John Smoltz was the most recent pitcher to allow a run to the Pirates before Cueto in 20132. It was the 6th inning in Game 7 of the 1992 NLCS. Braves would win that game by scoring 3 in the 9th to walkoff themselves into the World Series.
>He's the only pitcher they have scored against in the playoffs since 1993.
did they somehow win 2 games against the cardinals in the first round in 2013 without scoring any runs? hm, not sure how i missed that one
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If you wanna go back to the last time the Pirates won a 5 to 7 game series. It would be the 1979 World Series. They lost 3 consecutive NLCS's in the early 90s, and then had a very long drought.