the game made a visit to the victorious Pittsburgh clubhouse. Prior to the ceremonial first pitch, Bill Schustik played the National Anthem. Pirates closer Kent Tekulve earned a save. With the exception of winning the 2013 National League Wild Card Game this is the last postseason series the Pirates have won. Composite box 1979 World Series (4–3): Pittsburgh Pirates (N.L.) over Baltimore Orioles (A.L.) Records Five Pirates had ten or more hits in this series, a World Series record. Willie Stargell and Phil Garner had 12 hits each, Omar Moreno 11, and Tim Foli and Dave Parker 10 each. Bill Madlock came close to a sixth with nine hits. The Baltimore Orioles set a record by manager Earl Weaver for most pitchers used in a single inning (five). Uniforms The Pirates wore four different uniform combinations during the series: gold cap, black jersey and gold pants for Games 1 and 5 black cap, gold jersey and black pants for Games 2, 6 and 7 black cap and solid white pinstriped uniform for Game 3 black cap and solid gold uniform for Game 4. The Orioles wore three different uniform combinations of their own: white cap, orange jersey and white pants for Games 1 and 7 white cap, white jersey and white pants for Games 2 and 6 white cap, grey jersey and grey pants for Games 3, 4 and 5 Broadcasting This was the first World Series in which the participating teams' announcers were not involved in the play-calling on national radio. (Network television had ended the practice two years earlier.) For the '79 Classic, Vin Scully and Sparky Anderson handled the broadcasts for the CBS Radio network. The Series was televised by ABC Sports, with play-by-play announcers Keith Jackson (in Baltimore) and Al Michaels (in Pittsburgh), and color commentators Howard Cosell and Don Drysdale. ABC's broadcast was also simulcast over the Orioles' and Pirates' respective local television outlets, CBS affiliates WMAR-TV in Baltimore and KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, in addition to ABC's own affiliates WJZ-TV and WTAE-TV. In 2006 a "collector's edition" DVD box set, featuring the complete ABC telecasts of all seven games, was issued by Major League Baseball and A&E Home Video. Notes See also 1979 Japan Series References External links Fimrite, Ron. "A Series Of Ups And Downs," Sports Illustrated, October 22, 1979. Fimrite, Ron. "Rising From The Ashes," Sports Illustrated, October 29, 1979. 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates