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Feb 2, 2021 12:52 PM
Former Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Grant Jackson died Tuesday morning at Canonsburg Hospital due to COVID-19 complications. He was 78.
Jackson was the winning pitcher of game seven of the 1979 World Series. He pitched for the Pirates from 1977 to 1981, when he was traded late in the season to Montréal. He returned to the Pirates in 1982.
Jackson posted an 8-5 record with a 2.96 ERA over 82 innings pitched in 1979. In Game 7 he pitched 2 ⅔ innings of scoreless relief and was the pitcher of record when the Pirates came back to win Game 7 and the series against the Baltimore Orioles.