BOS vs PIT — MainMarket Sports

Major League BaseballLECOM Park · Bradenton, Florida

Boston

Red Sox

43-48 · 3-5 away

Final

Pittsburgh

Pirates

47-47 · 5-3 home

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Top hitters

BOS

AVG

.440

Braiden Ward

Boston Red Sox

1-3

PIT

AVG

.667

Titus Dumitru

Pittsburgh Pirates

1-1

Season batting average · amber = strong vs today's starter · up/down arrow = hot/cold last 15 · MLB Stats API · hero Statcast accent by Baseball Savant

Starting pitchers

BOS

Starter

Jake Bennett

Boston Red Sox · 0-1

1.2 IP, 2 ER, 2 K, 0 BB

xwOBA 90th

9.00 ERA · 3 K · 1.67 WHIP

PIT

Starter

Carmen Mlodzinski

Pittsburgh Pirates · 2-0

3.0 IP, ER, 4 K, 0 BB

xwOBA 26th

2.45 ERA · 9 K · 1.36 WHIP

Season pitching · MLB Stats API · Statcast accent by Baseball Savant

Contact quality

BOS7 R · .294 xBA

PIT9 R · .339 xBA

The scoreboard matched the contact — PIT both hit it harder and scored more.

Expected BA on balls in play · Baseball Savant

PIT win4th in the NL Central, 12 GB

Looking ahead

The Pirates sit 4th in the NL Central, 12 games back — losers of 2 straight, 5-5 over their last 10.
The Red Sox sit 4th in the AL East, 11 games back — winners of 6 straight, 8-2 over their last 10.
The win pulls the Pirates back to .500 at 47-47.
PIT leads series 2-0.
The Pirates are up next home vs MIL (Jul 10-12).
The Red Sox are up next at NYM (Jul 10-12).

Line score

Inn	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	2	0	7	13	0
PIT	0	2	1	1	0	4	0	1		9	12	2

Statcast

Hardest hit · PIT
B. Reynolds · Double
106.5 mph · .840 xBA
Hardest hit · BOS
C. Wong · Single
105 mph · .380 xBA
Longest hit
M. Gasper · Home Run
414 ft · .710 xBA
Best barrel
N. Yorke · Home Run
103.7 mph · .780 xBA
Fastest pitch
N. Song · 4-Seam Fastball
97.6 mph

Game MVP · win probability

Billy Cook
PIT
+30%
Andruw Monasterio
BOS
+19%
Mickey Gasper
BOS
+12%

Scoring summary

Cook doubled to center, Yorke scored and Ozuna scored.2nd Inning0-2
Monasterio singled to left, Ward scored, Kiner-Falefa to third.3rd Inning1-2
O'Hearn hit sacrifice fly to center, Lowe scored.3rd Inning1-3
Capra doubled to left, Romero scored.4th Inning2-3
Cook homered to left center (390 feet).4th Inning2-4
Thaiss singled to right, Kiner-Falefa scored.5th Inning3-4
Rodríguez singled to left, Ozuna scored.6th Inning3-5
Yorke homered to center (366 feet), Rodríguez scored and Triolo scored.6th Inning3-8
Liendo doubled to left, Ferguson scored and Gasper scored.7th Inning5-8
Gasper homered to center (414 feet), Hickey scored.8th Inning7-8
R. Flores singled to right, Es. Valdez scored, Dumitru to second, Johnson to third.8th Inning7-9

Box score

Hitting

Player	H-AB	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
B. Ward	1-3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	.440	.517	.480
N. Hickey	1-2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	.143	.217	.429
I. Kiner-Falefa	1-2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	.400	.550	.533
M. Gasper	2-2	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	.421	.500	.842
A. Monasterio	2-2	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	.400	.526	.667
M. Ferguson	1-2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	.263	.364	.526
C. Wong	1-3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	.105	.150	.105
A. Liendo	1-2	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667
M. Thaiss	1-4	4	0	1	1	0	1	2	.222	.300	.222
M. Romero	1-3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	.286	.286	.286
Y. Rodriguez	0-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200
V. Capra	1-3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	.059	.158	.118

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA	PC
J. Bennett	1.2	2	2	2	0	2	0	41---	9.00	41
K. Keller	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	25---	3.86	25
T. Uberstine	2.1	1	1	1	0	4	1	27---	2.25	27
D. Sweet	0.1	5	4	4	2	0	1	21---	24.00	21
N. Song	1.2	0	0	0	1	3	0	31---	0.00	31
J. Webb	0.1	1	1	1	2	1	0	28---	9.00	28
M. Carlson	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	10---	10.80	10

Win probability

BOS 0%PIT 100%

Win probability over timePIT win %

Biggest swing: Cook doubled to center, Yorke scored and Ozuna scored. (+20% PIT)

Team stats

BOSPIT

Hits

Runs

Home Runs

RBI

Stolen Bases

Walks

Strikeouts

Runners LOB

Statcast profile

BOSPIT

7.51%

Barrel%

7.77%

37.41%

Hard-hit%

40.6%

.310

xwOBA

.320

Barrel% perfectly-struck balls — ideal exit velo + launch angle, near-automatic extra bases · Hard-hit% share of balls hit 95+ mph · xwOBA expected offensive value from contact quality (higher is better)

Season quality of contact · Baseball Savant