Pirates try to avoid series sweep against White Sox
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Pirates fans have done "Sell the team" chants throughout the season, especially when the team is losing and playing poorly. A group of Pirates fans also hired a plane with a banner reading, "YOU SUCK AT THIS BOB. SELL THE @#$% TEAM, which they flew at the series opener on July 18 and this game as well.
The Sox' productive sixth clinched a 10-4 victory against the Pirates for a series win — their first series win after the All-Star break last season came in September. The Sox (34-65) recorded 13 hits on Saturday and have scored 20 runs over a two-game span.
Luis Robert Jr. homered and drove in two runs, Michael A. Taylor added a bases-clearing double and the Chicago White Sox breezed past the reeling Pittsburgh Pirates 10-1.
For a couple of days, at least, the Pirates were stars in Atlanta. It was fun while it lasted. Oneil Cruz hitting bombs as only he sometimes can in the