Pirates 9, Red Sox 1

The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday night by a score of 9-1. The Pirates drew first blood in the Bottom of the 1st on a solo dinger by Gregory Polanco. They would add 2 more in the 2nd when a double by Clint Barmas scored Starling Marte and Ike Davis. 2 batters later, Josh Harrison singled home Barmas to make it 4-0 Pirates. In the 3rd, Neil Walker added to the lead with a solo shot. The Red Sox would get on the board in the 5th when a groundout by Xander Bogarts scored Bryce Brentz. The Pirates would score 4 in the bottom half, however to put the game away. Starling Marte grounded into a Fielders Choice, scoring Andrew McCutchen. Ike Davis would then bring home Marte and Neil Walker with a 3-Run shot to make in 9-1 Bucs, and that's how it would stay for the remainder of the game. Francisco Liriano picked up the win after 6 innings of 1-run ball to improve to 6-10, and Clay Buchholz would take the lose to drop to 8-9. The Pirates remain 3.6 GB of St. Louis in the NL Central and are now 2.5 games up on Milwaukie for the 2nd Wildcard spot and 2.5 games back of San Francisco for the 1st Wildcard spot.