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A four-run first inning and Nick Pivetta's seven scoreless frames gave the Boston Red Sox a 5-3 victory over the hosts Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday.
Tommy Pham went 2-for-4 and he took two runs off the top of the lineup and the Reds pushed the Sox to his second straight win and five games into which he moved to fourth. .
Pivetta (9-9) had one hit and three walks and he struck out six. Bryan Reynolds walked Ben Ben his gamel singled a right-hander in the first inning as he came out of a two-out jam, ultimately earning his first win since June 24th.
Gamel said he was 2-for-4 and drove all three Pittsburgh runs on a bases-cleared double with two outs in the eighth inning.
Matt Barnes struck out in his 2nd of his 9th of his 1-2-3, recording his third save of the season, and Pittsburgh lost his fifth straight, 11. I finished 9th in the match. Pirates starter Mitch Keller (4-9) allowed his five runs (four earned runs) on five hits and three walks in just his second inning against Boston in the first game of his career. . Keller was later diagnosed with fatigue in his right shoulder.
Chase de Jong kept the Red Sox hitless in his next four innings, allowing only his walk off the leadoff to Eric Hosmer in the sixth. Boston sent six batters to bat before an out was scored, and after a four-run first inning he struck out another marker in the second. Back-to-back RBI singles by Christian Arroyo and Eric Hosmer followed, before Enrique Hernandez's sacrifice fly to back left made him 4-0. Injury list after missing 60 games (right hip flexor strain).
In the second, Pham scored when Verdugo reached and Reynolds dropped his ball fly to center.
After Pham hit his single with one out in the second, Pirates catcher Jason DeLay hit with a red in the eighth inning with one out He hit Sox reliever Austin Davis. Neither team had a hit before recording a . Tucupita Marcano then walked, Kevin Newman singled to load the bases, and Gamel cleared with one swing against John Shriver.
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