The Boston Red Sox will face off with the Pittsburgh pirates for the final game of a three game series on Thursday with a scheduled first pitch time of 7:05 PM Eastern. This game will be available on MLB extra innings. You can find out who else is playing and where it is televised with our free MLB previews. The Boston Red Sox come into this game with a record on the year of 58-59, however have played well as of late winning four out of their last five games including a series victory against the New York Yankees and the Pittsburgh Pirates. Before that, Boston was victorious against Baltimore by the score 4-3.
Pittsburgh comes into this game with a record on the year of 45-71, and have not played well as of late losing their last five consecutive games coming against Boston, a three game sweep on the road again San Francisco, and a loss on the road against Arizona by the score of 9-3.
Nathan Eovaldi will be the starter for the Boston Red Sox in this match up with a record on the season of 5-3, to go along with an earned run average of 4.15 and 96 strikeouts on the season. Nathan Eovaldi has given up 108 hits on 99.2 innings pitched to go along with 18 walks, and 21 home runs.