The Boston Red Sox and Pittsburgh Pirates play a rubber match on Sunday at 1:35 p.m. ET, with the series deadlocked at 1-1. Patrick Sandoval (1-1, 3.30 ERA) gets the start for the Red Sox, who are 66-57 this season and third in the AL East. Lake Bachar (1-2, 3.97 ERA) is expected to start for the Pirates, who are 60-65 and fifth in the NL Central.
How to watch Boston Red Sox vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
Red Sox vs. Pirates odds
- Favorite Moneyline: Red Sox -120
- Underdog Moneyline: Pirates +100
- Total: 8.5
- Total Over Odds: +100
- Total Under Odds: -120
Injury reports
Red Sox
Curtis Mead: 10 Day IL (Hand), Garrett Whitlock: 15 Day IL (Elbow), Tanner Houck: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Zack Kelly: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Trevor Story: 60 Day IL (Abdomen), Garrett Crochet: 60 Day IL (Shoulder), Roman Anthony: 60 Day IL (Wrist), Johan Oviedo: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Isiah Kiner-Falefa: 60 Day IL (Forearm), Kutter Crawford: 60 Day IL (Wrist), Triston Casas: 60 Day IL (Knee), Masataka Yoshida: day-to-day (Hamstring)
Pirates
Endy Rodriguez: 10 Day IL (Hip), Ryan O’Hearn: 10 Day IL (Quadricep), Mitch Keller: 60 Day IL (Arm), Oneil Cruz: 60 Day IL (Hand), Konnor Griffin: 60 Day IL (Finger), Nick Gonzales: day-to-day (Head)
Stats to know
- Boston’s Wilyer Abreu is slashing .259/.335/.476 this season with 22 home runs, 65 RBIs and an OPS of .811. He has a 20% strikeout rate and a 10.4% walk rate in 521 plate appearances, and he has scored 69 total runs. Abreu has recorded eight steals on 12 attempts.
- In 494 plate appearances, Ceddanne Rafaela has hit 16 long balls, tallied 63 RBIs and scored 63 runs. He is batting .287/.325/.467 and has posted a 20.2% strikeout rate and a 3.8% walk rate. Rafaela has recorded 16 steals on 23 attempts.
- Pittsburgh’s Bryan Reynolds is slashing .261/.372/.431 this season with 15 home runs, 63 RBIs and an OPS of .803. He has a 24.3% strikeout rate and a 13.6% walk rate in 543 plate appearances, and he has scored 83 total runs. Reynolds has recorded nine steals on nine attempts.
- In 514 plate appearances, Brandon Lowe has slashed .250/.315/.478 this season. He has hit 26 long balls (14th in MLB) and driven in 77 runs (10th in MLB) with a strikeout rate of 29.2% and a walk rate of 8.8%. and has scored 73 runs.
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