This would be the last time the Pirates appeared in the postseason until 2013, as the team would experience 20 consecutive losing seasons afterward.
Game 2 was another pitchers' duel between Toronto's David Cone and Oakland's Mike Moore, which would be won by the former as the Blue Jays evened the series with a 3–1 victory.
This marked the first time a team from Toronto appeared in a championship series of the four major North American sports leagues since the 1967 Stanley Cup Finals, which saw the Toronto Maple Leafs defeat the Montreal Canadiens to win their most recent Stanley Cup.
The 1992 ALCS began a streak of playoff success for Toronto-based teams over their San Francisco Bay Area counterparts.
However, the Braves had the bases loaded, and then Atlanta's Francisco Cabrera cracked a two-run single that scored David Justice and Sid Bream.
Bream famously slid to score the Series-winning run, beating the throw by Pirates left fielder Barry Bonds.
In Game 2, the Blue Jays overcame a one-run Braves lead late thanks to a two-run home run from Ed Sprague Jr. in the top of the ninth, evening the series headed to Toronto.
Game 6 went into extra innings, and the Blue Jays took the lead for good with two runs scored in the top of the eleventh.
The Blue Jays returned to the World Series the following year, and defeated the Philadelphia Phillies in six games to repeat as champions.
This marked the third year of a four-year agreement with CBS to televise all postseason games nationally in the United States.