Bryan Reynolds hit two home runs, JT Brubaker pitched seven shutout innings and the Pittsburgh Pirates( 46-72)snapped a six-game losing streak, beating the Boston Red Sox 8-2 Thursday night.
The Pirates avoided a three-game sweep and sent Boston back to one game under .500 at 59-60. The Red Sox are five games behind Toronto for the third and final AL wild-card spot.
Reynolds put Pittsburgh ahead 2-0 in the first with a drive off Josh Winckowski (5-6, 5.19 ERA) over the wall in right field. After Kevin Newman singled in the fifth, Reynolds hit his team-leading 20th home run for a 6-0 lead, the Pirates wouldn’t relinquish on this night. innings, allowing six runs on seven hits.
Reynolds and Kevin Newman each had three hits and scored three times.
Brubaker (3-10, 4.19 ERA) allowed two hits, walked none and struck out seven. He gave up a leadoff single in the second to Alex Verdugo, who was caught stealing, and single to Xander Bogaerts with one out in the seventh. Brukbakers line? Seven scoreless innings with seven k’s and just two hits allowed. Wincowski got through five, allowing six runs on seven hits.
Tommy Paham got Boston on the board with an RBI single in the eighth before Bobby Dalbec scored on a sacrifice fly, making the final score 8-2.
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