Boston at Pittsburgh — MLB March 8, 2026

7 – 9

Final

LECOM Park, Bradenton, FL

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	2	0	7	13	0
PIT	0	2	1	1	0	4	0	1		9	12	2

Decisions

Win C. Mlodzinski PIT

3.0 IP · 5 H · 1 ER · 4 K · 3.55 ERA

Loss J. Bennett BOS

1.2 IP · 2 H · 2 ER · 2 K

Save C. Sanders PIT

1.0 IP · 0 H · 0 ER · 2 K · 8.10 ERA

Scoring plays All plays ›

Play	BOS	PIT
Bottom 2nd Billy Cook doubled to deep right center, Nick Yorke scored, Marcell Ozuna scored	0	2
Top 3rd Andruw Monasterio singled to left center, Isiah Kiner-Falefa to third, Braiden Ward scored	1	2
Bottom 3rd Ryan O'Hearn hit sacrifice fly, Brandon Lowe scored	1	3
Top 4th Vinny Capra doubled to left center, Mikey Romero scored	2	3
Bottom 4th Billy Cook homered (413 ft.) to deep left center	2	4
Top 5th Matt Thaiss singled to right center, Isiah Kiner-Falefa scored	3	4
Bottom 6th Endy Rodríguez singled to left center, Marcell Ozuna scored	3	5
Bottom 6th Nick Yorke homered (386 ft.) to deep left center, Jared Triolo scored, Endy Rodríguez scored	3	8
Top 7th Ahbram Liendo doubled to deep left center, Max Ferguson scored, Mickey Gasper scored	5	8
Top 8th Mickey Gasper homered (437 ft.) to deep center, Nathan Hickey scored	7	8
Bottom 8th Rafael Flores Jr. singled to right center, Titus Dumitru to second, Termarr Johnson to third, Esmerlyn Valdez scored	7	9

Closing line

		Open	Close
money	BOS	+118	+131
money	PIT	-143	-154

Box score

Boston

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
B. Ward CF	3	1	1	0	0	1	–
N. Hickey 1B	2	1	1	0	0	0	–
I. Kiner-Falefa 3B	2	1	1	0	0	0	.262
M. Gasper C	2	2	2	2	0	0	.158
A. Monasterio 1B	2	0	2	1	0	0	.270
M. Ferguson 3B	2	1	1	0	0	1	–
C. Wong C	3	0	1	0	0	1	.190
A. Liendo SS	2	0	1	2	0	0	–
M. Thaiss DH	4	0	1	1	1	2	.218
M. Romero 2B	3	1	1	0	0	1	–
Y. Rodriguez RF	2	0	0	0	0	1	–
V. Capra SS	3	0	1	1	0	0	.125
N. Taylor CF	1	0	0	0	0	0	–
A. Castro RF	3	0	0	0	0	0	–
I. Jackson LF	1	0	0	0	0	1	–
T. McDonough LF	3	0	0	0	0	1	–
M. Alcantara 2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	–
Totals		7	13		1	9

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC
J. Bennett L	1.2	2	2	2	0	2	41
K. Keller	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	25
T. Uberstine	2.1	1	1	1	0	4	27
D. Sweet	0.1	5	4	4	2	0	21
N. Song	1.2	0	0	0	1	3	31
J. Webb	0.1	1	1	1	2	1	28
M. Carlson	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	10

Pittsburgh

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
J. Mangum CF	3	0	0	0	0	1	.296
E. Valdez RF	0	1	0	0	2	0	–
B. Lowe 2B	2	1	0	0	1	1	.256
T. Johnson 2B	0	0	0	0	2	0	–
B. Reynolds RF	2	0	1	0	0	0	.245
N. Cimillo 1B	2	0	0	0	0	2	–
R. O'Hearn 1B	2	0	0	1	0	2	.281
T. Dumitru CF	1	0	1	0	1	0	–
M. Ozuna DH	4	2	2	0	0	0	.232
R. Flores Jr. PH-DH	1	0	1	1	0	0	.200
J. Bart C	2	0	0	0	0	1	.249
E. Rodríguez C	3	1	1	1	0	1	.173
J. Triolo SS	3	1	1	0	0	1	.227
M. Jebb LF	2	0	0	0	0	1	–
N. Yorke 3B	3	2	2	3	0	0	.232
A. Williams 3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	–
B. Cook LF	3	1	3	3	0	0	.333
Y. De Los Santos SS	1	0	0	0	0	0	–
Totals		9	12		6	10