching, the Pirates again put their most captivating qualities on display, overwhelming the Dodgers, 13-6, on the strength of a force-of-nature nine-run seventh inning Sunday night at PNC Park.
The Pirates set up their first home sweep of Los Angeles since 1999 with two one-run victories, but the finale's first 90 minutes had the look of a blowout ... for the visitors.
The Dodgers nabbed a 5-1 lead through five innings against an eminently hittable Charlie Morton, subduing the 18th home sellout crowd of the season. Nevertheless, the uprising began in the fifth with Andrew McCutchen's towering two-run blast off Alex Wood and culminated with the offense's largest single-frame outburst in two years.
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