An epic poem on the Pirates' nine-run seventh inning that swept the Dodgers

After winning the first two games of their series against the Dodgers, the Pirates were looking to finish a sweep of the Dodgers for the first time since 2000 as the two teams squared off on Sunday night. Going into the seventh inning, it didn't look likely with Pittsburgh trailing Los Angeles 5-3. 

But the Pirates then broke the glass on the emergency lumber and batted around, scoring nine runs before the inning was over. It was the first time they had scored nine in an inning since Aug. 12, 2012 against the Padres. And it looked a little something like this: 

However, if you want some in-depth analysis of how those runs scored, you'll want to go somewhere else. But if you want an epic poem about the Pirates outburst, well, you're in luck.

Please enjoy "The Ballad of the Buccos Bashing"

Aramis the Returned

Was called on strikes

Before Kang was hit,

Fortunately, he was all right

Alvarez then singled

To the outfielder Puig

But the Dodgers' throw

Was a bit Little League

Cervelli, the well-dressed,

Then drove in a run

And with a fly ball,

Walker added another one

Now with two outs

And the runs tied at five

Surely 'twas over

The batters had died? 

But no, these here Buccos

Continued on

Rodriguez, Polanco

and Marte getting on

McCutchen, Ramirez 

drove more 'cross the plate

Before a new pitcher 

Was called to his fate

Kang, up again

Settled the score

With a sweet dinger

That was for sure

The bases now empty

The running now stopped

But the Pirates had put

Themselves up on top

Still far sweeter 

Than the amount that they led

Was Cervelli's tender kiss

Upon Kang's dinger-hitting head.

Granted, it may not quite reach the heights of Homer's Odyssey, but it's at least on par with William McGonagall's "Tay Bridge Disaster."