PITTSBURGH — The United Way of Butler County has received a sizable donation from Westinghouse Electric based on how well the Pittsburgh Pirates played this year.

Leslie Osche, executive director of the United Way, accepted a check for $83,000 from Westinghouse CEO Danny Roderick Wednesday night before the Pirates’ 9-1 victory over the Boston Red Sox at PNC Park.

Westinghouse donated $1,000 to the United Way for each errorless game the Pirates played this season. The company will continue to do so for the Bucs’ final 11 games of the regular season.

“This is one of the bigger checks we’ve ever received,” Osche said. “We fell a little short of our campaign goal of $1.6 million this past year, so this definitely helps.”

The United Way raised $1.4 million in its most recent fundraising campaign.

Tracey Rapali, director of charitable giving and community outreach for Westinghouse, said, “We’ve been involved with the United Way for 100 years and this was a good theme for us.”

Roderick said rewarding error-free performance is a positive message to send.

“Our desire is to have an error-free workplace every day, just like the Pirates want to have an error-free game every day,” he said.

This marked the first year Westinghouse tied its United Way donation into the Pirates’ on-field performance, and “we’re very happy with it. We plan to do it again next year.”

Roderick threw out a ceremonial first pitch before Wednesday night’s game.

Westinghouse has its headquarters in Cranberry Township.