Yasmani Grandal hit a two-run double in fifth inning, helping the Sox snap a season-high five-game losing streak. The Sox dropped all four games in Houston and the first of the two-game series against the Pirates, finishing 1-5 on the trip.
The Sox scored their first two runs in the second. Leury García homered to right. Luis González doubled to left for his first major-league hit and scored on a Tim Anderson double.
The Pirates took advantage of poor defense to tie the game in the third. Pitcher Dylan Cease couldn’t handle a bunt and then threw wildly.