Pittsburgh Pirates at Boston Red Sox

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Pittsburgh Pirates

61-76, 22-46 Away

Final
10 - 3

Boston Red Sox

75-62, 41-27 Home

Oneil Cruz homers as the surging Pirates beat the Red Sox 10-3

Pirates score a run after ball gets stuck in netting

Tommy Pham and Nick Gonzales also drove in two runs apiece as Pittsburgh won for the eighth time in 10 games. Johan Oviedo (2-0) pitched five innings of two-run ball.

Pittsburgh also beat Boston 4-2 on Friday night. The Pirates (61-76) are in last place in the NL Central, and the Red Sox (75-62) hold the second wild-card position in the AL.

Carlos Narváez hit his 12th homer for Boston, and Romy Gonzalez had two hits and two RBI.

Red Sox right-hander Dustin May (7-11) permitted seven runs, six earned, and eight hits in 5 1/3 innings. It was his worst start since he was acquired in a July 31 trade with the Dodgers.

Cruz led off the sixth with a 426-foot drive into the Green Monster seats for his 19th homer, sparking a five-run inning. Gonzales hit a two-run single with two down, giving the Pirates a 9-2 lead.

Key moment In the fifth, the Pirates loaded the bases without a ball leaving the infield. That set the stage for Reynolds’ two-run single, a swing that lifted the Pirates to a 3-2 lead.

Key stat When Boston shortstop Trevor Story swiped second base in the fourth inning, he improved to 24 for 24 on stolen bases this season.

Up next The teams wrap up a three-game series on Sunday. Mitch Keller (6-12, 4.35 ERA) pitches for Pittsburgh, and fellow right-hander Lucas Giolito (9-2, 3.47 ERA) goes for Boston.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Bregman popped out to first.
	9th Inning	Anthony grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Narváez grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Sisk relieved Ramírez
	9th Inning	Kiner-Falefa grounded into double play, second to first, Bart out at second.
	9th Inning	Bart walked.

Statistics

PIT		BOS
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	1
14	Ground Balls	10
9	Strikeouts	8
8	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
12	Hits	8
0	Stolen Bases	1
7	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
10	Runs	3
2	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
37	At Bats	34
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
23	Runners Left On Base	21
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	1
14	Fly Balls	16
1	Caught Stealing	1
154	Pitches	144
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
17	Total Bases	12
45	Plate Appearances	38
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
3	Extra Base Hits	2
7.0	Runs Created	3.9
.324	Batting Average	.235
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.459	Slugging Percentage	.353
.297	Secondary Average	.206
.444	On Base Percentage	.316
.904	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.669
1.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
6.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.9
55.0	Batter Rating	26.0
37.0	At Bats Per Home Run	34.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.50
3.42	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.79
.135	Isolated Power	.118
0.78	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.38
.156	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.079
-.027	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.029
18.0	Runs Produced	6.0
0.8	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.3
99.3	MLB Rating	77.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0