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With three games remaining against the Cincinnati Reds http://www.rangersfanproshop.com/authentic-adrian-beltre-jersey , the Pittsburgh Pirates need one more victory to achieve something of a franchise milestone.If the Pirates (80-78) can win at least once in the series that begins Friday night at Great American Ballpark, they’ll achieve a winning record in a season in which they didn’t make the playoffs for the first time in 30 years.The Pirates have had only six winning seasons since 1989, and they reached the postseason in all six — winning the NL East in 1990, 1991 and 1992 and gaining a NL wild-card spot in 2013, 2014 and 2015. That stretch includes their major league record run of 20 consecutive losing seasons from 1993-2012.Article continues below ...The Pirates will play only 161 games this season because a Sept. 9 rainout against Miami won’t be made up.The last time the Pirates had a winning record but didn’t reach the postseason was 1988, when they faded late in the season and finished 85-75, 15 games behind the division champion New York Mets, during Jim Leyland’s third season as manager.In fact, if they can win at least once in Cincinnati, the Pirates will wind up with a winning record but out of the playoffs for only the second time in 34 years.The Pirates could have assured themselves of a better-than-.500 record by winning either Wednesday or Thursday against the Chicago Cubs, but lost both nights. They were shut out by Cubs left-hander Jon Lester (18-6) and three relievers 3-0 while managing only four hits Thursday night at Wrigley Field.“We had opportunities early. … We had some opportunities,” Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said. “But he (Lester) can make pitches, and he’s as good as anybody.”On Friday, the Pirates will send out right-hander Nick Kingham (5-7 Nolan Ryan Jersey , 5.23 ERA) to oppose right-hander Anthony DeSclafani (7-7, 4.91) of the Reds, who are finishing the season the way they began it — badly.The same Reds team that started the season 3-15 has lost its last five games and 10 of its last 13, scoring only 17 runs in those 13 games, or an average of 1.3 runs per game.“When you don’t get hits, that’s called being flat, I guess, because you don’t have base runners out there. You don’t have any activity out there, and it has that look,” Reds interim manager Jim Riggleman said. “But they’re working hard before the games and they’re playing it out to the 162-game schedule, and we’re just getting bad results. I don’t have much of an explanation for it.”With one more loss, the Reds (66-93) will assure themselves of a fourth consecutive season with at least 94 losses.A familiar face, but one that’s been missing from the majors for two seasons, will be back with the Pirates this weekend.Infielder Jung Ho Kang http://www.rangersfanproshop.com/authentic-rougned-odor-jersey , who hasn’t played for the Pirates since Oct. 2, 2016 due to injuries and legal problems, will be active for the final three games of the season. It’s uncertain how many games he will start.Kang played briefly in the fall instructional league in Bradenton, Fla., after undergoing cartilage surgery in his left wrist. Before that, he was temporarily unable to enter the United States following a DUI arrest in South Korea, causing him to miss the entire 2017 season.Kang finally was allowed to return to the United States in April and played 16 games at the Triple-A and Class A level before being sidelined by a wrist injury.Kang, who is in the final season of a four-year, $11 million contract, hit .273 with 36 home runs and 120 RBIs in 229 games with Pittsburgh in 2015 and 2016. He had 21 homers and 62 RBIs in 103 games in 2016.“We like the player. 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Major League Baseball continues to put a bow on the 2018 season with the announcement of the Defensive Player of the Year awards.Oakland Athletics third baseman Matt Chapman was the big winner, taking home the overall Defensive Player of the Year honors:Oakland Athletics 馃尦馃悩鈿撅笍 AthleticsLadies and gentlemen, your Wilson Defensive Player of the Year mattchap6.#RootedInOakland PJ9u6LyvV0Chapman continues to cash in on his breakout season. 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Greinke leads all pitchers in Defensive Runs Saved since 2014, per Fangraphs, with 32, 10 more than second-placeJulio Teheran."The 2009 AL Cy Young winner also won the Gold Glove award, along with Diamondbacks shortstop Nick Ahmed.The Diamondbacks dwarfed the rest of MLB in defensive runs saved (157), 41 more than any other team. They had 19 players with at least 200 innings played, and only Daniel Descalso was below-average in defensive runs saved.Betts has the chance to be the biggest winner coming out of this award season. The Red Sox star is basking in the glow of his first World Series title and is a finalist for AL MVP, which will be announced Thursday. Stats via FanGraphs.