Pittsburgh 6, Boston 4
When: 7:05 PM ET, Saturday, June 25, 2011
Where: PNC Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Temperature:
71°
Umpires:
Home -
Gerry Davis, 1B -
Greg Gibson, 2B -
Sam Holbrook, 3B -
Todd Tichenor
Attendance:
39483
By SportsDirect Inc.
Lyle Overbay belted a three-run homer to lift the host Pittsburgh Pirates to their fourth straight victory, 6-4 over the Boston Red Sox on Saturday before the largest crowd in PNC Park history.
Jeff Karstens (5-4) allowed four runs on six hits in 6 2/3 innings and Joel Hanrahan pitched the ninth for his 22nd save as 39,483 were in attendance, including a large contingent of Red Sox fans. Hanrahan struck out Adrian Gonzalez with a runner on first to end the game.
Tim Wakefield (4-3) allowed five runs on seven hits and walked four as Boston lost its fourth straight and fell one-half game behind the New York Yankees for first in the American League East.
Gonzalez, Josh Reddick and Jacoby Ellsbury hit solo homers for the Red Sox.
The Pirates trailed 2-0 early but scored four times in the fourth, highlighted by Overbay’s sixth homer of the season. Karstens added an RBI single.
Pittsburgh made it 5-2 when Dustin Pedroia misplayed a grounder. Boston cut the deficit to 5-4 in the seventh on homers by Reddick and Ellsbury before Garrett Jones added a solo homer in the bottom half to make it 6-4.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Boston |
|
Pittsburgh |
|
Tim Wakefield |
Player |
Jeff Karstens
|
|
Loss |
W/L |
Win |
|
6.0 |
IP |
6.2 |
|
2 |
Strikeouts |
2 |
|
7 |
Hits |
6 |
|
7.50 |
ERA |
4.05 |
Hitting
| Boston |
|
Pittsburgh |
|
Josh Reddick
| Player |
Ronny Cedeno |
|
2 |
Hits |
2 |
|
1 |
RBI |
0 |
|
1 |
HR |
0 |
|
5 |
TB |
3 |
|
.667 |
Avg |
.667 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Boston
|
9 |
3 |
21 |
.250 |
13 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
| Pittsburgh
|
8 |
2 |
16 |
.258 |
17 |
4 |
6 |
7 |
1 |
2 |
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