Boston Red Sox at Pittsburgh Pirates

· Major League Baseball

Boston Red Sox

65-57, 36-26 Away

Final
4 - 8

Pittsburgh Pirates

60-64, 31-30 Home

Lowe, Flores homer to power the Pirates over the slumping Red Sox, 8-4

Boston Red Sox vs. Pittsburgh Pirates: Game Highlights

Lowe’s homer came in the fifth inning off Jovani Moran and landed in the right-field stands, extending the Pirates’ lead to 7-2 as they won back-to-back games for the first time since July 26-27. Flores hit a solo shot off Jake Bennett (7-6) in the second to open the scoring after connecting twice Thursday in a 13-1 victory at Miami.

Rookie Esmerlyn Valdez hit a two-run double in the third and scored on a single by Flores to make it 4-0. Lowe had three hits and Bryan Reynolds added two.

The Red Sox lost for the sixth time in seven games after winning 28 of 36. They had runners on first and second with two outs in the ninth, but Mason Montgomery escaped the jam for his third save.

Rookie Bubba Chandler (6-8) won his third straight start, allowing two runs and four hits in five innings with five strikeouts and two walks. Bennett gave up four runs over four innings while losing for the fourth time in four starts.

Nick Sogard drove in two runs for the Red Sox.

Pirates third baseman Nick Gonzales was struck on the helmet by a pitch from Moran in the fifth inning and left the game. Gonzales, who entered the day third in the NL in hitting, sustained a facial contusion and was replaced by pinch-runner Jacob Gonzalez.

The Pirates said Gonzales is day-to-day. The 27-year-old went 0 for 2, dropping his batting average to .307 in 118 games. He also has six home runs and a career-high 53 RBI.

Up next Red Sox RHP Sonny Gray (14-3, 2.79 ERA) was set to oppose RHP Jared Jones (2-4, 5.03) on Saturday night.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Rutschman struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Montgomery relieved Yates
	9th Inning	Yoshida singled to right, White scored, Sogard to second.
	9th Inning	Sogard singled to center, White to second.
	9th Inning	White reached on infield single to second.
	9th Inning	Monasterio flied out to right.

Statistics

BOS		PIT
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
12	Ground Balls	12
10	Strikeouts	8
4	Runs Batted In	7
0	Sacrifice Hit	1
9	Hits	9
0	Stolen Bases	2
4	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	8
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
34	At Bats	32
0	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
15	Runners Left On Base	11
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	3
13	Fly Balls	13
0	Caught Stealing	0
161	Pitches	145
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
10	Total Bases	18
39	Plate Appearances	35
0.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
1	Extra Base Hits	5
3.9	Runs Created	5.8
.265	Batting Average	.281
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.294	Slugging Percentage	.563
.147	Secondary Average	.375
.333	On Base Percentage	.324
.627	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.886
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.9
4.0	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	6.3
27.0	Batter Rating	53.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	16.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.13	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.14
.029	Isolated Power	.281
0.40	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.13
.103	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.029
-.118	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.094
8.0	Runs Produced	15.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.9
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.3
78.5	MLB Rating	94.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0