The Pittsburgh Pirates, heading into their afternoon August 19 game against St. Louis, have lost six in a row and have fallen to 58-64 on the 2017 season.

National sports writer John Mehno, who resides in Baden, joined Matt Drzik and Greg Benedetti on the August 19 edition of the Saturday Sports Slam to discuss why the Pirates find themselves 6 1/2 games out of first, as well as which teams he felt were succeeding most.

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Part 1

Part 2