After a wild first inning, the Pirates scraped together just enough offense and pitching to beat Boston in Fenway, 7-6.
Things looked great at the start, and then not so much. After sleeping through the Reds series, the Pirates’ offense scored as many runs in the first inning as it did in the last 18 in Cincinnati. Ke’Bryan Hayes got his first RBI of the year and Canaan Smith-Njigba came through with a two-out, two-run double high off the monster.
But the 3-0 lead didn’t last long. Johan Oviedo couldn’t throw strikes and when he did, he got bombed.