The Pirates didn't look like a last-place team during a 6-0 homestand in which they outscored the New York Mets and St. Louis Cardinals by 43-4. “It was special,” shortstop Isiah Kiner-Falefa said after a 5-0 win over the Cardinals on Wednesday.

The St. Louis Cardinals were swept by the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday and shut out in all three games, marking the first time in nearly a decade the Cardinals have gone scoreless across an entire series.

The Pirates pitched their third straight shutout and extended their winning streak to six with a 5-0 victory over the Cardinals on Wednesday afternoon at PNC Park. Mitch Keller spun seven scoreless innings,