Pittsburgh Pirates at Boston Red Sox

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Pittsburgh Pirates

61-77, 22-47 Away

Final
2 - 5

Boston Red Sox

76-62, 42-27 Home

Duran's inside-the-park homer carries Red Sox past Pirates 5-2 to prevent series sweep

Jarren Duran rounds the bases on an inside-the-park HR

In a tight race for one of three American League wild cards, the Red Sox won for the eighth time in 11 games.

Alexander Canario hit a solo homer over the Green Monster for Pittsburgh, which had won nine of 12.

Duran’s three-run homer into the Fenway Park triangle in right-center field capped a four-run fifth against starter Mitch Keller (6-13), pushing Boston ahead 4-1.

Coming off his best start of the season, when he went eight shutout innings last Tuesday in a victory over Baltimore, Giolito (10-2) gave up a run and three hits. He struck out six and walked five.

Aroldis Chapman got three outs for his 27th save.

Giolito breezed through the first three innings with the help of center fielder Ceddanne Rafaela, who made a diving catch. But the right-hander walked the bases loaded in the fourth before uncorking a wild pitch that gave Pittsburgh a 1-0 lead.

Roman Anthony had an RBI groundout for the Red Sox in the fifth. Rafaela drove in a run with an infield single in the sixth.

Pirates third baseman Cam Devanney, who grew up about 45 minutes away in Amherst, New Hampshire, made his major league debut and went 0 for 3 with a walk.

Key moment Duran hit a line drive into right-center and the ball got past Canario, who tried to cut it off from right field. It rolled into the Fenway triangle, where it caromed off the side wall of Boston’s bullpen and briefly got past center fielder Oneil Cruz as the speedy Duran raced around the bases.

Key stat Because of Nick Gonzales’ error at second base to start the Boston fifth, all four runs off Keller were unearned.

Up next Pirates: Open a three-game series at home against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night.

Red Sox: RHP Brayan Bello (10-6, 2.99 ERA) is scheduled to start Monday afternoon against Cleveland. LHP Parker Messick (1-0, 0.66) goes for the Guardians.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Peguero struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Peguero hit for Horwitz
	9th Inning	Triolo popped out to second.
	9th Inning	Devanney struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Chapman relieved Whitlock
	9th Inning	Hamilton at second base.

Statistics

PIT		BOS
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
8	Ground Balls	10
12	Strikeouts	9
1	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	8
1	Stolen Bases	0
6	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	5
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	32
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
16	Runners Left On Base	17
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	2
12	Fly Balls	13
1	Caught Stealing	1
157	Pitches	143
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
10	Total Bases	13
38	Plate Appearances	36
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
2	Extra Base Hits	3
3.4	Runs Created	4.2
.188	Batting Average	.250
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.313	Slugging Percentage	.406
.313	Secondary Average	.219
.316	On Base Percentage	.333
.628	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.740
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
3.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.5
18.0	Batter Rating	35.0
32.0	At Bats Per Home Run	32.0
0.50	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.13	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.97
.125	Isolated Power	.156
0.50	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.33
.158	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.083
.125	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.031
3.0	Runs Produced	10.0
0.5	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
70.0	MLB Rating	82.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0