Boston Red Sox at Pittsburgh Pirates

· Major League Baseball

Boston Red Sox

13-14, 4-9 Away

Final
6 - 3

Pittsburgh Pirates

17-12, 9-5 Home

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

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	Cook lined out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Melendez walked.
	9th Inning	Lee to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	Lee walked.
	9th Inning	Morel grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Morel hit for H. Davis

Statistics

BOS		PIT
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	1
0	Ground Balls	0
11	Strikeouts	10
5	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
10	Hits	5
0	Stolen Bases	1
2	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
6	Runs	3
0	Ground Into Double Play	2
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
36	At Bats	31
0	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
13	Runners Left On Base	9
1	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	0
0	Fly Balls	0
0	Caught Stealing	0
0	Pitches	0
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
14	Total Bases	11
40	Plate Appearances	34
0.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
3	Extra Base Hits	2
4.9	Runs Created	2.1
.278	Batting Average	.161
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.389	Slugging Percentage	.355
.167	Secondary Average	.290
.325	On Base Percentage	.235
.714	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.590
0.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.0
4.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.0
38.5	Batter Rating	24.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	15.5
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
0.00	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	0.00
.111	Isolated Power	.194
0.18	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.20
.050	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.059
-.111	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.129
11.0	Runs Produced	6.0
0.8	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.2
85.8	MLB Rating	73.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0